[CTRL] Bush isn't a moron, he's a cunning sociopath
-Caveat Lector- http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/Conover120502/conover120502.html Bush isn't a moron, he's a cunning sociopath By Bev Conover Online Journal Editor Publisher December 5, 2002If any of us are to have a future worth having, the world's leaders, the members of Congress, the US corporate media and people of all political persuasions who value freedom and democracy had better start seeing George W. Bush for what he is: a sociopath and a passive serial killer. Psychiatrists tell us that all serial killers lack the emotions that make us human; that they have to learn to emulate those emotions in order to get by in society. Hence, a charming, well educated fellow like Ted Bundy who is known to have murdered 15 women and may have killed 36 before he was caught. While Bush is no Bundy, when it comes Bundy's education and acquired charm, and to our knowledge has never personally murdered anyone, it has been evident to us that there is something missing in George W. in terms of his lack of compassion and empathy. As governor of Texas, he set a record in signing death warrants154 in five years. He even made fun of the way convicted killer Karla Faye Tucker begged for her life. If we believe the psychiatrists, a sign of a future serial killer is a child who delights in torturing and killing animals. George W., as a child, did exactly that. In a May 21, 2000, New York Times' puff piece about the values Bush gained growing up in Midland, Texas, Nicholas D. Kristoff quoted Bush's childhood friend Terry Throckmorton: 'We were terrible to animals,' recalled Mr. Throckmorton, laughing. A dip behind the Bush home turned into a small lake after a good rain, and thousands of frogs would come out. 'Everybody would get BB guns and shoot them,' Mr. Throckmorton said. 'Or we'd put firecrackers in the frogs and throw them and blow them up.' On Sept. 12, 2000, Baltimore Sun reporter Miriam Miedzian wrote, So when he was a kid, George W. enjoyed putting firecrackers into frogs, throwing them in the air, and then watching them blow up. Should this be cause for alarm? How relevant is a man's childhood behavior to what he is like as an adult? And in this case, to what he would be like as president of the United States. We're finding out, aren't we? While we, in two articles before the 2000 electionSept. 21 and Oct. 23noted Bush's penchant for blowing up frogs, the corporate media blew it off, just as it had no interest in what he was trying to hide by obtaining a new Texas driver license and his 1976 drunk driving conviction, or the fact he was AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard. Instead, they bought into his nonsensical claim of being a compassionate conservative and a uniter not a divider who was going to restore honor and dignity to the White House. All through the 2000 campaign and up to Sept. 11, 2001, the corporate media depicted Bush as an affable, tongue-tied bumblerthe kind of guy Joe Six-pack would like to have a beer withturning a blind eye to his dark underside. It mattered not that he stocked his illicit administration with the worst of the worst: John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Gale Norton, Paul O'Neill, Harvey Pitt, Thomas White, John Negroponte, Otto Reich and convicted Iran-contra felon Elliot Abrams who received a 1992 Christmas Eve pardon from George W.'s father. Then, despite his peculiar behavior on Sept. 11, the corporate media and his handlers transformed him into a leader extraordinaire in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rolled into one. And as Bush had Afghanistan bombed back beyond the Stone Age to rid the world of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, then switched to claiming it was the Taliban that had to go, then declared there was an axis of evil and it was really Saddam Hussein who was the mother of all evil and that war with Iraq was in the offing to get rid of Saddam, the corporate media cheered him on and to this day continues to beat the war drum. They have yet to consider that the passive serial killer needs to feed his lust for blood by sending others to put their lives on the line and do the killing for him. In his Sept. 12 article, White House insiders say Bush is out of control, Mike Hersh wrote, Some among Bush's trusted White House staff fear what they are seeing and where Bush is taking us. His state of mind hauntingly reminds them of Richard Nixon's Final Days. They fear Bush is becoming Nixonesque . . . or worse. Although Bush lacks Nixon's paranoia, he may entertain even more dangerous notions. But their desperate late night phone calls to trusted reporters has not seen the light of day in the corporate media. Yet, some of us outside the Beltway have long had an inkling of what we are dealing with. More proof lies in Alexandra Pelosi's documentary, Journeys with George. Pelosi, the daughter of incoming House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, was a producer for NBC when she wangled the
[CTRL] The Sacramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- Drastic state job cuts seen
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/5483658p-6467090c.html This story is taken from politics at sacbee.com. Drastic state job cuts seen Thousands expected to be laid off; others may face pay cuts. By Ed Fletcher -- Bee Capitol Bureau - (Published December 6, 2002) Thousands of state workers will be laid off as the state seeks to trim nearly half a billion dollars from its payroll next year, administration officials said Thursday. State workers surviving the layoffs will be asked to share the state's fiscal pain by forgoing pay raises now scheduled to take effect in July. We are gearing up for very significant layoffs, said Marty Morgenstern, director of the Department of Personnel Administration. I don't know how many. I would think thousands rather than hundreds. The move to rein in state payroll costs comes as Gov. Gray Davis and the Legislature embark on a strategy for bridging a massive budget deficit. The official estimate of the shortfall through June 2004 is $21.1 billion, in a general fund of $78 billion. But lawmakers and others have said it is likely to reach $30 billion or more. Today, Davis is scheduled to release his plan to cover $10 billion of the gap, double the amount he proposed two weeks ago. Hard times require hard decisions, the Democratic governor said in a prepared statement Thursday. On Monday, the Legislature is scheduled to convene in a rare special session to consider Davis' proposed midyear cuts. Morgenstern, who met Thursday with representatives of state employee unions to deliver the news, called the state budget difficulties a crisis of unparalleled proportions. Cutting thousands of state employee positions also would be unparalleled in the modern era. Morgenstern said 2,500 California Department of Transportation workers were transferred to other departments in 1975. A few hundred employees were laid off in the 1990s, but he said most were found new state jobs. Morgenstern said such transfers would be unlikely this time. He said state employee representatives were told payroll reductions would come through a combination of layoffs and salary cost savings. Everybody knew there is a real crisis. No one is happy, but no one was surprised, Morgenstern said of the meeting. The administration currently employs 182,000 workers at an annual cost of $10 billion, excluding benefits. An additional 144,000 state workers not directly under the administration's control, including California State University, University of California, court and legislative employees, cost the state $7.1 billion. It remained unclear whether Davis also would seek layoffs or salary cost savings from that group. Jim Hard, who represents civil service division employees within the California State Employees Association, said the state shouldn't lay off employees at a time when Californians will need state services more than ever. I don't think anyone wants DMV lines any longer, Hard said. He said the state should first raise taxes on the rich, close tax loopholes and stop contracting out for services state employees could do. Bruce Blanning, speaking on behalf of engineers working for the state, also said the state could save money by eliminating outside contracts. Before you talk to us about reducing payroll, stop wasting money contracting out, Blanning said. The bulk of state workers are expecting a modest boost in take-home pay in July, when a 5 percent raise kicks in. In their current two-year contracts, most state workers were allowed to reduce their contribution to their retirement account without that reduction penalizing their retirement package. But the raise was to be the first in base pay for most state employees since they received a 4 percent boost in September 2000. The unions are now being asked to return to the bargaining table and delay that increase. According to Blanning and others, the administration insisted there will be no sacred cows as changes in state employee contracts are discussed. California Highway Patrol officers and state correctional officers, who signed more lucrative contracts last year, are set to receive raises of between 25 percent and 37 percent by the time their five-year deals expire. The contract signed by the Association of California Highway Patrolmen includes provisions for raises in the final three years so that CHP officer salaries reach parity with major law enforcement agencies within the state, including the Los Angeles Police Department. That contract settled a lawsuit brought by the association seeking to enforce a state law tying CHP pay to the pay of the local law enforcement officers. While the state was not required to do so, it gave a similar contract to correctional officers at the state's prisons who were represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. Morgenstern said at the time the contract was reached that it was important to maintain the
[CTRL] Raising Cane
-Caveat Lector- URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15787-2002Dec5.html washingtonpost.com Landrieu Supporters Raising Cane With Terrell Over Sugar Issue By Ragan Naresh CQ Politics Reporter Thursday, December 5, 2002; 8:20 PM With 10-foot stalks of weatherbeaten sugar cane in their hands and wide-brimmed sombreros on their heads, groups of sugar cane farmers, union workers and Democratic activists have been shadowing Louisiana Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell in the last days of her campaign to unseat Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu. They were on the scene when Terrell's campaign bus arrived in central Louisiana Wednesday night and again when the GOP challenger visited the southwestern Cajun Country center of Lafayette Thursday. The guerrilla theater by Terrell's opponents is part of an effort to reinforce one of Landrieu's key charges as she seeks to stave off defeat in the unusual Dec. 7 Senate runoff: That Terrell's close ties to President Bush -- who has put the full weight of the White House behind her bid -- would actually hurt Louisiana's sugar industry. At issue is a Nov. 20 report in the Mexican newspaper Reforma that a trade agreement to allow a doubling in the amount of sugar Mexico could export to the United States had been struck between Bush and Vicente Fox, the president of Mexico. While the Bush administration contends that no such deal has been finalized, the Landrieu campaign has seized upon the issue. Running on a theme of Put Louisiana First, Landrieu has been trying to offset the state's conservative lean -- and Republican efforts to paint her as too liberal -- by portraying Terrell as a rubber stamp who would be beholden to Bush even when his policies run counter to Louisiana interests. Landrieu has characterized the reported sugar agreement as a backroom deal that the administration purposely sought to withhold from the public until after the election. U.S. sugar prices are almost three times higher than on world markets, in part because imports of raw sugar are limited by law to 1.4 million short tons, including 151,885 tons from Mexico. That benefits sugar cane and sugar beet farmers in states like Louisiana, Florida and Minnesota, but boosts raw material prices for sugar-consuming companies like Coca-Cola Co. and Mars Inc. Terrell has attempted to distance herself from the alleged sugar deal. But some local observers say Landrieu's sugar strategy could help her stall the momentum Terrell appeared to gain when Bush visited the state on her behalf on Tuesday. In raising the issue, Landrieu is going where many Democratic Senate candidates this year feared to tread: testing the popularity of the president, whose all-out campaign blitz helped the Republicans win control of the Senate in the Nov. 5 elections. She has learned that Bush's 'halo effect' is something she can address directly, said Louisiana State University political scientist T. Wayne Parent. This turns attention back to Louisiana and away from the power of Bush and the power that Terrell might have because of her association with the president. The runoff was necessitated when Landrieu took less than a majority vote -- 46 percent -- in the state's Nov. 5 primary, forcing her into a second round with state Elections Commissioner Terrell, who had 27 percent. With conservative voters expected to decide the outcome in the runoff, Landrieu is performing a political high-wire act. Maintaining her long-standing claim that she is a Democratic centrist, Landrieu has emphasized that she backed Bush on most Senate votes since he became president. But she says she is an independent voice for Louisiana, and has tried to use Terrell's own words to portray her opponent as a knee-jerk Republican. [Terrell] bragged that 'Mary Landrieu says she [was] with President Bush 74 percent of the time [in 2001], but we need a senator who will be with the president the other 26 percent of the time,' Landrieu said. Unfortunately, [the reported sugar deal] is an example of that other 26. The $2 billion sugar industry in Louisiana is rich in tradition and influence, but has struggled since Hurricane Lili and Tropical Storm Isidore hit the state in the fall and halved the cane harvest. Landrieu is attempting to sway the 30,000 sugar producers and processors -- many of whom lean Republican -- to vote for her. A number of them have decried the sugar trade deal and joined in some of the hastily planned protests. Terrell, though, has indicated that she would not support such a deal, and has repeatedly challenged the claim that she would unequivocally support Bush. She also argues that Landrieu's vocal criticism of the sugar deal is unwarranted since it is a function of the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement, enacted under the administration of Democrat Bill Clinton, and is not simply Bush's policy. [Landrieu] is trying to make it an issue that affects the campaign, but what is important is
[CTRL] Through a glass lightly: 10 hopeful cracks in the Bush faade
-Caveat Lector- http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/Weiner120502/weiner120502.html Through a glass lightly: 10 hopeful cracks in the Bush façade By Bernard Weiner Online Journal Contributing Writer December 5, 2002Don't know about you, but I find myself caught right in the middle of the glass half-empty/half-full way of looking at our current political situation. In my last piece (Shining Our Light on the Shadow Forces: Open Letter to the Fledgling ?Movement?), I talked about how things are going to get worse before they get worse, and then even more worse, and then things will start to get better. In my darker periodswhich these days is most of the timeI still believe this, that what is about to come down from BushCo. in the next few years is going to be horrendous, both for Americans domestically and for those in the way of U.S. imperial moves abroad. Domestically, due-process constitutional protections, already in shreds thanks to Bush Ashcroft, will nearly disappear. Big Brother government will invade our privacy in virtually every area of our lives, thanks to technological breakthroughs and the magic word terrorists. More citizens will be yanked off to the American gulags, cut off from judicial review or even their attorneys. Internationally, BushCo. will continue to march forward belligerently, arrogantly and theateningly in their desire to bring benevolent hegemony to those areas of the world rich in minerals and energy sources, thus stirring up anti-U.S. rebellions and fueling more terrorism. But rather than dwell on that awful picture, and what it presages for the futurethe glass half-empty scenariolet's search for any hopeful signs that point to a way out of our current morass. In this glass-half-full approach, consider these: 1. Big Brotherism. A number of anti-big-government conservatives, appalled at the constitutional excesses of the Bush administration and its Big Brother approach to snooping on American citizens, have begun to rebel. A bit late, of coursesince many of them supported those very excesses in helping get the USA PATRIOT Act and the Homeland Security bill passedbut better late than never. It almost boggles the mind to read that such rightwing stalwarts as Dick Armey, Bob Barr, and Henry Hyde are about to join forces with the American Civil Liberties Union, as consultants, to try to rein in the police-state tactics of the Bush administration. Politics does indeed put one in the sack with the strangest bedfellows. (Incidentally, the ACLU which is running TV ads in selected markets showing Ashcroft taking scissors to the Constitutionreports that it is being inundated with new members, up 12 percent from last year at this time, and rising fast.) In addition, such conservative/libertarian columnists as William Safire and Pat Buchanan likewise are taking frontal potshots at the excesses of this arrogant administration and its approach to the Constitution. Good for them! If the civil libertarian wing of the Democratic party, and the anti-war movement in general, are wise, they will welcome these lapsed brethren into the anti-BushCo. fold and try to utilize their conservative credentials to lure more such disaffected Republicans to the cause of restoring constitutional balance and due process to our polity. (I think the Democrats may have leaders with that kind of wisdom; I'm not sure about some of the segments of the anti-war movement, still locked into slogans and behaviors that are sure to alienate the great middle-class of Americans, without whom no political movement can make much progress.) 2. The Jeffords example. Given this relatively slight but growing conservative opposition to BushCo. excesses, there may be more leverage for leaning on such moderate GOP senators as Snowe, Collins, Specter and Chaffee to do a Jeffords and become Independents, thus blocking BushCo.'s total control of the U.S. Congress. It would be a miracle if some or all of them were to bolt the partythose GOP moderates stand to benefit from the perks of being part of the winning sidebut if they did, it would make it easier for Democrats to head off the more egregious policies of the Bush administration. Surely these GOP moderates are uneasy with (or even revolted by) some of those policies and, with enough pressure from inside and outside the Senate, they might be willing to consider such a patriotic move. There is talk amongst some Democrats of trying to lure them over by promising them key leadership positions and other blandishmentsnot a bad strategy, if a bit obvious. 3. The Supreme Court. One can expect that some of the more outrageous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Homeland Security Act will make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps as early as next year. Given the growing revolt by conservatives against the more extreme aspects of those bills with reference to civil liberties and privacy, it is possible that the Supreme
[CTRL] Salon.com Politics | Joe Conason's Journal
-Caveat Lector- http://salon.com/politics/conason/2002/12/05/bush/index.html Joe Conason's Journal Rush -- nailed on his own show! Plus: Will disclosure requirement cause Kissinger to resign? - - - - - - - - - - - - Dec. 5, 2002 | Squawk radio A plucky Salon reader -- let's just call him Greg from Orlando since that's how his friends over at the EIB network know him -- sent a fascinating memo Wednesday about the methods he has used to bring a bit of balance to Rush Limbaugh's radio show. This is his version of their most recent encounter: Scored a direct hit on the Hot Air Hindenburg today, making the kind of call to Rush Limbaugh halfway through his show that [made] him a stuttering fool and [had] all of the callers who followed trying to repair the damage. His show started with the usual relentless demonizing of liberals, this time John Kerry from Massachusetts, a Vietnam War hero whom Rush was mocking as 'Lurch,' using the Addams' Family theme song. But when he tried to twist Kerry's words [from] Sunday on Meet the Press -- about how 'Sometimes in war a leader looks behind him and the troops aren't there,' as somehow showing [Kerry] as incompetent or a failure -- I'd had enough. I jogged to the nearest phone and dialed a dozen times till I got through, then told his call screener that I'd like to make the case that Kerry isn't going to be painted as a garden- variety liberal as easily as they think, given his war-hero status and foreign policy credentials. Guess I sold the screener, because I was put through onto the air within seconds ... I told Rush the same thing on the air and then asked him if he'd seen the New Yorker piece on Kerry. [A penetrating, thoughtful profile by Joe Klein that I ought to have mentioned last week.] Slowly and deliberately I told the story about how in response to the Vietnam War, John Kerry had gone down to the recruiting office to sign up to fight along with his two best friends, John J. Pershing III and Fred Smith, the founder of Federal Express. When Rush tried to bring up the smear about him not having his troops behind him, I explained that Kerry had been referring to how he won his Silver Star rescuing crew members of his fast-boat who had fallen overboard, and been wounded even while fending off a Vietcong machine gun nest. I then asked Rush how Bush might respond if, in the debates, Kerry asked him where he had been when he didn't show up for his plum [National Guard] assignment for a year. Or for that matter, how [Rush] could disparage a war hero when he himself had dodged the Vietnam Draft by claiming to have a boil on his butt. He tried to lie [his way] out of this but I explained that his 4-F form listing a 'pilonidal cyst' was printed in books for all to see [i.e., The Rush Limbaugh Story by Paul D. Colford, St. Martin's Press, 1993, in Chapter 2: Beating the Draft]. At that point, I was cut off the air and as Rush stuttered and stumbled around like I have never heard him before, his screener came back online and told me, 'You're out of here, buddy -- we've got you pegged and you'll never call again.' As with a previous call, when I nicknamed Rush 'The Jabba the Hut of American Politics' (which stuck and caused him to lose 100 pounds over a year's time), all of the rest of the show was dominated by damage-control over my call. A number of callers took issue with the correct labeling of most right-wing war-hawks as 'Chicken Hawks' -- and this allowed Rush to obscure the issue by claiming that he'd merely not served, rather than dodged the draft with a bogus 4-F status. At least nine times that I counted, he referred to me by name with the usual cheap smears, and I collected each as a badge of honor I'm sending to John Kerry to add to his uniform. Please feel free to try a similar experiment in the comfort of your home. Greg also had some advice for anyone who would like to debate El Rushbo: I was on the air live around 1:30 p.m. [EST]. In order to get onto Rush's show as a liberal, you have to fall within usually a 1-2 day window where he has recently claimed, on the air or to friends and colleagues (falsely), that he 'always puts liberals at the front of the line' -- when in reality they screen out almost anyone who they even suspect disagrees with them on 99 out of 100 days ... His and ALL of the right-wing shows ... carefully screen [and] filibuster the calls, so that opposing views are quickly cut off and a balanced view cannot be reasonably entertained. It is almost as if they know that if the other side can be fairly aired beside their own far-right viewpoint, they would lose a significant [percentage] of sycophants. Like other satellites of the RNC propaganda network, Limbaugh is testing various assaults on Kerry -- which suggests how threatening they consider his candidacy. The radio demagogue's written response to Greg -- plus audio -- can be found on the Limbaugh Web site.
[CTRL] For your attention
-Caveat Lector- Euphorian spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you should see it. To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk Jenin riddle: Why did an Israeli soldier shoot a British official in the back? Jonathan Cook in Jenin, Chris McGreal in Jerusalem and Ewen MacAskill Friday December 06 2002 The Guardian Stand where the Israeli army sniper stood and the questions come flooding in. Foremost among them is how the soldier who shot Iain Hook in the back in Jenin refugee camp could have mistaken the lanky British UN official with a mobile phone to his ear for a Palestinian youth waving a gun, as the army claims. The sniper was only 25 metres from his victim, in daylight, and he had a telescopic sight. British officials say they are determined that the Israelis will not be allowed to get away with a cursory investigation into Mr Hook's killing a fortnight ago. Whitehall, in turn, is under pressure from Hook's two sons, both British officers, who visited the site of his death and came away sceptical about the Israeli version of events. Sources in Whitehall say that the Foreign Office is unhappy about the delay in providing an explanation, and that British diplomats in Jerusalem meet the Israelis every day to press the issue. We will not let this be swept under the carpet. If it was a mistake, we want them to apologise and provide compensation, the source said. Hook, 54, from Felixstowe in Suffolk, died on November 22 after the Israeli army swept into Jenin refugee camp searching for a particular terrorist. The subsequent fighting was intense. The army's hunt focused on buildings around the small UN compound where Hook worked for The Crown Estate, the British agency which manages crown property on behalf of the government. He led a project to rebuild Jenin camp, large parts of which were destroyed by the Israeli army in April. Two hours before he was shot, Hook took a decision that may have sealed his fate. He was in the compound with another Briton, Paul Wolstenholme, 30 Palestinian staff, and two young children. He spent the morning trying to persuade the army by phone to call a temporary ceasefire with the Palestinian gunmen. He spoke repeatedly to the local Israeli liaison officer, Captain Peter Lerner, then tried to appeal to the soldiers directly. But as he left the compound a Palestinian gunman ran up behind him and used him as cover to fire at the army. Israeli soldiers have long regarded the UN as collaborators with the Palestinians. The sight of a gunman sheltering behind Hook would have reinforced their hostility. When Hook failed to achieve a ceasefire, Palestinians trying to get in to the compound knocked a hole in the wall. He telephoned Capt Lerner and left a message. Hi Peter, it's Iain here. I'm just making a progress report, really. We're pinned down in the compound. The shabab [young men] have knocked a hole in the wall, which I'm not happy about at all. I'm trying to keep them out and I will just keep my people pinned down in the corner until I hear from you. Twenty minutes later Hook walked out of his office and into the courtyard. Shortly after that, the sniper's bullet caught him in the back. Ate first the Israelis said he was shot outside the compound while standing among Palestinians. When that was shown to be false, they changed their story, saying Hook's final message proved that Palestinian fighters had overrun the UN compound and that the sniper had mistaken him for one of them and his mobile phone for a gun or grenade. The UN says that is totally incredible. Its investigators have been told by staff, including Mr Wolstenholme, that no gunmen entered the site. One question is why, if the Israeli army's version is correct, was Hook alone killed, and none of the Palestinian gunmen supposedly around him? And where, if the Palestinians were using the compound to attack the Israelis, is the evidence of such a battle? None of the surrounding homes carry any evidence of bullet holes. Witnesses told the UN investigators that there was no gunfire around the compound for tens of minutes before Hook was hit. Mr Wolstenholme told them that he looked up and saw the face of the soldier who fired the fatal shot. The Israeli army says that it was told that Hook had been shot 10 minutes after it happened. But soldiers prevented an ambulance reaching the compound for 25 minutes. Hook had bled to death before the ambulance reached the hospital. Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited 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
[CTRL] Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Wiccan Sues Board Over Prayer Refusal
-Caveat Lector- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2226558,00.html Wiccan Sues Board Over Prayer Refusal Saturday December 7, 2002 11:10 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A woman who practices a religion rooted in witchcraft is suing county officials for refusing to add her name to a list of clergy invited to open board meetings with a prayer. The American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court on behalf of Cynthia Simpson, a Wiccan. The lawsuit claims the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors board discriminated against Simpson based on her religion by inviting Christian clergy to deliver invocations while refusing to allow her to do so. ``The county's treatment of Ms. Simpson amounts to the marking of Wicca with an official badge of dishonor,'' the lawsuit says. ``It represents nothing less than overt, official governmental disapproval of a religious tradition.'' The lawsuit accuses the board of violating the First Amendment's freedom of religion and separation of church and state clauses, as well as the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. ``The county supervisors shouldn't be sponsoring prayers at all, but when they do, they certainly can't play favorites,'' said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. Chesterfield County Administrator Lane Ramsey said the board can invite whomever it wishes to give the invocation. ``We feel confident the position the Board of Supervisors has taken is a defensible position,'' he said. According to the lawsuit, the county board routinely opens meetings with an invocation by guest clergy. Simpson asked the board to add her name to the list of volunteers for that duty earlier this year. County Attorney Steven L. Micas sent Simpson a letter denying her request. He wrote that the invocations ``are traditionally made to a divinity that is consistent with the Judeo- Christian tradition. Based upon our review of Wicca, it is neo-pagan and involves polytheistic, pre-Christian deities.'' The lawsuit said county supervisors ridiculed Simpson and her faith. An Oct. 5 article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch quoted Supervisor Renny B. Humphrey as saying ``I hope she's a good witch like Glinda,'' the witch in ``The Wizard of Oz.'' Humphrey also said: ``There is always Halloween.'' The article also quoted Kelley E. Miller, the board chairman, as saying, ``It's a mockery. It is not any religion I would subscribe to.'' Neither Miller nor Simpson immediately returned phone calls seeking comment. Wicca is a religion based on respect for the earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons. Wiccans consider themselves witches, pagans or neo-pagans. ^--- On the Net: Americans United: http://www.au.org ACLU: http://www.aclu.org Chesterfield County: http://www.co.chesterfield.va.us/ Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2002 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] Cherie Blair's accountant faces trial on fraud counts - smh.com.au
-Caveat Lector- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/07/1038950236697.html Print this article | Close this window Cherie Blair's accountant faces trial on fraud counts December 8 2002 An accountant recommended by an Australian fraudster to Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and used by her to buy flats, is to face trial on fraud charges. The revelation is a serious blow to Mr Blair's office after its humiliating about-face last week over a link between Mrs Blair and convicted Australian fraudster Peter Foster. After a spokesman for Mr Blair denied that the Prime Minister's wife was ever connected with Foster, she herself acknowledged on Thursday that he had played a part in helping her buy two apartments in the west of England. British Transport Police said Andrew Axelsen, the accountant who arranged the mortgage on the flats, had been charged following an investigation into the awarding of contracts for an extension to one of London's underground rail lines. Police were responding to a report in Friday's Daily Telegraph, which said Axelsen's co- defendant at the trial would be Martin Williams, a lawyer suggested by Foster to do the conveyancing on Mrs Blair's property deal. The Telegraph said Mrs Blair had opted for a different lawyer. Andrew Axelsen and Martin Williams have been charged in connection with a fraud investigation. Both await trial, with others, at the Central Criminal Court, a British Transport Police spokesman said. Mr Blair's office refused to comment early today. Foster is understood to be preparing to flee London and move to Fiji. He has breached his visa conditions and has to leave Britain by Wednesday or face deportation. Should his last-ditch court action to stay fail, it is unlikely he will return to Australia - where the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is pursuing him in the Federal Court over a diet scam that fleeced investors of $3.75million. Instead it is understood 39-year-old Foster will return to Fiji, where he worked last year as a political adviser during the elections. He is believed to be building a house there. It emerged yesterday that the e-mails published in London, which conclusively proved Mrs Blair's involvement with Foster, were obtained in Australia. In them Mrs Blair tells Foster he is a star for saving her $194,000 in a deal on two flats in Bristol where her son Euan is attending university. Foster has denied selling the e-mails, which have caught out the Downing Street press office after its spin doctors had argued that Foster was not Mrs Blair's financial adviser. In a statement Foster said he had always viewed them as a confidential matter and they remain confidential and I will never comment. His friends claim the published e-mails may have come from business associates in Australia and New Zealand to whom he had forwarded them to prove he was not fantasising about his links with theBlairs. But others claim he was paid as much as $250,000 by the Daily Mail for the correspondence. Yesterday there was no attempt by the Mail to deny that Foster secured a financial coup. Sources from the paper denied only that the sum was large. Foster has also spoken to his Australian friend, Queensland photo-journalist Regina King, to tell her how Mrs Blair chose to trust him and take him on face value as the boyfriend of her lifestyle guru Carole Caplin. Peter said they didn't want to dig up the past, that they were good Christian people and took him for what he was now, Ms King said. Peter is a very good talker, very charming and very charismatic and she obviously knew him and trusted him. But Mrs Blair, a 48-year-old lawyer, has been forced to make two embarrassing backdowns and take full responsibility for the misinformation from Downing Street. A second statement issued through Downing Street, hot on the heels of a first botched one, said: Having heard how some are reporting her statement, Mrs Blair wants to make it clear that she, and she alone, is responsible for any misunderstanding between the Number 10 press office and the media. However, some of Foster's claims, including one that he had been promised help with his deportation case and another that he was a guest at the Blairs' holiday home, have been dismissed asfantasy. Foster once dated topless model and singer Samantha Fox and embroiled her in a slimming-tea scam that helped stall her career. Now he has told Ms King that he is worried about the effect the latest publicity will have on his current former topless model girlfriend, Ms Caplin, who miscarried their baby last week. He's desperately worried about the effect all this is having on Carole, she said. This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/07/1038950236697.html A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed.
[CTRL] Religion of Peace? Prove it.
-Caveat Lector- Religion of Peace? Prove it. Jonah Goldberg If every German I meet or see is a Nazi, it's reasonable for me to say all Germans are Nazis. It may not be true, of course, but having no evidence indicating otherwise it's certainly understandable that I would draw that conclusion. If, however, I constantly hear Germans condemn Nazism and anything which remotely resembles Nazism, if I see them repudiating German Nazis, and working to repair the damage done by German Nazis, it would be outrageously unfair and malicious for me to say all Germans are Nazis. Now, under both hypothetical circumstances, the actual number of Germans who are Nazis can remain the same. The only difference is what the non-Nazi Germans do. As the saying goes, all that evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing. This goes for public relations too. But first, let's bring things up to date. Right now there's an interesting debate going on, mostly on the right which makes sense as that is where most interesting debates take place these days (think about it). It's basically about the nature of Islam and how the Bush administration deals with the Muslim world. On the one extreme are folks like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, who say Islam is soaked-to-the-bone violent and, according to some, just plain evil. On the other side, I suppose, are folks like David Forte, a law professor and reported adviser to the White House who, according to critics, believes religiosity is more important than the content of a religion. (He's written for NRO defending this view) I'm sure there are people in the White House who truly believe Islam means peace, but with the exception of George W. Bush their names elude me. In the middle of these two extremes Islam is bad versus Islam is wonderful are lots of pragmatists and agnostics of various flavors. Indeed, most of the folks who reject the Islam means peace bumper sticker, including Robertson himself, concede that as a matter of geopolitics President Bush has no choice but to make nice on the Islamic world. Asked by George Stephanopoulos whether Bush is being politically correct, Robertson replied No, he's not being politically correct. He is waging a war, and he's waging a war against terrorism and he doesn't want to take on the whole Arab world. He doesn't want this to be a Muslim-Christian fight or a Muslim-America fight. And this is why Bush has gone out of his way to either condemn or distance himself from comments by Robertson, Falwell, and others. Now just to be clear on the substance, I guess I'm closer to the Islam-is-a-violent-religion party. I think Falwell was silly to call Mohammed a terrorist because the word as we know it simply cannot be applied with any validity to conquering Arab generals of the 7th century. I see no reason not to think of Mohammed as an enlightened ruler as far as things went back in those days and in that place. But let's also face facts: Mohammed was a general, and his generations of successors and disciples were conquerors. There is just too much in Islam about the importance of grabbing and holding territory to ignore. Jesus was a nonviolent martyr who argued for rendering unto Caesar what was his. Mohammed was Caesar. The seed of the notion of a civil society outside the scope of religious authority was planted by Jesus in Jewish soil; it was subsequently nurtured, with much bloodshed, over two millennia until today where the separation of Church and State is a bedrock of Western Civilization. This separation of the City of God and the City of Man, to use Saint Augustine's formulation, is still quite alien to Islamic society. Furthermore, the first few generations of Christianity were marked by suffering and oppression. The first few generations of Islam were marked by conquering. In its harshness, I suppose you could say Islam resembles pre-Christian Judaism in some ways. Jews, too, believe in the importance of geography and the use of the sword to protect it. Of course, they believe in holding onto only one narrow strip of it. (Prediction: Jewish militants will never claim, say, Cleveland as rightfully theirs.) And, it should be said, many Jews do not see modern Israel as the fulfillment of any Biblical or religious imperative lots and lots of Zionists are very secular. And, it should be noted, Jews haven't spent most of the last two millennia ruling empires and conquering land so much as being brutalized, oppressed, or at best tenuously tolerated. Anyway, Muslims tend to believe that once a strip of dirt becomes Muslim it's gotta stay Muslim for ever and ever. And if a burg's population becomes majority Muslim, it must be ruled by Muslims (see Kashmir for details). This is one of the primary understandings, historically and religiously speaking, of jihad. Until fairly recent times, writes Bernard
[CTRL] Connection Between Smallpox Vaccine and Mad Cow Disease?
-Caveat Lector- CJD, POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION WITH BSE *** ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org [1] Date: Thu 5 Dec 2002 From: Werner Slenczka [EMAIL PROTECTED] CJD, possible association with BSE - I want to make a brief comment on the report from the Guardian saying that mice expressing the human PrP-gene may develop the picture of classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or the picture of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The possibility of pathogen transmission from bovines to humans has existed for many years before the appearance of BSE. It must be realized that the production of smallpox vaccine and its use in humans was accompanied by introduction of crude bovine proteins into the human skin. This type of vaccine was administered for more than 100 years to most children on the northern hemisphere. The vaccine was produced in calves, but passages in sheep or in rabbits were also made to prevent the accumulation of some pathogens. The smallpox vaccination might have been a cause of sporadic cases of CJD in humans as long as it was routinely applied. -- Dr Werner Slenczka Inst. of Virology Robert Koch-Str. 17 35037 Marburg [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] PATRIOT ACT - Tyranny Raising Its Ugly Head
-Caveat Lector- Read it and weep for what was once our great nation. Osama won. Photographer Arrested For Taking Pics Near Cheney Hotel 2600 News 12-5-2 An amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing. Maginnis told his story on Wednesday's edition of Off The Hook. Maginnis's morning commute took him past the Adams Mark Hotel on Court Place. Maginnis, who says he always carried his camera wherever he went, snapped about 30 pictures of the hotel and the surrounding area - which included Denver police, Army rangers, and rooftop snipers. Maginnis, who works in information technology, frequently photographs such subjects as corporate buildings and communications equipment. The following is Maginnis's account of what transpired: As he was putting his camera away, Maginnis found himself confronted by a Denver police officer who demanded that he hand over his film and camera. When he refused to give up his Nikon F2, the officer pushed him to the ground and arrested him. After being brought to the District 1 police station on Decatur Street, Maginnis was made to wait alone in an interrogation room. Two hours later, a Secret Service agent arrived, who identified himself as Special Agent Willse. The agent told Maginnis that his suspicious activities made him a threat to national security, and that he would be charged as a terrorist under the USA-PATRIOT act. The Secret Service agent tried to make Maginnis admit that he was taking the photographs to analyze weaknesses in the Vice President's security entourage and cause terror and mayhem. When Maginnis refused to admit to being any sort of terrorist, the Secret Service agent called him a raghead collaborator and a dirty pinko faggot. After approximately an hour of interrogation, Maginnis was allowed to make a telephone call. Rather than contacting a lawyer, he called the Denver Post and asked for the news desk. This was immediately overheard by the desk sergeant, who hung up the phone and placed Maginnis in a holding cell. Three hours later, Maginnis was finally released, but with no explanation. He received no copy of an arrest report, and no receipt for his confiscated possessions. He was told that he would probably not get his camera back, as it was being held as evidence. Maginnis's lawyer contacted the Denver Police Department for an explanation of the day's events, but the police denied ever having Maginnis - or anyone matching his description - in custody. At press time, the Denver PD's Press Information Office did not return telephone messages left by 2600. The new police powers introduced by the USA-PATRIOT act, in the name of fighting terrorism, have been frightening in their apparent potential for abuse. Mike Maginnis's experience on Tuesday is a poignant example of how this abuse is beginning to occur. It suggests that a wide range of activities which might be considered suspicious could be suddenly labeled a prelude to terrorism, and be grounds for arrest. We will continue to post updates to this story as we learn them. Police Detainment of a Patient Following Treatment With Radioactive Iodine http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v288n21/ffull/jlt1204-3.html To the Editor: We recently treated a 34-year-old man for Graves disease with 20 mCi of iodine 131. Twenty-four hours after treatment, his radioactive iodine uptake was 63%. Three weeks after treatment, he returned to our clinic complaining that he had been strip-searched twice at Manhattan subway stations. Police had identified him as emitting radiation and had detained him for further questioning. He returned to the clinic and requested a letter stating that he had recently been treated with radioactive iodine. This patient's experience indicates that radiation detection devices are being installed in public places in New York City and perhaps elsewhere. Patients who have been treated with radioactive iodine or other isotopes may be identified and interrogated by the police because of the radiation they emit. We called the Terrorism Task Force of the New York City Police Department to determine how to prevent detainment of this group of patients. They recommended that treating physicians provide such patients with letters describing the isotope used and its dose, its biological half-life, and the date and time of treatment. The letters should also provide the physician's 24-hour telephone numbers to allow the police to verify the content of the letters. If a person who has been detected as emitting radiation provides such a letter, the police would then verify the letter's authenticity. Even in the best-case scenario, however, the patient would have to wait during this verification process. Patients should be informed about this potential problem after treatment with radioactive isotopes;
[CTRL] The Israelization of America
-Caveat Lector- http://www.antiwar.com/orig/brooks1.html The Israelization of America by James Brooks December 7, 2002 US officials recently announced the somewhat jarring news that Israeli security forces will be training American soldiers in the techniques of urban warfare. Apparently Israel's illegal thirty-five year occupation of Palestine has enabled it to perfect tactics that our troops will need in a 'possible' war on Iraq. Most informed Americans will receive this news with a sense of both foreboding and dislocation. The brutal tactics of the Israeli "Defense" Forces have been denounced for decades by human rights groups, the United Nations, and scores of foreign governments. Is this how we want our own troops to fight? Our sense of dislocation (even "topsy-turvy") in greeting this news traces to something else; the fact that Israel has always been our client, not the other way around. Why are the Israelis now teaching us? Is this really something new, or is it merely an unusually explicit lesson in the continuing education of American power by the Israeli vanguard? Who has been learning from whom in this "special relationship"? From Covert Crimes to Points of Pride Over the past half century, Israel's organized terror against Palestinian civilians has moved from the relatively secret operations of special Israeli army and paramilitary units to globally televised depredations wrought with helicopter gunships, state-of-the-art tanks, and F-16 fighters. In the process, massacres like those perpetrated in the old days by Israeli army units at Deir Yassin and Qibya have been dwarfed, in terms of casualties, scope, and property damage, by today's daily and indiscriminate destruction in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Crimes that Israel once felt compelled to hide from the world are now on full display, vigorously defended by the Israeli government. Fifty years ago, America also felt the need to conduct most of its international crimes far from public view. Interventions in the affairs of uncooperative nations (invariably conducted to "fight communism") were mostly secretive, CIA-led actions that made surreptitious use of special military units, typically called "American advisors" (Honduras, Guatemala, Iran, and Cuba provide a few relevant examples). Now, emboldened by the demise of its only global counterweight, the Soviet Union, and encouraged by Israel's success in using conventional military forces in a public and illegal campaign against civilians, the US is increasingly eschewing the old "secret war" model in favor of direct and open military intervention with American troops. Witness Somalia, Haiti, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan during the past ten years. Pre-emptive Action Israel has long been criticized for taking pre-emptive military action against its perceived enemies. Two well-known examples are its surprise attack against a nearly-completed Iraqi nuclear power plant and its protracted, illegal and bloody occupation of southern Lebanon. Despite worldwide criticism of these and many other blatant violations of international law, Israel continued, and continues, undaunted. The Clinton administration was noted for its fawning support of Israel's occupation, and for abandoning a long-standing US commitment (on paper only, of course) to return Palestine to its pre-1967 borders. Clinton also took a big page out of Israel's book on international relations, when he insisted, against strenuous objections from the United Nations, that the US has the right to launch pre-emptive strikes, and that NATO had the right to wage war on Yugoslavia without UN approval. This year, the Bush administration dropped all pretense of maintaining security with deterrence and adopted the illegal Israeli standard of pre-emptive strikes as official US policy. Militarization of Politics Our politicians have also learned much by example from our close and "special" relationship with the government of Israel. For decades, our pols have used cant, dissimulation and fraud to excuse Israel's most egregious crimes. In the process, much has been learned about how to turn acts of wanton destruction into a noble defense of freedom. Israel's willingness to keep 'pushing the envelope' of state terror has been invaluable in this process, training both American pols and media in the arts of propaganda required to justify ever-larger crimes. Meanwhile, the American populace has been steadily learning to accept Israel's gross violations of human rights, international law, and common decency as "necessary for peace and security", justified by "Israel's right to defend herself". This lesson in moral decay and desensitization is proving handy indeed, as the current US administration seeks to extend American hegemony in the Middle East by a new war of occupation. The Terror Card Following the tragedy of 9/11, Israel immediately recast its thirty-five-year occupation of Palestine as an essential front in the
[CTRL] Milw. clergy, censorship,Japan crimes/WWII, Chomsky, photog arrest, Bush comment
-Caveat Lector- this may be heavy for survivors I am looking for a book called "The Big Book of Secrets" about the Masons, offlist replies would be greatly appreciated. Nation's Leading Attorney for Clergy Sexual Abuse Victims To Begin Filing Cases in Milwaukee "Recently unsealed court documents have also shown that Weakland, like Cardinal Law of Boston, had moved predatory priests around the archdiocese. Under Archbishop Weakland, Wisconsin has become the safest state in the nation for pedophile priests. Church leaders are not held accountable in courts. Priests are not required to be mandated reporters of abuse, as in other states. The state statutes for child abuse are weighed heavily against victims by time-barring prosecution and the filing of claims" CONTACT: Jeffery Anderson, Attorney: 612-817-8665; St. Paul, MN Office 651-227-9990; Jim Smith, Attorney: 262-783-6633; Peter Isely (SNAP) cell: 414-429-7259; office 414-778-6020, ext. 3014; Mary Guentner (SNAP), cell: 414-418-3191 http://www.aera.net/communications/news/021121. http://www.aera.net/communications/news/021121.htm htm http://www.aera.net/communications/news/021121.htm AERA NEWS American Educational Research Association www.aera.net http://www.aera.net/ 1230 Seventeenth St. NW, Washington DC 20036 (202) 223-9485 For Immediate Release Societies Raise Concerns about Document Removal from U.S. Department of Education Web Site In addition, they are equally concerned about actions that would remove from access research, data, and other digests of information that otherwise have been publicly available, regardless of administration. They advocate that educational stakeholders be included in the web revamping process. The AERA/ALA-initiated effort was triggered this fall after the library, educational research and related social science communities learned of an internal memo, "Criteria and Process for Removing Old Content from www.ed.gov," that http://www.ed.gov," that/ the Education Department issued to staff members on May 31, 2002. According to the internal government memo, the federal initiative strives to remove from public access information that either is outdated or "does not reflect the priorities, philosophies, or goals of the present administration." Bioterrorism and Armageddon - Separating fact from fantasy in the New World Order by Alan Cantwell, Jr., M.D. "In Manchuria in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Japanese performed diabolic biologic experiments on prisoners. When the Japanese overran the country, they established Unit 731, a b/w research and production facility in Pingfan, near the city of Harbin. In Gene Wars: Military Control Over the New Genetic Technologies (1988), Charles Pillar and Keith Yamamoto write: "At least 3000 Chinese, Korean, Soviet, American, British and Australian prisoners of war died horrific deaths at the hands of the Pingfan technicians."In the b/w experiments the Japanese deliberately infected human beings with microbes causing cholera, dysentery, typhoid, syphilis, and other infectious diseases. "The work included trials of anthrax and gas gangrene bombsThe full details of all this are also recorded Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-1945, and the American Cover-up (1994), by Sheldon H HarrisDuring the post-war Japanese war crime trials, the U.S. Army feared the Russians might benefit from learning the results of these experiments. To thwart this possibility, the U.S. Army made a deal. The Japanese doctors would turn over their data to the Army b/w technicians, and in turn the U.S. government would not prosecute the Japanese perpetrators of these war crimes. Finally in August 2002, six decades after these atrocities, a Japanese court acknowledged for the first time that biological weapons were used before and during World War 2, but the court rejected Chinese claims for compensation. " The article "Bioterrorism and Armageddon" is published in the current (Nov 2002) issue of New Dawn magazine, out of Melbourne, Australia. http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/ it is not on the website yet, people can get it from the author by writing [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14701 Noam Chomsky Analyzes the Bushies By Anthony DiMaggio, The Indy December 6, 2002 - Noam Chomsky: It's quite widely assumed, right within the mainstream, that these are the two primary reasons. I agree. Regaining control over Iraq's oil resources (not access, but control; a very different matter) is longstanding. 9/11 provided a pretext for the resort to force, not only by the US: also Russia, China, Indonesia, Israel, many others. And the need to divert the attention of the population from what is being done to them accounts for the timing. [It] worked brilliantly in the congressional elections, and by the next presidential elections, it'll be necessary to have a victory and on to the next campaign Do you think the Bush Administration is bluffing about
[CTRL] Fwd: SATAN SUED IN COURT TODAY
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- NEWS IN THE NEWS: THE REAL REASONS WHY WYNONA GRABBED ALL THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK (1) US GOV'T SUED FOR AIDS BIOWEAPON (2) CONVICTED NAZI WARCRIMINAL DR STRANGELOVE PUT IN CHARGE OF 911 COMMISSION (3) WYNONA RYDER CONVICTED FOR LEAVING CREDIT CARD WITH CLERK, AND AFTER DONATING $1-MILLION REWARD TO FIND THE SERIAL KILLERS OF POLLY KLAAS AT KISSINGER BUSHES' BOHEMIAN GROVE SATANIC PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT AND ANNUAL RITUAL MOCK CHILD SACRIFICE AND CONVICTED SNUFF KIDDIE PORN (4) BUSH FIRES SECRETARY OF TREASURY OF PUERTO RICO IRS COLLECTION AGENCY FOR PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL FEDERAL RESERVE BANKSTER CORPORATION SAME DAY AS KAMIKAZI PILOT CRASHED INTO FEDERAL RESRVE BANKSTER CORPORATION (FASTER THAN YOU COULD SAY DR TESLA INVENTED REMOTE CONTROL FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF WAR) http://idiotboxwars.org === http://thepowerhour.com/postings-four/lawsuit-for-lab-creation-of-aids.htm U.S. forced to allow lawsuit on 'Lab Birth of AIDS' http://www.boydgraves.com by Boyd E. Graves, J.D. Washington, DC - In a November 20, 2002 letter from the Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, AIDS ORIGIN researcher, Boyd E. Graves, J.D. has been given sixty days to file suit in the U.S. federal court of his choosing. The people have forced the right to sue the United States over their creation, production and proliferation of HIV/AIDS through the secret, federal virus development program, the U.S. Special (AIDS) Virus program (1948 - 1978). said Graves. The yearly progress reports of the secret program provide the irrefutable narrative proof of the linkage of experiment to the flowchart, research logic of the African Holocaust. This best explains how Black people account for 13% of the population and 50% of all new AIDS cases. Graves, a civil rights lawyer and decorated US Navy veteran, filed a similar complaint with Ohio's federal courts in 1998. After his 33 month legal battle and an appeal to the US Supreme Court in 2001, Graves' lawsuit finally prompted Congress to request an investigation into the missing appropriations of the secret federal virus development program Special Virus through the US General Accounting Office. The US government's official report was made
[CTRL] Fwd: [consortium] (fwd) More on the Wellstone plane crash
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Thru Jonathon Markowitz O. On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 00:48:00 -0800, democracywhere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'The following was posted to change-links email list. I have not verified any of the following information. JM. --- from the Democrats.com Daily News: http://www.democrats.com/view2.cfm?id=10959 Cheryl Seal writes: A courageous and conscientious citizen in Northern Minnesota who has tried repeatedly to get this revealing information out through the usual channels (FBI, NTSB) with little luck relates how mechanics heard Wellstone's plane circle the Eveleth Airport twice, a plane in distress with multiple systems failures. Meanwhile, CNN and the other media continue to disseminate the 'tired pilot-ice' red herrings. Why? 04-Dec-02 Courageous, Conscientious Citizen Comes Forward with Suppressed Information on the Wellstone Crash NOTE: Democrats.com has been amassing facts for its citizens' investigation of the Wellstone crash and asking anyone with any information to please come forward. The results have so far been very encouraging. One letter from an anonymous weather forecaster with NOAA indicates that an entire hour's worth of data for the Eveleth area (for the time of the crash) was temporarily unavailable shortly following the crash. Another anonymous letter came from someone with the FTAA, who reported that ice had nothing to do with the crash. Now we have received a letter from a citizen not afraid to give his full name, address, and phone number. We will keep on top of this case, and should any of the people who provide us with information suffer retaliatory action for their courage, we will most certainly expose that fact and make sure it becomes public knowledge!!! -Cheryl Seal Dear Cheryl: I work as a Reservation Sales Agent at the WorldPerks Service Center of North West in Chisholm, MN and heard from a co-worker that the mechanics in Eveleth at the airport during the Wellstone crash actually heard a plane going over the airport twice. They asked themselves if it was a mail plane or something else. No, they decided it could only have been the Wellstone plane. One of them, David Sereda, was advised by the FBI not to say anything or the media would harass him. This is a coverup. It only remains to be determined what kind--innocent or evil. The public, though has a totally skewed idea of happened. It wasnt just a plane coming in low and slow, off course, with a pilot who was sleep deprived and lied about his hours flown on an application who got iced up stalled and went down. This was a plane which had a major systems failure involving communication and navigation that wasnt even trying to land--witness the landing gear only 15% down--but circling the airport in distress which went down facing away from the airport . I called the NTSB--public affairs--202-314-6100 and told my story. The spokesman promised to relay it. What really interests me is whether the NTSB has interviewed the mechanics and whether that all will appear on the final report in 6 months. There is something you can follow up on! This is all I know. Yours, John Munter Warba, MN Dear John, Thankyou so much for speaking up. I will make sure that this information gets out to the public!! I only wish there were more conscientious citizens with courage like yourself out there. If there were, we would not be in the current mess we're in now! All the very best, Cheryl Seal Change Links Progressive Newspaper. Act. Act in Love and Spirit. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. A
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Ex-cartel leader extradited
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Posted on Sat, Dec. 07, 2002 Ex-cartel leader extradited Colombian sent to Miami BY LARRY LEBOWITZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] A leading figure in the old Cali drug cartel hierarchy was extradited to Miami on Friday to face new heroin, cocaine and money laundering charges just eight months after he was detained by Colombian officials. Veteran U.S. drug agents and prosecutors praised the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for speed with which they removed accused trafficker Victor Julio Patiño Fómeque. ''We got him out of Colombia in eight months. That's unheard of,'' said Special Agent Joe Kilmer, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Miami. Patiño, 42, was escorted by a heavily armed contingent of Colombian police to a DEA plane at the Eldorado Airport in Bogota. The plane landed at Miami International Airport at 3:15 p.m. and Patiño was escorted directly to the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami. Patiño is scheduled to make an initial appearance Monday before a federal magistrate in Fort Lauderdale. In July 2001, a local grand jury indicted him, under seal, by prosecutors attached to the Justice Department's division of narcotics and dangerous drugs. The case, at this early stage, focuses on 83 pounds of cocaine seized in Miami in 1999 that were allegedly smuggled into the United States by a network headed by Patiño. Miami defense attorney Humberto Dominguez, as well as Patiño's lawyers in Bogota, say some of the pending charges are based on crimes for which he already served time in Colombia. According to DEA files and published reports in Colombia, Patiño is a former police officer-turned-cartel bodyguard who quickly rose through the ranks. As early as 1986, the man known as ''Papi'' (Daddy) and ''El Químico'' (The Chemist) was directing an eight-ton cocaine shipment to New York. Patiño was indicted in 1993 in Miami as part of the landmark case that contributed to the breakup of the Cali cartel, but never faced charges in the United States. In 1995, Patiño was one of several cartel figures who surrendered to Colombian authorities, ensuring they would be safe from U.S. prosecution because there was no extradition treaty at the time. Patiño was sentenced to 12 years in Colombian prison in 1996 on drug charges and for his involvement in the killing of a Colombian naval officer. But Patiño served only seven years before he was released in February on good behavior. Two months later, he was arrested in Bogota on a U.S. warrant while Colombian police were searching homes and businesses after a string of bombings. During the extradition proceedings, the DEA alleged the Patiño organization paid ``millions of dollars in bribes [to] a large number of Colombian officials.'' In a report submitted in May to the Colombian government, the DEA said the Patiño group allegedly bribed Navy Adm. Rodrigo Alfonso Quiñónez, 51, military attaché at the Colombian Embassy in Israel and, until 1992, the director of naval intelligence. According to DEA Special Agent Christopher Miller, Patiño paid Quiñónez for warning of any government action planned against the drug traffickers. Quiñónez denied the charges. But three weeks ago, the State Department canceled Quiñónez's visa, denying him entry to the United States. On Nov. 27, Quiñónez asked for retirement. The Uribe government granted the request. Herald staff translator Renato Pérez contributed to this report. There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide
[CTRL] Fwd: Anatomy Of A Modern Ponzi Scheme
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- - REMINDER - On the days that I don't publish, like today, you receive Bill Bonner's DAILY RECKONING. This will help you to keep pace with the changes in the markets. Bonner and I agree on most things in the field of economics, so the two letters reinforce each other. --- Anatomy Of A Modern Ponzi Scheme The Daily Reckoning Paris, France Friday, 6 December 2002 - *** Stocks up...bonds steady...gold up... *** Inflation is a buy... Deflation, don't worry about it, says Friedman. *** Christmas in Paris...whiter shade of pale...and more! - Stocks went down again yesterday. But who cares? They'll go up and down a lot more before they finally reach a level where they are good investments again. In the meantime, the interesting action is in gold and bonds. As we all know, Treasury bonds are supposed to fall...because the Fed has made it clear that it intends to print as many dollars as it takes to avoid deflation. But, so far, bonds have been holding up... Of course, the Fed has been inflating for a long time. M2 is growing at 9% per year - 3 or 4 times the growth of the economy. But this is nothing new. And, so far, this 'inflation' has done little to boost consumer prices. Instead, in the late '90s, it went into stock prices, and more recently into real estate. Since the beginning of 2001, the Fed has been trying rate cuts to reflate the economy. Even after 12 of them, auto sales, corporate profits, manufacturing, and prices for finished goods are still dropping. On the other hand, fewer people seem to be losing their jobs...and raw materials' prices are on the rise. The economy is in great shape, says Milton Friedman. And don't worry about deflation, says the Nobel Prize winner. Deflation is a consequence of bad policy, not a cause of bad results. The Great Depression of the '30s could have been avoided, he says, if the Fed had merely increased the supply of money fast enough. Isn't it wonderful, dear reader? We mean, that the economy is in such great shapeand that central bankers can avoid any really bad results simply by changing their policies! But hey, why didn't they change their policies before $10 trillion got exterminated in the world's stock markets? And before nearly 2 million Americans lost their jobs since the slump began in March of 2000? And who's to say they won't wait until another $10 trillion goes to money heaven before getting their policies right? But now almost every economist and analyst in the world - including those with whom we normally agreeSjuggerud, Grant, Gross, and our own Eric Fry...are convinced that the Fed can do with printing presses what it couldn't do with rate cuts. Deflation is out of the question, they say...bonds are doomed...and gold will rise. Gold rose again yesterday - to $325.60 an ounce. When central bankers come right out in the open and announce their intention to destroy the value of the paper currency they sponsor, who can blame investors for looking for an alternative? To some extent, we admit that the whole inflation/deflation discussion is a waste of time. Nobody reads tomorrow's papers. Maybe consumer prices will slip into outright deflation and maybe they won't. Either way, gold is good protection. Eric...over to you: Eric Fry in New York City... - Old Man Winter paid a visit to New York City yesterday, dumping snow on the metropolis from dawn to dusk. The fierce, frosty storm seemed to put Wall Street into a deep freeze. The Dow suffered a fourth straight losing
[CTRL] Court Halts Suit Vs. Cheney Task Force
-Caveat Lector- two steps forward and one step back... Wonder what kind of arm-twisting worked on the judge this time? http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/Washington/AP.V4105.AP-Cheney-Energy.html A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om Title: statesman.com | AP Online -Caveat Lector- Statesman Classifieds | Cars | Homes | Jobs | Subscribe to the paper [Ad] STATESMANSHOPPING CENTER Holiday Marketplace SelectShopper Photos for sale Special order photos Internet Directory SEARCH Site Map TODAY'S EDITION Home 'A' section Metro & State Sports Business Life Opinion Weather WEEKLY Dining Insight Movies Travel XLent Williamson A LOOK BACK Last 7 days Archives MORE Email Newsletters Obituaries Special Reports AP WIRES National news World news Sports news Financial news Entertainment news Court Halts Suit Vs. Cheney Task Force BY PETE YOSTAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)--The Bush administration succeeded Friday in temporarily stopping a lawsuit seeking documents about the inner workings of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force and its meetings with industry executives and lobbyists. A federal appeals court indefinitely delayed Monday's deadline for the White House to produce task force documents or provide a detailed list of the documents it is withholding. The two-page order said the court will schedule a date for arguments on whether to step into the case and consider the administration's request to put a halt to producing documents and providing testimony. Two private groups, Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club, have sued, demanding the task force reveal documents about its meetings with industry representatives in formulating a plan that calls for expanded oil and gas drilling on public land and easing regulatory barriers to building nuclear power plants. Government lawyers have argued the documents should be withheld because they are part of the deliberative process. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan originally sought the documents by Nov. 5, but extended the deadline. The administration has been trying to persuade Sullivan to allow it to appeal his order to produce the documents. But
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[CTRL] Israel Faked Gaza Al Qaeda Presence
-Caveat Lector- http://www.maconareaonline.com/news.asp?id=1318 Palestinians: Israel Faked Gaza Al Qaeda Presence By: Diala Saadeh Sat December 7, 2002 07:55 AM ET RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority accused Israel's Mossad spy agency on Saturday of setting up a fake al Qaeda cell in Gaza so that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could justify Israeli attacks in Palestinian areas. A spokesman for Sharon called the allegation "sheer nonsense." The Israeli leader said on Thursday that Osama bin Laden's organization had established a presence in Palestinian-ruled areas of Gaza and in Lebanon, aiming to attack Israel. He gave no further details in his comments at an Israeli media lunch. "It is a big, big, big lie to cover (Sharon's) attacks and his crimes against our people everywhere," Palestinian President Yasser Arafat told reporters at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo pointed to an alleged Israeli plot. "There are certain elements who were instructed by the Mossad to form a cell under the name of Al Qaeda in the Gaza Strip in order to justify the assault and the military campaigns of the Israeli occupation army against Gaza," Abed Rabbo said. He did not elaborate, but Palestinian officials said they would present proof of Mossad involvement at a news conference on Sunday. Sharon's allegation of a link between al Qaeda and the Palestinians marked a new stage in his equation of Israel's battle against militants leading a two-year-old uprising for statehood to the U.S.-led global war against terrorism. Israel has named al Qaeda as prime suspect in a suicide bombing at a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya last week that killed 13 Kenyans and three Israelis and a failed attempt to shoot down with missiles an Israeli airliner taking off nearby. The United States blames al Qaeda, a multinational Islamic fundamentalist network, for the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. Raanan Gissin, a spokesman for Sharon, said Abed Rabbo's comments were part of an attempt by Palestinian officials "to exonerate themselves from the allegations they are collaborating and participating with terrorists." GAZA RAID In what Israel called a raid to capture a wanted militant, Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships swept into the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Friday, sparking a gunbattle and killing 10 people. The bloodshed was sure to fuel more violence despite the United States' calls for calm as it prepares for possible war on Iraq. The army said the troops met fierce resistance in the three-hour incursion. Armed men fought the soldiers in fierce street battles, but it was unclear how many of the dead were gunmen involved in the fighting and how many were civilians. Palestinian residents said that of the nine men and one woman, a teacher employed by the United Nations, who were killed in the Israeli raid, eight were civilians and two were policemen involved in the fighting. But the militant Islamic group Hamas said in a statement issued on Hizbollah's al-Manar television in Beirut that six of the dead were Hamas members, including the dead woman. It said two were from its Izz-el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades military wing. In New York, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a statement demanding Israel exercise restraint and "refrain from the excessive and disproportionate use of deadly force in civilian areas." State Department spokesman Richard Boucher declined to comment on the incident but said Washington has been concerned over civilian casualties that have resulted from Israeli military operations. At the same time, he voiced support for what he called Israel's right to defend itself. In the West Bank, Israeli troops killed an Islamic Jihad militant in an exchange of fire during a raid of a village near Jenin late on Friday, Palestinian medical sources said. The army said that in a separate incident in the West Bank it captured a Palestinian would-be suicide bomber who had an explosives belt. At least 1,705 Palestinians and 668 Israelis have been killed since the uprising began in September 2000 after a deadlock in negotiations for a final peace treaty. A HREF=""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.
[CTRL] Bush Names Iran-Contra Figure Abrams His Mideast Chief. Israel Thrilled.
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/07/MN149170.DTL Bush names Iran-Contra figure his Mideast chief Abrams' rise thrills Israel's supporters Steven R. Weisman, New York Times Saturday, December 7, 2002 Washington -- Elliott Abrams, a pugnacious conservative and passionate advocate of Israel, is no stranger to Washington's policy wars. But Abrams' selection this week as President Bush's director of Middle Eastern affairs at the White House plunged him into one of the sharpest disputes in the nation's capital -- the one within the administration over how to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Abrams' appointment thrilled those who had criticized the administration for being too tough on Israel and too deferential to the Palestinians. But it dismayed those, especially at the State Department, who want Israel to ease its crackdown in the West Bank and Gaza. An administration official said that Abrams' ascension has created "serious consternation" at the State Department. It is seen there, he said, as likely to impede the efforts of Secretary of State Colin Powell to work with European nations to press Israel and the Palestinians to adopt a staged timetable leading to creation of a Palestinian state in three years. The timetable, known as a road map, has been criticized by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, though he endorsed it in principle this week. Supporters of Israel in Congress, who have also criticized the road map approach, welcomed the appointment of Abrams'. "There are two foreign policy teams in this administration on a lot of issues," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who went to Harvard with Abrams in the 1960s. "Clearly Elliott is coming out of the hard-line team. But that is where Bush's heart is." Abrams comes to his new job trailed by a cloud of controversy, most of it having to do with his pleading guilty in 1987 to the charge that he withheld information from Congress on the Reagan administration's efforts to assist anti-government guerrillas in Nicaragua. He was pardoned by President Bush's father in December 1992. At the time, plenty of people around Washington said that Abrams would never be back as a policymaker. A prominent Republican senator said he would trust Abrams as far as he could throw him. Now, not only is Abrams back -- though not in a position that would require Senate confirmation -- but a raft of figures involved in the battles over the Nicaragua guerrillas, known as the Contras, are back too. John Poindexter, a national security adviser to President Reagan who was convicted in 1990 of five felony counts (the convictions were later overturned) -- is directing a project at the Pentagon that would assemble information on suspected terrorists. In addition, John Negroponte, who was ambassador to Honduras during the time that the Contras were being given aid through that country in defiance of a law barring such aid, is ambassador to the United Nations. And Otto Reich, who was charged with running a covert domestic propaganda campaign against the Nicaragua government, is a special envoy for Western Hemisphere affairs at the State Department. Administration officials said Abrams was picked for the Middle East and North Africa portfolio under Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, because a strong manager was needed and the previous director, Zalmay Khalilzad, had been preoccupied with the reconstruction of Afghanistan. "Everybody has enormous confidence in him," said a senior White House official. "He is not just a good manager. He is an intellectual force in many policy areas. Whatever controversy there was in the past is in the past." Many of those critical of Abrams speak with admiration for his intellect and management skills, which will be tested not only in the Israel-Palestinian conflict but also if there is a war, followed by a lengthy occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. Five years ago, Abrams wrote a book, "Faith or Fear: How Jews Can Survive in Christian America," which argues against the loss of religious faith among Jews and criticizes intermarriage as a danger to their survival in America. He also urged Jews to make greater common cause with evangelical Christians in rallying support for Israel. Abrams was a fierce opponent of the Oslo peace negotiations between Israel and Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, even while they seemed to bear fruit. He wrote in the 1990s that it was a mistake for President Bill Clinton to trust Arafat. With the Middle East consumed by the spiral of suicide bombings and Israeli retaliations, Abrams is certain to be among those advocating that Israel be given wide latitude to battle terrorism. A HREF=""www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid
[CTRL] Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda 'poseurs'. Were working for Israel.
-Caveat Lector- Palestinians arrest al-Qaeda 'poseurs' December 8 2002 Palestinian security forces have arrested a group of Palestinians for collaborating with Israel and posing as operatives of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network, a senior official said yesterday. The arrests come two days after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon charged al-Qaeda militants were operating in Gaza and in Lebanon. "The Palestinian Authority arrested a group of collaborators who confessed they were working for Israel, posing as al-Qaeda operatives in the Palestinian territories," said the official, on condition of anonymity. He said the alleged collaborators sought to "discredit the Palestinian people, justify every Israeli crime and provide reasons to carry out a new (military) aggression in the Gaza Strip." The official did not say how many suspects had been arrested, nor where or when they were nabbed. Earlier, international cooperation minister Nabil Shaath announced he would hold a press conference here on the alleged presence of al-Qaeda operatives in the Gaza Strip. Sharon's announcement marked the first time Israel officially claimed that al-Qaeda, held responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, was operating in the Palestinian territories. It was considered a surprise because the Gaza Strip is virtually sealed off by Israeli troops. The hardline Israeli leader also charged other members of the terror group were cooperating with Lebanon's Shi'ite militia Hizbollah. The Palestinians slammed the allegation as "totally absurd" and accused Sharon of trying to piggyback on the US-led "war against terrorism" to strengthen his military operations against militants in the territories. Both the Lebanese government and Hizbollah made similar statements. A US citizen of Syrian descent was arrested last month at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv on suspicion of transferring funds to terrorist organisations in general, and those connected to al-Qaeda in particular. Three Israelis and 10 Kenyans were killed in a suicide attack on a hotel near the Kenyan port of Mombasa last Thursday, shortly after missiles narrowly missed an Israeli charter flight taking off from there with 261 passengers. The attacks were purportedly claimed by al-Qaeda on an Islamic website. Meanwhile, Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships swept into the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip yesterday, sparking a gun battle and killing 10 people, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. Army officials said the troops had met fierce resistance in the three-hour pre-dawn incursion, which it said was intended to root out militants responsible for attacks on troops in Gaza in a more than two-year Palestinian uprising for independence. A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Use of Guns for Justifiable Self-Defence:
-Caveat Lector- http://infoweb.magi.com/~mayfair/selfdefence/ Use of Guns for Justifiable Self-Defence: A World Wide Directory of Research Self-Defence and Guns: Vile Anachronism, or a Sometimes Unavoidable, but Justifiable Necessity? A World Wide Internet Research Resource Directory. A serious and honest treatise that also provides electronic links to one of the most comprehensive list of research resources on firearms and self-protection available on the Internet. This document will evolve over time to include new material. This document resides at: http://infoweb.magi.com/~mayfair/selfdefence/ The worldwide internet research directory with direct links to documents and sites on guns and self-protection, can be accessed at: http://infoweb.magi.com/~mayfair/selfdefence/index.html#directory 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] [U-S-A] A is for Arsehole Americans (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- * http://www.geocities.com/partyofcitizens ** -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:42:55 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [U-S-A] A is for Arsehole Americans This Hour Has 22 Minutes Satire: Thank you for your televised satire on Dec. 4, seen coast to coast in Canada. Bush and Gore Siamese twins joined at the bum and cut from the same arsehole you said and in those exact words. But then, isn't it a nation of clones joined at the arsehole? Tell us where America the Good is these days? This is an evil nation and the world would be better off without it. The economy of Western Europe is greater than U-S-A. So is the economy of Japan plus a few other Asian countries. Name one thing Americans export that the world cannot make without them? Now the frothing mad dog Bush attempts to continue his filthy and evil holocaust against the people of Iraq. NOT ONE KG of weapons of mass destruction was found by UN inspectors last time. Not one kg will be found this time. But the Nation of Arseholes will continue to inflict TERRORISM ON THE WORLD. Yes, we all must fight terrorism; and that is why Arsehole Culture, the enemy of the civilized CITIZENS of the world must be opposed and stopped. POC U-S-A = Usurers, Sodomites, Abortionists. The U-S-A Cult is the ruling power over America-the-Good and now seeks to a establish One World Government of Evil-Doers via the Afghanistan-Iraq domino effect. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 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] Treasury Secretary - Too Honest for DC
-Caveat Lector- washingtonpost.com Often Outspoken, Now Out of the Picture O'Neill Found That Candid Opinions Earned Him Fans, Friction at Treasury By Paul Blustein Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, December 7, 2002; Page A08 It never seemed to matter much to Paul H. O'Neill that his job description included winning over Wall Street, schmoozing members of Congress and engaging in financial diplomacy abroad. To the tart-tongued Treasury secretary, those duties often came second to telling the truth as he saw it. He derided traders of stocks, bonds and currencies as people who sit in front of flickering green screens whose jobs he could learn in about a couple of weeks. He riled congressional Republicans by dismissing as show business a bill passed by the House Ways and Means Committee. He even caused the Brazilian government to lodge a formal protest when he expressed worries on television that loans to Latin American governments would disappear into Swiss bank accounts. And when critics questioned whether O'Neill was temperamentally suited to his post, he made it clear that he wouldn't alter his penchant for voicing unvarnished opinions, which his boss, President Bush, appeared to appreciate. One of the great things about where I am now: If people don't like what I'm doing, I don't give a damn, O'Neill, a multimillionaire former aluminum company CEO, told reporters during his tour of Africa with the rock star Bono in May. I could be off sailing around on a yacht or driving around the country. I'm here because I think I can make a difference, and the president has said to me on more than one occasion: The reason you're here is because you think different than other people. As long as he gives me that leash, I'm going to use it. Now the leash has been jerked, with yesterday's news that O'Neill had tendered his resignation at the behest of the White House. The move, though unexpected, came after yet another bout of candor by O'Neill that seemed sure to cause headaches for an administration worried about the economy turning sluggish over the next couple of years. Distancing himself from colleagues who favor boosting the economy with a new round of tax cuts, the Treasury chief declared that the economy doesn't need much stimulus because it will grow just fine without one. He made it clear he didn't think a large, broad-based stimulus package was necessary, and it's kind of tough to go rah-rah-rah about a new economic package if your leading spokesman at the Treasury isn't for it, said David Solin, a partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Conn. Perhaps even more important, Solin added, is that O'Neill's habit of speaking off the cuff has undermined his credibility -- with the financial markets in particular -- so there is a problem in terms of their being able to clearly and concisely get their message across. Making the same point more acidly, Robert Boorstin, a top Treasury aide during the Clinton administration, joked: The guy has an aluminum ear when it comes to politics. It would be grossly unfair to judge O'Neill's legacy solely in terms of his gaffes, according to many of the Treasury secretary's critics and supporters. Among his most significant accomplishments was to throw a spotlight on the ineffectiveness of much of the aid doled out by the World Bank and other development agencies. Although many aid experts felt O'Neill went overboard when he asserted that there is precious little to show for the billions of dollars showered on poor countries over the past 50 years, his insistence on demanding better, more measurable results has become widely accepted and has forced changes both at the World Bank and in U.S. aid programs. Reflecting O'Neill's success at focusing attention on the plight of the world's poor, the aid agency Oxfam America struck a sorrowful note in a statement on O'Neill's departure, saying that his presence on the Bush economic team brought these issues into the debate in a way they otherwise would not have been included. Often, when O'Neill blurted out a statement that later had to be clarified or smoothed over, he was saying things that people knew were true but wouldn't dare say, said Kristin Forbes, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who recently left Treasury. For example, few disputed the validity of his concern about aid to Latin countries going to waste. Likewise, many experts agreed with the substance of remarks O'Neill made to a German newspaper early in his tenure that we don't follow . . . a policy of a strong dollar, because his point was that a strong dollar would inevitably result from good U.S. economic performance. But he was widely faulted for failing to recognize the market turbulence such comments would spark and for eroding the effectiveness of the multibillion-dollar loans that the International Monetary Fund marshaled for Brazil. As a high official in Washington, you need to recognize your words have impact and to
[CTRL] [Fwd: Man Sentenced for 'Burning Bush' Comment]
-Caveat Lector- Aftermath News wrote: WHOOPS, THERE GOES THE FIRST AMENDMENTLET'S SEE, HOW MANY WE GOT LEFT? THIS AIN'T NO JOKE FOLKS! WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT ZE FUHRER. HEIL BUSH! GLOBAL TECHNO-ORWELLIAN MIND-CONTORL POLICE STATE UBER ALLES! PW Man Sentenced for 'Burning Bush' Comment SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)--A man who made a remark about a ``burning Bush'' during the president's March 2001 trip to Sioux Falls was sentenced Friday to 37 months in prison. http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V3586.AP-BRF-Bush-Threat.html Man Sentenced for 'Burning Bush' Comment SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)--A man who made a remark about a ``burning Bush'' during the president's March 2001 trip to Sioux Falls was sentenced Friday to 37 months in prison. Richard Humphreys, of Portland, Ore., was convicted in September of threatening to kill or harm the president and said he plans to appeal. He has said the comment was a prophecy protected under his right to free speech. Humphreys said he got into a barroom discussion in nearby Watertown with a truck driver. A bartender who overheard the conversation realized the president was to visit Sioux Falls the next day and told police Humphreys talked about a ``burning Bush'' and the possibility of someone pouring a flammable liquid on Bush and lighting it. ``I said God might speak to the world through a burning Bush,'' Humphreys testified during his trial. ``I had said that before and I thought it was funny.'' AP-NY-12-06-02 1439EST Copyright 2002, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. 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] The Register
-Caveat Lector- http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/28468.html Sodomites overrun Amazon.com By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 07/12/2002 at 00:14 GMT Updated According to the blurb for Six Steps to Spiritual Revival , the Christian Coalition's Pat Robertson reveals an amazing Scriptural pattern. But there's a pretty amazing pattern emerging amongst buyers of his book on Amazon.com. Head over to this link and see if there's anything unusual. Or click to enlarge the screenshot, captured earlier today. http://www.theregister.co.uk/media/960.jpg Yes, it appears that his readership includes a constituency that would make him blanche. Scrolling down, you can see that a number of users have recommended The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Men in addition to, or as an alternative to Robertson's tome. Robertson has fulminated against homosexuality many times, equating it to Satanism. Personalization gone mad? asks net privacy specialist Richard M Smith - who we thank for bringing this to our attention. No, more likely a hack, he explains. Someone just got friends to visit the Web pages for the two books a bunch of times. Since the Robertson book hasn't sold very well, Amazon relies on page hits for recommendations and not book purchases. However the online retailer only has itself to blame for the increasingly surreal Customers who wear clothes also shop for: recommendations which in this case includes Clean Underwear (again!) and Cheetah Print Slippers. Amazon.com certainly does move in mysterious ways.® Update: Remarkably, Amazon.com had removed the Customers who shopped for this item also shopped for... entry within ten minutes of the publication of this story. Since then the other recommendations have changed a number of times, as Amazon.com users make their way to inspect the page. Real-time vox pop? 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] Dalhousie Gazette Online | Feature
-Caveat Lector- http://www.dalgazette.ca/11-21/feature.html FEATURE WITHER THE PEACE PROCESS? An interview with Professor Norman G. Finkelstein Jon Elmer Senior Columnist Q. Professor Finkelstein, on Friday [Nov. 15] a senior Israeli military official declared that the army's recent siege of Hebron had succeeded to clean these streets of terrorists- only hours later Islamic Jihad attacked settlers and soldiers in Hebron, killing 12 people including the commander of Israeli forces in Hebron Judging by this definition of success, can there be a military solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict? A. Well, there can only be one kind of military solution to the conflict: that is to wipe out all the Palestinians. It is quite clear at this point that short of either expelling or exterminating the Palestinians the problem will persist. Q. Benjamin Netanyahu - who recently said, just say no to a Palestinian state - will challenge Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the Likud party leadership from the 'right' later this month [Nov. 28] What are the implications of a Netanyahu victory for the Palestinian intifada? A. I think there is a lot of misapprehension in the West about exactly how the Israeli political system, or Israeli elites, operates. The record of Netanyahu when he was in office was actually rather better than his successor, Ehud Barak. For example, if you look at the recent report by B'Tselem [Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories] Land Grab [May 2002]: on the crucial question of settlers and settlement activity there was greater settlement growth and more housing starts under Labour regimes than under Likud regimes. So there were more housing starts and settlement growth under [Yitzhak] Rabin [1992-1995], than under Yitzhak Shamir [1986-1992]; and more under Barak [1999-2001] as compared to Netanyahu [1996- 1999]. So I don't think the issue is whether you have a right-wing or left-wing government in power - we are talking about long-term Israeli policies that persist regardless of which political alignment happens to be in power. If you look at the statements of Ehud Barak after Operation Defensive Shield during March and April [2002] - an operation that was initiated by Ariel Sharon and condemned by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as having resorted to various war crimes - Barak said Sharon's main error was that he exercised too much restraint. The danger that lurks is not due to which government is in power, but the adamant refusal of the Israeli government to acquiesce in a reasonable settlement of the conflict. Q. On the topic of settlements, Peace Now reports that 68 per cent of settlers say they would respect an Israeli government decision for them to leave the settlements, while 75 per cent say they stay for the 'quality of life'. How do you interpret these figures? A. The numbers are entirely consistent, the bulk of the settlers apparently would be willing to respect a government order to leave, and that the overwhelming number of settlers are there not for ideological reasons but because there were various sorts of government incentives and subsidies for them to move to the settlements in order to get cheap housing and so-forth. Q. After Sept. 11, as President Bush was rallying support for an attack on Afghanistan, he had a vision of a Palestinian state what will a war on Iraq mean for Palestinians? A. I think there is a reasonable prospect - though one can't say with certainty - that Israel will use the cover of an American attack on Iraq, while all the world's attention is focused on the war in Iraq and all the reporters and journalists are pulled from the Occupied Territories and sent to cover the war from neighbouring states, that Israelis will exploit the occasion of war, as they did in 1948, to expel the Palestinians. Q. What would the implications of such a move be upon the entire region? A. I have very little faith in this concept called the Arab Street - I think pretty much the Arab world is a rotting corpse. What it may evoke is quite a significant increase in terrorist attacks; but I think basically the United States can absorb those attacks and, frankly, as long as they stay low level, the United States rather likes them. Q. Israeli journalist Uri Avnery wrote recently in Ha'aretz: The Sharon government is a giant laboratory for the growing of the anti-Semitism virus. Can you comment on this? A. Unless you live in that fool's paradise whereby Jews can't cause anti- Semitism: as the Zionist organizations like to say: Jews don't cause anti- Semitism, anti-Semites do - unless you live in that fool's paradise the fact of the matter is, the actions of Jews, or actions which are taken in the name of Jews or by a government that claims to be acting in the name of Jews, evoke a negative response among the world's population which is not blinded by ideology and sees a crime for what it is. It is
[CTRL] Showdown looming on right to own guns / Assault weapons ban upheld, putting court at odds with Ashcroft
-Caveat Lector- http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/06/MN211218.DTL www.sfgate.com Return to regular view Showdown looming on right to own guns Assault weapons ban upheld, putting court at odds with Ashcroft Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, December 6, 2002 ©2002 San Francisco Chronicle. URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/06/MN211218.DTL A federal appeals court upheld California's ban on military-style assault weapons Thursday, ruling that individuals have no constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution's Second Amendment preserves only the right of states to organize and maintain militias, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in a 3-0 decision. The ruling put the court at odds with the Bush administration and a decision last year by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The amendment was adopted to ensure that effective state militias would be maintained, thus preserving the people's right to bear arms, wrote Judge Stephen Reinhardt. The amendment was not adopted in order to afford rights to individuals with respect to private gun ownership or possession. STAGE SET FOR HIGH COURT ACTION The ruling paves the way for the controversial issue to be addressed by the nation's highest court, which has not touched the topic since 1939. When you have something like the Ninth Circuit, the largest judicial federal circuit in the country, coming out with a ruling like this, it means we're within a couple years of it coming before the Supreme Court, said Peter Keane, dean of the Golden Gate University Law School. Because it's a hot issue, the Supreme Court hasn't wanted to deal with it. The state Legislature passed the nation's most sweeping assault weapons ban in 1989, outlawing 75 high-powered weapons that have rapid-fire capabilities. The ban was expanded in 1999 to include copycat weapons with similar features. The original version was upheld by the state Supreme Court in 2000, when it was challenged by a group of gun rights activists who said the ban violated the Second Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause and several other constitutional provisions. Reinhardt said he concluded that the Second Amendment cannot be used to strike down the ban after a lengthy analysis of the amendment's history and text. The amendment states: A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. His interpretation of the amendment's intent matched that of the federal government's before Attorney General John Ashcroft wrote a letter to the National Rifle Association in May. In the letter, Ashcroft declared that the Second Amendment protected the individual right to bear arms. The Justice Department took that position formally in a U.S. Supreme Court filing a year later, saying the right was subject to reasonable restrictions on certain types of weapons and categories of owners. Ashcroft's views were endorsed by a federal appeals court in New Orleans in October 2001. Despite concluding that the Constitution protected an individual's right to bear arms, the court upheld a federal law banning gun possession by people under restraining orders for domestic violence. Because the issue has become so debated, Reinhardt chose to address it with a comprehensive opinion instead of relying on a similar decision rendered by the court six years ago. Matthew Nosanchuk, senior litigation counsel for the Violence Policy Center in Washington, told the Los Angeles Times that the 86-page ruling was one of the most comprehensive ever written on the Second Amendment. This is a very important contribution that should drive a stake through the heart of the individual rights position, Nosanchuk said. RULING REJECTS 9 CHALLENGES In Thursday's decision, Reinhardt expressly disagreed with the Second Amendment interpretations by Ashcroft and the New Orleans court. He also noted that the San Francisco court, which oversees federal courts in nine Western states, had ruled in 1996 that the Constitution does not protect individual gun ownership. The ruling rejected challenges to the law by nine gun owners. The court then went a step further and broadened the law by striking down an exemption that allowed retired police officers to own assault weapons, ruling that it served no public purpose. The NRA expressed disappointment with the ruling. For 131 years, we've been standing steadfastly to protect the freedoms of all law- abiding Americans and stand steadfastly that the Second Amendment is an individual right and will continue to do so, spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said. Chronicle news services contributed to this report. / E-mail Bob Egelko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ©2002 San Francisco Chronicle. Page A - 1 A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational
[CTRL] Mercedes for Sex
-Caveat Lector- http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=358924 6 December 2002 23:47 GMT Home News Europe Government officials in sex trafficking ring arrested Horrifying testimony of woman sex-slave traded for a Mercedes shakes political establishment of Yugoslav republic By Vesna Peric Zimonjic in Belgrade 06 December 2002 When police in the tiny republic of Montenegro swooped on a suspected pimp accused of running a major sex trafficking operation, they ran into an embarrassing problem. The man they were about to put behind bars was none other than the country's deputy state prosecutor. Montenegro has been shaken hard by the burgeoning scandal, which allegedly involved leading members of the judiciary, police and political officials. Zoran Piperovic, the republic's deputy prosecutor, was arrested this week, and six other officials have been detained. They are accused of forcing women, mostly from Moldavia, Ukraine and Romania, into prostitution. The arrests are only a small part of the scandal, according to sources in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica. It is an open secret in the Balkans that people-trafficking rings run through Montenegro to Bosnia and Kosovo, with profits from the dirty trade reaching millions of euros. The sex-slave routes lead to Italy and Britain, where at least 1,400 women, mainly from eastern Europe, are tricked into prostitution each year. The trade is highly lucrative for the men who own them; in London, women can bring in about £100,000 a year for their pimps. But in Montenegro, the junior partner of Serbia in the Yugoslav federation, the revelations are even more shocking because of the prominence of the alleged pimps and their victims' clients. One of the alleged clients, Mr Piperovic, 46, was known for his lavish lifestyle, luxury jeeps and homes that could not have come from his modest civil servant salary, the investigators say. Mr Piperovic and his friends were singled out in the allegations made by a 28-year-old Moldavian national, who found shelter in Podgorica's Safe House for Women two weeks ago. The shelter is the first non-governmental organisation in Montenegro to deal with the female victims of people trafficking. Ljiljana Raicevic, the head of the shelter, recorded the woman's testimony and gave it to the police. The woman, identified only by her initials S C, repeated her story of sex slavery to the investigative judge, Ana Vukovic, in Podgorica two days ago. The session with the magistrate lasted for six hours, the sources say. S C described how she came to Montenegro four years ago after being promised a well-paid job. Instead, she ended up deprived of her passport and becoming a sex slave. She was sold several times by the bosses who owned her and on one occasion was traded for a Mercedes car. As a sex slave, she entertained prominent members of the judiciary, police and political officials. In perfect Serbian, which she learned over the years, the Moldavian woman gave the names of the 20 most frequent customers. She alleged that besides Mr Piperovic and his friends, these included the State Prosecutor of Montenegro, Bozidar Vukcevic. Mr Vukcevic denies the allegations, as well as the rumours that he was willing to talk about the affair in exchange for not being arrested. S C gave details of houses, cafés and nightclubs where she turned tricks and, with colleagues, was beaten and sexually abused. She tried to run away several times and even to commit suicide, but eventually fled the hospital and ended up in the shelter. Among her clients were police officials who were in charge of deporting foreign nationals caught in prostitution, but also some of the lawyers of the recently arrested officials. S C is a highly intelligent and educated person, a former athlete, Ms Raicevic said. We had to go public after hearing her story, which is similar to so many others. So far, 48 women have found shelter in the safe house. We practically dared the government, the police and the judiciary to say what they know about what had been heard through the grapevine for years, Ms Raicevic said. Analysts say that human trafficking has replaced the once profitable practice of cigarette smuggling in Montenegro. Organised crime was forced to turn to other business in the changed political climate in the area after the fall of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic two years ago, which led to laws and regulations legalising the tobacco trade. 'Our battle against this evil must be effective' By Vesna Peric Zimonjic The safe House for Women in Podgorica is based in an ordinary and modest two-floor family building. But there are precious few warm family stories to be heard here. Any warmth and comfort comes from Ljiljana Raicevic and a group of volunteers who run the only shelter for human trafficking and sex-slavery victims in Montenegro. I'm doing this because many women have become victims of human trafficking and sex
Re: [CTRL] http://www.dubyadubyadubya.com
-Caveat Lector- Outstanding!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- 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] 'Live From Baghdad' Peddles Lie
-Caveat Lector- http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=22376a4a351c6dd2c433a8a527780ac7 Truth in the Crossfire - 'Live From Baghdad' Peddles Lie' Lucy Komisar, Pacific News Service, Dec 02, 2002 When HBO airs "Live From Baghdad," starting Dec. 7, the drama that purports to tell the true story of a cable news crew broadcasting during the Gulf War will propagate a proven lie. The film's uncritical treatment of an old charge that Iraqi soldiers threw babies out of incubators, writes PNS contributor Lucy Komisar, is disturbing as America and Iraq lie on the brink of war. Remember the phony story about the Kuwaiti woman who testified in 1990 that Iraqi soldiers were throwing Kuwaiti babies out of incubators? It was later exposed as a public relations fabrication -- but now it's back on HBO. "Live From Baghdad," made by HBO, purports to tell how CNN covered the 1991 Gulf War. It is based on a memoir by Robert Wiener, then a CNN field producer, who wrote the script with three others. Airing Dec. 7, this "fiction" based on "fact" propagates the famous Kuwaiti government incubator hoax. As the United States stands at the brink of war with Iraq, such fabrications may invite other, more dangerous hoaxes. Midway through the movie, an actor playing CNN anchor Bernard Shaw informs viewers that "more allegations of Iraqi brutality emerged today as Kuwaiti refugees testified before a congressional committee." He segues to a tearful young woman declaring, "They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators and left the babies to die on the cold floor!" It is a real clip of the 15-year-old Kuwaiti, identified at the time as Nayirah "to protect her from reprisals," who in August 1990 said those words to an ersatz "congressional committee" operating out of Hill and Knowlton headquarters. The intrepid CNN crew (featuring Michael Keaton as Wiener and Helena Bonham Carter as his associate producer, Ingrid Formanek) goes off to Kuwait with their Iraqi handler to investigate. They manage to interview one hospital director who nervously asserts, "All the incubators are here and none of our babies are missing." CNN correspondent: You are aware of the allegations, doctor? Doctor: I have heard these stories. Formanek (sotto voce): He's scared. Wiener (sotto voce): Yeah, this is bad. Doctor: I can tell you, nothing has happened at this hospital (pause) that I know. CNN: But in other hospitals? Doctor: I cannot tell about other hospitals. Iraqi handler: Finish! Finish! We go now! Formanek: To the other hospitals? Handler: No, back to Baghdad! Wiener: Hey, hey, that was part of the deal! Handler: Not this story. The implication is that the Iraqis are hiding the unspeakable crime that occurred in hospitals the reporters couldn't see. Except that it didn't. The incubator story was a fabrication, first invented for the London Daily Telegraph by an exiled Kuwaiti housing minister, picked up by Reuters, and then propagated by the international PR firm Hill and Knowlton, which received $10.7 million from the Kuwaiti government for this and other services. The October 1990 hearing was held by California Democrat Tom Lantos and Illinois Republican John Porter, co-chairs of the self-styled "Human Rights Foundation," lodged in Hill and Knowlton's Washington, D.C., office. Craig Fuller, chief of staff for George Bush when he was vice-president, ran the PR firm. Nayirah was coached by the firm's vice-president, Lauri Fitz-Pegado, who later got a job in the Clinton Commerce Department. The story was repeated by the Americans to the U.N. Security Council and by President George Bush in a January 1991 speech before he ordered the bombing of Iraq. The incubator tale was a lie from start to finish -- exposed after the war by ABC's John Martin and denounced by the respected rights group Middle East Watch as "a complete hoax." Nayirah was a member of the Kuwaiti Royal Family, daughter of Kuwait's Ambassador to Washington. A recent "Live From Baghdad" screening, sponsored by HBO and the Council on Foreign Relations, included a panel discussion. Present were: Wiener; moderator Garrick Utley (formerly with NBC, now with CNN); Deborah Amos, correspondent with ABC News; Tom Johnson, former president of CNN; and Eason Jordan, chief news executive at CNN. None of the eminent journalists mentioned the incubator story. At question time, two people in the audience shot up their hands to ask why the film had perpetrated the phony incubator story. Jordan evaded the first question by relating how Saddam Hussein had ordered a Kuwaiti oppositionist cut up in pieces. A follow-up query pointed out that Jordan hadn't answered the question, and that the film perpetuated rather than corrected the phony incubator story. The film ends with text over the close telling what happened to some of the characters; surely, it was suggested, the film could easily run lines telling the truth about the hoax. Some on the
[CTRL] [Fwd: VERY DISTURBING email]
-Caveat Lector- I've seen other reports that corroborate this. Disturbing is putting it mildly, but not surprising in light of Patriot and Home Security - did people honestly think they weren't serious? Nobody said it would be easy, and that's not something Americans are used to. Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:17:52 -0600 Subject: Re: Letter from someone who stepped across the line at the School of the Americas. Gladys Schmitz wrote: I received this from Sister Dorothy. She is a member of St. Stephens church in Minneapolis; the writer of the following letter, Jack Neis, is also a member of her church. It is good for us to know. Gladys *** My dear friends: I was arrested last weekend during a demonstration in Columbus, Georgia protesting the existence of the School of the Americas; a school that is the symbol of the worst in this country's foreign policy. I will most probably receive a six month sentence in federal prison. Kate and I are adamant opponents of this school, as most of you know. HOWEVER. This missive is not about the school. It is about my experience the last few days: it is about the erosion of civil rights. I would appreciate your attention. I think that you will find it interesting. I was one of those fortunate to be in the company of the people who crossed the line during the School of the Americas Watch /SOAW demonstration at Fort Benning. The charge we were arrested for is trespassing. No property damage. No violence. No threats. It is a Petty misdemeanor. In some states a petty misdemeanor is not even legally considered a crime. In the past, violators of this ordinance, including repeat offenders were processed, arraigned immediately and released on their own recognizance until their trial months later. Everyone knew that they could, and repeaters expected that they would, receive a prison sentence. This year things were a bit different. As usual, our group of ninety-odd included some seniors. (well into the seventies). Keep them in mind as I continue. We were cuffed with plastic ties behind our backs, and taken to a processing area. We were interrogated (no Miranda), printed, and photoed. At this point we expected to be quickly ! arraigned, and released. We were then turned over to the USMarshal service. Again we were interrogated, fingerprinted and photoed. Now it starts getting ugly. (Remember: NONVIOLENT PETTY MISDEMEANOR and we have not been convicted: therefore assumed not guilty of even this charge. We can be HELD (not punished) for up to forty-eight hours.) They put us in SHACKLES and LEG CHAINS for transportation to the Muskogee County jail. Shackles are those things where your hands are locked in a fixture at your waist fastened to a chain around your waist that you see on serial killers. With leg chains you have to shuffle to walk. At the jail, everything was taken from us, and we were issued prison uniforms (short sleeved pajamas), one blanket, a towel, and a plastic cup. Again we were interrogated, printed and photoed. (No Miranda) Muskogee County has just dedicated a new jail. Apparently there was no room in the new section: they led us back to the old jail for holding. It was dirty, rusty, and COLD. We wore our blankets constantly to keep warm. The blanket was just barely long enough to cover for sleeping. Breakfast was at 4:20 AM, and the food was despicable. During the entire time we were incarcerated, requests for medication were ignored. All day Monday and Tuesday, the 34 men spent the entire day in a 12 x 15 room as we awaited arraignment. Picture that. The women spent the day in a similar room. There were a lot more of them. I was raised upper middle class, went to a parochial grade school, Jesuit Prep high school, and Notre Dame University. I spent five years in the Air Force as a flight instructor. Beginning my career at Northwest Airlines, I was pretty much sure about everything in life, as would most given that experience. Then I was laid off (it turns out for almost nine years.) Given the job opportunities in 1970, I ended up driving a city bus inMinneapolis. Those 3+ years gave me the greatest part of my education. I learned about the lives of real folks. I got to know the poor, the black and the red, and the unemployed. I learned that I really hadn't known much at all about people. This experience in jail was another such step. My fellow cellmates included priests, college professors, students, Catholic Worker volunteers, and even a couple who call themselves full time activists. You know, those people. What a marvelous and diverse group of men!! I was humbled by their experiences, and their lives of dedication to their fellow human beings. As I was sitting Sunday night with some of them; feeling the cold and the separation, my stomach twisted in a knot mostly from an ignorance of what was to come, I
[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Philip Berrigan, Peace Advocate in the Vietnam War Era, Dies at 79
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Philip Berrigan, Peace Advocate in the Vietnam War Era, Dies at 79 December 8, 2002 By DANIEL LEWIS Philip F. Berrigan, the former Roman Catholic priest who led the draft board raids that galvanized opposition to the Vietnam War in the late 1960's, died on Friday in Baltimore after a lifetime of battling the American Empire, as he called it, over the morality of its military and social policies. He was 79. His family said the cause was cancer. An Army combat veteran sickened by the killing in World War II, Mr. Berrigan came to be one of the most radical pacifists of the 20th century - and, for a time in the Vietnam period, a larger-than-life figure in the convulsive struggle over the country's direction. In the late 60's he was a Catholic priest serving a poor black parish in Baltimore and seeing nothing that would change his conviction that war, racism and poverty were inseparable strands of a corrupt economic system. His Josephite superiors had hustled him out of Newburgh, N.Y., for aggressive civil rights and antiwar activity there; the fatal blow, he said, had been a talk to a community affairs council in which he asked, Is it possible for us to be vicious, brutal, immoral and violent at home and be fair, judicious, beneficent and idealistic abroad? He hardly missed a beat after his transfer to Baltimore, founding an antiwar group, Peace Mission, whose operations included picketing the homes of Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Secretary of State Dean Rusk in December 1966. By the fall of 1967 Father Berrigan and three friends were ready to try a new tactic. On Oct. 17, they walked into the Baltimore Customs House, distracted the draft board clerks and methodically spattered Selective Service records with a red liquid made partly from their own blood. Three decades later, Mr. Berrigan remembered feeling exalted as the judge sentenced him to six years in prison. From then on, he would be in and out of jail for repeated efforts to interfere with government operations and deface military hardware. Even before his sentencing for the Customs House raid, Father Berrigan instigated a second invasion, against the local draft board office in Catonsville, Md. Among those persuaded to join was his older brother, the Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet, who had been one of the first prominent clergymen to preach and organize against the war. The Catonsville Nine struck on May 17, 1968, taking hundreds of files from the draft board office. They piled the documents in the parking lot and set them burning with a mixture of gasoline and soap chips - homemade napalm. Reporters were given a statement that read, We destroy these draft records not only because they exploit our young men but also because they represent misplaced power concentrated in the ruling class of America. It continued, We confront the Catholic Church, other Christian bodies, and the synagogues of America with their silence and cowardice in the face of our country's crimes. When the police arrived, the trespassers were praying in the parking lot. The cameras loved the Berrigans. The definitive photograph of the event is the striking image of two priests in clerical dress, one big and craggy, the other slight and puckish, serenely accepting their imminent incarceration. The Catonsville raid inspired others around the country, the tactic becoming a sort of calling card of the ultra-resistance. It also elevated the Berrigan brothers to the status of superstars. Father Phil and Father Dan were on the cover of Time magazine and illuminated in profiles by the smartest writers. But many Americans saw them as communists and traitors, or at best naïve dupes of the Vietcong. And among their own allies, grumbling grew about a cult of personality and a certain disdain for anyone unwilling to make the same sacrifices the Berrigans demanded of themselves. Philip Francis Berrigan was born Oct. 5, 1923, in Two Harbors, Minn., the youngest of six sons of Thomas W. Berrigan and Frida Fromhart Berrigan, a German immigrant. Thomas Berrigan was a frustrated poet and a political radical whose labor organizing activities led to his dismissal as a railroad engineer, after which he moved to Syracuse. After high school, Philip played semiprofessional baseball before enrolling in St. Michael's College in Toronto. In January 1943, after one semester, he was drafted. The life of black sharecroppers in Georgia, where he had basic training, and the treatment of black soldiers on his troop ship to Europe made an indelible impression on his conscience. So did his own role in infantry and artillery battles that earned him a battlefield commission as second lieutenant. In so many words, he came to consider himself as guilty of murder as the Germans and Japanese. Along with this came the conviction that he had grown up on a diet of nationalistic
[CTRL] [Fwd: Identifying GE Fruit - KNOW the PLUs!]
-Caveat Lector- Some useful information if you prefer to avoid frankenfoods! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActionGreens] Identifying GE fruit I received the following from the Blue Ear e mail list to which I subscribe Date: 10/26/2002 From: Subject: Know your PLUs! You live in the US and don't want to ingest genetically altered fruits. Well, be sure to read those sticky labels. Here's the article: Sticky But Useful Fruit Labels - The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/food/3547139.htmhttp://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/food/3547139.htm Excerpts: Genetically engineered fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 8. So, a conventionally grown banana would be 4011, an organic banana would be 94011, and a genetically engineered banana would be 84011. Spread the word. Best, Cambridge MA, USA 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
