[CTRL] Panel Weighs if StarLink Bio-Corn Safe for Humans
-Caveat Lector- Wednesday November 29 1:25 AM ET Panel Weighs if StarLink Bio-Corn Safe for Humans By Julie Vorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal regulators, now in the midst of the biggest biotech food fight in U.S. history, should not reward Aventis SA for illegally contaminating the nation's corn supply with a variety that may be linked to 44 illnesses, environmental groups said on Tuesday. A panel of physicians, chemists and other scientists appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held a day-long meeting to weigh the health risks of StarLink bio-corn and whether it should continue to be banned from human food. StarLink's accidental contamination of the nation's corn supply triggered a massive recall of more than 300 kinds of chips, taco shells, cornmeal and other foods since September. It also disrupted food production lines and slowed U.S. exports of corn to important buyers like Japan and South Korea. Aventis(AVEP.PA), the giant Franco-German company, wants the EPA to grant temporary approval of StarLink for human consumption, citing new scientific data that it says shows the bio-corn will not cause allergies. Such approval would also help shield the company from tens of millions of dollars in liability. ``EPA is charged with protecting human health and the environment, not rewarding illegal behavior,'' said Jane Rissler, a biotech critic with the Union of Concerned Scientists. ``In addition, turning on a dime to assist industry would undermine confidence here and abroad in EPA as a regulator.'' Other activist groups criticized the EPA for being too eager to respond to Aventis' request when the agency typically takes years to collect data and public comments before acting on safety issues. StarLink has a special gene inserted in it to help the young corn plant fight destructive pests. Epa Seen Acting Swiftly The panel of 15 researchers and scientists is to submit its recommendations by Friday on whether StarLink may cause allergies. The EPA is expected to act soon after that. The meeting drew more than 200 people from food companies, farm groups, consumer groups and trade associations who view the debate as a crucial test of U.S. biotech regulations. Outside the hotel meeting site, two dozen anti-biotech demonstrators pulled on cow, pig and chicken masks and gathered around a trough of corn labeled as unsafe to eat. StarLink was approved by the EPA in 1998 for use only in animal feed because of uncertainty whether it could cause allergic reactions in humans. At that time, Aventis promised to ensure that farmers, grain elevators, food processors and others throughout the food chain kept StarLink completely segregated from other varieties of corn. Aventis officials told the science panel that all of this year's StarLink crop except about 75,000 bushels -- or less than 1 percent -- has been collected as part of the company's so-called ``stewardship'' program to channel the corn to animal feed or ethanol production. About 80 million bushels of the corn was grown by American farmers this year, a tiny percentage of overall corn production. ``We stand by and remain committed to our stewardship program and financial liability,'' Larry Somerville, director of scientific affairs for Aventis, told the panel. The company contends that StarLink does not cause allergies, based on studies of mice and comparisons with other allergens such as peanuts. But even on the remote chance that StarLink can cause allergies, the amount in the food supply is so minuscule it could not trigger a reaction, Aventis said. Company officials have likened the amount of StarLink present in the entire U.S. food supply to a single drop of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Somerville also downplayed last week's discovery that StarLink had contaminated corn seeds sold by an Iowa company. ``We sincerely believe the extensive testing will keep this under control,'' he said, referring to genetic tests by grain elevators, shippers and food processors. 44 Illnesses Blamed On Starlink One of the key pieces of information presented to the panel on Tuesday came from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites), which said 44 Americans claimed they fell ill after eating StarLink. Symptoms reported by consumers included rashes, diarrhea, vomiting, itching and life-threatening anaphylactic shock, said Dr. Karl Klontz, an FDA epidemiologist. But unless a special laboratory test is developed, scientists may never pinpoint whether the gene-altered corn was to blame. ``We're continuing to follow these people and are trying to get as much medical information as we can,'' Klontz said. Of the 44 people who blamed StarLink for their illness, 13 went to a doctor for treatment. They included a man who was rushed to a hospital emergency room for anaphylactic shock after eating corn chips, Klontz said. The man later told investigators he had no history of allergies. A 13-year-old boy was also treated by
[CTRL] Vincent Foster FOIA Update (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:19:09 -0800 From: Allan Favish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Vincent Foster FOIA Update The Assistant U.S. Attorney who is representing the Office of Independent Counsel in my FOIA case told me today that the FBI will bring the photos to federal district court judge William Keller in Los Angeles on January 10, 2001, for him to conduct his inspection. I don't know how long the judge will take to hold a hearing or announce his decision. _ Regards, Allan J. Favish http://members.aol.com/allanf8702/page1.htm = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] WP: Report Blasts Deutch's Security Lapses
-Caveat Lector- Report Blasts Deutch's Security Lapses By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 29, 2000 ; Page A09 John M. Deutch, a former CIA director and top Pentagon official in the mid-1990s, committed a "particularly egregious" violation of security rules by using unsecured computers at home and in the office, the Defense Department's inspector general said in a final report made public yesterday. "The evidence we obtained clearly establishes that Dr. Deutch failed to follow even the most basic security precautions," the report concluded. While serving as an undersecretary of defense in 1993 and then as deputy secretary of defense until 1995--the second- and third-ranking civilian posts at the Pentagon, respectively--Deutch "declined departmental requests that he allow security systems to be installed at his residence," the report noted. During that same period, it added, Deutch signed a memorandum to all Pentagon employees warning that only "properly reviewed and cleared" information should "be placed on electronic systems accessible to the public." Deutch's security violations first came to light in late 1996, when he resigned as director of the CIA after being passed over for appointment as secretary of defense in the second Clinton administration. CIA technicians who went to his home to take back computers owned by the agency discovered that he had written top-secret intelligence memos on unsecured machines that were linked to the Internet and theoretically were vulnerable to hackers. That discovery led the Pentagon inspector general to review Deutch's tenure at the Defense Department, where investigators determined that he had committed similar security violations. The probes also led to a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, which is still underway. As a result, yesterday's report said, Deutch declined to be interviewed by investigators "based on the advice of counsel." A special prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno has recommended Deutch be charged with violating security laws, but the matter is still under review, according to government sources. The Pentagon investigation tracked down at least seven desktop and laptop computers that Deutch had used, several of which were later sold or donated to educational institutions. None was found to have classified materials stored in their memories. But a former aide told investigators that Deutch had used two portable computers to write a daily journal that contained classified information. Because computers used for the journal also were at times hooked up to Deutch's AOL Internet account, the inspector general called Deutch's actions "extremely risky." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NYP: DECEMBER 6 TRIAL SET IN CASE THAT MIGHT DOOM GEORGE W.
-Caveat Lector- DECEMBER 6 TRIAL SET IN CASE THAT MIGHT DOOM GEORGE W. Wednesday,November 29,2000 By KENNETH LOVETT and GREGG BIRNBAUM The NEw York Post TALLAHASSEE -A trial date has been set for an unheralded court case that could swing nearly 5,000 votes - and the election - Al Gore's way. Leon County Circuit Court Judge Nikki Clark yesterday set Dec. 6 for an expected one-day trial in a case brought by Democratic voter Harry Jacobs against Seminole County and the Bush campaign. The suit charges the Republican election supervisor in the central Florida county "corrupted the integrity of the electoral process" by letting GOP members "alter" about 4,700 applications for absentee ballots. The forms had initially been rejected because they lacked the required voter-ID numbers. Election supervisor Sandra Goard admits she allowed Republicans use of her office and access to records to fill in the missing information. The suit claims Democrats were not offered similar options. "Illegal votes cast by absentee ballot in Seminole County are sufficient to change the outcome of the election in the state of Florida for president of the United States, or, at a minimum, place the result in serious doubt," the suit says. Because it would be nearly impossible to determine which ballots corresponded with the so-called altered applications, the suit seeks to have all 15,000 absentee ballots in the county thrown out. George W. Bush secured 10,006 absentee votes to Gore's 5,209 in Seminole County. The Texas governor on Sunday was certified the winner of the state's 25 electoral votes by a 537-vote margin. It would be impossible to make up a 4,800-vote gap, his aides concede. "It would sink us," said one campaign aide. Bush lawyer Barry Richard said anyone is entitled under Florida law to help a voter fill out an absentee ballot application. "No one alleges improprieties with the ballots," Richard said. "There's really no issue here about anyone doing anything that was illegal or suspect. It has nothing to do with the ballots." The Gore campaign has been quick to distance itself from the lawsuit, recognizing the difficulty of supporting it publicly while at the same time arguing in its legal filings that every vote should be counted. The case, originally filed in Seminole County, was transferred to Tallahassee this week at the request of the Bush campaign. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NYT: F.B.I. to Dig for Tapes Discarded by Scientist in Spy Case
-Caveat Lector- November 29, 2000 F.B.I. to Dig for Tapes Discarded by Scientist in Spy Case By JAMES STERNGOLD LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has moved heavy equipment into a landfill outside Los Alamos, N.M., in search of the computer tapes on which Dr. Wen Ho Lee, the former nuclear scientist, has admitted to downloading weapons secrets. This needle-in-a-haystack search is the result of information that Dr. Lee provided to investigators as part of a plea agreement he struck with the government in September, government officials said. It could help solve one of the central mysteries in Dr. Lee's case: what happened to the 3M brand DC 6150 computer tape cartridges on which the highly sensitive weapons information was illegally placed. Officials close to the case said that the government has known since Sept. 13, when Dr. Lee entered a plea to one felony count, that he put the tapes in the garbage, and that they probably ended up in the landfill. But it was unclear why it has taken agents more than two months to begin digging. Doug Beldon, an F.B.I. special supervisory agent in Albuquerque, would say only, "The F.B.I. is conducting a search at a Los Alamos, N.M., landfill in furtherance of an ongoing investigation." But government officials confirmed that the goal was to locate Dr. Lee's computer tapes. John Cline, a lawyer for Dr. Lee, said he would have no comment. Dr. Lee, a former weapons scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, had originally been charged in a 59-count indictment with illegally downloading a trove of weapons data with the intention of aiding a foreign nation and harming the United States. Dr. Lee spent more than nine months in solitary confinement and was described as a grave risk to national security. But the government dropped almost its entire case and Dr. Lee pleaded guilty to one count of mishandling secrets. Dr. Lee won his freedom and agreed to explain why he had downloaded the data and what happened to the tapes, at least seven of which were missing. His lawyers had said earlier that he destroyed the missing tapes and that no one else had access to them. Dr. Lee has had eight meetings with government officials over the past two months, and two more are expected in mid-December. Officials said that during the sessions Dr. Lee told officials that he had put the tapes in the garbage at the laboratory. Government agents were then able to determine roughly what part of the landfill they were emptied into, and that is where the F.B.I. now intends to begin its search. The tapes are regarded by the government as being of vital importance in court hearings they were said to have information that could allow another nation to create nuclear bombs and have been the focus of an enormous government investigation, both to preserve them and to keep them from falling into enemy hands. The tapes contain, or at least had once contained, a virtual library of nuclear weapons testing and design data, and Dr. Lee had created them over a period of years. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Barak arranging deck chairs on Titanic
___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] BARAK ARRANGING DECK CHAIRS ON TITANIC By Martin Sieff UPI senior news analyst "New general elections in Israel will torpedo and sink Barak's already- waterlogged career faster than it took to fill took those first five compartments of the Titanic." "Whoever he loses to, Barak probably will be surprised again when it happens. Commentators on both right and left in Israel have noted that nothing seems to be able to dent Barak's serene confidence in his own brilliance and unfailing judgment." WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset Tuesday that he welcomed the prospect of early elections. You might as well believe the captain of the Titanic if he said he welcomed hitting the iceberg. In fact, Barak tried as hard as he could to stave off facing the Israeli public less than two years after he had supposedly won a full mandate from them. He even tried to broker a deal with the opposition Likud Party, which has been the fiercest critic of his peace and security policies. New general elections in Israel will torpedo and sink Barak's already-waterlogged career faster than it took to fill took those first five compartments of the Titanic. Everybody in Israel realizes this. Everyone, that is, except possibly Barak himself. Only 17 months after winning one of the most spectacular landslide victories in his nation's political history, Barak is regarded as an embarrassing encumbrance by his own party. His three main coalition partners bailed out on him back in July before the Camp David summit, fearing he would offer too many concessions to the Palestinians. As it turned out, Barak fulfilled their fears -- and then some. He offered to give away far more than they had dreamed, only to see Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat contemptuously brush his offer aside. From his own perspective, Arafat had plenty of his own reasons. Barak has managed to perform the extraordinary feat of infuriating left and right, hawks and doves, at the same time. He won the May 1999 election on a platform of caution on the peace process, coupled with long-overdue social reforms at home. But then he concentrated fulltime on pushing through early peace deals -- first with Syria, and then with the Palestinians. And he ignored his domestic constituency that had been crying out for reform. Far from pulling the political teeth from Israel's immensely well-entrenched religious parties, Barak gave them -- especially the Oriental Jewish Shas -- everything they could extort from him in return for their support on the peace process. Wits in Israel said that Barak had not even been able to buy Shas off. He was only able to rent it by the month. From the very beginning, Barak showed what was widely seen -- and criticized -- as an arrogant disdain for the very nature of Israel's political process. He ignored his own Cabinet and treated prominent party figures with a disdain that equaled that of his no-less-arrogant -- and almost as politically inept -- predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu. Prominent figures in his own Labor Party such as Knesset (Parliament) Speaker Avraham Burg and former Histadrut trade union leader Chaim Ramon seethed with frustration. Barak's treatment of key coalition allies like Natan Sharansky, the influential and widely respected leader of the powerful Yisrael B'Aliya Party or Rabbi Yitzhak Levy of the National Religious Party, was equally offhand. He never bothered to consult them about key decisions of foreign policy or security. He never bothered trying to even pretend to build any personal relations with any of them. Yet he appears to have been surprised when Sharansky led Yisrael B'Aliya out of the government on the eve of the Camp David summit. And then Levy and his NRP and the powerful Shas Party of Sephardi Jews, the third largest in the Knesset, pulled out too. Barak was then left to seek a consensus for the sweeping peace concessions he was offering with only a quarter of the Knesset's 120 members, still behind him - and many of them supported him only grudgingly. Barak seemed to go out of his way to alienate Arafat too. Arafat in the past had built a strong working relationship with Barak's mentor and predecessor Yitzhak Rabin. He had also worked well with Shimon Peres. And
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Spreading Panic
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/28/2000 8:21:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: situation, and is also a very devout, Bible-believing Jewish man (not a Christian but appreciative of Christians who support Israel). What's not to appreciate? However, what about the complaints of the Palestinian Christians who are being treated very, very badly. Perhaps this devout, Bible-believing Jewish man could do something about their plight. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Voter error invalidated 2 million ballots nationwide
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/28/2000 8:22:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The uncounted ballots in Florida â which have played a key role in Democratic challenges â are just a drop in the bucket of ballots dismissed nationwide because of voter error, say political observers. An estimated 180,000 votes were dismissed in Florida â out of 6.1 million votes cast â because of improper voting procedures. However, more than 2 million ballots were tossed out in all 50 states and also will not be counted, said Curtis Gans, director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. Perhaps the Republicans are right. I recall reading a Republican opinion a year or so back where they wanted to reinstate testing before allowing a vote. They said that too many Americans were too stupid to vote, and since two million ballots were given the boot due to voter error, perhaps voters should have to present proof of high school graduation or even some college before being allowed into the voting place. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Bush Moving Key Staff to D.C
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/28/2000 8:22:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AUSTIN, Texas ââ George W. Bush, in a bold gesture to assert authority, is moving key operatives to Washington and seeking private financing for a presidential transition. In the face of Democratic court challenges to the Florida presidential balloting, the Texas governor was pressing ahead with plans to form a new government and to fill thousands of top positions now held by Democrats. "We can move fairly rapidly in a couple of areas, but he has to decide the timing," Bush's vice presidential running mate, Dick Cheney, said Tuesday on NBC's "Today." With the US Supreme Court in his pocket, Dubya has reason to be so confident. Those of you who find pleasure in the Bush dynasty will find the statement of Calvin Woodward (AP writer) that "Familiar old hands are guiding the baby steps of George W. Bush's potential administration..." sweet and touching. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Watchdog Group Wins Right to View Palm Beach Ballots
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/28/2000 8:45:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "We're looking at the ballots to see if there were any irregularities or fraud," said Larry Klayman, Judicial Watch chairman. "We want to make sure it [the count] was done publicly and honestly." Oh this is really funny. Can anyone tell me they suspect Larry Klayman of honesty with regard to Democrats. Oh sure. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Israel makes goodwill gestures to Palestinians
-Caveat Lector- TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND Israel makes goodwill gestures to Palestinians Conciliatory moves timed to coincide with Islamic holy month Ramadan By Jon E. Dougherty © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com In an effort to break the ongoing cycle of violence in the Middle East, Israel has made a number of conciliatory gestures to the Palestinian Authority designed to demonstrate the Jewish state's goodwill during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Prompted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday notified United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan by letter that the "confidence-building measures" would be aimed at reducing tensions and fostering new peace talks with the Palestinians. Specifically, Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami told Annan that the Jewish state would permit a "limited number" of Palestinians into the Temple Mount during Ramadan, and that Israel would eliminate barriers to the transfer of goods from Israel to the Palestinian Authority at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip. Also, Ben-Ami told the U.N. general-secretary that Israel was hopeful of renewing talks with Palestinian officials. During Ramadan, which lasts 28 days, observant Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex between sunrise and sunset to spiritually renew themselves. Observance of the month commemorates the time when the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was revealed to the prophet Mohammed about 1,400 years ago. In an effort to implement the new gestures, Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh visited the Karni crossing yesterday to investigate Palestinian complaints that the Jewish state was preventing food and medicine from reaching Palestinian-controlled communities. Fuel deliveries were restored last week, Israeli officials said. The new diplomatic initiative comes amid some of the worst violence between Israeli forces and militant factions of the Palestinian Authority. On Sunday, Israel Defense Force soldiers killed five Palestinian gunmen who the army said had fired on a car near Alfei Menashe. Earlier, Israel Radio said only four had been killed but later updated that figure to five. Reports said IDF soldiers killed the gunmen when they left Palestinian-controlled territory near Qalqilyah. Israeli officials said the Palestinians killed had been involved in shooting attacks against Israeli forces and Jewish citizens "many times" in the past. Also, there are growing signs that other Arab nations are becoming frustrated with Israel and the U.S., which has supported Israel in its opposition to an independent Palestinian state without a negotiated settlement beforehand. In Egypt, for example, Muslim clerics have denounced U.S. and Israeli imports, forbidding followers from buying them because of the ongoing violence and Washington's unwillingness to force Israel to curb retaliatory attacks. Egypt's primary Muslim cleric, Grand Mufti Nasr Farid Wasel, told the Al-Arabi newspaper that importers of Israeli and U.S. products are committing "a great sin" and that "all imported Israeli and U.S. goods are haram," or religiously forbidden. Diplomatic sources on both sides welcome the Israeli initiative, but violence nonetheless continued throughout the day yesterday. Palestinian sources reported, however, that because of talks between senior Israeli and Palestinian commanders, those incidents were reduced significantly. Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Eitan, head of Israeli's Central Military Command, met on Sunday with Haj Ismail, the commander of the Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, to discuss ways to reduce violence and ease the tension between Jews and Palestinians. So far, over 280 people have been killed in the fighting since it began Sept. 28, most of them Palestinian. Palestinian officials said the meeting between Eitan and Ismail was a continuation of talks held on Saturday between Minister Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. Reports from the region said Ismail told Eitan that Israel was most responsible for ending the violence because the Jewish state had the decisive military advantage. And, sources said, the Palestinian negotiator asked the Israeli commander for three things: to order IDF soldiers not to shoot to kill, to lift all the restrictions imposed on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and not to respond to isolated Palestinian gunfire with heavy counter-fire. Over the weekend, in response to gunfire, IDF commanders ordered Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers into West Bank and Gaza regions and also to the Lebanese border, where IDF forces came under attack by suspected Hezbollah guerrilla factions operating in southern Lebanon. Israel also sent warplanes into Lebanon on Saturday to strike suspected guerrilla targets. "If the IDF orders its soldiers not to shoot to kill, the tension will subside by
[CTRL] Fw: Lawyer Lies to Florida Supreme Court
Also, there is a new bumper sticker in Florida: Don't Blame Me --- I Voted forBoth of Them.Subject: Lawyer Asks Boies to Explain Misrepresentation Lawyer Asks Boies to Explain Misrepresentation http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb1075995Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 John B. Thompson, Attorney 1172 South Dixie Highway, Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146-2750 Phone: 305-666-4366 Fax: 305-666-7275 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] November 27, 2000 David Boies, Attorney Boies, Schiller, and Flexner 5301 Wisconsin Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. VIA FAX to 202-237-6131 Re: False Representation to Florida Supreme Court about Illinois "Dimpled Chad" Case Dear Mr. Boies: It has come to my attention, and I am sure it has come to yours as well, that you falsely characterized the court's ruling in the Illinois "dimpled chad" case. You told the Florida Supreme Court last week that that case allowed the hand recounting of dimpled chads. Our state's high court seemed impressed with that fact. One problem, though. A big problem. The Illinois court ruled just the opposite way, disallowing the counting of dimpled chads. The affidavit you relied upon is false, and you now know that it is false. You have a clear and mandatory duty immediately to inform the Florida Supreme Court of your misrepresentation to the seven Justices in this critical regard. Any failure on your part is clearly subject to review and discipline by the appropriate authorities because such a failure would constitute an ethical breach on your part which compromises justice and is prejudicial to the opposing parties. You have until five o'clock p.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2000, to inform me by fax at the above number that you have alerted the Florida Supreme Court of your misrepresentation. Best, John B. Thompson Copy: Florida Supreme Court, Media http://www.apfn.org
[CTRL] FW:Election Irony
Though it is sarcasm, irony and humor at its best there is also the sad realityin a post to the DNC. SGT John J. Jones 777-27- Company B, 5-502nd Infantry SeaHut #7, Craphole, Kosovo APO 34567 NY, NY August 30, 2001 Dear SGT Jones: Your request for extension to file your 2000 Federal Income Tax return has been denied. Since your request arrived on 15 August, 2001 with no postmark, there is no way for us to accurately determine the validity of your request. Your status as a military service member currently deployed in a hostile zone does not relieve you of your responsibility as a taxpayer. You are in violation of current Federal Tax Code and will be fined an additional $500.00 above your taxable amount due us. You have 30 days from the date shown above to remit. Failure to remit your tax payment is punishable under Federal Code with no less than 5 years imprisonment and no less than $10,000 fine. Also, during a check of your records it was noted that you claim Palm Beach County Florida as your state of legal residence. A residency check with the Palm Beach County Voting Commission to verify this for your tax claim shows that you are no longer carried as a registered voter of that county and no record of your residing or voting via absentee ballot in Palm Beach Florida exists. You are currently shown as a legal resident and registered democrat of Cook County IL as of 18 November 2000. You will be notified by separate letter by the State of Illinois Comptroller for restitution of overdue state income taxes from 1995 - 2000. Note: Don't forget, you may add $10.00 to your tax payment to fund the U.S. Democratic Presidential Campaign for 2004! Just mark the block on page one of your Form 1040. It's that easy. Don't forget to vote - It's your right and responsibility! Signed Jesse Jackson Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service Re-Up Army - Be All You Can Be!
[CTRL] Fwd: 13-year-old Bush Supporter Beaten by Pro-Gore Crowd
-Caveat Lector- >FromNewsMax, http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/11/2 8/91322<- Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000; 10:12 a.m. ET 13-year-old Bush Supporter Beaten by Pro-Gore Crowd The airwaves have been filled lately with Democrats complaining about the intimidation tactics of pro-Bush demonstrators. So it will be particularly interesting to see what some of these same folks have to say about the latest report of political intimidation, one that involves not just angry taunts and jostling but the beating of a 13-year- old boy by supporters of the vice president. It happened over the weekend as Gore and Bush supporters gathered on opposite corners of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, the Washington Post buried this item in the seventh paragraph of its report on the dueling protests: "A scuffle [broke out] Sunday in which a 13-year-old boy heading home from the Bush corner crossed to the Gore side and took a punch in the gut." The Post did not say whether the boy required medical attention after the attack or if police had been notified. -- Palm Beach - so nice we let you vote twice www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Another country's perspective on America
-Caveat Lector- This was forwarded to me - it's hilarious! Samantha - I was sent this by my friend in Scotland To the citizens of the United States of America, In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The rt. hon. Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: 1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed". 2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. 3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. 4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. 5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through. 6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US rugby sevens side by 2005. 7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear weapons if they give you any merde. The 98.85% of you who were not aware that there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves lucky. The Russians have never been the bad guys. "Merde" is French for "sh*t". 8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day". 9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. 10. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy. Thank you for your cooperation. The information contained in this message is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. This mail and any attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving the Bank of Scotland Group network. Bank of Scotland Group will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or as a result of any virus being passed on. ** Information contained herein is the sole responsibility of the Individual sending the message. No responsibility is admitted by Scottish Amicable for any loss or damage incurred through use of the email. In addition, no statement should be construed as giving investment advice within or outside the United Kingdom. An email reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Lawyer Lies to Florida Supreme Court
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/29/00 8:38:37 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You told the Florida Supreme Court last week that that case allowed the hand recounting of dimpled chads. Our state's high court seemed impressed with that fact. It is my understanding that the use of the IL case was to argue that there is precedent to physically handle ballots to determine the intent of the voter. Samantha A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: Votescam 11-29-2000
-- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/1406/_/975501222/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com http://www.sptimes.com/News/112600/Election2000/Republican_correction. shtml Republican corrections of applications detailed ©New York Times © St. Petersburg Times, published November 26, 2000 In Seminole County, where the Republican election chief allowed Republican Party workers to correct thousands of flawed absentee-ballot applications, new details of the incident have emerged. Supervisor of Elections Sandra Goard has been sued by a local Democratic lawyer, who accused her of breaking election law when she let a Republican Party worker use her offices for as long as 10 days to fix the absentee forms. Goard had described the area he used as a warehouse, but in depositions Wednesday she said that the room was full of computer terminals linked to her election database, and that the Republican Party worker was joined by a second man, whom she could not identify. Both men were allowed to use the room unsupervised, she said. Gov. George W. Bush gained more than 10,000 absentee votes in heavily Republican Seminole County, compared with about 5,200 for Vice President Al Gore, and the lawsuit is seeking to have all the absentee votes thrown out. Gore could win Florida, and thus the presidential race, if the lawsuit prevails. Lawyers for the election supervisor and the state Republican Party, which also was sued, have said they did nothing wrong. They also stress that only absentee applications and not ballots were involved. The absentee problem arose when the Republican Party blanketed the state with applications for absentee ballots, which it sent to registered Republicans. The Democrats did the same for its supporters, but the Republicans misprinted many of its forms with stray numerals instead of the required voter's identification number. Florida anti-vote-fraud law places strict rules on how absentee ballots can be obtained, and in 1998 the state election office ruled that while it was acceptable for political parties to mail and even collect the absentee applications, the voters or their close relatives or guardians must provide identifying information, including their voter-registration numbers. Both parties interpret the law as allowing them to supply the data as a convenience, as long as the voters then sign and return the forms. In Seminole County, Goard had rejected the flawed Republican applications as they poured into her office in the days before the election, but she then allowed the Republican Party to correct and resubmit the forms without the voters' knowledge or consent. Goard, in depositions, said that a GOP worker, Michael Leach, brought his own laptop computer with which to add the missing voter-identification numbers. She said the room served as her telephone bank and contained 18 computer terminals linked to a mainframe that stored all of her voter records. She said the terminals had password protection but that Leach worked unsupervised and that she placed no controls on his comings and goings. Goard said the room also contained the desk of her election- equipment technician, and that she did not know how often he was present or what materials he had on his desk. She said that Leach was joined for a while by another man, whom she could not identify, and that she made no effort to check what they took into or out of her offices. "Do you know how long that person was there?" Goard was asked. "No," she replied, adding that she couldn't describe him or say what he did. She said that he appeared one day with Leach, and that she made no effort to learn who he was. "Did Leach ever inform you he was going to bring someone else?" she was asked. "Not that I recall," Goard replied. GOP officials have said the second man was Ryan Mitchell, whom they identified only as a party volunteer. Mitchell could not be reached for comment. Leach has not returned phone messages left for him. * Sunday, Nov. 26, 2000 Fate of absentee ballots has potential to alter election outcome BY JOHN PACENTI © 2000 Cox News Service PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A challenge to throw out all absentee ballots in Seminole County took a back seat for weeks as the forces of Al Gore and George W. Bush fought it out over re-counts and re-votes in more populous South Florida. Yet, the lawsuit filed in the Republican suburban enclave north of Orlando ticks like a time bomb in the unprecedented post-election-day scramble for Florida's 25 electoral votes and, ultimately, the presidency. On Wednesday a circuit
[CTRL] 13-year-old Bush Supporter Beaten by Pro-Gore Crowd
-Caveat Lector- Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000; 10:12 a.m. ET 13-year-old Bush Supporter Beaten by Pro-Gore Crowd The airwaves have been filled lately with Democrats complaining about the intimidation tactics of pro-Bush demonstrators. So it will be particularly interesting to see what some of these same folks have to say about the latest report of political intimidation, one that involves not just angry taunts and jostling but the beating of a 13-year-old boy by supporters of the vice president. It happened over the weekend as Gore and Bush supporters gathered on opposite corners of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, the Washington Post buried this item in the seventh paragraph of its report on the dueling protests: "A scuffle [broke out] Sunday in which a 13-year-old boy heading home from the Bush corner crossed to the Gore side and took a punch in the gut." The Post did not say whether the boy required medical attention after the attack or if police had been notified. Read NewsMax.com's urgent letter to our readers. Find out how you can help expose voter fraud and the continuing attempt to steal the election. Click here now. Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: Presidential Race 2000 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: The Greatest Electoral Fraud In Modern History
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 2:14 AM Subject: The Greatest Electoral Fraud In Modern History The Greatest Electoral Fraud In Modern History by STEVE MYERS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editor, Exegesis Bill Clinton and Al Gore have almost succeeded in pulling off the greatest vote fraud in America's modern history. Like all criminals, they made a small error. Yes, they registered 2.4 million illegal immigrants just days before the election, and sent them voting cards already punched for Al Gore. Yes, they corrupted the judiciary and packed the benches with left-wing judges - as if they had not learned that socialism has been tried and has miserably failed. and yes, they had the media on their side. But they severely underestimated the yuck factor: that people were so utterly sick and tired of Clinton-Gore that they would walk over broken glass to vote them out, as one commentator put it. Therefore, instead of a comfortable, even if surprising win for Al Gore, as they planned, this, the most fraudulent election in living memory, has resulted in a virtual stalemate. And why did Gore have to win this election? To pursue his left-wing agenda? Wrong. That's a bonus. The real reason was to retain control of the Justice Department and its files on Clinton and Gore. A Justice Department in Republican hands, unless Janet Reno destroys all files before January 20th, means curtains for both of them, and they know it. We'll have much more on this after this is all over, but meanwhile, you can stay up to date with our online newspaper, Page 1 News, which is constantly updated, and by listening to The Newshour at 6 pm EST, Monday-Friday. Stay prayerful! The good guys will win in the end! - Enjoy a 90 day free trial subscription to the E-mail edition of the Vigo Examiner. You will receive up to three of our top stories, editorials or letters each day. Send your trial subscription request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [The_Spike] Luna murdered by chainsaw attack
Well, you know how it is with these Texas outfits. Prudy ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE LUNA WHERE JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL LIVED FOR OVER TWO YEARS HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY CUT AND ENDANGERED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November, 27 2000 Contact: Circle of Life Foundation: (707) 923-9522, (707) 923-4619 The small hamlet of Stafford, California is the site of a landslide that originated on PL/Maxxam land that destroyed seven families' homes. Stafford is also home to the Stafford Giant, an ancient redwood tree now known to the world as Luna. The tree was named Luna by forest activists who used the light of the full moon to rig a treesitting platform 180 feet high in the redwood in October, 1997. On December 10, 1997 Julia Butterfly Hill climbed into the tree to protect the magnificent redwood and to help make the world aware of the plight of the ancient forests. From her perch she carried out a tremendous amount of outreach to politicians, religious leaders, school children and citizens worldwide. After two years of risking her life, Julia, with the help of members of the US Steelworkers of America and other forest activists, successfully negotiated the permanent protection of Luna and a nearly three-acre buffer zone. The tree was protected by a Deed of Covenant, similar to a conservation easement that is held by the land trust Sanctuary Forest. The Luna Preservation Agreement, signed by Julia Hill and PL/Maxxam Corp., was designed to protect Luna in perpetuity so the tree could live for another millennium. On Thanksgiving weekend it was discovered that a critical cut had been made into Luna by a large chainsaw. The perpetrator made one deep and precise cut that went through a significant portion of the tree. While the tree is still alive and standing, Luna is extremely vulnerable to a windstorm. Judging from the precision of the cut and the fresh sawdust, the criminal action appears to have been committed by an experienced treefaller within the last few days. Julia Butterfly was devastated to learn of the injury to Luna, "Luna is the greatest teacher and best friend I have ever had. I gave two years of my life to ensure that she could live and die naturally. But two years is nothing compared to the thousand years she has lived, providing shelter, moisture and oxygen to forest inhabitants. It kills me that the last 3% of the ancient redwoods are being desecrated. I feel this vicious attack on Luna as surely as if the chainsaw was going through me. Words cannot express the deep sorrow that I am experiencing but I am as committed as ever to do everything in my power to protect Luna and the remaining ancient forests." Circle of Life Foundation and Sanctuary Forest are researching what can be done to stabilize the critically injured tree. There is a criminal investigation at the crime site for clues as to who may have committed this spiteful and malevolent action against this permanently protected tree. The forests surrounding Luna are sacrifice zones that were not protected under the Headwaters Forest Agreement. Other sacrifice zones include the old-growth Douglas fir forests on Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole River watershed. Police convoys are actively trying to stop forest activists from defending these forested steep slopes that are slated to be clearcut during this rainy season. Dana Stolzman -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/1/_/665758/_/975500966/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Moderator: Jimmy Boy Dial http://www.thespike.com Community email addresses: Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.onelist.com/community/The_Spike
[CTRL] Fw: [FPE] California Researchers Defend Using Humans
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: "F.M.Sielaff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Freedom Forum" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Friendly Patriotic Exchange" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:16 AM Subject: [FPE] California Researchers Defend Using Humans Courtesy of the AP at http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAIM7QB4GC.html for our ongoing education regarding "beneficial" scientific research. Nov 28, 2000 - 08:07 PM California Researchers Defend Using Humans in Study of Toxin By Tom Verdin Associated Press Writer LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - Doctors doing a study of a toxic water pollutant defended feeding it to human participants, saying the potential medical benefit outweighed the risk. The Loma Linda University Medical Center researchers held a news conference Tuesday to respond to media reports raising concerns about people being given doses of perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel that has contaminated ground water in parts of Southern California. The hospital's institutional review board, which oversees clinical trials, concluded that participants would face minimal risk. Researchers said the perchlorate doses being given in the study are about 100 times lower than those given to people who are prescribed perchlorate for thyroid illnesses. Dr. Anthony Firek, the study's principal investigator, said the dosages are also lower than those given in a study published earlier this year by Harvard University. Nine men received 10 milligrams of perchlorate daily in that study. Loma Linda researchers are giving participants doses ranging from a half-milligram to three milligrams. Half of the participants get placebos. But the daily doses in the Loma Linda study are still up to 83 times higher than drinking-water limits for perchlorate recommended by California's Department of Health Services. Dr. William Saukel, chairman of Loma Linda's review board, said the study likely will produce information beneficial to the population as a whole. So far, just eight people have enrolled in the study, which began in early October. Researchers hope to eventually enroll 100 people who each will be paid $1,000 for seven months of participation. Participants are informed of the risks of the research, which include bone marrow suppression, lessening of white and red blood cell counts and thyroid problems. Lockheed Martin - which faces hundreds of lawsuits accusing it of creating perchlorate pollution and threatening the health of San Bernardino and Riverside counties' residents - is paying for the study. The aerospace company's officials have said the study will help determine the health risk of perchlorate. Barry Taylor, Loma Linda's vice president for research affairs, said university officials discussed the company's possible motivations. "But on the other hand," he said, "people on the committee recognized that they could see medical use coming out of this." The idea for the study came from medical researchers, not Lockheed, researchers said. Firek said the study is being conducted to determine how best to diagnose and treat any illnesses caused by perchlorate in drinking water. Perchlorate has been used as a rocket-fuel oxidizer since the 1940s, and is thought to have contaminated water supplies in parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, as well as the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. In large doses, it can slow down the thyroid, which produces the hormone that controls infants' brain development and growth in older children. In adults, the thyroid regulates such things as temperature and blood cholesterol. Some people with thyroid illnesses are prescribed perchlorate to help treat their conditions. Firek indicated that doctors treating such patients are seeing some problems they think could be related to perchlorate. A clinical trial is the only way to determine whether that is the case, he said. --- On the Net: Perchlorate information: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/perchlor/perchlo.html Loma Linda Medical Center: http://www.llu.edu/llumc/ -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/223934/_/975470994/ -_- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence
[CTRL] Gore Agonistes
-Caveat Lector- OpinionJournal WSJ.com MORNING NOONAN NIGHT Gore Agonistes It's a wonder the vice president can sleep at night. BY PEGGY NOONAN Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST The scene: Midnight, Tuesday, in a mansion in the city. Inside, on the second floor, a handsome man with dark hair and sharp but fleshy features thrashes about on a king-size bed. He can't sleep. It's the noise. They're chanting outside, across the street-"GET OUT OF DICK CHENEY'S HOUSE! GET OUT OF DICK CHENEY'S HOUSE!" Close-up: The man in the bed puts a pillow over his head, around his ears. We hear his muffled internal dialogue: "I'm gonna win this thing one way or the other, mark my words. Tie it up in the courts. Tie it up in controversy. I'll exhaust Bush into conceding for the good of the nation. Heck, time I'm done I'll exhaust the nation into conceding. "Why not? What do I lose? If I win I win-everything. If I lose I still get to make a gracious-loser speech and say all I was looking for was justice. A really great 'Profiles in Courage' type speech. If we can get those yokel judges to string this thing along we can win back public opinion, and even if at the end I don't win by a dozen votes I'll still have clouded Bush's victory even more. "If I walk now what do I get? Nothing. I'll be nothing. This is my life. What am I gonna do, run a government in exile? Who'd join? No one in the party likes me. What will I do with my résumé? Go home and run? I couldn't even carry Tennessee. Make speeches at 50, 75 grand a pop? What does that get me? Tipper's no litigator. And Hillary could steal my thunder. A Clinton-Gore showdown in 2004--I'll lose that battle. In a primary she'll roast my chestnuts on an open fire, with Jack Frost nipping at my nose! Bill Clinton will help her-I'm Sore Loserman who blew the patrimony. "I thought my speech Monday night was good. The flags, the emotion-'A vote is not just a piece of paper. A vote is a human voice . . .' I thought I got it across that this isn't about me. I'm protecting democracy. "Learned that from Bill. The impeachment, Monica, the mess. He went around saying 'This isn't about me, this is about protecting the Constitution.' So that's what he was doing. Talk about multitasking! But it worked. "Nobody caught the tense I used the other night when I talked about the outcome. 'If the American people choose me, so be it. If they choose Governor Bush, so be it . . .' Not chose--choose. Future tense for the future president. This election is not over. The campaign is not over. There is no outcome. It must be discovered. In the future. "The polls are turning against me, so now I'm asking for a full state recount. It'll take days, weeks, months, to get this all sorted out in court. But I think it makes me look fair. "I know they're making fun of me. They think I'm like Rhett in 'Gone with the Wind' after his daughter Bonnie Blue dies-he stays in the room with the coffin making believe she's not dead. They're all waiting for Miss Mellie to come in and tell me it's over. "Well, there is no Miss Mellie. And it's not over. I get up every day and game-plan, just like I used to. I tell Billy Daley what to do, I tell the speechwriter what I want, I tell Tipper to get out there and wave. We're only buying ice cream, but so what? "I saw Bush in his rinky-dink little speech. The way if the prompter doesn't move quick enough to the next line he stops and waits like a doofus. 'And so I will create a transition' pause, pause, pause, 'team.' He doesn't reassure with his strength. I reassure with my strength. "And Reagan's. I did a full Reagan imitation Monday night and all Tuesday. I've studied the Gipper and do him better than anyone. Why doesn't anyone tag me on this? Get an old tape of Reagan standing at a lectern, the way he cocked his head, did a little shoulder roll, the good-natured chuckle. Can't they see I've totally ripped it all off and put it on like a suit? I've become him, his mannerisms are mine! I do this because he was good-and if I seem like him, people will think I'm good. "But I'm no phony, I'm me: the man who understands media and who tries to seem like other men you like. I'm just looking for the most popular version of me. If the American people would settle down and pick the one they like best--Reagan Gore, Kennedy touch-football Gore--I'd stick with it. I have discipline. But can they decide? No. They lack discipline. "Speaking of the president. He's loving all this. Me and Bush get to play the part of the warring children, he gets to play The Wise Judicious One. He gets to wear the Mideast Peace Face--'Surely we can reason together, Yasser.' That phony good-natured 'children will squabble' look he gets. He likes what's going on because it makes him feel like-well, not a child. Like a victor. Like the Man Who Didn't Need a Recount. "Wait till I'm president and it's pardon time. I'll wear my good- natured Children Get Into Trouble face. "I have friends
[CTRL] Fwd: MY ARTICLE
Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:26:28 EST Subject: Fwd: MY ARTICLE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read this article and then help me make it public. Ralph Epperson Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full-name: EPPERSONRA Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:19:10 EST Subject: MY ARTICLE To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Language: en X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 106 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2000: THE CREATED CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS by Ralph Epperson I have found evidence that this entire Presidential election has been planned years in advance by those who want to abolish the Constitution. If I am right, then this article of 12 pages is one of the most important you will ever read. Notice that I said I have found "evidence" because this evidence is not proof that this "election crisis" will be manipulated in such a way as to abolish the Constitutional Republic our Founding Fathers created for us. The information that I discovered could be "disinformation." But there is reason to believe that this is exactly their plan, and the evidence that I have found will follow in the article I have written. If I am right, the only way we can prevent them from bringing their plans into fruition is EDUCATION! WE MUST MAKE THIS AS PUBLIC AS WE CAN. Therefore, I am asking you to send this to everyone you can think of, including the media. I am hoping that the planners will read this and then say: "Postpone the plans, Epperson has figured it out!" In fact, that is the only hope we have! The evidence is strong that I am right! If I am right, we will have saved a Constitutional Republic. If I am wrong, I will have at least provided you with the information that there are people in the United States that wish to abolish our Constitutional Republic. And that will make us all a little more alert to just such a scenario being played out on us in the future. Thank you for your interest. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA! Ralph Epperson ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I am an historian who has researched THE CONSPIRATORIAL VIEW OF HISTORY for 37 years. I have written three books, nine booklets, and produced a variety of video tapes, totaling 56 hours, on the subject. Jim Marrs in his "best-selling" book entitled RULE BY SECRECY quotes from my research quite liberally. But I am not here to sell books, I am here to discuss the possible motives for this Presidential Election Crisis of 2000. THE CRISIS: Let's pretend that you didn't like the Constitution of the united States of America because you believed that it was "outmoded" because it was "written for an agrarian society," and that it couldn't "respond to modern problems" anymore. You would want to make your views as public as possible to gain popular support to get America ready for the changes you envision as being needed to replace the document. You would obviously need to create a popular following and to do so, you would need to you create an organization of like-minded people to make your views known to the world. You would gather these people together to let America know that you are people of importance and power, not some "vast left wing conspiracy:" (If Hillary Clinton can create a pretend "vast right wing conspiracy," I can certainly create a pretend "vast left wing conspiracy!") Those fellow believers would have to be: "prominent citizens such as present and former senators and repre-sentatives, cabinet members, officials of national and state political parties, governors, l awyers, scholars, journalists, and business leaders" (page xiv of the book REFORMING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT) so that the people would believe that your concerns were valid when you made them public. You would need to give that organization a prestigious title like THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM. And to fund your activities, you would need to secure donations, and the easiest way to secure large amounts of money is to convince prestigious foundations such as "the Brookings Institution, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, The Dillon Fund, and the Hewlett and American Express foundations" to support you and your "prominent citizens." (page xvi) You would certainly wish to use some of that money to publish a 334 page book entitled REFORMING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT that would tell the American people of your concerns and solutions. Then you would need to create a "crisis" to convince the people of America to change their Constitutional government because "such a significant shift in our Constitution is unlikely to come about except as a result of a crisis that is very grave indeed." Now, let me say that all of the above has been accomplished. I was not pretending. All of the above is real. There is a "vast left wing conspiracy" that was
[CTRL] Fwd: [NA] Machine-free, Canadians swiftly hand-count their 13 million ballots
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." attributed to Communist Tyrant Josef Stalin November 27, 2000 NA (Network America) e-wire Machine-free, Canadians swiftly hand-count their 13 million ballots Look at the article below! Thanks to Robert for sending it in. While we in the USA are still waiting to find out who the President is 3 weeks after election day, Canadians started their national election counting on the evening of Monday November 27th, 2000 and finished 4 hours later on the evening of Monday November 27th, 2000. Please bear in mind that --- even though there were 13 million ballots nationwide --- on average 250 or so easily read PAPER BALLOTS were counted at EACH of 50,000 precincts. The counting was done by about 6 counters at each precinct. A FEW BALLOTS COUNTED BY AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF COUNTERS. As can be seen from the article below, there is no need whatsoever for the ABSURD spectacle of 12 people trying to count 480,000 punch card ballots, or whatever the number was down in Palm Beach, Florida. Of course, the Canadians are trying to get a quick, accurate count, -- while those who have stealthily placed the current voting systems in 99% of the counties in the USA were not concerned with speed or with accuracy they were only concerned with having a voting system that could be easily rigged from a central location, and would have the feature of taking the ballots out of the sight of the voters where the voters ballots could be switched with pre-punched or pre-marked ballots prepared in advance by the Election Thieves. Please notice also that unlike the USA where it is OFFICIAL, MANDATORY POLICY of the Election Thieves who set up the system, that the ballots MUST be removed from the peoples supervision in Canada the ballots MUST be discarded if they ever leave the official supervision (eyesight) of the Precinct Workers. Very important. Also, the Canadian official interviewed says that the main feature of Canadian elections is TRANSPARENCY, as this list learned from Canadian Brent Beleskey, the director of the International Voters Coalition. Transparency means the ballots and counting are ALWAYS done in PUBLIC VIEW. The Election Thieves running the voting systems in the USA insist on NON-TRANSPARENCY. They insist on removing the entire process into the dark, so that their agents can be protected by POLICE while they warp and steal elections in secret. HOW MUCH MORE OBVIOUS CAN THE CRIMINAL NATURE OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR USA ELECTION SYSTEMS BE? Here is the beginning of the article on the ease of Canadian PAPER BALLOT, HAND COUNTED Elections. Machine-free, Canadians swiftly hand-count their 13 million ballots By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press 11/28/00 12:58 PM OTTAWA (AP) -- Florida vote canvassers, take note. Within four hours after the last polls closed in Canada's parliamentary election, officials at 50,000 polling stations had hand-counted virtually every one of nearly 13 million paper ballots. There were glitches, to be sure -- an angry voter seized a ballot box in Nova Scotia and threw it into a polluted lagoon. But overall, Canada's federal elections system, which uses no counting machines, had a smooth Election Night. From Newfoundland to Yukon, across the world's second-largest country, roughly 150,000 election workers fanned out Monday to a far-flung network of polling stations. Even in the biggest cities, no one station serves more than 500 registered voters -- most of the officers entrusted with the hand-counting had to handle no more than 300 or 400 ballots. Pierre Blain, a spokesman for Elections Canada, said the system stresses transparency, with each party entitled to deploy a representative to watch the polling station chief count the ballots. Any complaints can be registered with national elections officials; recounts are conducted automatically in cases of extremely narrow victory margins. Though some of Monday's 301 parliamentary races were close, the overall result was clear-cut: Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal Party won its third straight majority government while increasing its seats in the House of Commons from 161 to 173. Blain, in a telephone interview Tuesday, politely declined to pass judgment on the electoral chaos in Florida, which was compounded by the use of different voting systems in various counties. "All the democracies must look at their systems themselves," Blain said. "It's not for somebody from another country to look at them." "The most important thing is that people must vote," he said. "I'm sure the workers in Florida did their best." The Canadian system, in place for a century, uses traditional paper ballots, to be marked with an "X" beside the name of the preferred parliamentary candidate. There are no hanging chads, no questions about mechanical snafus. In Nova Scotia, though, there was little that election officials could do when a man ran off with
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Presidents are not selected by voters
In 1974 the psychopaths who now dictate every move Henry Hyde makes (and who ,as of 1994, were frantic to find out who was pulling Clintons strings ) had a problem. They wanted to find a Republican JFK but with no brains and who would follow orders to the letter. I said that the cousin of my best friend was such a person , or at least was regarded by his own family as fitting the criteria. That was Dan Quayle who was not in politics. Smart , powerful people exhibit incomprehensible blind spots when limited by theorganizational mentality. A week late the representative told me they couldnt find Quayle and said ,"we think hes related to the actor Anthony Quayle (Kway-lee ) I said the 2 names arent even pronounced the same -"Oh .,but they are, we were able to check on that" it went round and round. They fixate on some idiotic detail because theyre afraid to deviate from the exact instruction issued by some misinformed higher -up. Finally he explained the whole game plan to me: Prematurely despairing of getting a conservative Republican elected president after Watergate (and I told them that ) They would run a moderate-image type guy , hopefully in 1984, but definitely in 1988 but they would get their puppet on as vice president,as the price of party unity. After a decent interval, the elected potus would be "removed". They were not of one mind ( I KNOW all these persons . Im not naming them because I dont need the extra trouble right now- but if you list the scions of the 1930s America First movement youd have most of them) ...they were not of one mind on the method of "removal" but assassination couldnt be ruled out - but only because so many assassinations swept under the rug were making "a bulge in the rug". There was Anthony Accardo to pacify, through his brotherinlaw SENESE, who was pissed at Giancana setting up drug businesses in latin america, on his own. But the drug business was the money generator to force their guy into the VP slot and sabotage the democrats. They hadnt yet decided on cocaine, but were about to. (there was no demand for cocaine at that time but they were confident they could create a glamour driven , artificial demand- theyd had nothing but success with pop stars, sports heroes etc-same formula ) The VOSS were to handle the actual dirty work with possible mob help, but the mob wasthought too inept . Big logistical problem was finding legitimate business that ships loads of white powder up the Missisippi (Servaas handled that-then bought Saturday evening post ) When the time came (jan1,1992) I stopped them dead. I have all the proof ,which has withstood every challenge in every US court. I did not do it for Bush. I did it because I was required to by federal law. My IQ is not 85. Its considerably higher than that. My k12 record is indexed on page 1 of my website . The other sideways slime you have lobbed at me could be as easily deconstructed , but I dont have time for that sort of thing. KT -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/0/_/475667/_/975491937/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- My profile at AskMe http://kennnthomas.address.com
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: Hmmm, what cool tactics--can I get in on this vacation time?
-- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/1406/_/975500814/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- From the Wall Street Journal... "When outraged Republicans raised a ruckus outside the Miami-Dade County elections office last week, some protesters at the door weren't local citizens. They were Capitol Hill aides on all-expenses paid trips, courtesy of the Bush campaign. Right up front on television images of the event last Wednesday were Thomas Pyle, an aide to GOP Rep. Tom DeLay, and Michael Murphy, who works for a DeLay fund-raising committee. Doug Heye from California Rep. Richard Pombo's office also was in the frayBehind the rowdy rallies in South Florida this past weekend was a well-organized effort by Republican operatives to entice supporters to South FloridaThe biggest contingent appears to have hailed from within the marbled walls of the Capitol complex in Washington"In Washington, several GOP aides say the office of Mr. DeLay, the House Republican whip, took charge of the effort on Capitol Hill, passing on an offer many staffers couldn't refuse: free air fare, accommodations and food in the Sunshine State -- all paid for by the Bush campaign. Aides who accepted took advantage of liberal congressional workplace rules that allow them to jump from government jobs to political tasks at a moment's notice by declaring themselves on vacation or temporary leave. "Once word leaked out, everybody wanted in," says one GOP operative involved in the effort. Participants estimate that more than 200 staffers signed on, some spending more than a week in South Florida. Many stayed in Hiltons by the beach and received $30 a day for food, as well as an invitation to an exclusive Thanksgiving Day party in Fort Lauderdale "Staffers who joined the effort say there has been an air of mystery to the operation. "To tell you the truth, nobody knows who is calling the shots," says one aide. Many nights, often very late, a memo is slipped underneath the hotel-room doors outlining coming events. On Friday night, one aide received notice that he and his colleagues were welcome to stay in South Florida until "further notice." Bush supporters sometimes outnumbered Gore backers by 10 to one outside the Broward County Courthouse in the Democrat-leaning community. A block to the north, a recreational vehicle festooned with Bush-Cheney signs served as operation central, having recently been transferred from similar duty in Miami[GOP] camaraderie was on full display at the glitzy Thanksgiving night party featuring free food and libations at the Hyatt on Pier 66 in Fort Lauderdale -- "a festive family mood," says one protester. Entertainer Wayne Newton crooned the song "Danke Schoen," until a group of frenzied female fans rushed the stage. The night's highlight was a conference call from Mr. Bush and running mate Dick Cheney, which included joking references by both running mates to the incident in Miami." http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB975279431548753691.djm WSJ, 11/27/00
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: Hunter S. Thompson on ESPN.com
-- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/0/_/1406/_/975501284/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com Robalini's Note: Leave it to Hunter S. Thompson, in an article that allegedly is supposed to involve covering sports, to say more truths about our current Presidential mess than any other korporate talking head. I for one want to start a movement: demand that Monday Night Football dump Dennis Miller's ass and hire Thompson. If they're going to have someone who's never played in the NFL babbling about politics, better it to be a real man like Thompson than that yuppified wuss whom Dan Fouts can barely conceal he despises. Miller, hit the showers and go back to co-starring in flicks with Corey Feldman!!! Anyway, here are Hunter's last two columns for ESPN. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thompson/001127.html The fix is in By Hunter S. Thompson Page 2 columnist "(This is) not the work of a wise man, but only a player and a scribe with a dangerous gambling habit. ... That is a risky mix that will sooner or later lead you to cross the wrong wires and get shocked, or even burned to a cinder. On some days you will be lucky and only break your fingers and make a fool of yourself. But luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it. I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side. Muhammad Ali, one of my very few heroes, once took the time to explain to me that "there are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all." Ho ho. It takes a special kind of mindset to believe that and still have smart people call you Funny. I have never quite understood it. -- Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America This eerie Presidential election has been a painful experience for Gamblers. Almost everybody Lost. Even if you were crazy or dumb enough to bet on a dead-even Tie, you Lost, because it was 537 votes short of it. The many Losers don't feel the pain yet, because they are still in Shock Denial. There are rumors in Washington that Gore's most trusted advisors have sealed him off so completely that he still firmly believes he Won. ... Which is True, on some scorecards, but so what? Those cards don't count. ... George W. Bush is our President now, and you better start getting used to it. He didn't actually steal the White House from Al Gore, he just brutally wrestled it away from him in the darkness of one swampy Florida night. He got mugged, and the local Cops don't give a damn. Where did he think he was -- in some friendly Civics class? Hell no, he was in Florida, arguably the most Vicious Corrupt state in the Union. ... Not only that, but he was brazenly invading Florida, trying to steal it from right under the noses of the whole Bush family. It was a bold move brilliantly done, in some ways -- but then so was Lee's decision to invade the North attack Gettysburg. Gore was Doomed in Florida, and he knew it about halfway through Election night. The TV wizards had already given the state its 25 precious Electoral Votes to Gore, which gave him an early lead and caused wild rejoicing in Democratic headquarters all over the country. My own immediate reaction was bafflement surprise, and I think I almost believed it. ... But not really. The more I brooded on it, the more I was troubled by waves of Queasiness shudders of Gnawing Doubt. I felt nervous vaguely confused, as if I had just heard a dog speak perfect English for 30 or 40 seconds. That will get your attention, for sure. ... Some people get permanently de-stabilized by it: Nothing they see with their own eyes will ever look quite the same to them again. As in "I know that the object I'm looking at is an Egg -- but I also know that if it talks to me like a person, it is not an Egg." There was one exact moment, in fact, when I knew for sure that Al Gore would Never be President of the United States, no matter what the experts were saying -- and that was when the whole Bush family suddenly appeared on TV and openly scoffed at the idea of Gore winning Florida. It was Nonsense, said the Candidate, Utter nonsense. ... Anybody who believed Bush had lost Florida was a Fool. The Media, all of them, were Liars Dunces or treacherous whores trying to sabotage his victory. They were strong words and people said he was Bluffing. But I knew better. Of course Bush would win Florida. Losing was out of the question. Here was the whole bloody Family laughing hooting sneering at the dumbness of the whole world on National TV. The old man was the real tip-off. The leer on his face was almost frightening. It was like looking into the eyes of a
[CTRL] The Digital Future in Dubai, by J. Orlin Grabbe
-Caveat Lector- from: http://zolatimes.com/V4.48/dubai.html Click Here: A HREF="http://zolatimes.com/V4.48/dubai.html"The Digital Future in Dubai, by J. Orlin Grabbe/A - The Digital Future in Dubai by J. Orlin Grabbe When you travel from the warm tropics to the warm desert, you dress for warm weather: shorts, t-shirt. It may look curious to the coat-and-scarf crowd in Newark, New Jersey or Paris, France, but what do they know about the beginning or the end, the Alpha or the Omega? The cold air, when it's available, feels good. The US government, in its usual arrogant way, requires all passengers passing through the Newark terminal to clear US customs, even if they are just in transit and not entering the US at all. For me, a citizen, it's not much of an inconvenience, just a wave of a piece of paper and a walk-through with my carry-on only luggage. But how many in-transit foreigners realize the document they just signed deprives them of almost all rights under law? Things are more civilized in Paris: if you're not part of the EU but are in transit there are no forms to fill outand no long lines to stand in, impatiently waiting while customs agents pompously take romps through the underwear of attractive females with too many suitcases. After two days travel from Costa Rica, I'm glad to return again to civilization when I finally check into a high-tech hotel, decorated in oak and marble and bright Middle Eastern colors, and settle into a room with all the essentials of civilization: a shower with hot water, and with in-room Internet connections and private fax machine. The journey has been tiring. I update my homepage and fall asleep. In the morning I open my eyes to the Persian Gulf (or, as it is known locally, the Arabian Gulf). The Gulf is relatively narrow here, but the Iranian shoreline on the other side is nevertheless lost over the horizon. Nearby are other Dubai towers, rising like some futuristic sci-fi city out of the desert, and beyond that the area of Port Rashid and the Gulf waters which have become an international geopolitical obsession. The Gulf is not quite blue in the desert air seen from the 47th floor of the Emirates Towers Hotel. That color kicks in only after a cleansing rain, which doesn't happen often in this part of the world. But at night as the air cools, the city, the port, and the lighted ships are transformed into a shimmering mosaic of diamonds fractally displayed on black velvet. Dubai is bounded on the north by the Gulf, on the west by the Hajar mountains, and on the south and east by The Empty Quarter (think of the latter as the Forbidden Zone) called Rub Al Khali. Dubai is a trading city, much like it was thousands of years ago when it lay on a trade route between the Sumerian civilization (in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley, now in present-day Iraq, at the north end of the Gulf) and Oman and Yemen to the south. As a trading nation, UAE is in many ways neutral: a self-contained exercise in regulatory arbitrage. It is friendly to the US, but also to Iran and to China. Along with Jordan, the Emirates are a key food supplier to international bad-boy Iraq. The country's merits are conveniently accessible to English-speakers, as English is spoken as commonly as Arabicperhaps moreso because of the majority foreign population. The local currency the dirham, is printed in both languages. So are the traffic signs and the names of most shops. When I took geography in grade school, the Emirates were still the Trucial Stateseven independent Sheikdoms with maritime agreements with Britain. But with Britain's withdrawal, they united in 1971 to form the UAE. Later, oil, and gas were discovered. That changed everything. The rulers, rather than living it up with weekend trips to Paris, looked instead to the future and decided that when the oil ran out, there would remain the traditional mainstaytrade, and there would still be sand. So they constructed the essentials of ocean trading just off-shore, while on-shore they are promoting a new silicon valley, a digital mecca. Jebel Ali, the second of Dubai's ports, is the largest artificial port in the world, and the Jebel Ali free zone is filled with companies from Japan, Korea, the US, China, and Russia. Reflecting the digital focus, the local English-language paper, Gulf News, is filled with ads seeking to fill IT positions. On a drive out to the Jebel Ali free zone, which is about 25 miles west of the downtown area, I pass the newly opened Dubai Internet City, the name displayed on the archway in English and Arabic. The Urim and Thummum of the Internet Age, Microsoft and Oracle, flank the gateway entrance. I've brought some papers. The papers have been signed and stamped a dozen different ways by a dozen different hands, and they will need to be stamped and signed and processed some more by strangers who take their responsibility oh so seriously. None of this has anything to do with the actual conduct of
[CTRL] IRS may muzzle what nonprofit groups do on the Net
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01524.html Click Here: A HREF="http://www.politechbot.com/p-01524.html" politechbot.com: IRS may muzzle what nonprofit /A - politechbot.com home page / search / subscribe / about / photos (New: Stop by our friends at cluebot.com!) IRS may muzzle what nonprofit groups do on the Net * Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:45:51 -0500 * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: FC: IRS may muzzle what nonprofit groups do on the Net * From: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Forwarded message from Twila Brase [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Twila Brase [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ALERT:Public comments needed:IRS to Muzzle Internet Speech? To: Recipient List Suppressed: ; Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:22:27 -0600 IRS TO MUZZLE INTERNET SPEECH? The IRS is threatening to hold non-profit organizations (like CCHC)liable for the comments made by visitors to their websites and by the actions of organizations to which the websites have links. "Guilty" organizations would be stripped of their tax-exempt status. The IRS is now seeking public comments on their intentions (see address below). Commenters may also send a copy of their comments to Senators and Representatives in Congress where concern has been expressed (see below). The deadline for public comments is February 13, 2001. Freedom of speech and the freedom of non- profit organizations to dispense valuable information depends on citizen response. Twila Brase, R.N. President, CCHC --- The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) acting on its own initiative, without legislative authorization, is considering "the necessity of issuing guidance that would clarify the application of the Internal Revenue Code to use of the Internet by [tax] exempt organizations. In short, the IRS wants to monitor and regulate free speech on the Internet. Organizations may be held liable for the activities of other organizations over whom they have neither control or internal knowledge of operations. Organizations may also be held liable for the speech of individual comments made online at the website. Tax-exempt (non-profit) organizations are required by law to restrict lobbying activities to a minimum, or lose their tax-exempt status. Those that take the IRS (h) election are allowed to allocate a small percentage of their revenues to lobbying activities. Clarifying an intention to regulate speech, the IRS announcement includes many questions under consideration regarding regulation of the use of the Internet by non-profit, tax exempt organizations. These are a few: * To what extent are statements made by subscribers to a forum, such as a listserv or newsgroup, attributable to an exempt organization that maintains the forum? * Does providing a hyperlink on a charitable organization's website to another organization that engages in political campaign intervention result in per se prohibited political intervention? * Does providing a hyperlink to the website of another organization that engages in lobbying activity constitute lobbying by a charitable organization? * Unlike other publications of an exempt organization, a website may be modified on a daily basis. To what extent and by what means should an exempt organization maintain the information from prior versions of the organization's website? The effect of IRS regulation and monitoring of Internet sites--no doubt with the threat of hefty fines for infringements--will seriously limit public discourse and freedom of speech. Even if the website is eventually found to be innocent of an IRS charge, damage to the organization will be extensive: in lawyer fees, temporary or long- term loss of the website, and energy directed away from operations to focus on securing exoneration. Members of Congress are also concerned. Rep. Dick Armey chastised the IRS' request for comments saying, "The IRS has no business getting involved in whether a think tank has links on its website, or how often a charity's site is updated. The idea of turning the tax man into a net cop would have a chilling effect on free speech on the Internet" (Tech Law Journal, 10/26/00) ---Citizens' Council on Health Care November 28, 2000 -- TO COMMENT: Send public comments to: Internal Revenue Service Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20224 Attn: Judith E. Kindell Regarding Document: IRS Announcement 2000-84, Dated October 16. DEADLINE: February 13, 2001. View IRS document at: http://www.techlawjournal.com/agencies/irs/internet/20001016.asp * A citizens resource for designing the future of health care * Citizens' Council on Health Care 1954 University Ave.W., Suite 8 St. Paul, MN 55104
[CTRL] Military Involvement In Mind Control Murders ?
-Caveat Lector- Read this article *carefully*, and draw your own conclusions I have a collection of over 100 articles detailing incidents from around the country going back at least 20 years that seems to hint that something other than "mental illness" is causing many people to commit crimes such as murder and arson. SLAY SUSPECT CALLED SCHIZOPHRENIC New York Newsday , Friday October 12, 1990 by Carolyn Colwell. STAFF WRITER Page number 23 The strange figure with an antenna coming out of its head drawn by the man accused of being the Riverhead sniper is one sign that he is a paranoid schizophrenic, according to the testimony of a defense psychologist yesterday. Dr. Jamie Greene of Mount Kisco, N.Y., testified in county court yesterday that the series of psychological tests she gave Yusef Rahman demonstrate that Rahman was so enmeshed in his paranoid schizophrenic delusions when he went on a shooting spree in Riverhead in the winter of 1988 that he could not appreciate that what he did was wrong. Earlier this week, Rahman testified that he went on military combat missions accompanied by companions Radio Man, Boobie and others to free hostages being held in camps. After his arrest, he said his companions came to the county jail by helicopter to visit him and told him that his medals for his missions were waiting for him in their camp but that they could not help him in his current predicament. Rahman has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder, and one count of reckless endangerment on the grounds that he is not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect. Under New York law, a mentally ill person is not responsible if he cannot appreciate the consequences of his actions or appreciate that they are wrong. When Greene asked Rahman to draw a picture of a person, he drew a man with an antenna coming out of his head, showed the muscles inside the man's stomach and delineated the figure's knees and ankle bones, she said. A doodle shows a bullet pointed at the left foot, she added. His delusions about being a soldier and being involved with military things were "so pervasive that he can't get away from it, even in his doodles," Greene added. That antenna "can only be interpreted as an antenna, an extremely paranoid feature," Greene said. The antenna, she explained, is a mechanism for receiving special messages, a means of "additional communication to the outside world that we all don't normally have." Greene said she'd never seen any one add knees and ankle bones to such a drawing, and showing the inside muscles was a sign of Rahman's seeing both the inside and outside of something simultaneously. Seeing two different things as the same thing is a schizophrenic trait, she said. Even Rahman's answers on an IQ test showed how thoroughly he lived in his delusionary military world, Greene added. In the verbal part of the test, Rahman was asked to define words like commence and he answered "to commence firing." He said the first ink blot she showed him when she gave him a Rorschach test was an F-16, she added. MARtin F. ABErnathy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Stimulus/Response Conditioning And Murder
-Caveat Lector- There is a targeted individual in Chandler, AZ , named James R. Rose, [note to Chuck: you should *definitely* contact him--he's right in your area and has a lot of info to share with you], who has done a great deal of research into HOW people are being conditioned to commit murder and other crimes. He has many messages on the psychops.com message board : http://forum.onecenter.com/psychops/ If you want to learn a lot more about how mind control technology is used to *force* people to commit crimes I would suggest that you read ALL of his messages-- they are on pages 1,2, and 3. The information will make a lot more sense if you read the earliest (June 2000) messages first. You will also find his e-mail address here if wish to contact him. In my opinion, James R. Rose is an extremely knowledgeable and remarkable person ! When he began suffering from assaults via mind control technology, he took the time to find out HOW and WHY it's being done to people across the country. = MARtin F. ABErnathy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Risks Digest 21.10
-Caveat Lector- On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 16:13:19 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [: hacktivism :] RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Tuesday 7 November 2000 Volume 21 : Issue 10 FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS (comp.risks) ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator * See last item for further information, disclaimers, caveats, etc. * This issue is archived at URL:http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.10.html and by anonymous ftp at ftp.sri.com, cd risks . Contents: [Election Day special edition] Pennsylvania county wins $1M for faulty computer voting machines (David Banisar) Thoughts on computers in voting (Douglas W. Jones) Security of electronic voting in public elections (Avi Rubin) Saturn made a bad assumption in my engine (William Colburn) I crashed because my phone was ringing (Scott Gregory) Unplanned roll in NASA's X-38 (James H. Paul) *Lack* of barcode causes train to trap passengers (Jeff Stieglitz) No security in Internet-connectable laboratory instrument controller (Stephen D. Holland) Risk of using 'meaningful' file names (Charles Bryant) Re: Typo+"strange glitch"=private files world-readable (Steve Summit) REVIEW: "Virus Proof", Phil Schmauder (Rob Slade) Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks) -- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 09:24:10 -0500 From: David Banisar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pennsylvania county wins $1M for faulty computer voting machines A federal jury awarded Montgomery County, Penn., more than $1 million Wednesday in a suit against an Indiana company that sold the county 900 computer voting machines that repeatedly broke down. The jury found MicroVote Corp. breached its implied warranties, but rejected all of the county's other claims, including fraud and breach of contract. The county had sought $4.3 million against the company. [Source: *The Legal Intelligencer* from http://www.law.com] -- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 00 16:43:41 CST From: "Douglas W. Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Thoughts on computers in voting It's election day, and as chair of the Iowa State Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems, it seems like a fair time to pause and think about the state of the art. Over the past several years, an important trend has been evident in the voting machines that have come before our board for approval in Iowa. This is the replacement of custom-built software with off-the shelf commodity software, usually some variant of Windows and largely dependent on Microsoft Office. Computers in voting machines are old technology at this point, whether they're used for central count systems based on punched cards or mark sense readers, or whether they're precinct count systems based on mark sense or direct recording electronic voting machines. There are still lever machines in use, of course, but those haven't been changed in years and therefore, we don't see them coming up for examination. Under the current Federal Election Commission guidelines for electronic voting systems, all custom-built software is subject to examination by an independent third party. On the other hand, "industry standard components" are acceptable, as is. The FEC has no enforcement power, but the FEC guidelines have been enacted into the voting law of numerous states. The reason this concerns me is that we see a larger and larger fraction of the software inside the voting system becoming proprietary product of a third party and exempt from the requirement that it be available for a source code inspection. Furthermore, the size of commercial operating systems is immense, so an effective inspection is very hard to imagine! What threat does this present? If I wanted to fix an election, not this year, but 4 years from now, what I might do is quit my job at the University of Iowa and go to work for Microsoft, seeking to insinuate myself into the group that maintains the central elements of the window manager. It sounds like it might be fun, even if the job I'd need would largely involve maintenance of code that's been stable for years. My goal: I want to modify the code that instantiates a "radio button widget" in a window on the screen. The specific function I want to add is: If the date is the first tuesday after the first monday in a year divisible by 4, and if the window contains text containing the string "straight party", and if the radio buttons contain, at least, the strings "democrat" and "republican", one time in 10, at random, switch the button label containing the substring "democrat" with any of the other labels, at random. Of course, I would make every effort to obfuscate my code. Obfuscated coding is a highly developed art! Having done so, what I'd have accomplished is a version of windows that would swing 10 percent of the straight party votes from the Democratic party to the other other
[CTRL] Messy Arithmetic
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This is why the industrial engineers have problems with the "quality circles":
too much personal, partisan bias. The circles begin to resemble modern art, where
creativity ("brain storming") can be used to explain any irregularity of the
meandering lines, especially when the circles are "open ended", usually
characterised as "works in progress". Meaningful to the very few (the "artistes"
(OKA "lawyers")) but unacceptable to those who use common sense when describing and
expecting a "circle". AER
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Klayman: 'What a Mess'
Christopher Ruddy
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000
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"But it may be impossible to find out what really happened in the vote, Klayman
said, expressing shock at the condition of the ballots. "These things look like they
have been in World War II.
According to his independent auditors, Klayman said ballots reviewed so far shows
four areas of irregularities and possible fraud:
The hand counts do not reconcile with the machine counts.
Election officials used "pink ballots replacement ballots for paper ballots they
said were destroyed by the machine. This allowed officials to fill out the ballot
for the destroyed ballots.
The canvassing board had no clear methodology when conducting the recount
Record keeping was so bad, there is no record of who the canvassing committee
awarded votes to from each of the questionable ballots.
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The libertarian therefore considers one of his prime educational
tasks is to spread the demystification and desanctification of the
State among its hapless subjects. His task is to demonstrate
repeatedly and in depth that not only the emperor but even the
"democratic" State has no clothes; that all governments subsist
by exploitive rule over the public; and that such rule is the reverse
of objective necessity. He strives to show that the existence of
taxation and the State necessarily sets up a class division between
the exploiting rulers and the exploited ruled. He seeks to show that
the task of the court intellectuals who have always supported the State
has ever been to weave mystification in order to induce the public to
accept State rule and that these intellectuals obtain, in return, a
share in the power and pelf extracted by the rulers from their deluded
subjects.
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[CTRL] Fw: The Balkans Stability US-NATO Style!
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Blagovesta Doncheva [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 10:05 AM Subject: The Balkans Stability US-NATO Style! "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." -- Buddha Balkan Myths Circulated by Royal United Services Institute in London "Minds are like parachutes. They only function if they are open." (author unknown) Re: Analysis: Stability in the Balkans? By Jonathan Eyal 1. When Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica takes his seat at a regional summit on Friday, the Balkans will mark another milestone. Balkans are already marking only "another milestone" to a disastrous tragic fall under level 0. Just like Kostov and his predecessors in Bulgaria, Mr. kostunica is only another Balkan Puppet on a String. (To say nothing about poor Ljupcho Georgievski in Macedonia.) One should never forget the real forces behind Kostunica: DJINDJIC, USA-NATO, Germany. 2. For the first time since the end of communism more than a decade ago, the entire Balkan region is free from dictatorship. "Don't worry, or flurry, or scurry": dear Jonathan means that at last "the entire Balkans" are free from old "rubbish" like, f.i., "independence" and "sovereignty". Hurray!!! It seems J. has been a very poor student. He still does not know the definition of the word "dictatorship"! SRAMOTA! (= SHAME!) What "dictatorship" is he babbling about? I suggest that Mr. J. finds time to look in an Encylopaedia. And then refresh his knowledge about Yugoslavia's last years as a sovereign state. I sincerely hope when he finds the definition he will THINK for 5 minutes at least. (And, eventually, he will understand what I mean.) 3. Having served as the source of wars and privations, Yugoslavia . "Source of Wars"? Some - like London Royal Institute, - haven't learned yet where the ACTUAL "Source of Wars" is. In - or outside Yugoslavia? Isn't it wunderbar? Suggestion: visit www.tenc.net. It might help to lift the thick mists of IGNORANCE - if there is a desire, of course. 4. Poor economy Jonathan from London and the likes know NOTHING of "poor economy". Not that there are no examples. I suggest that J. visits Bulgaria - Sofia will be enough. I suggest that he aggrees to make a round of the former factories and plants in Sofia ONLY. The same factories and plants that used to work as they should before IMF, WB (together with some of G17 experts) stepped to it. For instance, it will be very instructive for him (and his pay-masters) to visit the textile factory "Bulgaria" - Sofia. What will one see there? EMPTY HALLS! It was liquidated - then privitised - and the new owner (a Turkish businessman, I was told) quite lawfully took away all the equipment - all the well-working looms! Question: If the Bulgarian economy was defined as "poor" under the so-called "communism", WHAT IS IT NOW under IMF-WB (USA) - and the Bulgarian kostunica-DJINDJIC team? 5. For President Kostunica, there are two key priorities - the elimination of his country's international isolation and the reform of Yugoslavia's internal economy. "Reform of Yugoslavia's internal economy"! Here is the nail!!! The meaning is: TO KILL THE YUGOSLAVIA's INTERNAL ECONOMY by liquidation - privitisation - and the other widely used IMF-WB deadly weapons. Don't forget that some of the killer-experts from kostunica-DJINDJIC G17 have been - or still are! - IMF experts at the same time!!! It means that the "Yugoslavia's internal economy" will be exterminated in a very expert and speedy manner. Let's rejoice! Heil IMF-WB! Heil DJINDJIC - OK, kostunica, sorry! 6. he is committed to the creation of a market economy. Kostunica-DJINDJIC - committed to creation of MARKET ECONOMY! It is clear that lots of people DO NOT KNOW (including Mr. J.!) what "MARKET ECONOMY" means. Isn't it high time for ALL THE ACTIVISTS to find, read and learn what HORROR is lurking behind that mantra? Only then they will understand what is in store for Yugoslavia and its people! After 11 years of MARKET ECONOMY I am too poor to be able to travel to Yugoslavia. But some newly-baked Yugoslav "democrats" are JUST FREED from the "awful communist dictatorship", so it surely is still not a problem for them to visit Bulgaria. If they come my friends and I will only take them to see the present condition of once working factories and plants, and they will meet people who have worked there and now are in the streets in a deplorable condition. I.e., THEY WILL SEE MARKET ECONOMY IN ACTION! I haven't stopped wondering how is it possible for normal
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: Hmmm, what cool tactics--can I get in on this vacation time?
-Caveat Lector- At11:18 AM 11/29/2000 -0500, Kris Millegan wrote the following message: ==-==-==-==-==Begin Quoted Message==-==-==-==-== Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (rly-yd04.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.4]) by air-yd02.mail.aol.com (v77.14) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:27:53 -0500 Received: from jj.egroups.com (jj.egroups.com [208.50.144.82]) by rly-yd04.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:27:29 -0500 X-eGroups-Return: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [10.1.4.52] by jj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 29 Nov 2000 12:26:56 - Received: (qmail 41345 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2000 12:26:50 - Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 29 Nov 2000 12:26:50 - Received: from unknown (HELO ck.egroups.com) (10.1.2.83) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Nov 2000 12:26:50 - X-eGroups-Return: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [10.1.10.105] by ck.egroups.com with NNFMP; 29 Nov 2000 12:26:50 - X-eGroups-Approved-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] via web; 29 Nov 2000 12:26:42 - X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (EGP: mail-6_3_1_2); 29 Nov 2000 12:10:48 - Received: (qmail 5364 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2000 12:10:48 - Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 29 Nov 2000 12:10:48 - Received: from unknown (HELO imo-r14.mail.aol.com) (152.163.225.68) by mta2 with SMTP; 29 Nov 2000 12:10:48 - Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-r14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v28.34.) id a.9c.959f547 (3981) for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:10:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Unknown sub 107 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-eGroups-Edited-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:10:42 EST Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Konformist: Hmmm, what cool tactics--can I get in on this vacation time? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/1406/_/975500814/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- From the Wall Street Journal... "When outraged Republicans raised a ruckus outside the Miami-Dade County elections office last week, some protesters at the door weren't local citizens. They were Capitol Hill aides on all-expenses paid trips, courtesy of the Bush campaign. Right up front on television images of the event last Wednesday were Thomas Pyle, an aide to GOP Rep. Tom DeLay, and Michael Murphy, who works for a DeLay fund-raising committee. Doug Heye from California Rep. Richard Pombo's office also was in the frayBehind the rowdy rallies in South Florida this past weekend was a well-organized effort by Republican operatives to entice supporters to South FloridaThe biggest contingent appears to have hailed from within the marbled walls of the Capitol complex in Washington"In Washington, several GOP aides say the office of Mr. DeLay, the House Republican whip, took charge of the effort on Capitol Hill, passing on an offer many staffers couldn't refuse: free air fare, accommodations and food in the Sunshine State -- all paid for by the Bush campaign. Aides who accepted took advantage of liberal congressional workplace rules that allow them to jump from government jobs to political tasks at a moment's notice by declaring themselves on vacation or temporary leave. "Once word leaked out, everybody wanted in," says one GOP operative involved in the effort. Participants estimate that more than 200 staffers signed on, some spending more than a week in South Florida. Many stayed in Hiltons by the beach and received $30 a day for food, as well as an invitation to an exclusive Thanksgiving Day party in Fort Lauderdale "Staffers who joined the effort say there has been an air of mystery to the operation. "To tell you the truth, nobody knows who is calling the shots," says one aide. Many nights, often very late, a memo is slipped underneath the hotel-room doors outlining coming events. On Friday night, one aide received notice that he and his colleagues were welcome to stay in South Florida until "further notice." Bush supporters sometimes outnumbered Gore backers by 10 to one outside the Broward County Courthouse in the Democrat-leaning community. A block to the north, a recreational vehicle festooned with Bush-Cheney signs served as operation central, having recently been transferred from similar duty in
[CTRL] The Poverty of Electoral Politics
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Follows From: "Bureau of Public Secrets" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Bureau of Public Secrets" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Poverty of Electoral Politics Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:13:52 -0800 [Just to put the current election hoopla in perspective. . .] Roughly speaking we can distinguish five degrees of government: (1) Unrestricted freedom (2) Direct democracy (3) Delegate democracy (4) Representative democracy (5) Overt minority dictatorship The present society oscillates between (4) and (5), i.e. between overt minority rule and covert minority rule camouflaged by a facade of token democracy. A liberated society would eliminate (4) and (5) and would progressively reduce the need for (2) and (3). . . . In representative democracy people abdicate their power to elected officials. The candidates stated policies are limited to a few vague generalities, and once they are elected there is little control over their actual decisions on hundreds of issues -- apart from the feeble threat of changing ones vote, a few years later, to some equally uncontrollable rival politician. Representatives are dependent on the wealthy for bribes and campaign contributions; they are subordinate to the owners of the mass media, who decide which issues get the publicity; and they are almost as ignorant and powerless as the general public regarding many important matters that are determined by unelected bureaucrats and independent secret agencies. Overt dictators may sometimes be overthrown, but the real rulers in democratic regimes, the tiny minority who own or control virtually everything, are never voted in and never voted out. Most people dont even know who they are. . . . In itself, voting is of no great significance one way or the other (those who make a big deal about refusing to vote are only revealing their own fetishism). The problem is that it tends to lull people into relying on others to act for them, distracting them from more significant possibilities. A few people who take some creative initiative (think of the first civil rights sit-ins) may ultimately have a far greater effect than if they had put their energy into campaigning for lesser-evil politicians. At best, legislators rarely do more than what they have been forced to do by popular movements. A conservative regime under pressure from independent radical movements often concedes more than a liberal regime that knows it can count on radical support. If people invariably rally to lesser evils, all the rulers have to do in any situation that threatens their power is to conjure up a threat of some greater evil. Even in the rare case when a radical politician has a realistic chance of winning an election, all the tedious campaign efforts of thousands of people may go down the drain in one day because of some trivial scandal discovered in his personal life, or because he inadvertently says something intelligent. If he manages to avoid these pitfalls and it looks like he might win, he tends to evade controversial issues for fear of antagonizing swing voters. If he actually gets elected he is almost never in a position to implement the reforms he has promised, except perhaps after years of wheeling and dealing with his new colleagues; which gives him a good excuse to see his first priority as making whatever compromises are necessary to keep himself in office indefinitely. Hobnobbing with the rich and powerful, he develops new interests and new tastes, which he justifies by telling himself that he deserves a few perks after all his years of working for good causes. Worst of all, if he does eventually manage to get a few progressive measures passed, this exceptional and usually trivial success is held up as evidence of the value of relying on electoral politics, luring many more people into wasting their energy on similar campaigns to come. As one of the May 1968 graffiti put it, Its painful to submit to our bosses; its even more stupid to choose them! [Excerpts from "The Joy of Revolution." To see the complete text, which discusses many other issues of radical tactics and goals, click http://www.slip.net/~knabb/PS/joyrev1.htm.] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Bureau of Public Secrets website, which has received 250,000 page visits during its first two years, features Ken Knabb's translations from the Situationist International (the notorious group that helped trigger the May 1968 revolt in France) plus Knabb's own writings and comics on Wilhelm Reich, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, radical Buddhists, Chinese anarchists, the Iranian uprising, the Gulf war, etc. The site index -- http://www.slip.net/~knabb/index1.htm -- includes over 2000 name and topic entries, from anarchism to Zen. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This information is being sent to you in the belief that you may
[CTRL] Fwd: Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys
In a message dated 11/29/00 2:08:27 PM Central Standard Time, AOL News writes: Subj: Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys Date: 11/29/00 2:08:27 PM Central Standard Time From: AOL News BCC: Ahab42 Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A new vaccine that protects monkeys against the deadly Ebola virus could lead to the development of a similar one for humans, scientists said on Wednesday For the full text of this story, click here. To edit your profile, go to keyword NewsProfiles. For all of today's news, go to keyword News. Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A new vaccine that protects monkeys against the deadly Ebola virus could lead to the development of a similar one for humans, scientists said on Wednesday For the full text of this story, A HREF="aol://4344:30.L100SkPo.5267278.659995696"click here/A. To edit your profile, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles"NewsProfiles/A. For all of today's news, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:News"News/A.
[CTRL] Klayman 'What a mess'
-Caveat Lector- Newsmax.com Klayman: 'What a Mess' Christopher Ruddy Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000 "What a mess, Larry Klayman, chairman of Judicial Watch, said after a day of reviewing thousands of ballots here in West Palm Beach. Klaymans public interest law firm has taken the baton and begun its own independent account of the Palm Beach vote. Fla. judge Jorge Labarga ordered Palm Beach county officials to open up the ballots for Judicial Watchs inspection this past Monday. Election officials stymied Judicial Watch, but allowed the group on Tuesday to begin reviewing the ballots. On Wednesday morning, Klayman returned to Labarga and asked the judge to hold the elections office in contempt for failing to allow his timely recount, and to waive undue expenses. Palm Beach is attempting to assess Klayman $1,152 an hour to do his recount. Judicial Watch hired the Washington-based auditing firm of Johnson Lambert Co. to review the counts. Johnson Lambert specializes in vote fraud. After Tuesdays count, Klayman joined NewsMax.com at its headquarters for an exclusive interview. He detailed massive irregularities in the count. Klaymans auditors have only reviewed a few thousand of the ballots, focusing their efforts on the disputed ballots that had been set aside by the canvassing board in their final recount. These ballots were not included in the final count because they had a single dimple for president. The canvassing board only accepted ballots with multiple dimples. The Gore campaign is anxious to have these votes included. It believes it will have a 840 net gain of votes for Gore if these are included. Klayman has not done a recount of these but he said he observed a "lot of Gore votes. They have very discernible impressions or dimples, he said. "But it may be impossible to find out what really happened in the vote, Klayman said, expressing shock at the condition of the ballots. "These things look like they have been in World War II. According to his independent auditors, Klayman said ballots reviewed so far shows four areas of irregularities and possible fraud: The hand counts do not reconcile with the machine counts. Election officials used "pink ballots replacement ballots for paper ballots they said were destroyed by the machine. This allowed officials to fill out the ballot for the destroyed ballots. The canvassing board had no clear methodology when conducting the recount Record keeping was so bad, there is no record of who the canvassing committee awarded votes to from each of the questionable ballots. Klayman said his organization plans to continue their efforts to identify vote fraud even if the Electoral College meets and declares a winner. "We believe the American people need to know what happened here, and if vote fraud occurred, we need to hold those involved accountable, he said. -- Michael The Outlawlady The Joshua Files http://members.spree.com/education/2302410/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [NA] Machine-free, Canadians swiftly hand-count their 13 mill...
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/29/2000 11:14:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: While we in the USA are still waiting to find out who the President is 3 weeks after election day, Canadians started their national election counting on the evening of Monday November 27th, 2000 â and finished 4 hours later on the evening of Monday November 27th, 2000. Please bear in mind that --- even though there were 13 million ballots nationwide --- on average 250 or so easily read PAPER BALLOTS were counted at EACH of 50,000 precincts. The counting was done by about 6 counters at each precinct. A FEW BALLOTS COUNTED BY AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF COUNTERS. I guess it's not only our voters who are too stupid to vote; it's our vote counters are too stupid to count. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] good article from the Observer
-Caveat Lector- *** Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:15:01 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mistakes Cleaning Voter Databases Might Have Influenced Election Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,402957,00.html This article has some new research into mistakes, or possibly intentional, bad computer programming that ended up removing not just felons from the Florida voter list, but also legitimate registered voters whose name (and ethnic identity) were similar to those of prisoners. Was this sloppiness intentional or was it just a mistake? The new info published Sunday was that the firm that did the computer processing was a major contributor to the Bush campaign. It would be good for those of you with some academic resources to look into this. -rich cowan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:04:44 EST Dear American Media: Could you please check out the following story. It ran in Sunday's Observer in the United Kingdom. The last portion of the story details how Katherine Harris, the Florida Secretary of State, hired Database Technologies to examine the Florida voter rolls. This examination resulted in 12,000 mostly African-Americans being disqualified as voters for allegedly having criminal records. This information was in error in the vast majority of cases and resulted in more than enough people being disqualified to tip the election into this recount and contest faze. The parent company for Database Technologies allegedly made a six figure soft money contribution to the Republicans. If these facts are even in part true they need to be public and Katherine Harris needs to be investigated for prejudice in her official duties. Please review the pertinent parts of the article and let me know what you think. The American people have a right to know if the Florida Secretary of State was using a company with ties to the Republican party to disqualify voters who should not have been purged from the rolls. The author's email address appears at the end of the article. A hyperlink and web address directly to the Observer precede the article. Check it out. The American people want the truth. Sincerely, Ed Rudd 409 Redbud Drive Gadsden, Alabama --- The Guardian A HREF="http://ads.guardianunlimited.co.uk/html.ng/Params.richmedia=yeslo cation =bottomspacedesc=03site=Observernavsection=1364section=102271rand=0 546333"Observer | Business | Best democracy money can buy/A http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,402957,00.html 28.11.2000 Best democracy money can buy Gregory Palast examines the sources of the $500m that boosted Bush's bid for the White House Sunday, November 26, 2000 Last week, I mailed my overseas ballot for the US presidency -- and you can wipe that smug little grin off your face. I won't put up with condescending comments about America's democratic rituals from a nation with an unelected House of Lords occupied by genetic fossils and, soon, Chris Woodhead. In fact, you could think of the $3 billion spent in the US campaign in positive, New Labour terms. Call it 'the efficient privatization of the democracy' -- though an outright auction for the presidency would be more efficient still. If the guy who lost the vote, George W. Bush, nevertheless wins the White House, he'll have surfed in on a crushing wave of nearly half a billion dollars ($447 million), my calculation of the suffocating plurality of cash from corporate America, a good 25 per cent more than Al Gore's take. George W could not have amassed this pile if his surname were Jones or Smith. The key to Dubya's money empire is Daddy Bush's post-White House work which, incidentally, raised the family's net worth by several hundred per cent. Take two packets of payments to the Republican Party, totalling $148,000, from an outfit called Barrick Goldstrike. That's quite a patriotic contribution from a Canadian company. They can afford it. In 1992, in the final hours of the Bush presidency, Barrick took control of US government-owned property containing an estimated $10bn in gold. For the whole shooting match, Barrick paid the US Treasury only $10,000. Barrick made deft use of an 1872 gold rush law meant to allow pan-and-bucket prospectors to gain title to their tiny claims. In 1992, Clinton's newly elected administration was ready to prevent Barrick's stunning grab. But Barrick is a lucky outfit. Bush's Interior Department expedited procedures to ram through Barrick's claim stake before Clinton's inauguration. Ex-Pres George Bush was lucky, too. When the electorate booted him from the White House, he landed softly -- on the Barrick Goldstrike payroll, where he
[CTRL] Fwd: MI5 put me out of business
-Caveat Lector- MI5 put me out of business; Internet tycoon with GBP 1m debts blames spies as he denies fleeing his creditors Richard Shears A COMPUTER tycoon whose firm collapsed with debts of almost GBP 1million yesterday denied that he had fled to Sri Lanka to escape his creditors. Instead, Joe de Saram told an extraordinary story of persecution by British Government 'spies'. Sitting in a secluded Colombo garden, the 27-year-old claimed the secret agencies are determined to put him out of business because he has developed encryption technology which could stop them monitoring emails. He spoke of helicopter surveillance over his home, being followed in the street by shadowy figures and cars with number plates that could be traced back to the Government and people 'talking into their sleeves' while watching him in restaurants. Mr de Saram's Sheffield-based company, Rhodium, which specialised in protecting businesses from hackers, ran into 'mysterious' financial problems which led last week to a judge in Leeds winding it up. Talking for the first time about the affair, Mr de Saram insisted he has more than enough money to pay everyone back. His GBP 20,000 Rolex flashed in the sun as he claimed to be worth 'about GBP 4.5billion, give or take a million or two.' He could settle virtually all his bills with his prestigious black American Express card, he said. 'I will be more than happy to deposit GBP 1million, GBP 2million, GBP 3million, whatever, in a New York attorney's client account as a gesture of goodwill to show I intend to pay everyone. I will not do this, however, until I have got some answers from the British Government.' Even by the standards of high-tech tycoons, the rise of Sri Lankan-born Mr de Saram was rapid. The only son of medical parents, who moved to the UK when he was a baby, he was educated at public school before going to medical college. Medicine was not challenging enough, however, and he went into computers instead, working on programmes for banks and other financial institutions. He started Rhodium with GBP 2,500 borrowed from friends and paid them all back within a week. He won contracts with corporate giants such as Rank Xerox, Vodafone and American Express. Within five years he had amassed a GBP 25million fortune and a lifestyle to match, putting him on a top 20 list of Britain's richest under 30. He shared 18th place with David and Victoria Beckham and the boxer Naseem Hamed. Yesterday he claimed his expertise had made him 'a thorn in Big Brother's eye'. He said: 'What I've developed will protect everyone's personal emails. 'Can you imagine what this means to a Government which has just introduced legislation known as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act with the intention of ordering anyone and everyone to reveal their email password whenever asked? 'But it goes further than that. We know MI5 is building a multimillion pound facility to monitor all email sent and received in Britain. With my technology they won't be able to read anything. 'They are frightened of me, particularly as I am young, I am Asian and my mind is ahead of their own young people in this field. 'It gets up the noses of a Government that thinks of Tamil Tigers or illegal immigrants whenever they hear the words Sri Lankan. I am British to the bone but the only place I can now find support is back here.' Mr de Saram says he is in Sri Lanka working on a supercomputer project with the science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, whose 2001 A Space Odyssey had a supercomputer called HAL in a major role. Last night Sir Arthur said he believes his associate's story of Government persecution but said their business relationship would have to be 'put on hold' until the problems in Britain were resolved. Mr de Saram said there was nothing suspicious in the apparent speed with which he left the UK. 'I never plan my trips much. I just buy a ticket and get on a plane. I am always coming here for the Clarke project. 'But everything came down on me at once. Rhodium was trading quite happily and the next thing the bank started doing some very strange things with our cheques. Certain cheques were lost or allegedly misplaced and as a result creditors were not paid. 'This was obviously causing great disruption to our trading and the next thing I found was that cheques were being bounced, even though we had agreed protocols with the bank. 'The Government sees me as a threat and they have launched a campaign to bring me to my knees. 'Unfortunately, people who don't understand are saying, "He's done a runner and he's not coming back to face his responsibilities." But I'll be back and under my own free will. 'I have worked very, very hard to accomplish my position in Britain as
[CTRL] EIR-PERSPECTIVE ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE...
PERSPECTIVE ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL SELECTION OF A NEW PRESIDENT [The following memorandum, prepared by EIR Legal Editor Edward Spannaus, represents our best estimate at the moment of what are the essential steps and mechanisms required to meet a standard of constitutionality, in the process of selecting a President though the Electoral College and the Congress. This does not mean that the steps outlined will happen, but it describes what SHOULD happen. We will be pleased to consider any comments or refinements from readers.] During the process which runs from now, through the December 18 voting by the Electoral College, and then the January 5-6 consideration of those Electoral votes by the Congress, it is essential that the constitutionality of the process be respected and preserved, while at the same time the process be guided by a commitment to the intent and spirit of the U.S. Constitution, particularly its General Welfare Clause. This was the most corrupt election in U.S. history. It is incumbent upon the Electors who constitute the Electoral College under the Federal Constitution, to take into account during their deliberations, the contamination of the vote, as it bears upon the authenticity of the vote count, and the integrity of the presidency itself. The principal elements of the corruption of the presidential campaign during the entire year 2000, are: -- The rigging of the nomination process of the two major parties to ensure that two look-alike, thoroughly unqualified candidates, were awarded their respective parties' nomination with virtually no public dissent. This rigging took place through thuggery and intimidation, illegal vote-stealing tactics, and the use of the news media to create the perception of a unstoppable momentum for both "leading" candidates. -- The news media further rigged the election process through its general refusal to provide substantial news coverage to any but the two "leading" candidates, the exclusion of third-party candidates Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan from the presidential debates, and the falsified reporting of results early on the night of the Nov. 7 elections, before polls had closed in many parts of the country. -- Unprecedented amounts of money were thrown into a presidential campaign, in which there was no fight over ideas, no substantial difference between the two "leading" candidates, and no reason for voters to go to the polls to vote for a candidate -- only to vote against a worse one. -- Under these conditions, vote fraud and illegalities -- which are endemic to U.S. elections under any circumstances -- became the primary feature of the election process, including the rampant violation of the constitutional and civil rights of minority voters and others. The Electoral College, and the United States Congress, have a solemn constitutional and moral responsibility to consider such evidence, respecting the contamination and pollution of the electoral process, as this bears upon the integrity of the reported vote. Even if such evidence were not sufficient in a court of law to overturn the results in particular states or jurisdictions, the Electoral College and the Congress may not blind themselves to these realities, in the interests of procedural efficiency or "finality" of results. There are three points of inflection of the constitutional process of the selection of the President, of which we should be aware, including possible courses of action to be taken at each point. 1. December 18, 2000: The Electors meet and cast their votes for President and Vice President in their respective state capitols. Only in about half of the states, are Electors bound by state law to cast their Electoral votes in accordance with the popular vote in their states -- and the constitutionality of those provisions is dubious. Clearly, under the intent of the Constitution -- not only the provisions regarding the selection of the President, but above all, its fundamental principle of the General Welfare -- the Electors are primarily obligated to vote according to reason and conscience, and not to support any candidate unqualified to fill the office of the President and unable to govern according to Constitutional principles. (The leading example of this, is Alexander Hamilton's campaign to ensure that Thomas Jefferson, and not Aaron Burr, became President in 1801.) Electors are not bound to vote for either Bush or Gore, but may cast their votes for any person who meets the Constitutional qualifications to be President. 2. January 3-6: The new Congress is sworn in on January 3. On January 6 (or perhaps January 5 this year), the House and Senate meet in joint session to unseal, and tally, the Electoral votes transmitted by each state. If no candidate for President has obtained a majority of the votes cast, the House then selects a President from among the top three. There is no requirement that any
[CTRL] Phone masts unmask Stealth jets
Phone masts unmask Stealth jets IAN BRUCE BRITISH scientists are working on a system which can detect supposedly "radar invisible" stealth aircraft and could render them obsolete overnight.It would wipe out hundreds of billions of pounds' worth of investment in the top-secret technology.The system uses mobile phone base stations as "transmitters of opportunity" to send out energy pulses. A stealth bomber flying through the screen shows up by disrupting the phase pattern of the signals between stations.Existing global positioning equipment linked to special receivers no bigger than a briefcase then allows the location of an incoming aircraft or cruise missile to be calculated accurately enough to shoot it down.According to Peter Lloyd, head of sensor projects at the Siemens Group's Roke Manor research facility in England, techniques are already in the early stages of development and can be "piggy-backed" on to existing commercial mobile phone networks "with or without the knowledge of its operator".Military sources have told The Herald that interest in the project was triggered by the downing of a US F117 stealth aircraft over Serbia in March last year during the Kosovo campaign.It is now believed that the Serbs may have used a rough version of the technique to detect the presence of the bat-like intruder. A salvo of missiles fitted with proximity-fused warheads designed to explode within 30ft of any solid object was then launched into the area.The scatter-gun approach worked and the first stealth bomber ever shot down in combat crashed 40 miles west of Belgrade. The pilot was rescued by a US special forces "Talon Claw" team which flew in by helicopter from Bosnia to lift him to safety.One source said: "This could revolutionise air defence worldwide. Almost every country, even in the Third World, has a functioning mobile telephone network. Almost everything needed is already available commercially at a relatively cheap price."The other advantages are that an enemy would have to take out the entire network to blind the defences. In any decent-sized country that would be next to impossible. Jamming would be equally difficult."Unlike conventional military radar, which has to be aimed in a specified direction, mobile energy pulses are multidirectional. Knocking out a few base stations would not reduce coverage, since the signals from surviving locations would bridge the gap by continuing to broadcast to all points of the compass."Major "black" programmes to develop stealth technology have been going on for decades at Lockheed's "Skunk Works" in Burbank, California, and at the McDonnell Douglas "Phantom Works" in Michigan.The United States is the biggest player in the stealth stakes, fielding two squadrons of F117s, 91 B1 and 21 B2 bombers. Research costs are classified, but each of the B2s cost £1.4bn.The stealth concept revolves around revolutionary composite building materials and paint which does not reflect radar waves. It does not make the aircraft invisible, but it does reduce their radar signature to the equivalent of a seagull in flight. US F117s spearheaded the assault on Baghdad at the start of the aerial campaign against Iraq in 1991 and both they and the larger B2s carried out strikes against targets in Yugoslavia in 1999.Until now, they have managed to penetrate hostile radar systems with relative ease, but are limited to bombing by night.The Ministry of Defence has invested more than £100m in the UK's own stealth warfare project at British Aerospace Systems' top security test airfield at Warton in Lancashire since 1990.Research there, carried out in what is known locally as "the black hangar", is aimed at gaining lucrative work on the next generation Anglo-American Joint Strike Fighter project.The new Eurofighter Typhoon, the first squadron of which is due to enter RAF service in 2003, is to be based "on attachment" at Warton for the first 18 months to allow inclusion of stealth features.-Nov 27th http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/27-11-19100-23-51-16.html
[CTRL] Pravda-BAGHDAD: RUSSIAN INITIATIVE SPARKS OFF CHAIN REACTION
08:29 2000-11-29 BAGHDAD: RUSSIAN INITIATIVE SPARKS OFF CHAIN REACTION For the second time in a few days, the Portuguese press highlights a successful Russian initiative in the complex and sensitive world of Middle East power politics. While most of the world’s countries preferred to tread softly, afraid of irritating the aggressive stance adopted by the USA and supported vehemently by the UK, Russia was the first country to break sanctions in September by sending an aeroplane to Baghdad. Since this courageous move, more than ten countries have sent planes to Baghdad International Airport, which starts to brush off its cobwebs of ten years of inactivity since the Gulf War. Since this act, other countries are lining up to fly to Baghdad and are calling for an end to the sanctions, including France. Apart from this, the initiative sparked off a chain reaction of diplomatic moves in the region : Jordan’s Abdullah II and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad have stepped up relations with Baghdad, the relationship with Iran is improving strongly, Saudi Arabia now opens its frontier with Iraq to allow lorries to pass and Egypt intends to open an Embassy in Baghdad. Iraq has ceased to trade in dollars and now prefers the Euro, gaining the favour of France, another of the countries supporting an end to the embargo against Iraq. At this moment in time, the USA and Britain have managed to isolate themselves in the international community, something which until now only Slobodan Milosevic had managed. Times are changing and new winds blow more optimistic breezes over the Middle East in the aftermath of Russia’s initiative. http://english.pravda.ru/main/2000/11/29/1188.html
[CTRL] Make a buck. Kill your grand children. The legacy of Capitalism.
-Caveat Lector- From: "Michael Albert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:13 PM Subject: ZNet Commentary / Dave Edwards / The Climate Killers / Nov 29 Commentaries are a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet and that to learn more about the project and join folks can consult ZNet at http://www.zmag.org or the ZNet Sustainer Pages at http://www.zmag.org/Commentaries/donorform.htm THE CLIMATE KILLERS Big Business Consigns The Sixth Conference On Climate Change To Irrelevancy By David Edwards An anonymous US official once advised, "We must counter, both in the UN and within the framework of the North-South dialogue, any discussion of global problems which questions the validity of the free market and of free enterprise in the countries of the Third World." This was merely a small part of a much wider, highly conscious and vigorously executed campaign - by now, perhaps 100-years-old - to stifle discussion of anything that questions the validity of the free market. Looking beyond the crude totalitarianism of his day to the sleek totalitarianism of ours, PR guru Harold Lasswell wrote in 1927: "A new and subtler instrument must weld thousands and even millions of human beings into one amalgamated mass. A new flame must burn out the canker of dissent and temper the steel of bellicose enthusiasm. The name of this new hammer and anvil of social solidarity is propaganda. Talk must take the place of drill; print must supply the dance." Evidence for the success of this attack on questioning and dissent are all around us. Peter Horrocks, editor of the BBC's prestigious Newsnight, told staff in 1997: "Our job should not be to quarrel with the purpose of policy, but to question its implementation." Barry Cox, deputy chairman of Channel 4, recently wrote an article in the Observer sub-titled: "In defence of political apathy - voter disillusion with polls and politicians is little more than a sign of peace and prosperity." The Guardian's Madeleine Bunting - writing after the Seattle protests, and before Washington and Prague - asked: "Let's be honest, who cares much about politics beyond a small elite of professional politicians, commentators, policy wonks and a rump of party activists? When did you last have a raging row - or even brief conversation - with anyone about politics?" With the canker of dissent burned out, the ensuing silence can, indeed must, be presented as contentment and "social solidarity", rather than the triumph of corporate control. Naturally enough, then, given this context of mutually dependent lies and silence, it is simply not possible for the mainstream to discuss the problem of global warming. The real problem being that of overcoming the corporate system standing between us and action in response to global warming, and, with specific regard to the corporate media, standing between us and any discussion of global warming "which questions the validity of the free market and of free enterprise". October 11, 2000, was one of those interesting days when reality and deception collide. That day, and for the next three days, massive flooding caused Britain's "greatest ever natural disaster", at a cost variously estimated between £2 and £4 billion - more than twice the damage inflicted by the hurricane of 1987. Worst hit areas were Sussex, Kent and Hampshire. A spokesman for East Sussex fire brigade gave an idea of the scale: "I would say we are now at full stretch. Every crew we have is involved in one way or another. These floods are among the worst we have ever seen. We have hundreds of flooded homes and many roads are impassable." Elliot Morley, New Labour's countryside minister, literally waded in: "We seem to be having more violent weather patterns and we accept that it could be due to global warming." On that same sodden October day, the Guardian, as it occasionally does, gave fleeting and pitifully superficial attention to the efforts of big business to undermine even trivial action to combat global warming. The latest target is the upcoming sixth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the Hague, taking place between 13-24 November, and to be attended by leaders and negotiator s from 35 countries. Polly Ghazi reported how James Hansen and colleagues at Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York had, perhaps unwittingly, handed big business a priceless gift ahead of the conference by suggesting that the emphasis on reducing carbon emissions was misplaced. Instead, existing technologies should be used to cut other climate-warming pollutants such as methane and traffic-generated ozone and carbon (soot). Western nations, Hansen and colleagues urged, needed to help spread proven clean technologies such as catalytic converters to the developing world: "We're suggesting a more optimistic scenario than the conventional wisdom which says that curtailing global warming is
[CTRL] Fire, work with me...
-Caveat Lector- by L. Fitzgerald Sjöberg As most of you are aware, congress has recently passed as law to allow copyright to be applied to individual works of fire, both in terms of actual fires and in terms of manufactured oxidation potential like matches and lighters. I, for one, am glad to see justice finally served. I mean, think about it. You go through all the work to create a fire, and someone comes up to your fire and pokes a stick in it. They can then walk away, having stolen your fire, and use it for anything. Say they use it to light the ore smelter at a metals processing plant. They'd be making millions off of your fire without having to give you a DIME! Unauthorized fire transfer is exactly like walking into the original firestarter's home, stealing their VCR, TV, and all their tapes of "Earth 2," then sexually violating their household pets on the way out. It's exactly the same, and should be prosecuted as such. There are a few drawbacks, of course. To begin with, you can't buy matches anymore; you'll license them. And of course most licenses will forbid you to give anyone else a light without first extinguishing anything you lit with the same book of matches. But isn't that worth it to protect the rights of the original firemakers? Well, the employers of the original firemakers, actually. Most ignition is done on a "Fire for Hire" basis, meaning that the company that comissioned the firemaker gets the copyright. But still. Now, the real problem is that of enforcement. Given all the fire out there, it's going to be nearly impossible for holders of fire copyright to track down the billions of dollars worth of pirated fire stolen every year. Lots of companies are working on developing fire that will only work with their proprietary ignition materials, but you and I both know that those ruthless fire pirates will find a way around any protections. Already they're starting to whine about how "conflagration wants to be free." Godless socialists. The only answer, of course, is the force of law. That's why I encourage you all to write to your representatives, encouraging them to pass strict legislation outlawing the possession of any unlicensed flammable materials. The only way to stop the immoral hordes of fire pirates is to keep the tools of their brutal trade -- paper, wood, charcoal briquettes -- out of their hands. Only then can we insure a warm and well-lit future. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] An open letter from Metallica...
-Caveat Lector- by L. Fitzgerald Sjöberg By now, you've probably heard our position on Napster: rebelling against authority and not letting anyone tell you what to do is all well and good as long as you're shelling out the headbanger dues. Freelance rebels, on the other hand, have no place in uncivilized society. We've gotten a lot of criticism over this. What hurts, though, what really hurts is the insinuation that we're just doing this for money. It's not just about the fast cars and the exotic pets and the lawyers with fast cars and exotic pets. All of us would be perfectly happy serving fried food or mopping the floors of adult entertainment establishments except for the fact that we'd be taking jobs from our fans. And that's what this is all about: the fans. After all, there are thousands of amateur musicians releasing their music on mp3. There are thousands of little local bands that would give up a few organs to have 350,000 people downloading their music. It stands to reason that at least a few of them completely kick our ass, musically speaking. But they don't have that one crucial thing we have: We have millions of dollars going to convince you that we don't suck. And that's what we're trying to protect with our lawsuit. If music were free, there would still be music, there would still be bands, but the promotional money -- or as we call it in the business, the "we don't suck" money -- would dry up. And without that money, face it, you'd be lost. Without the magazine ads and the stand-ups and the elaborate 3-D record covers in the music store windows you'd have to rely on your own personal tastes to decide what music to download and listen to. And let's be honest, if that's what you were into you wouldn't be downloading Metallica albums. So join us in our efforts to eradicate Napster. If not for yourself, think of future generations of headbangers. Hell, not just metalheads but pop music fans of all sorts, from teenyboppers to death rockers, all lost in the wilderness with nobody to tell them what supposedly doesn't suck. It's a sad and scary thought. Thank you and rock on, Metallica A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Latest Briefing from high-level National Security Informant
-Caveat Lector- Latest Briefing from high-level National Security Informant 11/26/00 by Richard Boylan, Ph.D. He emerged from his vehicle in the parking lot of a fancy hotel near the shoreline, attired in dress-casual clothes with sunglasses, thrust out his hand, and said, "Hi! I'm [Z]" (name withheld in this dispatch). With that, I met face-to-face with one of the highest-level informants in the U.S. National Security network. What follows are extracts from our three hours-long conversation. "Z" was deeply concerned about current events in the Middle East. He said the National Security community considers that the place where soon war could break out which would engulf not only the Middle East, drawing in not only Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and possibly Egypt, Turkey and Iran, but also draw in larger powerful states such as India and Russia. Then, with India's attention diverted, China could march into areas of India it considers within its sphere of influence. The Western Powers would have to respond, and global war would become a reality. He said that the Intelligence community expects a major terrorist strike within the United States this Winter, most likely a biological warfare agent dispersed across a city of note, or even a nuclear weapon detonated. He noted grimly that 18 Soviet nuclear warheads have gone missing, and are most likely in terrorist hands now. He considered anthrax the most likely biowarfare agent to be used, but allowed as that there are other killer microbes available to the terrorists also. He said terrorist groups are within the U.S. now. Z stated that the U.S. is quietly on ThreatCon Delta, the equivalent of the Pentagon's wartime DefCon 4 (active war) alert status. ThreatCon Delta is the highest level of civilian threat alert condition, because biological or nuclear incidents are considered likely to occur at any time now. Because of ThreatCon Delta, classified sections of the National Security Act (amended) and secret Presidential National Security Directives have become activated. "Did you know," Z asked me, "that the President is not in charge now. FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] is!" I replied that that is unconstitutional. Z replied that the classified laws and NSD Directives make it legal. We discussed the various huge underground city-like installations that are all stocked and staffed and prepared to take in a certain portion of the population in the event of a disaster or terrorist strike happening. Such installations include one under the Kansas City stadium, with a capacity to take care of one million selected persons. Many such installations exist and are ready to go. There is also a "shadow government", Z told me, with substitute President, Vice- President, Cabinet officers, heads of Senate and Congress, Supreme Court Justices and other top governmental officials ready to function if disaster strikes "topside". Thus he confirmed earlier leaked reports about a secret Continuity of Government plan. He also confirmed that the "REX Exercise" authorized by President Reagan was a dry-run dress rehearsal of the taking over of command of the government, legislature and courts by the unelected shadow government, implemented, if necessary, by federalized FEMA troops. Z then got down to the more exotic areas of mutual interest. He confirmed the previously- anecdotal story about President Nixon's having taken then-famous television star Jackie Gleason to Homestead Air Force Base , Florida, and showed him the corpses of Zeta Reticulan (Grey) crewmen retrieved from a UFO crash. Z said that he, too, had viewed those bodies. He indicated that the Bilderberg Council (a transnational elite world policy planning group comprised of heads of some governments and multinational corporations) interacts with "The Nine", a group of extraterrestrial representatives from a Council of coordination for many cosmic super-civilizations in contact with Earth. Phyllis Schlemmer spoke of this in her classic book, "The Only Planet of Choice". Schlemmer herself occasionally is a channel for The Nine. Z also confirmed what black-projects defense industry-insider Edgar Rothschild Fouche wrote about in his recent book, "Alien Rapture": the existence of the TR3-B, a large triangular antigravity craft within the U.S. antigravity fleet. This fleet also includes: the B-2 Stealth bomber, made by Northrop, the Lockheed X-22A two-man antigravity disc, the large space-faring Nautilus, manufactured by Boeing and EU's Airbus Industries, Northrop's discoid craft, and the XH-75D or "XH Shark" antigravity helicopter, made by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Corporation of San Diego. Here is what Z had to say about the TR3-B triangular antigravity craft. "TR3-B. This is the code name for what everyone on Earth has seen. It is a very large triangular-shaped re-entry vehicle with anti-gravity. It is what the
[CTRL] The Sun Sets Over 'Amerika'
-Caveat Lector- Cosmic Comentary - http://members.tripod.com/~CosmicRose/CCC.html In light of the announcement made Sunday the 26th of November by Katherine Harris: The disaster that has befallen the United States will not be fully realized for some months to come, but all one need do is look to the evil Bush Sr. for a clue as to what will transpire. Junior has only been in politics for 6 years. Junior has a history of running things into the ground, first Halliburton Oil and the the state of Texas. He will take his political lead from the insider cronies of his party and the shadow government of his father. He will declare war on the American People in ways we have only dreampt of in our worst nightmare. Look for a Supreme Court that will reverse the Miranda Act, Roe v Wade, Hate Crimes, and any number of other laws and rights. Look for a Congress that will rubber stamp the every whim of a deranged and unexperienced drug addict with no foreign policy experience. Look for a military so over-funded that we will be forced to war in order to burn off current arms stockpiles in order to make way for new. Look for the elderly to die of illness while waiting for prescription drug allowances from an underfunded and ill-managed medicare system. Look for a major stock market crash as the conservative, money laundering banksters take their money and bankrupt the country. Look for the loss of any budget surplus. Look for the surge of Churchianity and the Pat Robertson's and the Jimmy Swaggerts to finally come into their own... Darkness will settle over the land and the trumpet will sound. James Sincerely Yours, James Berge San Francisco, CA 415.354.9619, option 5, mb#55197440-vm 415.430.2179 x1375-fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ EXOPOLITICS: Bringing a POSITIVE Universe change for humankind mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] USA http://www.exopolitics.com/ CZECH http://mujweb.cz/www/ecologynews/ UK http://members.tripod.co.uk/ecologynews/ Canada http://www.ecologynews.com/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER 29 November 2000 Part 5
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 10 ~~~ Taunting the Flood Gates ~~~ Ed.: A Marine officer contemplates recent events with a historic perspective. * By Augustus McRae Capt, USMC In 1783, in the very first year of our victory over England, the Republic of the United States found itself facing a potentially fatal situation. Founded on the premise that the military in this nation would be subordinated to them, Congress had managed in the space of a few years to so enrage the officer corps that talk of mutiny was heard about the capitol. This entire episode has been known throughout history as the Newburgh Conspiracy. In what would become a common act of deception, Congress had promised the Officers of the Continental Army a pension in return for their service, of half pay for life in 1780. By 1783, the threat from England had all but vanished and Congress was loath to pay up. As a result of this mismanagement, a group of officers met at Newburgh, New York to discuss how to attain redress. When General Washington learned of the meeting, he was shocked that the officers had not come to him, but not really surprised that these men were upset at their treatment. He shared their belief "that their valorous service had been rewarded by ingratitude and injustice." Accordingly, the General called a meeting and warned his men of impassioned actions and argued that an attempted coup would tarnish the army's reputation and "open the flood Gates of Civil Discord." He pledged to do everything he could on their behalf, citing his own past sacrifices, and convinced these men to accept his word that they would be looked after. Congress soon listened to the General's wisdom and paid the promised pensions. This episode set three long term precedents: 1) the military would be constantly kept under scrutiny, lest they become subversive; 2) standing armies would be disbanded as soon as a crisis was ended; and 3) the military would avoid using force of arms to further its own interests, and would remain content with having the right as a citizen to influence the process by voting. These precedents have held true since that difficult time. Even during the War Between the States the armies of both sides were beholden to the civil rule of their respective countries. In all cases, the ability of each soldier to influence the policies of his home by voting as an equal citizen has remained untouched by the state. Until now, that is. We have seen many firsts over the past two weeks. The lack of a popular mandate to any challenger, the electoral/popular imbalance, elections decided in civil courts by lawyers and judges, all of these things promise to tie this country, and its devotion to the Constitution, in knots. However, before all of this is decided, we who serve must ask ourselves some troubling questions. Should a service member who votes, but whose ballot goes unmarked by a military postal worker, expect his vote to count? Should we tolerate being derided as "Tax-Dodgers" by those who have never bothered to take up arms in defense of this country? To what extent must we tolerate as citizens the shirking of contracts sworn to us by our country? "A person who has nothing for which he is willing to defend... is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself" John Stuart Mill ARTICLE 11 More Voices from the Frontlines Ed.: Honest opinions of people who want to vent... *** Keep a Mix ~ I think the Army needs to keep a mix of light, heavy and the new (old) medium units. Obviously a flexible unit is better suited to act in different environments and to different missions. I have always thought that the Marines duplicated the Army in some respects. The peacekeeping missions may change depending on who sits inside 1600 Pennsylvania AVE. Personally, I think they stink. Maybe an answer would be an all volunteer unit that is trained for that stuff? Infantry NCO at Ft Bragg --- Looks Good but has No Utility ~~~ I wore a beret for about a year ago and except for the looks of wearing a beret, I thought it was a useless hat and had no earflaps at all to keep your ears warm. Since the Army is going to get the berets, the Rangers will probably get over it. I believe it would be good for the Army to develop BDU headwear that a) would look OK b) would be all weather c) would be durable. The beret will look OK if worn properly but it will not make it on the other two counts. It might get some recruits who like those hats. When I was in fire support, we were always
[CTRL] DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER 29 November 2000 Part 2
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 2 ~~~ EU To Start Building Defense Force ~~~ Ed.: Rather than seeing this European Force as a threat to our military predominance, we should see it as a step in the right direction. After all, we have pressured our allies for years to do more. The move will also offer us an opportunity to return our forces into a strategic quarterback role, ready to do "heavy lifting," if required. From the Associated Press. ** By JEFFREY ULBRICH BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union begins building its own defense force, a 60,000-man rapid reaction corps some say, strengthens European security and others believe could be the first step in wrecking NATO. Just a year after the 15 EU leaders decided at their summit in Helsinki, Finland, to launch the process, EU nations will begin pledging troops and equipment for the new force, which is essentially to be used for humanitarian, peacekeeping and peacemaking duties. The Europeans say they need this force to act in crises where NATO as a whole - and the United States in particular - does not want to get involved. Some in the United States and Europe, however, view the push for a European force as part of a French-led effort to dilute Washington's influence on the continent. Javier Solana, the EU's chief of foreign and security policy, says the Americans have no reason to worry. ``By pulling its full weight, the European Union will contribute to trans-Atlantic relations by better sharing the burden of security,'' Solana said. ``We are doing what they have urged us to do for decades.'' The United States says it supports the EU's foray into military affairs, known as the European Security and Defense Policy, as long as it's done right. ``Done properly, ESDP can increase the capabilities available to NATO and the EU to deter or respond to crises,'' Alexander Vershbow, the American ambassador to NATO, said in a speech last month. ``Done poorly, this process can divide the trans-Atlantic alliance, lead to decreased U.S. engagement in European security matters and diminish European capacity to manage crises.'' That is precisely what has more than a few Americans and Europeans worried. No new military units are being created. When the EU defense ministers gather here Monday, they will be pledging existing troops and equipment to the EU. Many of those troops are also pledged to NATO. No surprises are expected at Monday's pledging conference. A senior EU official said member countries have already indicated they will be pledging more than 100,000 soldiers, 400 combat aircraft and more than 400 ships. The EU needs a pool of 100,000-120,000 troops from which to draw the 60,000 because it is not possible to know in advance what kind of forces will be necessary for any given mission. If six-monthly rotation of forces is considered, that figure must be doubled to more than 200,000. While the EU is eager to have its own military force - even one as small as 60,000 - it still wants to be able to fall back on NATO's assets. The EU and NATO are deep into discussions about how the new relationship will work. NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson insists the talks are making ``good progress'' in all areas. Other diplomats say the discussions are very difficult, not to say deadlocked. More than anything else, the United States wants it to be clear that NATO is the first option for dealing with security crises and is not circumvented by the EU striking off on its own. Washington is also concerned about unnecessary duplication, particularly in the area of planning. The Americans prefer that the new EU military entity use existing NATO planning structures rather than siphoning off energy and resources to create a separate facility for the EU, as the French would prefer. In addition, European NATO members who are not also members of the EU, Turkey and Iceland in particular, worry about promising the EU automatic access to alliance assets when they are not a part of the EU decision-making process. The United States has been pushing for these countries to be allowed full participation in EU decisions concerning the force. On the EU side, some neutral countries, which are not members of NATO, see the move into military matters as more than they bargained for when the joined the Union. The reality is NATO has few assets of its own. Most of the assets in question - such as satellite intelligence, communications and transport - are American. Washington also wants a permanent regular relationship with the EU rather than the French idea for occasional meetings when crises arise. Many see Monday's pledging conference as key to European resolve, both to upgrade the quality of their forces and to increase defense spending.
[CTRL] Al Gore Is Becoming an Object of Ridicule
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Al Gore Is Becoming an Object of Ridicule Al Gore Is Becoming an Object of Ridicule America's Mode is Changing Toward Al Gore By: Mary Mostert, Analyst, Original Sources (www.originalsources.com) November 29, 2000 Reaction to the latest legal efforts by Al Gore to undo the certification of George W. Bush as the winner of Florida's 25 electoral college votes has been perceptibly different from reaction before that happened. In the last few days the tone of e-mail from you readers had changed. I think Gore's 500 lawyers have finally overplayed their hand. My mail is currently largely divided between voters who are realizing that Gore's requested hand recounts in four heavily Democrat counties in Florida in an effort to change the election is just not the way Americans want their next president chosen. Some readers make logical, reasoned comments such as this made by Mark G: Despite Al Gore's rhetoric about a "full and free count", he requested hand recounts in 4 counties (he carried only 16 of 67 counties) where the vote went 61% to 39% for Gore. There were only 4 counties where Gore garnered 60% or more of the vote (compared to 20 such counties for Bush). Gore received 37% of his statewide votes in these counties compared to only 24% for Bush. If Gore were a Republican pursuing such a strategy, there would be a firestorm of protest in the mainstream media, and we would witness the invention of new terms, such as Goreymandering, to ridicule the effort (many will remember how President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI, mysteriously transformed into "Star Wars" when Sam Donaldson determined that the latter was a more appropriate term). However, an increasing number are simply beginning to make fun of Al Gore. Sheila sent me the following parody of the children's Dr. Seuss classic which is floating around the radio talk show-internet circle: Dr Seuss goes to Flori-duh Can we count them with our nose? Can we count them with our toes? Should we count them with a band? Should we count them all by hand? If I do not like the count, I will simply throw them out! I will not let this vote count stand I do not like them, AL GORE I am! Can we change these numbers here? Can we change them, calm my fears? What do you mean, Dubya has won? This is not fair, this is not fun Lets count them upside down this time Lets count until the state is mine! I will not let this VOTE count stand! I do not like it, AL GORE I am! I'm really ticked, I'm in a snit! You have not heard the last of it! I'll count the ballots one by one And hold each one up to the sun! I'll count, recount, and count some more! You'll grow to hate this little chore But I will not, cannot let this vote count stand! I do not like it, Al Gore I am! I won't leave office, I'm stayin' here! I've glued my desk chair to my rear! Tipper, Hillary, and Bubba too, All telling me that I should sue! We find the Electoral College vile! RECOUNT the votes until I smile! We do not want this vote to stand! We do not like it, AL GORE I am! How shall we count this ballot box? Let's count it standing in our socks! Shall we count this one in a tree? And who shall count it, you or me? We cannot, cannot count enough! We must not stop, we must be tough! I do not want this vote to stand! I do not like it AL GORE I am! I've counted till my fingers bleed! And still can't fulfill my counting need! I'll count the tiles on the floor! I'll count, and count, and count some more! And I will not say that I am done! Until the counting says I've won! I will not let this vote count stand! I do not like it, AL GORE I am! What's that? What? What are you trying to say? You think the current count should stay? You do not like my counting scheme? It makes you tense, gives you bad dreams? Foolish people, you're wrong you'll see! You're only care should be for me! I WILL NOT LET THIS VOTE COUNT STAND! I DO NOT LIKE IT. AND AL GORE I AM! Folks, as long as Al Gore was actually taken seriously, he had a chance. Once he and his lawyers become an object of ridicule, he needs to just pack it up and go home to Tennessee. Only, based on another reader comment, that might have some problems too. JX wrote: On the evening news, I saw a group of people in Tennessee, waving signs that said "Gore Come Home" and "Come Back Gore" who were apparently eager for Gore to come back to Tennessee. Only thing was, they had a big bucket of tar and a big bag of feathers with them... *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 ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our
[CTRL] DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER 29 November 2000 Part 1
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! SOLDIERS FOR THE TRUTH "DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER" 29 November 2000 - "The Rome Syndrome and Voting Rights" "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen." General George Washington, New York Legislature, 1775 "Our militia will be heroes, if we have heroes to lead them." Thomas Jefferson Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840 HTTP://WWW.SFTT.ORG *** TABLE OF CONTENTS: SITREP from the President HOT BUTTONS! Hack's Column: American Soldiers Are Citizens Too "Through Zman's Gun Sight" Article 1 -- Rome vs. America The Big Picture: Article 2 -- EU To Start Building Defense Force Article 3 -- NATO Criticized by Yugoslav Leader Article 4 -- Gay Man Doesn't Have To Repay Navy Voice of the Grunt: Article 5 -- The Interim US Army Brigade - Interim at Best! Article 6 -- Military Absentee Voting Article 7 -- USMC Double Standards and Weak Recruits - Saga Continued Article 8 -- USAF: Recruiting Warm Bodies Isn't Enough! Article 9 -- Army: Morale Crisis Is Real Article 10 -- Taunting the Flood Gates Article 11 -- More Voices from the Frontlines Article 12 -- Troop Health Issues: Certification Eludes Anthrax Vaccine G.I Humor: Article 13 -- GI HUMOR - New Study reveals Politicians Best Bt for Successful Surgery Medal of Honor: Article 14 -- *MILLER, OSCAR F., WWI SITREP: A. Main topics: 1) Military Vote and the Future 2) Army in Transition 3) Standards and Training 4) Voices from the Front B. HOT BUTTONS: * It appears that we are closer to the election solution. Once we have a winner, if only by a hair, the rebuilding needs to begin. The new millennium harbors quite a few challenges. I am interested in the following feedbacks for next week: * Should Europe become more independent of US defense policy? How should we adjust? * Do you agree with the Army going LIGHT? Do you foresee duplication problems with the Marines or do you suspect the Army wants to make peacekeeping its primary "business"? * Do you think another Kosovo flare-up is inevitable? Feel free to send me hot topics directly if you can't get through the admin/log net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] !!! Despite the national turmoil, I wish all of you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING with family and friends. C. The WEBPAGE. Webmaster, John Cloven is continually working on improving the site. Thanks for your feedback. D. Thank you for your continuing support. Your donations are helping us to get the word out. Thanks for supporting an organization that stands for the Truth, even if it questions every rule of political correctness. E. Keep the mail coming!!! We won't reveal your true identity unless you give us your approval. We know how vindictive the "system" is. 3. How You can help: !!! Credit Card donation via our WEBSITE at www.sftt.org. !!! If you think we HIT a target, forward the newsletter to TV, radio and your local papers. YOU are the frontline recruiters and intel gatherers for SFTT. Check or Money order: Send to and make payable to: Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840. Important: Your donation is tax deductible! SFTT is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit educational foundation, IRS # 31-1592564. If you send us an E-MAIL address with your donation we can immediately mail you a RECEIPT. Multiple contributions: Please remind us when you submit your donation. We will send you a cumulative statement. HACK ATTACK: Hack will have a book signing at Fort Jackson on Friday, December 1st from 12:00 to 2:00 PM at the U. S. Army Training Center, Building 4712 (PX Building), Jackson Boulevard, Fort Jackson, SC 29207. For further information please call (803) 787-1950/1951/1952. Prepare for Action -- "Crew Ready! -- LOAD SABOT - DRIVER MOVE OUT!" R.W. Zimmermann President SFTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Hack's Column ~~ American Soldiers Are Citizens Too ~~ By David Hackworth Ronald Scott Owens, who hailed from Vero Beach, Fla., recently made the ultimate sacrifice along with 16 shipmates when the USS Cole was attacked in Yemen's Aden harbor. Now, from what I'm hearing, the ballots of Ronald Scott Owens and almost 700 other Florida military voters may have been deep-sixed for reasons that former President Carter and the Arbiters of Good would already be decrying if we weren't America the Beautiful. This skulduggery was exemplified in a five-page letter -- a tip sheet, really, on how to zap military absentee voters -- sent by Florida lawyer Mark Herron to like-minded attorneys who've been storming the Sunshine State. The word is that this injustice took on a life of its own when Democratic Party leaders both in Florida and in Washington did the math and decided the military vote would favor the opposition. Instead
[CTRL] DEFENDING AMERICA NEWSLETTER 29 November 2000 Part 3
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 4 ~~ Gay Man Doesn't Have To Repay Navy ~~ Ed.: This isn't "gay bashing" but once again our military isn't following its own policies. I think the government should have recovered its financial investment. After all, a new man must be recruited and trained. Report from the Associated Press. *** ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A former midshipman who resigned from the Naval Academy amid accusations of homosexuality won't have to repay the government for his education, the Navy has ruled. The decision released Tuesday means that Tommie Watkins, 25, will not have to reimburse the Navy the $86,000 that covered his training and tuition, plus interest. Watkins, president of his class and an aspiring Navy pilot, said he was pressured to resign and did so because he feared homophobia would prevent him from receiving a fair trial. After leaving, he acknowledged being gay. Officer trainees who drop out or are expelled during their junior or senior years are required by Pentagon policy to repay the government for their education, either in cash or through enlisted service. The Navy's Board of Correction of Naval Records said last year that he was a victim of ``error and injustice,'' and recommended the academy waive the payment. That decision was overruled in March by Carolyn Becraft, the assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower. Watkins sued, and on Tuesday, the deadline for the Navy to respond, his lawyer got word of the reversal. ``After consultation with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, I have decided to give ... Watkins the benefit of the doubt as to the nature and severity of his misconduct as a midshipman,'' Becraft wrote in a Nov. 20 memorandum. Watkins, who works in Miami as the project director for an AIDS and HIV ministry, called the decision ``long overdue and totally justified.'' ``It's kind of ironic, because the Navy says its core values are honor, courage and commitment,'' he said. ``It seems like I had to exhibit those qualities to win this case.'' Officials from the Naval Academy declined to comment on the decision on Wednesday. === ARTICLE 5 The Interim US Army Brigade - Interim at Best! Ed.: A highly informative take on the new medium Interim Brigade concept by a young Armor officer. I can only agree with his assessment that this unit concept is dangerous when not balanced with other, heavier caliber weapon systems and fully capable transport and logistics structures. As a full-blooded tanker, who knows what the old "reach out and touch someone" 120mm Rheinmetall main gun can do, I am worried. I am also concerned about the possible social engineering options this concept opens up. So far, 75% of readers are concerned, vs. 25% of readers who are convinced it's the way of the future. Send me more comments. * By a "Disturbed Tanker" The whole IBCT concept is getting weirder by the day. The Army needs to get lighter, most people won't complain about that. There are new developments happening every day that make me shake my head and wonder. The IBCT is different in many ways from the traditional Brigade, but the most important aspect, other than the equipping, is the structure of this thing. It is a four battalion design, with three infantry battalions and a Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Targeting, and Acquisition Squadron, or RSTA. It's a hopped up ground cavalry squadron with a lot of tactical military intelligence (MI) applications. There are some interesting facets in the RSTA design. There is a separate MI company, which has some Unmanned Aireal Vehicle (UAV) capability, and some Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) capability. The strange thing about the MI company is that although it is in a cavalry organization, it can be commanded by a woman!!! When this concept was brought to a very high level meeting within the halls of the Pentagon, then LTG Claudia Kennedy was rumored to have asked, " What are the opportunities for women inside this Brigade?" Nice to see that parochialism is much more important than putting a fighting organization together. The RSTA is also unique in that there is no aviation in the squadron, nor is there any artillery. The RSTA, apparently, is designed to go out and find the enemy, report the position, and hope to Christ that they don't come in contact with any sort of enemy. It certainly is difficult to kill a tank with a UAV. The infantry battalions are more traditional, with a 9 person capacity in the vehicle. There is a bastardized Mobile Gun System (MGS) platoon, which originally had four vehicles, but for some reason, was cut down to three. This
[CTRL] Jerusalem Report-Barak Resignation Prompts New Early Elections
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Jerusalem Report-Barak Resignation Prompts New Early Elections Al-Aksa Intafada Has Cost Israel $1 Billion http://www.harpazo.net/forzion News and digest on Israel and Middle East affairs compiled by FOR ZION'S SAKE MINISTRY (Is 62:1). For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem (Is 2:3). November 29, 2000 ~ Kislev 2, 5761 HEADLINES 1. NEW EARLY ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL 2. SECRET BARAK POLLS: PEACE DEAL KEY TO NETANYAHU DEFEAT 3. JERUSALEM SAFE FOR NOW 4 RUSSIA ADMITS TO KILLING WALLENBERG 5. AL-AKSA INTAFADA HAS COST ISRAEL $1 BILLION 6. ARAB STATES GIVE GENEROUSLY TO INTIFADA FUND 7. ABU MAZEN ON JERUSALEM AND THE REFUGEES 8. **SPECIAL NOTICE** 1. NEW EARLY ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL General elections are almost certain to be held in the next few months, after Prime Minister Ehud Barak agreed last night to an opposition move for fresh polls after only a year and a half in office. Barak's announcement came just before an overwhelming majority of MKs was poised to vote for the first reading of opposition legislation calling for dissolving the 15th Knesset and holding early elections. The first of the five bills passed by 75-1 with 29 abstentions from One Israel and Meretz MKs. The third passed by 79-1. WHAT THEY SAID "I see that that the Knesset wants elections, and I am willing for general elections for the premiership and Kenesset to be held" (Prime Minster Ehud Barak) "The person who is responsible for the situation that has been created is you, you, you!" (Likud leader Ariel Sharon to Barak) "Barak finally did something one can respect" (Israel B'Alyah leader Natan Sharansky) "Reality speaks for itself" (Gesher MK Davis Levy) (Jerusalem Post) 2. SECRET BARAK POLLS: PEACE DEAL KEY TO NETANYAHU DEFEAT Secret polls commissioned recently by Ehud Barak showed that former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would defeat him handily in a head-to-head election, but that Barak's chances would dramatically improve if by election day he had a peace agreement in hand, Army Radio reported Wednesday. Netanyahu leads both Barak and present Likud chief Ariel Sharon in recent opinion polls, but has declined to declare his intentions. The radio said that if Barak succeeded in swiftly forging a peace deal with the Palestinians, he might move to hold elections even earlier than the expected May date. (IsraeLine) 3. JERUSALEM SAFE FOR NOW The Knesset approved on Monday a Basic Law requiring a majority of 61 Members of Knesset to concede authority in any part of Jerusalem to a foreign body, (Ha'Aretz) reported. The bill was approved by a large margin with a vote of 84-19. The Basic Law on Jerusalem forbids the transfer of any powers, national or municipal, in Jerusalem into the hands of any organization or body that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the State of Israel. Any future Government that wishes to transfer parts of the capital to the Palestinian Authority will need the support of at least 61 lawmakers to annul the relevant articles of the new law that currently prevents such a move. 4. RUSSIA ADMITS TO KILLING WALLENBERG Yediot Acharonot's website Ynet reported today that Russia admitted last night that it executed Raoul Wallenberg - the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis - in 1947. "We are now sure that Raoul Wallenberg was executed in the Lubianka [KGB] Prison [in Moscow]," announced the Chairman of the Committee for Purifying the Victims of Political Oppression. After more than 50 years of mystery surrounding the fate of Wallenberg, this the first time that Russia has admitted to executing him. According to Per Anger, Wallenberg's friend and colleague, the saving of 100,000 Jews can be attributed to Wallenberg. 5. AL-AKSA INTAFADA HAS COST ISRAEL $1 BILLION The Israeli economy has lost $1 billion - equal to one-percent of the gross national product - due to the security-related events during the last two months, but a sluggish stock market in America could have an even more devastating effect on the local economy, according to an "Economic Information" booklet published by the Finance Ministry yesterday. (Ha'Aretz) 6. ARAB STATES GIVE GENEROUSLY TO INTIFADA FUND Several Arab countries announced during a meeting in Cairo this week that $653 million in donations to fund the Palestinian uprising has been received out of the $1 billion recently pledged at the Arab League summit in Cairo. The "Al-Quds intifada" fund was established on the initiative of Saudi Arabia to aid the Palestinians in their fight against Israel and to expand the Islamic presence in Jerusalem, especially on the Temple Mount. Arab finance ministers gathered in a closed-door session in Cairo listed the newest donations as follows: Algeria $30 million, Yemen $10 million, Jordan $2 million, Qatar $50 million, Oman $10 million and Sudan $1 million. Earlier, Saudi
[CTRL] The Time for Talk Is Over
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! A HREF="http://www.newsmax.com/commentmax/articles/Richard_Poe.shtml" NewsMax.com: Columnists/A http://www.newsmax.com/commentmax/articles/Richard_Poe.shtml The Time for Talk Is Over Richard Poe Nov. 28, 2000 Bush has won Florida. But the Gore team fights on. For the first time in our history, Americans face the possibility that the president we elected may not be allowed to serve. The question is: What are we going to do about it? If youâre like most Americans, you probably shared your Thanksgiving table with at least one or two Gore supporters, maybe more. Perhaps you tried arguing with them. But of course they wouldnât listen. Why should they? The talking hairstyles on CNN have told them that Goreâs machinations are perfectly normal and legal. And so they believe it. It is time to stop arguing with people who think that way. It is time to gird ourselves for action. Like most Americans, I was taught that the Germans were fools to follow Hitler. Popular films such as The Sound of Music reinforced this view. The bad guys were conveniently marked with swastika armbands and evil leers on their faces. Like most Americans, I concluded that no one with half a brain could have fallen for Hitlerâs cant. But real life is not like the movies. A lot of decent, intelligent Germans supported Hitler - people not unlike our friends and relatives who now support Al Gore. Not long ago, I watched a television interview of Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker whose propaganda epics Olympia and Triumph of the Will helped build Hitlerâs following. The interviewer asked her why she had lent her talents to the Nazi cause. I donât remember Riefenstahlâs exact words, but she said something like, âIt is easy in hindsight to know that Hitler was evil. But it was not so easy for people at the time, who had no way of knowing what the future would bring. Even today, how do we really know which of our politicians will lead us to a better future?â Riefenstahlâs critics have never accepted this sort of answer. They insist that she should have known better. And, of course, she should have. Yet, she still had a point. When Hitler annexed the Sudetenland in 1938, every radio broadcast and newspaper in Germany reported that it was the Czechs who were trying to pick a fight with Germany, not the other way around. When Hitler attacked Poland in 1939, the German press reported that it was the Poles, not the Germans, who had attacked first. There was no Internet â No FoxNews - in Germany then to give the dissident view. Even so, Iâll bet plenty of Germans argued over their dinner tables, âThe press is lying. Hitler is starting a war over nothing.â âNonsense!â their friends and relatives shouted back. âDonât be so cynical. Our government would never start a war without a good reason.â And so the arguments raged. Endlessly. Pointlessly. Unresolved. Just like the arguments we Americans are having today over the vote count in Florida. The Nazi press confused people by charging Hitlerâs opponents with every crime that Hitler himself committed. Our press plays the same trick, faulting âboth sidesâ for this election crisis, even as massive evidence of Democrat vote fraud mounts. Leni Riefenstahl was correct, in one regard. It is not so easy to pick the right side. There is no crystal ball to tell us whom to follow or whom to believe. Each of us must make that choice alone, in the solitude of his own heart. I have made it for myself. And you, gentle reader, have no doubt made it too. When our forefathers faced a similar choice in 1776, many chose the wrong side. Some chose no side at all. But a brave few stood and fought for liberty. Thomas Paine wrote: âThese are the times that try menâs souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman⦠Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and repulse it." This weekend, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, in every major city. Some fearful voices cried, "mob rule!" Fainter hearts, on both sides of the political divide, called for restraint. But restraint is no virtue when freedom hangs in the balance. Republicans and Democrats alike must accept that the time for talk has ended. Now we will see who has the courage to prevail. Richard Poe is editor of David Horowitz's Web site FrontPageMagazine.com. To learn more about Poe and his work, visit RichardPoe.com. E-mail him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *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
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-Caveat Lector- Hello! I just posted "Ten tips to survive the new world order", which was recently sent as a message. Aim your browser to: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/TenTips.html Enjoy if you can visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Rachel #712: CHILDREN IN HARM'S WAY
-Caveat Lector- On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 00:41:37 -0500 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ===Electronic Edition . . . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT HEALTH WEEKLY #712 . .---November 23, 2000---. . HEADLINES: . . CHILDREN IN HARM'S WAY . . == . . Environmental Research Foundation . . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Fax (410) 263-8944; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . == . .All back issues are available by E-mail: send E-mail to. . [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the single word HELP in the message. . . Back issues are also available from http://www.rachel.org. . . To start your own free subscription, send E-mail to . . [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words . . SUBSCRIBE RACHEL-WEEKLY YOUR NAME in the message. . .The Rachel newsletter is now also available in Spanish;. .to learn how to subscribe in Spanish, send the word. . AYUDA in an E-mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . = CHILDREN IN HARM'S WAY by Rachel Massey* A new report by a group of physicians says that millions of children in the U.S. exhibit learning disabilities, reduced IQ and destructive, aggressive behavior because of exposures to toxic chemicals.[1] "Neurodevelopmental disabilities are widespread, and chemical exposures are important and preventable contributors to these conditions," the report says (pg. 117). Titled IN HARM'S WAY, the report was written by physicians Ted Schettler and Jill Stein and two of their colleagues and was published by Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility in partnership with the Clean Water Fund. IN HARM'S WAY links toxic exposures during early childhood, or even before birth, to lifelong disabilities including attention disorders, reduced IQ and poorly-controlled aggression. IN HARM'S WAY reviews scientific and medical information on a range of toxins to which most or all American children are exposed, and draws links to the rising number of children diagnosed each year with abnormal brain development or function. The report is a call to action for everyone interested in children's welfare and the future of our society. To avert brain damage in growing numbers of children, we have to reclaim our government from corporate special interests, the report concludes. Developmental disabilities such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia and uncontrollable aggression currently affect an estimated 12 million children under age 18 in the U.S. -- almost one child in five. Furthermore, the incidence of some of these disabilities appears to have increased dramatically in recent decades. For example, nationwide, the number of children classified with learning disabilities and placed in special education programs increased 191% between 1977 and 1994. The number of children taking the drug Ritalin to combat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has approximately doubled every 4 to 7 years since 1971. Experts estimate that autism rates have risen from around 4 per 10,000 in the early 1980s to between 12 and 20 per 10,000 in the 1990s. According to a recent article in US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, the number of children in New York classified with learning disabilities rose 55 percent between 1983 and 1996. [2] Some argue that reported disabilities are increasing because of improved diagnosis and rising expectations as children are required to learn more complicated skills at younger ages. But many parents, teachers, and physicians who work with children think these explanations are only partially correct because "they can not imagine that such disabilities escaped notice in the past," the report says. (pg. 11) Experts may argue about the exact number of children suffering from individual disorders, but the undisputed reality is that huge numbers of children currently suffer with serious developmental disabilities and they are exposed to many toxic chemicals that are known to produce such disabilities. "We believe we can no longer ignore the mounting evidence that chemical exposures contribute to the epidemic of developmental disabilities," the report says. (pg. 9) IN HARM'S WAY walks us through a sampling of neurotoxic substances to which many or all American children are exposed -- metals (lead, mercury, manganese); nicotine; pesticides; persistent organochlorine compounds (e.g., dioxin and PCBs); solvents, including alcohol; fluoride; and food additives -- and reviews existing human and animal
[CTRL] Fwd: AlterNet: The Circus in FLA, Why Nader Bombed, David Hunter Obit
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Follows From: "Oscar " [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AlterNet: The Circus in FLA, Why Nader Bombed, David Hunter Obit Date: 29 Nov 2000 21:34:39 - On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:11:24 -0800 AlterNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AlterNet Headlines Brief summaries of leading stories from AlterNet -- the independent news and syndication service -- for November 29, 2000. http://www.alternet.org *** LEARN HOW TO "SPIN" THE MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE *** Want the perfect holiday gift for your favorite activist, civic figure, concerned citizen or community leader? Get a copy of "SPIN Works!," the media guidebook that teaches positive PR tactics and lets you reclaim the art of "spin" for your side and your community. Follow this link to get a 20% holiday discount: http://www.spinproject.org IN PRAISE OF THE FLORIDA CIRCUS David Corn, AlterNet Though it is fun to watch a media feeding frenzy that does not involve sex or grisly murder (at least not yet), the lesson of Chadgate is clear: in national discourse, plot beats policy. http://www.alternet.org WHAT WENT WRONG FOR RALPH? Micah L. Sifry, NewsForChange.com Did Ralph Nader's campaign drift too far left? Was Winnona LaDuke the right running mate? Did the Green party help or hurt him? Third party expert Micah Sifry finds out. http://www.alternet.org DAVID HUNTER, PHILANTHROPIC PIONEER, DIES AT 84 Don Hazen, AlterNet By seeding many of the great social movements of the last three decades, progressive philanthropist David Hunter left a legacy of profound social change. http://www.alternet.org HOW THE US TORPEDOED THE GLOBAL CLIMATE TALKS Bill McKibben, Grist The global climate talks that collapsed last weekend owe their demise to an American public that still does not believe in the dramatic reality of global warming. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10138 CIGARETTE SMUGGLING RAKES IN PROFITS Mary Spicuzza, Metro/Silicon Valley More profitable than growing marijuana and safer than dealing illegal drugs, cigarette smuggling is taking over as the pop crime of high-taxed times. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10133 POLICE CLASH WITH CINCINATTI TABD PROTESTORS Darlene D'Agostino, Cincinnati CityBeat Like WTO protesters in Seattle, activists who raised hell about the corporate globalization forces at last week's Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) met stiff opposition from police. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10148 TOUR OF BABBLE Andrew Weiner, Boston Phoenix How the Sixth International Esperanto Weekend -- a festival celebrating the world's first "synthetic language" -- turned a journalist into a gazetisto. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10135 VOTERS DEMAND DRUG WAR CEASE-FIRE Arianna Huffington, AlterNet Government has largely ignored the one issue on which voters have given a clear mandate. Give the people a cease-fire in the war on drugs. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10124 DO LESBIANS EVER PAY FOR SEX? Shelly Mars, ThePosition.com Does lesbian prostitution exist? A former sex worker investigates. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10136 PRO-LIFE GOES GLOBAL Pam Squyres, MoJo Wire Sidelined for decades, right-wing religious groups are now more active than ever in lobbying the United Nations against contraception, sex education, and other 'anti-family' programs. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10137 GLOBALIZATION ONE YEAR AFTER SEATTLE Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet Seattle showed that even the most powerful, unaccountable global institutions were vulnerable to a grassroots campaign that could subject them to public scrutiny. One year later, they still haven't recovered from the shock. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10140 MAD DOG: ELTON IS BACK -- AND SHOPPING Mad Dog, AlterNet Elton John recently said he spends as much as $2.15 million a month in living expenses. That's $71,666 a day, $2,986 an hour and $74.65 a minute. Not bad for a piano player. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10143 DURST: SQUABBLING BOYS IN FLORIDA Will Durst, AlterNet "We stole this election fair and square, and if the shoe were on the other foot, we'd just pack up and go home like good little boys and girls." http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10134 HIGHTOWER: TALKING TO YOUR TECHNO HOME Jim Hightower, AlterNet Ready or not folks, the future is now, and what it boils down to is this: you can talk to your house ... and to all the techno-whiz gizmos inside it. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10147 ** AlterNet depends on word-of-mouth to publicize our site. If you found the AlterNet Headlines useful, interesting, or entertaining, we hope you'll e-mail them to a friend and suggest they sign up. The Headlines are free and anyone can sign up
[CTRL] Cyberattack
-Caveat Lector- On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:19:24 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [: hacktivism :] November 22, 2000 Web posted at: 9:35 a.m. EST (1435 GMT) by Ellen Messmer (IDG) -- The U.S. military has a new mission: Be ready to launch a cyberattack against potential adversaries, some of whom are stockpiling cyberweapons. Such an attack would likely involve launching massive distributed denial-of-service assaults, unleashing crippling computer viruses or Trojans, and jamming the enemy's computer systems through electronic radio-frequency interference. An order from the National Command Authority - backed by President Clinton and Secretary of Defense William Cohen - recently instructed the military to gear up to wage cyberwar. The ability of the U.S. to conduct such warfare "doesn't exist today," according to a top Army official speaking at a conference in Arlington, Va., last week. "We see three emerging threats: ballistic missiles, cyberwarfare and space control," said Lt. Gen. Edward Anderson, deputy commander in chief at U.S. Space Command, which was recently assigned the task of creating a cyberattack strategy. "Cyberwarfare is what we might think of as attacks against digital ones and zeros." Anderson spoke about the Space Command's cyberwarfare responsibilities at the National Strategies and Capabilities for a Changing World conference. The event was organized by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the U.S. Army. The conference attracted military top brass and international diplomats. Anderson told attendees that the U.S. Space Command, the agency in charge of satellite communications, has begun to craft a computer network attack strategy. This strategy would detail actions to be followed by the Unified Commanders in Chief (CINC) if the president and the secretary of defense order a cyber strike. The CINCs are senior commanders in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines deploying U.S. forces around the world. The information-warfare strategy will be detailed in a defense plan called "OPLAN 3600" that Anderson said will require "unprecedented cooperation with commercial enterprises and other organizations." There's no set deadline for completing OPLAN 3600, Anderson told Network World. But he noted that other countries, including Russia, Israel and China, are further along in building their information-warfare capabilities. Anderson said the U.S. may end up with a new type of weaponry for launching massive distributed denial-of-service attacks and computer viruses. "The Chinese recently indicated they are already moving along with this," he added. In addition to the possibility of cybercombat between nations, the military acknowledges that terrorists without the backing of any country can potentially use cyberweapons to disrupt U.S. telecommunications or banking systems that are largely electronic. That's one reason the U.S. Space Command is joining with the FBI to build an information-warfare strategy. "This requires a close relationship between military and law enforcement," said Michael Vatis, an FBI official who also spoke at the conference. He noted that the FBI will have to help determine if any cyberattack suffered by U.S. military or business entities calls for a military or law enforcement response. "The Internet is ubiquitous. It allows attacks from anywhere in the world. Attackers can loop in from many different Internet providers," said Vatis, who noted that a cyberattack can include espionage using computer networks. "It could start across the street but appear to be coming from China. And something that might look like a hacker attack could be the beginning of cyberwarfare," he added. Vatis said the growing bullets-and-guns conflict in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians, with Islamic supporters elsewhere, is being accompanied by cyberattacks from each side against the other. It's serious enough, he said, that the FBI issued an alert about it to the U.S. Space Command, giving U.S. forces warning that the action on the cyber front could affect them, too. http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/22/cyberwar.machine.idg/index.html [: hacktivism :] [: for unsubscribe instructions or list info consult the list FAQ :] [: http://hacktivism.tao.ca/ :] ### Any election in which only two individuals are allowed exposure is, by definition, a fraud. We are an occupied nation. http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/neo.shtml http://www.ddh.nl/nwd/2000/index-eng.html http://www.angelfire.com/mi/smilinks/thirdeye.html ### _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot
[CTRL] Very strange case.
-Caveat Lector- http://www.theage.com.au/news/2000/11/30/FFX9VC0V3GC.html 20 years' jail for envious killer By PETER GREGORY CHIEF COURT REPORTER Thursday 30 November 2000 Fatal obsession: Caroline Reed Robertson is escorted from the Supreme Court after her sentence. Picture: JACK ATLEY A deadly fantasy An obsessive and self-absorbed loner yesterday bowed her head as she was jailed for 20 years for the murder of a teenage dancer whose life she believed was perfect. Caroline Reed Robertson, 22, walked briskly from the dock of the Supreme Court with two custodial officers after Justice Frank Vincent fixed a minimum jail term of fourteen-and-a-half years. Justice Vincent paused and at times appeared emotional as he detailed the subtle and manipulative plan Robertson used to lure 15-year-old Rachel Barber to her death. He said Rachel was vulnerable and would never have suspected the motives of Robertson, a family friend and former babysitter, when she was promised what she called "a heap of money" for participating in a confidential study. Rachel expected to spend the money on shoes. Instead, she was strangled at Robertson's Prahran flat and later buried in a shallow grave at a Kilmore district property belonging to Robertson's father. Robertson pleaded guilty to murdering Rachel, whose body was found 12 days after she disappeared on March 1 last year. Justice Vincent said Robertson's writings showed she had an abnormal and almost obsessional interest in Rachel, whom she envied for her family, beauty and personality. The writings showed Robertson planned to kill Rachel, disfigure her body and dump it "somewhere way out". They also revealed descriptions of Rachel's physical appearance and personal characteristics and a plan by Robertson to adopt a new identity under the name Jem Southall after killing her. Justice Vincent said Robertson took everything from Rachel - in the belief she would never experience the happiness and success she believed was likely for her victim. But Rachel's mother, Elizabeth Barber, said later outside court that her daughter would have laughed if she thought someone was describing her as perfect. "Rachel - she was funny. Rachel was bubbly, loving, full-on, demanding, exhausting," Mrs Barber said. "She went through all the normal things that everyday kids go through ... everybody loved her but one, it seems." Mrs Barber said she knew Robertson had problems, but she had always been polite and had babysat the Barber children. She said she wished Robertson had been given some special counselling earlier in her life, but could not say it would have prevented the killing. "Maybe in prison she will get the special help she needs, but it doesn't take away the tragedy. She's destroyed a beautiful life," Mrs Barber said. She said earlier: "The root of all this evil has stemmed from the fact that she didn't believe she was loved and I'm convinced her parents loved her." Justice Vincent said he found the malevolence of Robertson's actions disturbing and described her as appearing self-absorbed and concerned only with her own life, feelings and desires. "In consequence, you took the life of a young person who, despite your researches, you almost never really knew or understood," he said. "The simple reality is that, contrary to your distorted perception, there are no perfect lives or perfect people for that matter, but each of us ... is unique and irreplaceable." Justice Vincent said Robertson had a deeply entrenched personality disorder and represented a real danger to any subject of her fixation. He said she was remorseful, but suspected much of her reaction was based on self-pity. He was not confident, he said, that she had developed any real insight into the true significance of what she had done. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL
[CTRL] Fwd: Palestinian Survey: Attitudes towards Peace Process
-Caveat Lector- This was sent to me by a friend of a friend, you know how that goes. I stripped all the intermediate email addys to protect my friend's privacy, leaving only the original "reply to." There is a link to the Palestinian site within the text. Tenorlove Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes people say it's just the leaders and that the Palestinian man in the street really doesn't support the fight against Israel and the Jews. Here is a recent Palestinian survey that clearly shows the PA tactics being employed have won the full support of it lay people. --- Birzeit University Development Studies Programme The Palestinian Intifada and the Peace Process 6-8 November 2000 Time Date of publication: Evening, 13 November 2000 Date of field research: 6-8 November 2000 Sample size: 1,234 Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Number of field researchers: 55 male and female researchers Number of sample locations: 75 locations Percentage of error: (+ or - 3%) Development Studies Programme Telephone: 972-2-2959250 Fax: 2958117 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.birzeit.edu/dsp/ The Palestinian Intifada and the Peace Process - Detailed Results The Peace process 1. Do you believe that peace is possible between Palestinians and Israelis if East Jerusalem is not the capital of a Palestinian state? Yes 5.6 no 92.0 not sure 2.3 2. If East Jerusalem comes under Palestinian sovereignty, will you accept Israeli sovereignty over West Jerusalem? Yes 21.1 no 74.3 not sure 4.6 3. Do you believe that peace is possible between Palestinians and Israelis if Israel does not recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return? Yes 4.9 no 91.5 not sure 3.5 4. Do you think that there is a real chance that all refugees will return from abroad ? Yes 44.4 no 44.5 not sure 11.2 5. Do you think that the peace process that started in 1993 will lead to a sovereign Palestinian state? Yes 33.7 no 50.8 not sure 15.5 6. Have your living conditions improved or deteriorated since the start of the peace process in 1993? Improve 14.3 deteriorate 45.0 no change 40.8 7. Do you think that the Oslo Accords and the subsequent agreements have lead to positive changes that benefit Palestinians? Yes 16.5 fair 24.2 no 54.9 not sure 4.3 8. Do you think that there is a chance for peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis? Yes 32.6 no 60.2 not sure 7.2 9. Do you support or oppose the continuation of the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis on the basis of the UN resolutions (including 242 and 33 ? I support 57.8 I oppose 34.8 not sure 7.4 10. If negotiations continue, who should guide and watch over them? USA 3.2 UN 38.9 Others 39.9 not sure 18.0 11. Do you think Ehud Barak is a leader the Palestinian leadership can negotiate with? Yes 8.8 no 84.9 not sure 6.3 12. Do you support or oppose military attacks against American targets in the region? Support 72.9 oppose 21.7 not sure 5.4 13. In the case of establishing an independent Palestinian State, would you view a friendship between a Palestinian and an Israeli positively? Yes 30.7 no 64.8 not sure 4.5 The current Intifada 1. Do you support the continuation of the current Intifada? Yes 75.1 no 20.6 not sure 4.3 2. What means should the intifada adopt if it is to be successful? Peaceful means 24.2 military means 32.2 a combination 38.9 not sure 4.8 3. Do you support or oppose the participation of children (under 18 in the confrontations? Support 23.5 oppose 74.1 not sure 2.3 4. In your opinion, what is the ultimate goal of the current Intifada? 10.1 reinforce the position of Palestinian negotiators 68.3 liberation an independent state 16.3 there is no clear goals 5.3 others ( specify -- ) 5. In general, do you think that the current Intifada will contribute positively to achieving Palestinian national goals? Yes 76.7 no 13.8 not sure 9.5 6. Do you think that the current Intifada will continue for ---? Days 7.8 months 29.8 years 24.4 don't know 38.0 7. Do you think that Palestinian society is ready for a long-term and intensifying conflict? Yes 54.9 no 37.7 not sure 7.4 8. Do you support or oppose military attacks against Israeli targets at the present time? Support 80.0 oppose 15.1 not sure 4.9 9. If you support military attacks, what should be the target of these attacks? 11.7 Support only against military targets 03.0 support only against settlers 33.1 against both military settlers 00.4 against civilians in the 1948 proper 62.3 against all Israelis regardless Team leader: Dr. Nader Said. Research team: Ayman
[CTRL] Marx was never a Marxist.
-Caveat Lector- FBI Probed Groucho for Marxist Ties Agents Said Famous Comedian Wasn't a Communist Nov. 28, 2000 By Joe Beaird NEW YORK (APBnews.com) -- Groucho Marx said he never cared to belong to any club that accepted people like him as members, and as the FBI learned, he didn't care to join the Communist Party, either. Bureau agents sometimes monitored Marx's television and radio broadcasts in the 1950s and early '60s in response to the concerns of citizen snitches who wanted the actor and comedian investigated for his irreverent quips, as when he referred to the United States as "The United Snakes," according to declassified FBI files. The documents were obtained by APBnews.com under a Freedom of Information Act request. Agents wrote internal memorandums analyzing the subversive content of Marx's jokes about the FBI. While agents were not amused by references to "FBI bootleggers," they dismissed the comments as harmless to national security. "I certainly agree that ... it was in poor taste, but I do not feel that any further action is warranted," wrote agent W.S. Tavel in a March 1, 1960, memo. Vaudeville, Hollywood success Joking was habitual for Marx, who was born in 1890 with the given name Julius Henry Marx. His mother steered him and his brothers onto the vaudeville stage at a young age. And as one of the mad Marxes, he teamed with his brothers Harpo, Chico and Zeppo in such classic 1930s films as Duck Soup and Animal Crackers, helping to define an American brand of madcap humor. Later, Groucho went on to solo success in radio and television. Politics, however, were not in Marx's future. After a thorough probe in 1953 showed that Marx was not a Communist Party member or supporter, the FBI's attitude toward him became quite evenhanded, with the bureau even questioning the reliability of some of the informants tattling on Marx. FBI agents, however, continued to monitor some of Marx's activities in response to complaints that he was too critical of the United States in his comedy. "In this case, the FBI really had no evidence and they quickly realized it, and that was it," said Paul Wesolowski, a leading expert on the Marx Brothers who has reviewed the comedian's FBI file. "They had a tip, they investigated, and they cleared him." At times, the bureau even strongly sided with Marx, who died in 1977 at age 86. When an investigation into a 1956 death threat against Marx slowed in California, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover fired off a memo urging quick action. "You should submit a report to the L.A. Bureau at the earliest possible date," Hoover wrote. Audience detects 'red stench' While thousands of viewers delighted in Marx's antics as the witty host of NBC's televised game show You Bet Your Life, a few grumpy members of the audience thought they detected an unmistakable whiff of communism in the program, which eventually led agents to tune in and analyze his jokes. An unnamed woman wrote the bureau repeatedly in 1960 and 1961 to complain that Marx's television show gave off "a Red stench" and that its star was clearly a Marxist. She even requested the FBI's internal evaluations so that she could "speak with authority" when discussing Marx's "Red affiliations" with her friends. Her request was finally turned down in a letter signed by Hoover, and she was ultimately dismissed as a crank. Just trying to be funny Robert Dwan, the longtime director of You Bet Your Life, which ran from 1947 to 1961, told APBnews.com there was nothing political about the program. "We were out there to be funny and that was all," Dwan said. "If it wasn't funny or didn't meet the standards of the '50s, I took it out." Nevertheless, Dwan said the show had two brushes with the FBI. One came when Communist Party
[CTRL] OT: Would you pass the U.S. citizenship test?
-Caveat Lector- Take a quick 12 question quiz to get a sampling of the questions asked of those trying to gain US citizen, at: http://polls.aol.com/ifs/poll/election/quiz283.adp = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] New Book by Barry Chamishnew book
-Caveat Lector- BARRY CHAMISH'S LATEST BOOK, THE LAST DAYS OF ISRAEL www.dandelionbooks.com Contact: Carol Adler, President Dandelion Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] In mid-November, Israeli journalist, Barry Chamish's new book, The Last Days of Israel will be available through Amazon.com, www.amazon.com and Barnes Noble.com, www.bn.com and at the bookstore of your choice. Written by a Jew who loves his country with a passion, Chamish holds back nothing. You must read this book if you want to know the true inside story. Dandelion Books is taking advance orders at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and toll-free at 1-877-517-9436. Here's what internationally recognized journalists are saying about Chamish and The Last Days of Israel: "There is nobody in the world who has more important and fascinating underground information on Israel and the Middle East than Barry Chamish.His work has become mandatory reading in order to understand the alternative Internet information culture. He is bluntly honest and pulls no punches." -- Robert Sterling, Editor, www.Konformist.com; named by Conspire.com as one of the world's ten greatest conspiracy theorists. "Barry Chamish rises above the climate of half-truths, innuendos and spin-doctoring to produce a clear and always powerful insight into events in the Middle East. He deserves to be read by all those who care about the future of Israel. He flinches at nothing, spares no one and is a constant reminder that there is no substitute for the truth. Read him and give thanks for all he has written." --Gordon Thomas. Gordon Thomas has covered Middle East events for the past quarter century. His latest bestseller, Gideon's Spies, is the first inside story of Mossad. It has been published in 31 countries. "I would be hard-pressed to find a term other than 'modern day Israeli prophet' to describe the essence of Chamish's important contribution to the study and understanding of the forces at war with the Jewish state, internal and external. Put the information in The Last Days of Israel and Israel Betrayed against the predictions he made a decade ago in The Fall of Israel and what you have is a 'modern-day Israeli prophet' for his people." --Joel Bainerman, Author of Crimes Of A President "Barry Chamish is the bravest investigator I know. He exposes crime and corruption wherever he finds it; from his native Israel, to the top echelons of the United States and the world. If you want to understand what is going on in the Middle East, and why, Barry can tell you. "His work is not without peril. Colleagues have developed "CIA cancer", he has had attempts on his life, he has been vilified in the Israeli media, family and friends fear for his safety... but he continues dig, in a worldwide morass of murder, mayhem, malfeasance, manipulation and misinformation." -- Rayelan Allan, Publisher, RMNews; Author, Diana, Queen of Heaven -- The New World Religion "A stunning appraisal of an Israel shot-through with corruption at the highest levels and compromised practically every step of the way by a web of international intrigue, corruption, and evil intent. This is the inside story of a nation betrayed, and now, according to Barry Chamish, apparently in its final stages of existence as we know it. Barry's guest appearances on my program always yield searingly clear, logical, and deeply disturbing data...and draw raves from our listeners. "This new book is Chamish at his controversial finest...a must read for anyone remotely interested in Israel and peace on the planet. Read the table of contents and then try to put this book down...you can't...and you'll quickly see why Barry's journalistic brillance has had such a profound impact on Israel and the current Israeli leadership and its intimate ties to the global elite. I suggest you run, don't walk to secure your copy. Barry Chamish is one of the most compelling, meticulously thorough, and brazenly candid investigators of our times. If you wonder why the Middle East remains in extreme crisis and why we sit on the doorstep of a regional...or world war...this book is mandatory reading." --Jeff Rense, The Jeff Rense Program and www.Rense.com "Barry Chamish has his finger on the pulse of Israel and the world. His books are fascinating reading." -- Whitley Strieber, author of Communion, the best selling The Coming Global Superstorm, and the upcoming The Last Vampire. "My work is a burden," writes Chamish. "I know too much. I'm paying a price now and it can only get costlier. Three and a half years ago I wrote about Israel from two perspectives: the very positive-glorifying my country's achievements in various trade magazines read mostly by gentiles, and the very negative-exposing Israeli political corruption in my own publication Inside Israel, read mostly by Jews. The idea was to clean up our political system so I would only have to write about our achievements. "Then in November, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin was murdered and I quickly gathered proof
[CTRL] New book by Barry Chamish (Pt II)
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[CTRL] =?x-unknown?q?NYP=3A_=91MAYOR_BILL'_ITEM_SIMPLY_HIZZ-TERICAL?=
-Caveat Lector- 'MAYOR BILL' ITEM SIMPLY HIZZ-TERICAL New York Post-Wednesday, November 29, 2000 By FRANKIE EDOZIEN A highly amused Mayor Giuliani fielded questions yesterday about the idea of President Clinton succeeding him in City Hall. "I'm still trying to get over all the unreal things that have happened this year," Giuliani chuckled. The Post's Neal Travis reported yesterday that Beltway insiders believe Gracie Mansion is where the president would land after a year of writing and lecturing. "It was just a gossip-column item, so I won't take it seriously," Giuliani said. The mayor said his success in office came, in part, from being born in the Big Apple, and that he understood "in a special way what was wrong with the city." Hizzoner conceded that not all voters share his view of born-and-bred New Yorkers being best suited for public office. "My preference . . . is sometimes counted out by the electorate," he conceded, perhaps alluding to Sen.-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton. When asked about the possibility of President Clinton making a run for City Hall, White House spokesman Jake Siewart responded, "He's already had the second-toughest job in American politics, so why would he want the first?" = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Reu: Palm Beach County Missed Deadline Due ot Bad Advise and Bad Decisions
-Caveat Lector- Palm Beach County Missed Deadline Due ot Bad Advise and Bad Decisions By David Lawsky Reuters WASHINGTON -- Several missteps caused Palm Beach County in Florida to miss a deadline by hours to get its hand count accepted, contributing to Democrat Al Gore's failure to surpass George W. Bush's lead by Sunday night's certification. On Sunday, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris refused to accept Palm Beach County's hand count when it was delivered in the wrong form and only 91 percent complete. She certified George W. Bush the winner by 537 votes of nearly 6 million cast. Charles Burton, the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board chairman, called Harris' decision a "slap in the face." But a review of the board's actions shows that a series of missteps by itself and others were to blame for wasting precious days. Throughout the process, the board was under ferocious pressure from Democrats who wanted to push ahead and Republicans who argued the hand count was illegal and poorly administered. Neutral decisions were nigh impossible in the highly charged situation. Here are key missteps: * The task is underestimated. On Nov. 13, Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore says the hand count will take six 14-hour days in two shifts and should be completed by Nov. 19. In fact, the board needed far longer than this to assess voter intentions on thousands of punch cards and in any case faced several legal hurdles as well. * Board seeks advice it doesn't need. At Burton's insistence, the board sought legal guidance from Harris and State Atty. Gen. Robert Butterworth. The two are of opposite parties and give conflicting advice on Nov. 14 about the legality of the count. The board follows Republican Harris' advice that the count is illegal and delays its start. * Indecision over Harris ruling. Harris's ruling is contested by Democrats in a local court, which rules in their favor on Nov. 15. Even so, Burton and LePore on the county lawyer's advice put off starting the count. They want to await a ruling by the state Supreme Court. The manual recount finally begins at 7:14 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. * Count is incomplete. On Wednesday, Nov. 22 more than two dozen teams of counters finish the hand recount. By then the board has plowed through only 4,000 of 14,000 questionable ballots, which were set aside at the insistence of party observers. Burton blames Republicans for challenging thousands of ballots that had no problem. * Thanksgiving recess. Despite now facing a Sunday deadline from the Florida Supreme Court to deliver its votes, the board takes off the Thanksgiving holiday. It fails to realize the magnitude of the task awaiting it Friday, Saturday and Sunday because it has no good count of the number of questionable ballots. * Late getting help. By Saturday night, the board realizes it is in trouble. It seeks help from two bipartisan teams to cull out ballots where the voter's intentions were clear. the board works all night but the task is now too large to accomplish by the deadline. * Fluctuating standards. Throughout the tortured recount process, the board changed its standards for counting ballots with partially attached chad, using several different guidelines. A judge twice gives guidance. Democrats argued hundreds of legitimate votes are never counted for Al Gore and planned to go to court because partially punched ballots are ignored. Republicans say the changing standards are "chaotic." * The end. In the end, the board sends Harris figures that show Al Gore improved his total by 172 votes. Then it goes back to finishing its task even though its work no longer counts. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL
[CTRL] JW: BALLOTS RECREATED IN PALM BEACH
-Caveat Lector- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2000 Contact: Press Office (202) 646-5172 BALLOTS 'RECREATED' IN PALM BEACH Palm Beach County Workers and Volunteers 'Recreated' Ballots Damaged By Machine Counting Process Other Problems Uncovered by Partial Audit of Disputed Ballots Judicial Watch To Continue Ballot Inspections Seeks To Intervene in Tallahassee Court Case (Miami, FL) Judicial Watch discovered numerous problems in its examination of disputed ballots in Palm Beach County yesterday. Judicial Watch was granted access to the ballots under Florida law and pursuant to a court order. Johnson Lambert Co., a public accounting firm with expertise both in counting ballots and in detecting fraud, is helping oversee the Judicial Watch effort. Judicial Watch uncovered that Palm Beach County workers and volunteers recreated certain ballots which had been allegedly damaged during the machine count of the ballots. Other potential problem areas Judicial Watch found included the failure of Palm Beach officials to devise any standard for evaluating the disputed ballots, the failure of Palm Beach to reconcile vote totals throughout their various counts, chads taped onto ballots, ballots for a particular candidate mislabeled as ballots for another candidate, and the lack of certainty on the part of Palm Beach officials as to the number and location of the disputed ballots. Some of the disputed ballots from Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties are en route to Tallahassee, per court orders. Judicial Watch will attempt to intervene as a third party in the court matter in Tallahassee in order to continue its ballot inspections under Florida law and in the public interest. Judicial Watch will also offer to assist Judge Sauls in Tallahassee in his evaluations of the Palm Beach and Miami-Dade processes. Based on what we preliminarily found in Palm Beach, no one can trust the numbers generated during the manual counts by partisan officials. It may be up to an independent group such as Judicial Watch to provide the courts and the American people with an accurate, non-partisan picture of what occurred in Florida, stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. ### = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] The Sun Sets Over 'Amerika'
-Caveat Lector- DIG alfred webre wrote: -Caveat Lector- Cosmic Comentary - http://members.tripod.com/~CosmicRose/CCC.html In light of the announcement made Sunday the 26th of November by Katherine Harris: Look for the elderly to die of illness while waiting for prescription drug allowances from an underfunded and ill-managed medicare system. The elderly are a whole hellova lot better off without these phamaceutical toxins. Many will live longer lives with greater health and quality if they manage to avoid the ministrations of standard allopathic medicine and take an active interest and responsibility for their own health. From what I know and have witnessed the last few years, the elderly have been and are being slowly and profitably euthanized by these 'medicines'. Younger adults as well! Why else would the 3rd or 4th leading cause of death in this country be due to allopathic 'medical care'? ~ M A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] JS: Nature's Political Science
-Caveat Lector- Nature's Political Science By Steven Milloy Junkscience.com November 29, 2000 A prestigious science journal is again using junk science to inappropriately insert itself into a political controversy. The British journal Nature is rushing to release a study by Canadian researchers reporting that the butterfly ballot used in Palm Beach County, Florida in the recent presidential election "appears to cause systematic errors in the casting of votes." The study could be used as "scientific evidence" in any litigation involving allegations that the ballot's design disenfranchised voters. The study has two parts. It took place immediately following the U.S. presidential election amid the controversy surrounding the Palm Beach County butterfly ballot. In the first part, 161 college students received a butterfly ballot with the names of the leaders of ten Canadian political parties and space for a write-in candidate. The ballot was designed so that the leaders of the two dominant parties appeared in the first and second positions in the first column, just like on Palm Beach County ballot. Stockwell Day, leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, was in the first position, corresponding to George W. Bush's position on the Palm Beach County ballot. Liberal Party leader Jean Chretien's position corresponded to the position of Al Gore. Progressive Conservative Party leader Joe Clark was positioned to correspond with Pat Buchanan's position. Another 163 students received a single column ballot. Students were asked to evaluate any confusion caused by the a ballots on a 7-point scale, with higher scores indicating greater confusion. The mean "confusion" scores were 3.69 for the butterfly ballot and 2.14 for the single-column format. No students made voting errors. The researchers concluded that although greater confusion might lead to voter error, the absence of voter error was attributed to "students skilled at completing complex scoring sheets." Apparently unhappy with the error-free result, the researchers took their ballot to a shopping mall where 112 shoppers were asked to evaluate the ballots and to "vote." The butterfly ballot reportedly was more confusing to shoppers (mean scores of 3.52 vs. 2.30). Four voting errors were made on the 53 butterfly ballots; no voting errors were made on the single-column ballot. Three of the four errors on the butterfly ballot corresponded to the Gore-Buchanan positions on the Palm Beach ballot. Those errors resulted in votes unintentionally given to the "Pat Buchanan" candidate. So of the 15 people who intended to vote for the "Gore" candidate, 20 percent erroneously voted for the "Buchanan" candidate instead. The researchers conclude, "Thus, the butterfly ballot appears to cause systematic errors in the casting of votes... which could cast doubt on the validity of the results from the Palm Beach County vote." But I'm not quite sure that testing the butterfly ballot on 53 mall shoppers really sheds light on a potential systematic problem with the Palm Beach County ballot. In terms of voter "error," the two results in this study (students vs. shoppers) are inexplicably inconsistent. This is not a scientific result -- something that would take several solidly-designed studies involving larger populations representative of actual voters and producing consistent results. The researchers add, "It is unclear whether a biasing ballot format does or should have legal standing in adjudicating disputes after an election. But given the centrality of elections to the democratic process, it is remarkable that biasing formats continue to be used." What's remarkable is that, yet again, a prestigious science journal is exploiting its reputation and using junk science to bolster a "favorite son" candidate. (Nature and Al Gore see eye-to-eye on global warming, too). In January 1999, Journal of the American Medical Association editor George Lundberg was fired for publishing a small survey of college students reporting that 60 percent didn't think oral sex constituted "sex" -- consistent with President Clinton's defense and just in time for the impeachment proceedings. Nature is now butting into the biggest political controversy since that time, hyping shoddy results to interfere with the U.S. political process. Who's the editor of Nature? = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy
[CTRL] MSNBC: 5 common voting systems
-Caveat Lector- http://www.msnbc.com/news/496294.asp?0na=2205970- Punch cards: high-tech wonders Controversial machines were precursor to modern computing By Lisa Napoli © MSNBC Nov. 29 These days punch cards are the centerpiece of the political nightmare gripping the nation, the subject of litigation that could fuel a thousand law firms. But 110 years ago, the punch card was considered a high-tech wonder, a precursor to modern computing, and it actually streamlined an important government process. The punch card machine was first invented for the 1890 census, which was the 11th census in the U.S., and the Census Bureau was very worried that they would not be able to count all the ballots, said Dag Spicer, curator of the Computer Museum in Silicon Valley. There had been millions of new immigrants and the system they were using was falling apart. They were still doing the 1880 census in 1889, so they were in big trouble. Enter a German engineer named Herman Hollerith http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/hollerith/, who came up with the machine that solved the problem. (Hed been inspired by a loom invented in France in 1801 by a guy named Jacquard http://www.bess.net/whats_new/June2/science_and_nature/, who used punch cards to mechanize the creation of complex fabric designs.) Holleriths tabulating machine allowed the census to process 10 times as many forms as the old, manual way of counting. Census takers would return to the bureau with written information, hand coders would tranlsate those into punch cards and the punch cards would then be placed into this waffle iron kind of thing and the operator would close the card, then press over the card, explained Spicer. That, of course, would create something called chad. # Vote lately? Millions of Americans have, but not everyone used the same system. There are five common voting systems in the country and each has its flaws, according to the Federal Election Commission. Click a slice of the pie chart above to learn more about the different ballot methods. HOW AMERICA VOTES! ** PUNCH CARDS: Used by 37.3 percent of voters in 1996. How it works: Voters slide a card under a perforated board that displays candidates or measures. Then they use a stylus to punch through appropriate areas on their card. That card is then placed into a sealed box and tallied by machine at the precinct. Potential flaws: Sometimes tabs, or chads, on the ballot don't completely detach. Handling can cause some chads to unintentionally fall out. Either way, the vote may be invalidated. PAPER: Used by 1.7 percent of voters in 1996. How it works: This is as simple as it gets. The candidates and measures are laid out on paper. Voters mark boxes for their choices and then drop the form into a sealed ballot box. Usually, these votes are tallied by hand. Many absentee ballots use this system, along with some small town precincts. Potential flaws: Historically, this system has fallen victim to ballot box stuffing. MARKSENSE: Used by 24.6 percent of voters in 1996. How it works: Familiar to school kids across the country, these ballots require voters to fill in bubbles for their choices. They are rapidly read by computer. Many absentee ballots use this optical scan system. Potential flaws: The computer reader can easily misread smudges on the ballot or bubbles that are incompletely marked. ELECTRONIC: Used by 7.7 percent of voters in 1996. How it works: Officially, these are Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) systems -- the ATM of voting. Choices appear on a monitor and voters press buttons for each option. That information is then stored on disk. Some advocates of this approach say it should be available via the Internet. Potential flaws: The machines might be vulnerable to hackers by precinct staffers. And what about the computer illiterate? Do they understand how to vote on an electronic ballot box? MECHANICAL LEVERS: Used by 20.7 percent of voters in 1996. How it works: Sort of like a voting slot machine -- pull the big arm and see if your candidate wins. Each candidate or measure has its own lever that, when pulled, adds a vote to a mechanical counter. Sound old fashioned? It is. Lever voting machines went out of production years ago. Potential flaws: Critics charge corrupt election officials or mischievous voters can relabel these machines. One study suggested that descriptions on some levers were too high for short people to read. MIXED: Some 8 percent of voters used mixed systems in 1996. How it works: In a few voting districts, budget concerns or technical problems forced precincts to use more than one of the methods above. For instance, many states hold votes for elected officials using mechanical levers, but also distribute paper, punch cards or marksense ballots to provide more information on referendums. Potential flaws: Critics charge corrupt election officials or
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys
-Caveat Lector- Carl Amedio wrote: In a message dated 11/29/00 2:08:27 PM Central Standard Time, AOL News writes: Subj: Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys Date: 11/29/00 2:08:27 PM Central Standard Time Oh that's just great... What a racket! Develop a new mysterious never before seen variant of disease and get rich selling the vaccine. And while they're at it they get neurotoxic substances such as aluminum hydroxide, fluoride, aspartame, and mercury in our bodies, as well as genetically engineered viruses. No Thanks! ~ M Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A new vaccine that protects monkeys against the deadly Ebola virus could lead to the development of a similar one for humans, scientists said on Wednesday For the full text of this story, click here. To edit your profile, go to keyword NewsProfiles. For all of today's news, go to keyword News. --- Subject: Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:08:27 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: undisclosed-recipients:; Scientists say anti-Ebola vaccine works on monkeys LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A new vaccine that protects monkeys against the deadly Ebola virus could lead to the development of a similar one for humans, scientists said on Wednesday For the full text of this story, A HREF="aol://4344:30.L100SkPo.5267278.659995696"click here/A. To edit your profile, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles"NewsProfiles/A. For all of today's news, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:News"News/A. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Boylan: Part 2: Latest Briefing by National Security Informant (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:28:59 -0800 From: "Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Part 2 - Latest Briefing by National Security Informant "Incoming": Part Two of Latest Briefing by high-level National Security Informant By Richard Boylan, Ph.D., LLC (c)2000 In the previous report, I wrote of what the National Security informant I'll call "Z" had to say about such matters as current terrorist threats, the U.S. antigravity craft fleet, and what U.S. Presidents have known about ET visitation. But there was more. That is included in this second report. Many will recall the uproar in the newspapers and on television several months ago when NASA reported that astronomers had spotted a huge asteroid out in deep space on a trajectory to strike the Earth in 2030. This story generated much press attention and interviews. And then suddenly NASA did a follow-up news release, this one saying that astronomers had made an error, and that upon rechecked calculations, the asteroid would miss Earth by thousands of miles. Great sighs of editorial relief took place all over the world. But Z says there is more. Actually, the first news release was the accurate one! NASA released it to allow the authorities to gauge what public reaction would be to the doomsday announcement. Actually, the world took the news without extraordinary immediate panic and hysteria. But NASA then retracted the story, to avoid the long-term corrosive effect of such news on society, so that life could go on as normal, and people would not begin to question why they were going to their boring jobs and paying the mortgage when massive destruction was coming anyway. And so the stock market would not crash, nor other institutions lose allegiance from the public. Z added some details on the Doomsday asteroid. It is indeed huge, larger than five miles by 10 miles: the size of a small county. NASA has also calculated the impact zone: the north Atlantic, somewhere between Europe and the United States and Canada. It will have devastating impact. As it comes through the atmosphere, it will create the loudest sound humans have ever heard in history, a noise which will be heard around the world. The pressure waves caused by its impact will fracture the immediate tectonic plate it strikes, and create great earthquakes everywhere. Its impact will create tremendous tidal waves that will tower well above one mile high. Scientists have calculated, for example, that everything on the U.S. eastern seaboard below 5000' facing the wave will be inundated. Similarly, monstrous waves will be generated eastward towards Europe's Atlantic coast and elsewhere. Z revealed that emergency plans have already been drafted. One such plan calls for important designated persons to be placed aboard the largest airliners and go airborne to ride out the earthquakes and tidal waves from a safe altitude. Z said that currently government and military planners are desperately figuring out strategies to prevent the disaster: for example, whether to try to deflect the asteroid by explosions from rockets with nuclear warheads sent out into space to meet the asteroid. But even such a plan has downside risks. What if the nukes do not nudge the asteroid out of its current course, but instead fragment it, so that instead of one big object, several enormous pieces are created which still continue in their current course and strike with a wider shotgun pattern of destruction on Earth? The planners and scientists continue to wrestle with choices and decisions, feverishly working despite the huge rock's being a little over 29 years away. There is a second large object incoming of quite a different kind, Z stated, and it is due much sooner. This object is due around 2011-2012, and has already been spotted by Naval observers coming from a direction visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Z confirmed that this is the Tenth Planet of our solar system, which takes an extremely elliptical orbit,. He said it is the one of which Orientalist scholar Zecharia Sitchin has written in his books decoding the Sumerian tablets. These tablets also spoke of a Tenth Planet, with a 3600-year orbit cycle. That planet, which they called Nibiru, is inhabited by the extraterrerstrials who told the Sumerians that they bioengineered humans, using Earth primate stock and extraterrestrial genes. I commented to Z that perhaps then we will meet our makers in 2012, before we later meet our Maker in 2030, (if a solution to the asteroid is not worked out beforehand.) I thanked Z for sharing the news, although it is weighty indeed. And after he finished, I understood better the momentous concerns that some high in government wrestle with, and why some in government feel that the people are better off not knowing. Nevertheless, I believe that information is our public right. And knowledge is power. Richard
[CTRL] Fwd: {slick-d} Child Assaulted by Pro-Gore Demonstrators
That shouldn't surprise anyone. They're all for the slaughter of unborn children, so why not bash them after their born too. Source: http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/11/28/103310 Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000; 11:32 a.m. ET Parent Details Child's Assault by Pro-Gore Demonstrators The father of the 13-year-old boy who was viciously attacked Sunday by supporters of Vice President Al Gore while leaving a pro-Bush rally in Washington, D.C., has given the following account of the incident to the Web site FreeRepublic.com: "I tried to leave peacefully with my two children ages 13 and 6. We had no choice but to cross over to where the Gore/Lieberman demonstrators stood - my car was down the street. I consulted with some supporters and a cop before crossing the street just to make sure this was okay. "My son had been given a Sore-Loserman sign, which I had instructed him to carry low. I held onto the hand of my six-year-old, as we passed through the crowd on the other side. "Within seconds my daughter began to scream that her brother was hurt. I turned to see him sobbing, while the Gore supporters stood around him and screamed at him. A fully grown man had punched him in the stomach!!! "I bellowed at them to move, and shouted 'Who touched my son?' They moved out of my way, all of them proclaiming that it wasn't them, and that the guy had mysteriously vanished. "I grabbed a cop, who questioned them. But of course no one would give his name. "My son had been called an idiot, so he responded by calling the guy a sore loser. This got him punched in the gut. They actually tried to argue that I shouldn't have walked this way. "The cop let us cross over to the media, and we managed to get home safely." NewsMax.com is witholding the identity of the father in the interests of the family's safety. -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/1/_/122670/_/975550506/ -_- THIS SPACE FOR RENT For details, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please limit your postings to this list to 3 messages in any 24 hour period.** Subscribe to SlickPlus and receive columns from some of the finest political writers on the net. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words JOIN PLUS in the subject. If you're more of a reader than a writer, you may want to receive the Slick-D DIGEST instead of individual emails. Send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove your address, send blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No muss, no fuss. Have a great day :=(
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] REPORT ON SAN DIEGO SPEAKING DATE (updated)
THE DRUG WAR FOLLIES: COCAINE. MURDER AND THE CIA IN LATIN AMERICA SAN DIEGO LECTURE BY MIKE RUPPERT AND CELE CASTILLO A standing room only crowd of more than two hundred people turned out for the Cele Castillo/Mike ruppert speaking date on Tuesday at San Diego State University's Casa Real. The event was successful beyond all expectations with the crowd showing an intense interest in the CIA-Drug connection. Organizer David Carruthers, a professor of political science at SDSU said "This is one of the largest events we've had at this school in years. This is traditionally a very apathetic campus, so I am impressed at the turnout." Another activist, Jesus Nieto, a professor of Education at SDSU as well as a MECHA coordinator said "I've put on shows like this in the past, and I have to say that I am impressed. When is the next one?" Other activists from diverse groups such as Greenpeace, Hemp legalization advocates and Chiapas solidartity groups stepped forward to offer support and a kind word to organizers. Castillo began with riveting tales of CIA drug deals and money laundering through the now notorious CIA/NSC controlled Illopongo Airport in El Salvador. He detailed his experiences when raiding the home of Walter Grasheim only to find new military munitions and other incriminating evidence along with his U.S. embassy I.D., passports, and vehicle license plates. Castillo related his feelings of dismay and sadness as a patriotic American, who had sworn to serve his country, only to discover that "We were sleeping with the cartels". It was heart breaking to hear Castillo speak of his father, himself a decorated world war two veteran who had been shot six times in the Phillipines, tell Castillo that it "was his duty to go to Vietnam and serve his country." In Vietnam, Castillo one day found his best friend dead with a syringe of heroin stuck in his arm and he then vowed to become a federal narcotics agent upon his return to the U.S. Castillo was awarded the bronze star without even knowing that someone had recommended him for the award. His voice cracked with emotion as he described how the things that made him the most proud in life "were my bronze star and my children. In 1994, I went to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC and I renounced my bronze star. I left it attached to my last pair of boots which i had worn in the jungles of Vietnam and later, South and central America. I pinned the star to my boots with a letter to president Clinton renouncing the award in protest of the atrocities committed by my government." Mike Ruppert gave clear, concise evidence linking the drug trade to corruption of political campaigns and the major investment banks as well as Wall Street. His Presentation, complemented with video, slides and charts painted a disturbing image of government malfeasance and involvement of corporate america in drug money laundering. Ruppert spoke of his background as a promising career as a Los Angeles Police Detective specializing in narcotics when he accidently discovered his Fiancee dealing arms and drugs as part of a CIA operation. An honors graduate of UCLA, Mike Ruppert was valedictorian of his class for three times at the LAPD academy. He came from a family which was employed by U.S. intelligence agencies and he himself was asked to join the CIA twice in his career. Both men sacrificed careers and even personal safety in order to bring forth tales of corruption and in the case of Castillo, murder, torture, and U.S. sponsored death squads. The timing of this speaking date probably could not have come at a better time. With the passage of proposition 36 here in California, the votors have shown that the tide has turned against harsh treatment for drug offenders. The public is starting to awaken to the fact that the drug war is a failure and that other methods need to be undertaken. The event was held after appearances by Ruppert and Castillo on KFMB radio and The Fox network affiliate channel 6 covered the event for its local news. Many in the crowd stayed for an hour after the event to meet the speakers and for a question and answering session. The event was attended by many members of the local community as well as university students who expressed their concerns over CIA involvement in drug trafficking. 11-29-2000 _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/475667/_/975553767/"BClick Here!/B/A -_-
[CTRL] Boylan: More from National Security informant Z (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:51:49 -0800 From: "Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More from National Security informant "Z" I understand a couple T's were on a long range testing mission of endurance at 75% speed and no let up...then they come upon a ridge and low and behold 4 real deals [ET UFOs] in a hover over a electrical station, and when they got a load of the two T's, they went up and beyond, well the 2 T's were given authority to chase and go above the deck which they did, and as I understand this as soberly told to me, they were half way to the freaking Moon when the 4 went behind the Moon to the dark side and were gone. The two returned back and had their cameras downloaded [digital] and graded the excersize a success and as a nice finish they were up the ETS' ass and then half way, turned back. And this was not too long ago. Like "tag". BTW, Lockheed just quietly patented a SST with low boom technology and the picture of it is like a concorde with a clean looking 747 front and manaray swooshing wings. The speed is patented too! Mach 8 and this is what they say it can do. The patent # is sealed under NATSEC directive. I hear Popular Mechanics has a mention of this in this issue. Z = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Laird Wilcox Editorial Research Service
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.lairdwilcox.com/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.lairdwilcox.com/"Laird Wilcox Editorial Research Service/A - AMERICAN EXTREMISTS MILITIAS, SUPREMACISTS, KLANSMEN, COMMUNISTS, OTHERS Extremist movements aren't new, but the tragic events in Oklahoma City, New York City, and elsewhere have awakened Americans to this frightening reality within their borders. What sorts of fringe groups exist? Who joins up and why? What do they want and what are they willing to do to accomplish their goals? How serious is the danger? In response to these questions, noted experts John George and Laird Wilcox have teamed up to examine the frayed edges of human behaviour Beginning with a summary of pre-1960 movements, they then discuss conspiracy theories and what motivates extremists. Their thoroughly documented and detailed tour of contemporary groups on the "far left" and the 'far right" includes recent militia groups making headlines. Included as well is an in-depth appendix on the use of fake quotes and fabricated documents a staple of many extremist organisations. John George (Edmond, OK) is professor of political science and sociology at the University of Central Oklahoma. Laird Wilcox (Olathe, KS) is founder of The Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements, the largest collection of extremist literature in the United States. 443 pp (Photo Insert, Appendices, Index) Gordon Hall, Laird Wilcox John George, "Symposium on Extremism" University of Missouri, Kansas City Laird Wilcox John George - ISBN 1-57392-058-4 = Laird Wilcox on Extremist Traits [The Hoaxer Project Report, pp. 39-41] Robert F. Kennedy wrote: "What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents." In analyzing the rhetoric and propaganda of several hundred militant "fringe" political and social groups across the political spectrum, I have identified a number of specific traits or behaviors that tend to represent the extremist "style"... 1. CHARACTER ASSASSINATION. Extremists often attack the character of an opponent rather than deal with the facts or issues raised. They will question motives, qualifications, past associations, alleged values, personality, looks, mental health, and so on as a diversion from the issues under consideration. Some of these matters are not entirely irrelevant , but they should not serve to avoid the real issues. Extremists object strenuously when this is done to them, of course! 2. NAME-CALLING AND LABELING. Extremists are quick to resort to epithets (racist, subversive, pervert, hate monger, nut, crackpot, degenerate, un-American, anti-semite, red, commie, nazi, kook, fink, liar, bigot, and so on) to label and condemn opponents in order to divert attention from their arguments and to discourage others from hearing them out. These epithets don't have to be proved to be effective; the mere fact that they have been said is often enough. 3. IRRESPONSIBLE SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS. Extremists tend to make sweeping claims or judgments on little or no evidence, and they have a tendency to confuse similarity with sameness. That is, they assume that because two (or more) things, events, or persons are alike in some respects, they must be alike in most respects. The sloppy use of analogy is a treacherous form of logic and has a high potential for false conclusions. 4. INADEQUATE PROOF FOR ASSERTIONS. Extremists tend to be very fuzzy about what constitutes proof, and they also tend to get caught up in logical fallacies, such as post hoc ergo propter hoc (assuming that a prior event explains a subsequent occurrence simply because of their before and after relationship). They tend to project wished-for conclusions and to exaggerate the significance of information that confirms their beliefs while derogating or ignoring information that contradicts them. They tend to be motivated by feelings more than facts, by what they want to exist rather than what actually does exist. Extremists do a lot of wishful and fearful thinking. 5. ADVOCACY OF DOUBLE STANDARDS. Extremists generally tend to judge themselves or their interest group in terms of their intentions, which they tend to view very generously, and others by their acts, which they tend to view very critically. They would like you to accept their assertions on faith, but they demand proof for yours. They tend to engage in special pleading on behalf of themselves or their interests, usually because of some alleged special status, past circumstances, or present disadvantage. 6. TENDENCY TO VIEW THEIR OPPONENTS AND CRITICS AS ESSENTIALLY EVIL. To the extremist, opponents hold opposing positions because they are bad people, immoral, dishonest, unscrupulous, mean-spirited, hateful, cruel, or whatever, not merely because they simply disagree, see the matter differently,
