Re: [CTRL] Homeo Hit Piece
-Caveat Lector- Hey, it's Will the shill... jeez I thought you were DEAD! Good to see you in the company of disinformationists such as notorious "quackbuster" Barrett. It's pleasing to know that my impression of you is right on. (whyn'cha go eat a tube of toothpaste, Barrett says it's good for your teeth) Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Shannon Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homeo Hit Piece -Caveat Lector- Homeopathy is indeed the ultimate fake/fraud! That ANY sane and semi-intelligent person could fall for this nonsense is shocking. Bill. Homeopathy: The Ultimate Fake Stephen Barrett, M.D. Homeopathic "remedies" enjoy a unique status in the health marketplace DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [CIA-DRUGS] Re: Crippling the CIA - working forlegalizationof drugs..
-Caveat Lector- The STOA documents are a work-in-progress; funded under contract to the European Parliament. Stuff is regularly updated, and it shouldn't suprise you if it is moved, updated, changed, etc. Just try tracking down a controversial item in the Federal Register or the U.S. Information Agency !! Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] [CIA-DRUGS] Re: Crippling the CIA - working forlegalizationof drugs.. -Caveat Lector- A lot of the dating of this stuff has been tampered with recently I thinkI accessed this 8 months ago and spread it far and wide...went back to the site a month later, it had been moved, from its original spot, and dates had been changedseemed like some years were added.b Dave wrote: -Caveat Lector- Every single email that is sent anywhere in the world. Also every voice conversation that is sent over digital link. There's the NSA_key trojan horse built in to Microsoft's windoze products to make it easy for them to bypass privacy measures and encryption. Project Echelon: (The publication of this first item really broke the Echelon story open) This Study represents a summarised version of an Interim Study, 'An Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control' (PE 166.499), referred to throughout this document as the Interim Study, prepared by the Omega Foundation in Manchester and presented to the STOA Panel at its meeting of 18 December 1997 and to the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs on 27 January 1998. When it became known that the issue of electronic surveillance was to be on the agenda of the September 1998 part-session of the European Parliament, the Omega Foundation was requested to prepare an updated Executive Summary of the Interim Study for use as a background document. The updated Executive Summary covers the various areas of the subject of technologies of political control dealt with in the Interim Study. However, the document in its present form concerns only the specific topic of electronic surveillance. The full version alone contains the footnotes and bilbiography. The Interim Study aroused great interest and the resultant high-profile press comment throughout the European Union and beyond indicates the level of public concern about many of the innovations detailed by the Study. This updated Executive Summary is framed by the same key objectives as the Interim Study, namely:- (i) To provide Members of the European Parliament with a succinct reference guide to recent advances in the technology of political control; (ii) To identify and describe the current state of the art of the most salient developments, further clarifying and updating the areas of the Interim Study which have aroused the greatest public concern and comment; (iii) To present MEP's with an account of current trends both within Europe and Worldwide; (iv) To suggest policy options covering regulatory strategies for the future democratic control and management of this technology; (v) To provide some further succinct background material to inform the Parliament's response to the proposed declaration by the Commission on electronic evesdropping which has been put on the agenda for the plenary session of the European Parliament, on Wednesday 16 September 1998. http://www.europarl.eu.int/dg4/stoa/en/publi/166499/execsum.htm (much more interesting material on "Appraisal of the Technology of Political Control" is available from this source) More links on Echelon: "I don't want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return." Senator Frank Church, quoted in: ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network http://serendipity.nofadz.com/hermetic/crypto/echelon/echelon.htm Echelon: Interception Capabilities 2000 Information Security Portal, The Global Clearinghouse for Information Warfare on the Internet, Computer Security,Internet Security,Cybercrime Reporting,Firewalls,Encryption,Viruses,Cyberwar,Y2 http://www.infowar.com/class_2/99/class2_051199b_j.shtml CAQ links: http://www-douzzer.ai.mit.edu:8080/conspiracy/paulwolf/echelon.htm SIGHTINGS Investigation Into NSA's Top Secret ECHELON Spy Network Dropped By EU By Niall McKay Wired News www.wired.com 10-10-98 The European Parliament has swept aside concerns about alleged surveillance and spying activities conducted in the.. http://www.sightings.com/political/spynetwork.htm Wired News updated 11:30
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Hit Piece..reply
-Caveat Lector- Oh good, the OTHER troll squeaks up Homoeopathic remedies cost nearly nothing to make. They aren't patentable. They FAR outperform poisonous petrochemical based pharmaceuticals. You are only showing your parochialism and lack of critical thinking ability with your questions. IF you were interested in answers, they abound. You could start by discovering that Homoeopathy is one of 4 equally respected forms of medicine in India, somewhat ahead of "western" medicine. You could easily discover that homoepathy in the U.S. was subjected to the same sort of pressure by the AMA and the pharmaceutical industry that they were BUSTED for w/regard to Chiropractic. You might begin to imagine that MONEY IS the issue, and HEALTH is not- healthy people will not PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for expensive pharmaceuticals, and so- MUST NOT have access to alternatives in order for the drug industry to flourish. (I thought this was a list of critical thinkers 'cept for Will "Budweiswer" Shannon) You could REALLY put on yer 'ole thinkin' cap and start to wonder. "Well if pharmaceutical medicine is the most profitable industry in the U.S. (profits vs. gross income) and if a great many pharmaceutical firms have roots in Nazi German-era war criminal corporations, and if iatrogenesis (doctor created illness) is becoming a leading cause of death, maybe I'm not getting filled in on the big picture." DRUG REACTION IS WORLD'S FOURTH MAJOR KILLER: An alarming finding by Canadian researchers is that adverse drug reactions cause more than 100,000 deaths in the US every year - which makes them the fourth biggest killer, after heart disease, cancer and stroke. These figures could be far worse if administrative errors, overdose and "possible" reactions were also included, the researchers point out. "The figures are much higher than expected and suggest that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are considerably under-reported," says Bruce Pomeranz, head of the University of Toronto research team. Around 76 per cent of the ADRs were caused by highly toxic drugs, while others may have been caused by inadequate monitoring of therapies and doses. The Toronto researchers are confident that these figures would be similar in every other developed country. In the UK, Charles Medawar of the drug-monitoring group Social Audit said up to 5 per cent of all hospital admissions are caused by drug reactions. Once there, 15 per cent of inpatients have their stay prolonged by a drug reaction, half of which could be avoided, he said. (Source:WDDTY Magazine Jun 98 Vol 9 No.3) See my webpage for a bunch of links, I've researched this for years... I'll be happy to debate or discuss with anyone except, possibly... budman... Dave Hartley http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ric Carter Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Hit Piece..reply -Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IIf water has a memory this is strong validation for homeopathy Next time you have cholera, or Ebola, see a homeopath. If water has memory, each molecule should remember everybody who's ever pissed it out, everything it's ever dissolved. But where is that memory stored? Look at the structure of a water molecule - dihydrogen monoxide. How many bonds? How many ways can they be arranged? What information is stored in the arrangement of those bonds? What energy levels are needed to rearrange those bonds? If you dissolve a vanishingly small amount of anything into a quantity of water, how is energy transferred from the solute to the water molecules? If water has a memory, if new info can be stored in a water molecule, how can that info be unambiguously detected? If homeopathy worked, why don't pharmaceutical firms reduce the vast expenses of developing new drugs by producing homeopathic preparations? Those greedy bastards will do ANYTHING that will make money - why don't they increase profits homeopathically? If homeopathy worked, couldn't medical groups dispense with hoards of expensive physicians, pharmacists, etc? If homeopathy is a viable system, why hasn't it prevailed after 150+ years? I know, I know - it's all a conspiracy. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always,
[CTRL] Alternative medicine
-Caveat Lector- I suspect there is no money (profit) in botanicals or homeopathic preparations for llarge firms. They cannot be patented. So why would a pharmaceutical firm even think about homeopathy and botanicals?. And people have gotten used to instant relief.which allopathic chemicals can achieve.. Alternates are essentially preventatives. Ive had a bottle of peppermint oil for ten years. At 2 drops a dose when needed the bottle will outlive me. Ive had a bottle of echinacea worth $8.00 for a year and its still half full At 3 drops a dose twice a week nobody is going to get rich.It works for me and my wallet. If anyone wants to call that gullible its OK by me Whether its a placebo, immune booster or magic is irrelevant. These work for me in specific applications. Then we have those who want to push applications to absurdity. Alternative medicine works for colds, aches and pains, joints, blood pressureall the annoying daily annoyances (but expensive). If you break a leg or acquire ebola...the emergency room is the place to go. Its a matter of balance. Choose what works for you.. Another point: hormone mimickers in milk ( from cattle feed additive) point to the rise in breast cancer rates. Washington scientists have been iinstructed not to discuss latest findings which point to a linkl Why? Because Monsanto stands to lose a bundle.? ASU DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] The cataclysm *is* imminent...
-Caveat Lector- DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Israel -- WANTED: Holy Blood
-Caveat Lector- Extremists Launch Search for Cohens By JAY COHEN .c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - An extremist group that hopes to rebuild the Jewish temple in Jerusalem has launched a search for descendants of the priests and caretakers of the ancient temples. Organizers of the Second Annual Conference of the Lovers of the Temple said Monday they would use phonebooks and public records to track down Cohens and Levis, who could be called up for service if a third temple is built. Those attending the conference hope to hasten the Messianic age by building a new temple on the site of the Second Temple, which was destroyed in 70 A.D. by Romans quelling a Jewish revolt. Muslims, however, decry their movement, saying it seeks to destroy Islam's third holiest site - the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa mosques, which now stand on the site. The vast majority of Jews reject plans to force Muslims off the Temple Mount. Attempts by extremists to lay claim to the site have led to bloody clashes with Muslims in the past. Judaism's holiest site, the Western Wall, is the only remnant of the temple. ``Tonight we started a project in which we will be listing all Cohens and Levis in the Jewish movement,'' said Yehuda Etzyon, head of the Hai VeKayam - ``Alive and Well'' - organization. The Cohens, the priestly caste in ancient times, led services at the temple. The Levis maintained the temple and were its musicians. Their descendants are identified primarily through their names, including Cohen, Levy and a wide range of derivatives. A model of a rebuilt temple was displayed at the conference, and speakers called for the expulsion of Muslims from the site. About 200 people attended the conference, at Jerusalem's International Convention Center. ``One of the ideas of interest is to build a guard of Cohens and Levis, like the guards of the King and Queen in England, so people know this is the holiest place in Israel and not the place the Muslims stole,'' Etzyon said. Meanwhile, tens of thousands turned out Monday at the Western Wall to mark Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. A row of Cohens, covered completely under white prayer shawls, raised their arms to bless the crowd. The weeklong holiday of Sukkot symbolizes the harvest season and commemorates the 40-year trek through the desert by biblical Israelites, from Egypt to the Promised Land. Jewish men dine in huts to commemorate the simple conditions the Israelites suffered in the wilderness. I notice that this group is NOT looking for descendants of the House of Judah. Or at least, they're not PUBLICLY looking for any modern inheritors of the Seed of David. Each time Israel has had a monarch, since King David, it's been big trouble ... Last time it offered a Davidic "MESSIAH," things turned out even WORSE. So Judaism would prefer to be a THEOCRATIC state, centered on Kohanim under a High Priest. However, Kohanim have always found themselves at odds with the SECULAR ruler of the Kingdom (or State), whether controlled by Jews or by foreign conquerors. Prolonged conflicts invariably climaxes in the call for a "theocratic" MONARCH. If the Temple WERE to be rebuilt, and staffed by Kohanim and a High Priest, at the center of Jewish life in Israel, I "PROPHESY" that, after only a couple of generations, the priests' insistence that the SECULAR government be brought "into line" with their Temple would result in a movement to restore the monarchy as well -- along DAVIDIC lines -- with "Messianic" overtones, for NON-Jewish CHRISTIANS around the world. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NWO Investment in the Third World
-Caveat Lector- U.N.: Global Investment Surges By GEIR MOULSON .c The Associated Press GENEVA (AP) - Overseas investments by the world's business giants surged 39 percent to a record $640 billion last year and will likely set another high this year, a U.N. report said Monday. Overall, global investment flows will easily exceed $700 billion and could top $800 billion in 1999, said the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development. But developing countries desperate for more cash have less to cheer about, said the report, as much of the new investment in 1998 took the form of ever-larger mergers and acquisitions across the North Atlantic. The investment share going to developing countries dropped sharply to 28 percent from 37 percent in 1997 and ``may be somewhat lower'' again this year, the study said. ``Basically, what took place last year was an enormous rise in foreign direct investment between the United States, Europe and Japan,'' said Rubens Ricupero, secretary-general of UNCTAD. Investment in the United States stood at $193 billion, up from $109 billion the previous year. The European Union attracted $230 billion, up from $126 billion. The inward flow to Japan was $3.2 billion, down marginally from the previous year. The United States remained the most significant investor, shelling out $132.8 billion. As a group, the 15 EU nations invested a total of $386.1 billion, $114.2 billion of which was Britain's. Investment in Asia and the Pacific region as a whole fell 11 percent to $85 billion last year, but it seems to have ``weathered the financial crisis,'' the report said. Some $5 billion flowed into South Korea, up from less than $3 billion in 1997. Thailand saw an 87 percent rise in investment as crisis-hit financial institutions were bought by foreign investors. China, still the most popular destination for foreign investment among developing Asian countries, attracted $45.5 billion last year, up from $44.2 billion the year before. But the U.N. projected a fall to $35 billion this year. The Philippines also gained, but investment in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam declined. Spending abroad by Asian corporations, at $36 billion, was down by almost a quarter. Russia received $2.2 billion - a 60 percent fall from the previous year, marking low investor confidence. But investment elsewhere in central and Eastern Europe rose by 25 percent to $16 billion. Latin America and the Caribbean came through financial turbulence to register a 5 percent rise in incoming investment. Of the total $71.7 billion entering the region, Brazil accounted for $28.7 billion. Foreign investment in Africa fell by almost 12 percent in 1998, to $8.3 billion from $9.4 billion - largely because of decreasing flows to South Africa as its privatization program slowed. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] FBI Evidence Vanishes in DNC-China Probe
-Caveat Lector- FBI Fund-Raising Notes Being Probed WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee will investigate the disappearance of an FBI agent's notes that were written at a time of internal strife in a campaign fund-raising investigation, Sen. Fred Thompson said Monday. Thompson, R-Tenn., chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, said FBI and Justice Department officials were ``wholly unprepared'' last week to discuss details of their ongoing internal investigations into the disappearance. Thompson said he wouldn't wait for the Clinton administration to finish before launching a Senate probe. Roberta Parker told members of Thompson's committee during a public hearing last week that the 27 pages of notes covered a period in 1997 when the agents, and Justice Department attorneys, had strong disagreements about tactics in the investigation of presidential friend Yah Lin ``Charlie'' Trie. Trie was a major Democratic fund-raiser who pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. The notes had been subpoenaed by a House committee. The agent said they could only have been torn from her spiral notebook. Thompson said sworn depositions would be taken from government officials who handled the notes. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] First Russian-Chinese JOINT Military Exercises
-Caveat Lector- Russia, China Plan Naval Exercises MOSCOW (AP) - Russian and Chinese warships will take part in first-ever joint maneuvers early next month, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Monday. The Russian Pacific Fleet destroyer Burny and missile cruiser Varyag will visit the port of Shanghai on Oct. 2-6 to mark China's 50th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of Russian-Chinese diplomatic relations, said Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo. During the visit, the two Russian vessels will hold joint exercises with ships from China's Eastern Fleet. It will be the first joint maneuver between the two fleets, ITAR-Tass said. The maneuvers are ``another step towards strengthening cooperation and mutual understanding between the military sailors of the two countries,'' it quoted Dygalo as saying. Russian-Chinese relations have been warming steadily since the early 1990s, following decades of tension. China is a top client for Russia's ailing military industrial complex, purchasing billions of dollars worth of jets, missiles and submarines. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Secret Essene Dead Sea Scroll
-Caveat Lector- Another version of the same story: Report: Religious Text Kept Secret By MARK LAVIE .c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - A news magazine reported Monday it has been given excerpts of a purported 2000-year-old religious text related to the Dead Sea Scrolls that could shed new light on the origins of Christianity and Jewish mysticism. The Jerusalem Report said it had no way of determining whether the text was an elaborate hoax or one of the most important archaeological finds of the century. The author of the ``Angel Scroll,'' describes being taken by an angel named Pnimea on a tour of heavenly gates, learning how to predict the future and being taken back in time to the creation of the universe. The 6-foot-long document has been locked away at a Benedictine monastery on the German-Austrian border, according to three Israelis who told the magazine they had obtained a transcript. Benedictine monks bought the scroll from an antiquities dealer in the Jordanian capital of Amman in the 1970s, The Report said, citing the three Israelis. The monks were sworn to secrecy, then assembled the fragments, photographed the scroll and deciphered it. One of the monks, Gustave Mateus, leaked the contents before his death in 1996, The Report was told. Father Bargil Pixner, the Benedictine authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls, called the report ``a lot of nonsense'' and ``sensationalism.'' He told The Associated Press that if the Benedictines were in possession of another scroll, ``I would know about it.'' Pixner also said Mateus was alive and well in Germany. Still, Stephen Pfann, a leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar who has gone over about a quarter of the text, said the language used is similar to that of the scrolls. If it is a forgery, said Pfann, ``it's a very good one.'' DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Japan, A Nuclear Power?
-Caveat Lector- This is "weapons-usable" plutonium -- arriving just as the US re-arms Japan, anticipating things getting hairy in E Asia (vis-a-vis N. Korea and/or Red China). Ship Unloads Plutonium in Japan By KOZO MIZOGUCHI .c The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) - A British vessel carrying a controversial shipment of plutonium to fuel nuclear reactors unloaded its cargo Monday at a port in northern Japan. The Pacific Teal docked at a facility reserved for use by Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture, 150 miles, northeast of Tokyo, said company spokesman Ichiro Kudo. Delivery had been delayed since last week by storms. It was the first shipment to Japan of a mix of uranium oxide and plutonium that is known as MOX, reprocessed from spent nuclear fuel at France's state-run retreatment plant at La Hague, near Cherbourg, Kudo said. Tokyo Electric Power, Japan's largest utility company, will use the MOX fuel pellets in light-water reactors at its Fukushima No. 3 plant starting in February, Kudo said. Resource-poor Japan is heavily dependent on nuclear power for energy. The ship left France in July with a cargo of 315 pounds of plutonium aboard, Kudo said. Japanese TV showed several members of the environmental group Greenpeace in two small boats in the port Monday morning, protesting the shipment. ``This weapons-usable material poses not only a risk of an environmental disaster in Japan and along the entire 20,000-mile route from Europe, but it also threatens to spark a major proliferation crisis in the Asia-Pacific region,'' Kazue Suzuki of Greenpeace Japan said in a statement. Coast guard vessels escorted the Pacific Teal to the pier, Kudo said. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] EU Chastises Britain on Gays-in-Military Policy
-Caveat Lector- British Army Ban on Gays Unlawful STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Monday that Britain's ban on homosexuals in the armed forces is a breach of human rights. The court found in favor of four British nationals, three men and a woman, who were discharged from the British armed forces in line with its ban on homosexual personnel after they acknowledged their homosexuality. The court said the British policy violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which defends the right to private and family life. ``The court considered the investigations, and in particular the interviews of the applicants, to have been exceptionally intrusive,'' the European court said in a statement. ``The investigations conducted into the applicants' sexual orientation together with their discharge from the armed forces constituted especially grave interferences with their private lives,'' it said. Duncan Lustig-Prean, John Beckett, Heanette Smith and Graeme Grady were discharged between 1993 and 1995. They applied for judicial review of their discharges, and in November 1995 the court of appeal rejected their applications. They then filed their complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. The verdict cannot force a change of law in Britain, but the applicants considered it a symbolic step toward ending discrimination in the armed forces. ``I was hoping it would be successful. Now the government has to lift the ban. They cannot maintain it after what the court has said today,'' Grady said after the verdict. British Defense Secretary George Robertson said other cases involving homosexuals in the British armed forces will be put on hold while the government studies Monday's ruling. Stonewall, a British organization that defends homosexual rights, applauded the court's decision. ``This judgment is good news for everyone. Lifting the ban will not make our forces one bit less effective,'' Stonewall's executive director Angela Mason said. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products
-Caveat Lector- Hi Pete, That sounds about right below, but I have no proof. I have heard before about the addition of asbestos though. However I have heard that the cig companies put opium in the cigarette papers to get people addicted to smoking. Also that the tobacco is genetically enhanced to be really full of nicotine. Now for the killer, I have read that the plants get aluminium fertilizer to help with the depopulation program. Also that the 3rd world countries in exchange for aid from US have to take cigarette imports. But it is awhile since I saw anything about cigarettes so will see if anything new turns up. So this is from memory. But if anyone else could elaborate that would be great too. Nicky earthman wrote: -Caveat Lector- Can anyone confirm this before I pass it on? I wouldn't want to waste their time with a hoax. Peter -- Subject: WARNING for females... (O-Sh) Please pass on to as many women as possible . . . If you use pads, but especially if you use tampons read this and pass on to your friends (for the men receiving this email, please forward it to your friends, significant others, sisters, mothers, daughters, etc.) thanks! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy -the second curve
-Caveat Lector- Gods- how tightly wound up in self-importance can a man's mind be?! The proof that something works is that it works. Your failure to understand the THEORY isn't an obstacle to the efficacy of homoeopathy! (rotfl) Practically any science has some "doctrine" - but homoeopathy is based in EMPIRICISM. That is to say that a body of direct observations, and continuing affirmations or adjustment of philosophy to suit the reality observed is the SCIENTIFIC method- as opposed to the pseudoscientific methods of the bad-science-for-hire folks who produce the phony drug tests that get stuff approved by FDA's methods- and which are placed financially and politically out-of-reach of all but the major drug pushers. (you ARE aware that you live in a very repressive and controlled society, aren't you? Expand your borders a little- check out the fact that homoepathy is heavily repressed in the U.S., yet is widely used in India, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia ) You also appear to be mind-wrapped with Cartesian-reductionist dialetic -- wake UP! 19th century physics has been replaced! In spite of the fact that newer science is only just beginning to find some understanding of homoeopathy: Cholera is routinely treated by homoeopaths in India, as are all manner of disease. "Modern" western medicine is very useful as trauma-medicine, but is a complete failure with chronic disease, and it's pharmaceuticals and methods of prescribing them have made it into a KILLER in the U.S. ... more people were killed by doctor-prescribed DRUGS last year than died in automobile accidents. True. Check it out, and THINK about it. On THIS list I would expect a little more attention to fact, and a little less parrotting of "party line" ... It's no great cognitive leap to realize that herbs and other alternatives including homoeopathy are ruthlessly suppressed for a couple of reasons. 1. many alternatives are not PATENTABLE. (get it?) 2. they actually WORK, and where would all the profits go without the lines of repeat customers? 3. MALTHUSIANIASM is very popular among the elite. Read some of this stuff: http://www.ioa.com/~davehart/altmedcon.htm If you want to discuss it, I'm here. Dave Hartley http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ric Carter Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy -the second curve -Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will never understand homeopathy and many other New Science technologies if you think in the conventional framework. Ah, so we have to stop demanding that they be demonstrably effective? You have to posit another dimension..we call it 4-space We already live in 4-space - it's called space-time. Within conventional thinking homeopathy CANNOT WORK for several reasons especially Avogadros limit...past a certain point of dilution not one molecule of the physical substance remains. Yes, it's hard for non-existant stuff to work. But if you posit another dimension it does explain the phenomenon. Posit whatever you will, but demonstrate 1) the existence of what you've posited and 2) the validity of your claims. But the theoretical basis of homeopathy is irrelevant if it doesn't work. If it worked, it would be exploited commercially on a mass- industrial basis. Major drug firms would squeeze every possible dollar out of it. As it is, homeopathy is well-marketed to the credulous, and works about as well as any placebo can be expected to. But if SKF Beecham and CibaGeigy et al can't find effective uses for homeopathic preparations, why should I trust a clerk at a GNC assuring me that their green goo is good? Like I said, next time you get cholera, see a homeopath. See MEMORY OF WATER page 26 for the second curve, which is Hahnemanns 'spirit essense" Ah, "spirit essense" - to claim it, and to establish it, are rather different endeavors. Demonstrate the existence of 'spirits', then demonstrate that water has 'spirit', then show that water has a "spirit essense" and 'memory', then produce independent replication of these experiments, and I'll start to take such claims seriously. If you think only in conventional scientific terms you will give yourslf a headache, get frustrated and never understand.. Homeopathy is based on a doctrine. Doctrines suck. Science is based on the rigorous testing of ideas - doctrines tend to fade away under such scrutiny. Science WILL give you a headache, but it works. Doctrines will soothe your mind, but won't lead you to fruitful discoveries. Bother. Loosen up your mind. Tighten up your standards. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many
Re: [CTRL] Alternative medicine
-Caveat Lector- One of the interesting things I was reading in a medical article was that for most common diseases for which people seek a cure(not ebola or aids or such like), the placebo effect accounts for about 30% of the cuarive effect. when the companies measue an effect, they meaure the difference between the old medicine and the placebo effect. Hence if the placebo effect is 30% and the old is say 35 % if the new medicine is 40% curative , they talk about the drug being twice as effective. However I speak under correction as this is not my field of knowledge. As an aside I listened once to a prof at medicine talking with a naturopath about the Hays diet. He called it nonsense but admitted that it had never been tested in controlled experiments. The drug companies had no incentive to investigate and the work had never been done. John (and'm not on the hays diet either) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 September 1999 10:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Alternative medicine -Caveat Lector- I suspect there is no money (profit) in botanicals or homeopathic preparations for llarge firms. They cannot be patented. So why would a pharmaceutical firm even think about homeopathy and botanicals?. And people have gotten used to instant relief.which allopathic chemicals can achieve.. Alternates are essentially preventatives. Ive had a bottle of peppermint oil for ten years. At 2 drops a dose when needed the bottle will outlive me. Ive had a bottle of echinacea worth $8.00 for a year and its still half full At 3 drops a dose twice a week nobody is going to get rich.It works for me and my wallet. If anyone wants to call that gullible its OK by me Whether its a placebo, immune booster or magic is irrelevant. These work for me in specific applications. Then we have those who want to push applications to absurdity. Alternative medicine works for colds, aches and pains, joints, blood pressureall the annoying daily annoyances (but expensive). If you break a leg or acquire ebola...the emergency room is the place to go. Its a matter of balance. Choose what works for you.. Another point: hormone mimickers in milk ( from cattle feed additive) point to the rise in breast cancer rates. Washington scientists have been iinstructed not to discuss latest findings which point to a linkl Why? Because Monsanto stands to lose a bundle.? ASU DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] U.S. Gov Officials ready to hand USA over to Single Global Authority UN
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: U.S. Gov Officials ready to hand USA over to Single Global Authority Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 02:00:40 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sent to USCMike1's 33,104+ readers - Please repost to your own mailing lists and newsgroups - Thanks) Dear Citizens, Patriots, Veterans, et al: Our TREASONOUS federal government officials are ready to hand over our once free and sovereign United States of America to a Single Global Authority (United Nations) controlled by the 300 modern-day rich, elite illuminati-Builderbergers. They are setting the stage for our acceptance this very moment with each speech and statement they make day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. Here is what the New World Order elites have planned, but first realize that the United Nations is a NON entity, it has NO legitimate power or existence . . . it is NOT a nation of people . . . it is ONLY a club of very few rich elites who have been inching toward total world control since before our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Presently, the United Nations cannot legally do many of the things they are doing and want to do. So they have written a 950+ page new REFORMED United Nations Charter to be voted in during the first quarter of the year 2000. This will be a meeting of the Assembly of the People, which does not exist at the moment because that has been written in and included in the new REFORMED U.N. Charter. The meeting of the Assembly of the People will ONLY be attended by the 300 world leaders (the Builderbergers). Remember Hillary Clinton representing the United States in Switzerland a year and a half ago at that Builderberger meeting? And after they vote in the new REFORMED U.N. Charter, the very first order of business on the Agenda is to announce to the world that since all nations are so intricately and intimately involved financially and economically with each other (now you know why they shoved GATT and NAFTA down our throats) that NO nation can hence forth consider itself to be separate, and all nations will have to give up their sovereignty and bow down to the United Nations as their supreme leader. That is why the governments of all nations are trying to disarm all the civilians and close down the military bases and eliminate all military personnel (army, navy, marines, etc.) so that the ONLY military power will be that of the United Nations troops. Because if We the People are armed they cannot accomplish this dastardly deed! The new REFORMED United Nations plans on only a very few nations resisting giving up their sovereignty like Iraq and Iran but the United States will be one of the very first to bow down and turn over this land and its people (We the People) to the United Nations. Already Clinton has given nearly 50% of the actual physical land of the United States over to the control of the United Nations through the Biosphere Habitiats and American Heritage Rivers Acts which are just the beginning. Patriots, now is the time to prepare for the worst. Unfortunately, only a very few Patriots are TRUE Patriots, as most U.S. Citizens will just go along with the plan as long as they have their soap operas, beer, football, entertainment appliances, pornography, alcohol, tobacco, stupifying sit coms, other indulgences, and weekly paychecks. It will take the 2% to 7% of the Patriots to re-enact the Declaration of Independence and the 2nd American Revolutionary War and give a bloody fight to the death to try to save our nation. Are you one of these 2% to 7%? If so, please contact me and let's work together for the good of all. USCMike1 P.S. Just be prepared to accept the Mark of the Beast (the 666 microchip under the skin of the back of the hand or the forehead) or they will starve you out in just a few weeks. But if you accept it you will suffer an eternity of hell and damnation in the absence of God. Why the back of the hand or the forehead you ask? Simple, the "lifetime" (never-needs-to-be-replaced) electrical battery integrated within this rice grain-sized transponder operates on the principle of the thermocouple, that is, two dissimilar types of metal connected together in a "bank" will create a voltage to operate the chip if there is a temperature differential between the hot and cold sides of the battery. Scientists have found that the forehead and the back of the hand provide the greatest temperature differential between the surface of the skin and deep inside. They are preparing us to accept this microchip because they have experimented with U.S. soldiers sent to the Gulf War with these chips imbedded in their buttocks (that way the geosynchronous satellites were able to tract all soldiers in the Gulf region - the government knew at all times where our soldiers were and who they were), and under the skin of pets, cats, dogs for identification
Re: [CTRL] Israel -- WANTED: Holy Blood
-Caveat Lector- Mr David Goldstein a geneticist at oxford university talks about a 'cohen' genetic signature. About 45% of Askenazic priests and 56% of Sephardic priests have the the 'cohen' signature. This shows the story of the Askhenazi being descendants of the Khazars as being incorrect(unless of course the Khazars were one of the lost ten tribes) John As an aside, other gentic test appear to show that the Jews are more closely related to the armenians rather than the semites. -Original Message- From: Das GOAT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 September 1999 10:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Israel -- WANTED: "Holy Blood" -Caveat Lector- Extremists Launch Search for Cohens By JAY COHEN .c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - An extremist group that hopes to rebuild the Jewish temple in Jerusalem has launched a search for descendants of the priests and caretakers of the ancient temples. Organizers of the Second Annual Conference of the Lovers of the Temple said Monday they would use phonebooks and public records to track down Cohens and Levis, who could be called up for service if a third temple is built. Those attending the conference hope to hasten the Messianic age by building a new temple on the site of the Second Temple, which was destroyed in 70 A.D. by Romans quelling a Jewish revolt. Muslims, however, decry their movement, saying it seeks to destroy Islam's third holiest site - the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa mosques, which now stand on the site. The vast majority of Jews reject plans to force Muslims off the Temple Mount. Attempts by extremists to lay claim to the site have led to bloody clashes with Muslims in the past. Judaism's holiest site, the Western Wall, is the only remnant of the temple. ``Tonight we started a project in which we will be listing all Cohens and Levis in the Jewish movement,'' said Yehuda Etzyon, head of the Hai VeKayam - ``Alive and Well'' - organization. The Cohens, the priestly caste in ancient times, led services at the temple. The Levis maintained the temple and were its musicians. Their descendants are identified primarily through their names, including Cohen, Levy and a wide range of derivatives. A model of a rebuilt temple was displayed at the conference, and speakers called for the expulsion of Muslims from the site. About 200 people attended the conference, at Jerusalem's International Convention Center. ``One of the ideas of interest is to build a guard of Cohens and Levis, like the guards of the King and Queen in England, so people know this is the holiest place in Israel and not the place the Muslims stole,'' Etzyon said. Meanwhile, tens of thousands turned out Monday at the Western Wall to mark Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. A row of Cohens, covered completely under white prayer shawls, raised their arms to bless the crowd. The weeklong holiday of Sukkot symbolizes the harvest season and commemorates the 40-year trek through the desert by biblical Israelites, from Egypt to the Promised Land. Jewish men dine in huts to commemorate the simple conditions the Israelites suffered in the wilderness. I notice that this group is NOT looking for descendants of the House of Judah. Or at least, they're not PUBLICLY looking for any modern inheritors of the Seed of David. Each time Israel has had a monarch, since King David, it's been big trouble ... Last time it offered a Davidic "MESSIAH," things turned out even WORSE. So Judaism would prefer to be a THEOCRATIC state, centered on Kohanim under a High Priest. However, Kohanim have always found themselves at odds with the SECULAR ruler of the Kingdom (or State), whether controlled by Jews or by foreign conquerors. Prolonged conflicts invariably climaxes in the call for a "theocratic" MONARCH. If the Temple WERE to be rebuilt, and staffed by Kohanim and a High Priest, at the center of Jewish life in Israel, I "PROPHESY" that, after only a couple of generations, the priests' insistence that the SECULAR government be brought "into line" with their Temple would result in a movement to restore the monarchy as well -- along DAVIDIC lines -- with "Messianic" overtones, for NON-Jewish CHRISTIANS around the world. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy -the second curve
-Caveat Lector- Just a quick word here Dave, I used to work for a year in a healthfood store. I know where they make a profit, hypochonriacs. You wouldn't believe how many different things a person will buy in the quest to feel good. I know there may be not much money in homeopathy etc but many people will buy big pile of one type of remedy. Whether they think the cure is vitamins, herbs, drops whatever. They were back time after time with another shopping basket full. A fancy coloured box with a nice drawing on the with artificial Vit c or artifical something else etc people were like locusts. They make trick wording so people don't know they are getting imitation vitamins. Eg Vit C with ACEROLA, big drawing of cherries. Mostly ascorbic acid and a teensy bit of acerola. Conned again. Personally I think Bach flower remedies and homeopathy prob do more good. Nicky Dave wrote: It's no great cognitive leap to realize that herbs and other alternatives including homoeopathy are ruthlessly suppressed for a couple of reasons. 1. many alternatives are not PATENTABLE. (get it?) 2. they actually WORK, and where would all the profits go without the lines of repeat customers? 3. MALTHUSIANIASM is very popular among the elite. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [Fwd: Fw: WND World Bank Loans $200 Million To the Chinese Army]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: Fw: WND World Bank Loans $200 Million To the Chinese Army Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 03:41:07 -0700 From: "Deuce" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "NewsHawk" [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Harbinger list" [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Deuce [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Keep/4885/ - Original Message - From: CharlesSmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 2:35 AM Subject: WND World Bank Loans $200 Million To the Chinese Army http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_smith/19990928_xcsof_squandered.shtml Newly declassified documents, forced from the U.S. Commerce Dept. by a Federal lawsuit, shows that $200 million in World Bank loans for a "Technology Development Project" actually went to weapons research labs and businesses wholly owned by the Chinese Army. The documents reveal that World Bank loans were used to modernize the Chinese Army Defense Industry. "The objective of the project is to support the (Chinese) Government's continuing reforms in technology policy and institutions so as to promote the development of clear, productivity-enhancing technologies in China's industries," states a 1995 report written by the Industry and Energy Operations Division of the World Bank. According to the World Bank report, "the (Chinese) Government will pass on US$194.3 million of the loan proceeds through SPC (State Planning Commission) to eligible sub-borrowers in the form of sub-loans, with the Golden China Corporation acting on its behalf as a financial agent." "The first component is designed to assist in transforming part of the research and development (RD) establishment into market-responsive technology development corporations," states the World Bank report. "This component would hive off the most dynamic technology development and service-oriented elements of existing research institutions to create - - through a competitive selection process - - new, market-oriented entities, called Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)." "The second component comprises complementary investments in improving technology public services, including: (i) the modernization of the National Institute of Metrology and (ii) a technical assistance program for a Productivity Center as well as for several training activities." However, according to the Defense Dept., "Golden China Corporation" and many of the so-called "Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)" supported by the World Bank loans were actually owned and operated by the Chinese Army unit COSTIND (Chinese Commission for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense). For example, the World Bank provided: - $5 million to the Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research for "rare earth materials" used in "chemical, aviation," and "nuclear power stations." The Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research is part of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), producer of all nuclear weapons for the Chinese Army. - Over $5 million to the Harbin Research Institute for "welded steel products" used in "aviation" and "ship building." Harbin was identified by the Dept. of Defense as a Chinese Army front used to purchase Allied Signal turbo-fan engines for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in 1996. - Over $4 million to the Marine Design Research Institute of China for "ship design software and services." The Marine Design Research Institute is part of the China National Ship Building Corp. and the primary design facility for all Chinese warships, including nuclear powered submarines. - Over $4 million to the Nanjing Radio Factory for "audio/visual" products used in "T.V.s, satellite equip., radios, CD players, etc." The Nanjing Radio Factory is owned and operated by the Chinese Army. The factory produces a wide variety of electronics for the PLA including CRTs, satellite equipment, and secure military radios. - $3 million to Xi'an Jiatong University for "fluid machinery" research used in "turbo-compressors". Xi'an Jiatong University was identified by the Dept. of Defense as a major research center for the Chinese Army, sharing facilities with the PLA chemical and biological weapons facilities that are located nearby. The Chinese Army loans from the World Bank also financed several money making ventures for the Chinese Army. For example, the World Bank provided $5.5 million to the "China Textile Academy" for "productivity enhancement." The World Bank was joined by "Foreign Domestic Partners" also seeking to improve the PLA textile production such as "Toray (Japan); Dupont (U.S.); Bermag (Germany), the Textile Academy in Russia; and the Wool Bureau of New Zealand." Even the World Bank could not avoid the fact that Chinese workers are being exploited under harsh conditions by the Chinese Army. The World Bank report notes that "one-third" of the "11,000" textile firms associated with the China Textile
Re: [CTRL] Israel -- WANTED: Holy Blood
-Caveat Lector- The majority of Jews are said to be type B blood too. Nicky "Taylor, John (JH)" wrote: -Caveat Lector- Mr David Goldstein a geneticist at oxford university talks about a 'cohen' genetic signature. About 45% of Askenazic priests and 56% of Sephardic priests have the the 'cohen' signature. This shows the story of the Askhenazi being descendants of the Khazars as being incorrect(unless of course the Khazars were one of the lost ten tribes) John As an aside, other gentic test appear to show that the Jews are more closely related to the armenians rather than the semites. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Secret Essene Dead Sea Scroll
-Caveat Lector- This trip thru Heaven sounds like a book I read by TV preacher.He took a trip to Heaven to with an Angel... DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Monsanto and water-resource plotting
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Joshua2 Please when youve figured out how to tackle Monsanto let us know.!!..there is a world wide waiting audience out there. Not only the Europeans but Australasia and India.as well. Monsanto is a global skunk at the moment This would be a blow to NWO and the Strobe Talbott's in Washington where it hurts..the bottom line. This makes for unhappy shareholders. It's not just Monsanto. It's all US based corporations. I have the framework. Now I need to flesh it out with some details. I'm trying to get some specific info now. To do that, I need to talk to * shudde * lawyers who won't bill me. Joshua2 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Maurice Strong - THE ONE WORLD CHURCH IS HERE!
-Caveat Lector- http://www.prophezine.com/search/database/is46.3.html I took the preaching out but this gives an overview of what big bro has plans for us to be sheeple - all thinking the same and worshiping gaia under the control of UN. Amazing how many people of power putting energy into this. Nicky A The First Religion and Cultural Diversity Conference, Melbourne, July 1997 by W. B. Howard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. REPORT NUMBER ONE. THE ONE WORLD CHURCH IS HERE! MAURICE STRONG, New Age leader who headed the NWO Earth Summit, was in Australia; the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey was in Melbourne to open the Multicultural Conference; Cardinal Francis Arinze, tipped by many to be the next Pope of the Catholic Church, was at the Religious Conference in Melbourne. The Governor General of Australia, Sir William Deane, was in attendance at The Religion and Cultural Diversity Conference in Melbourne. Many political big names gathered there also. A profusion of religious leaders came together, Anglican and Catholic Archbishops in purple and scarlet, Buddhists in saffron robes, Islamic leaders, Greek Orthodox priests, Jewish Rabbis, Quaker leaders, World Vision representatives, Salvation Army officers, Uniting Church ministers, the Church of Christ was represented - many others. (A list can be sent of presenters and delegates for those interested...will be Online soon) The Australian Multicultural Foundation, executive director, Mr. Hass Dellal, the President/Moderator of the World Council on Religion and Peace, took a lead role in the three day and two night conference. We were given a glamorous cocktail reception at Parliament House on the Monday night! The actual program planning committee comprised: The Hon.Sir James Gobbo AC, the Governor of Victoria (Then Australian Multicultural Foundation 1988 - April 1997); Mr. B.(Hass) Dellal OAM, Australian Multicultural Foundation; Dr. John Bodycomb OAM, World Conference on Religion and Peace Australia; Professor Desmond Cahill, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Dr. Fiona Hill, World Conference on Religion and Peace Australia; Rev. John Baldock (1996), World Conference on Religion and Peace. Supporting sponsors were: Victorian Multicultural Commission The National Australian Bank The University of Melbourne State Government of Victoria. Members and Signatories of the Australian Multicultural Foundation include: The Hon.Mr John Howard MP (Prime Minister of Australia) The Hon. Mr. Kim Beazley MP (leader of the Opposition). NEW AGE The New Age international organizations "Conflict Resolution Network" and "Unity and Diversity Council" took center stage during proceedings. The conference finished on the recommendation that we should all listen to one another, those in other religions, and we should all listen to the NEW AGE! Perhaps the strange spiritual darkness of that conference can be grasped in the "Prayer of Togetherness" at the Religion and Cultural Diversity Conference Dinner. The lights were dimmed, there was only the illumination of one candle at each table, approximately 250 dignitaries and delegates bowed together, to the words of this "prayer": "Let us focus on the candle, the small quivering fire the light in the darkness, the call to evening prayer, the call to thanksgiving.for our togetherness for our unity, as sons and daughters of the earth in this vast and ancient land, this sacred soil of the Dreamtime. In the presence of the ineffable Other, the Holy Being of Infinity, the Numinous Beyond, the One and the Ultimate, the Alpha and the Omega, the Unknown and the Unknowable, Lord of the Cosmos, Center of Creation God, the God of power and righteousness. We pray to you in the immensity and grandeur of the world (et al)." NO RELIGION KNOWS GOD As the above prayer shows, the conference speakers were in total agreement that no religion knows God, that God is unknowable! These religious "holy men" agreed that God was the "unknown" and "unknowable", and these were presented as the Godly leaders of the new global spirituality which will unite the planet in the next Millennium. How remarkable this is! Yet a simple believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, regenerated, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, sitting in their midst, can cry from a heart filled with gratitude - I KNOW GOD, through my relationship with the Precious Savior Jesus Christ, God's Son.
Re: [CTRL] Open Letter to the Law
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 09/28/1999 1:37:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: n recent years, the ABA increasingly has become an advocacy organization for a variety of left-wing political causes including: support for race- and gender-based affirmative action programs, opposition to tort reform, support for federal gun control measures and continued federal funding of abortions, universal health insurance, and funding for the Legal Services Corporation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Despite protests from many members that its support for these causes has nothing to do with the advancement of the legal profession, the ABA has continued to take official policy stances on such controversial matters. Wow, the ABA must be a better organization than I knew. Prudy DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NEW KOSOVO HOUSE HEARINGS!
-Caveat Lector- === The Committee for National Solidarity Tolstojeva 34, 11000 Belgrade, YU Please distribute this. It should be on antiwar.com by morning. It is now at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/misc/newhouse.htm if you need a url -- jared New House Hearings on Kosovo by Karen Talbot The International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is holding a hearing on Kosovo Tuesday, September, 28,1999. I urge everyone to contact members of the Committee to let them know about our outrage over the U.S./NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, with its death, destruction and terrible aftermath of radiation from depleted uranium weapons, the thousands of cluster bomblets scattered across the countryside, and the appalling long-lasting destruction of the environment. Children have been the first victims and will continue to die and suffer under the harsh economic sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia. Let us express our opposition to the ongoing policies of sanctions and destabilization, including those regarding Kosovo itself. The UN resolution on Kosovo, as limited as it is, is being blatantly violated daily by (1) the U.S./NATO condoning and thereby aiding in the killing and "ethnic cleansing" of more than 200,000 Serbs from Kosovo as well as Romany people and anyone who opposes the fascistic KLA (including many ethnic Albanians); (2) by their refusal to demilitarize the KLA (under one pretext or another); (3) by violating the sovereignty of Yugoslavia, which the resolution pledges to uphold. This is being done in many ways such as establishing a separate currency, border guards, allowing the takeover, and moving towards the privatizing, of public enterprises, including valuable mines, factories, hospitals, etc. In outright violation of the UN resolution, there is now open aknowledgement that the U.S. is supporting independence for Kosovo, something that has always been denied, although many of us understood that this was on the agenda. We urge that you to demand the sanctions be lifted, the UN resolution be upheld fully, and reparations be extended to the Yugoslav people who so desperately need basic necessities-- food, medicines and the means to rebuild their infrastructure and factories. The legal suit brought by Congressman Campbell, and other Members of Congress, charging the Clinton Administration with violating the U.S. Constitution by not obtaining the consent of the Congress for the war against Yugoslavia, will be heard in Appellate Court on October 22. We urge you to express to the Members of the Committee all-out support for that legal action. Please send messages email and fax at least the Chair and Ranking democrat, plus the fax numbers for the Democrats and the Republicans. Below are all the email adressses available. (Also some individual phone and fax numbers have been listed-if you want to call or fax individuals--there has been no time to list all of them.) U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee -- Committee Members Chairman : Benjamin A. Gilman(R-NY)202-225-3776, fax:202-225-2541 Ranking Democratic Member: Sam Gejdenson, T: 202-225-2076 Fax:202-225-4977 Republican Members ---Fax 202-225-2035 William F. Goodling, PA-202-225-5836 Fax: 202-226-1000 James A. Leach, IA-203-225-6576 Fax:202-226-1278 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Henry J. Hyde, IL-202-225-4561 Fax: 202-225-1166 Doug Bereuter, NE--202-225-4806 Fax: 202225-5686 Christopher H. Smith, NJ-202-225-3765 Fax: 202-225-7768 Dan Burton, IN-202-225-2276 Fax: 202-225-0016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elton Gallegly, CA--202-225-5811 Fax: 202-225-1100 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, FL-202-225-3931 Fax:202-225-5620 Cass Ballenger, NC- 202-225-2576 Fax: 202-225-0316 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dana Rohrabacher, CA Donald A. Manzullo, IL Edward R. Royce, CA Peter T. King, NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven J. Chabot, OH Marshall "Mark" Sanford, SC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matt Salmon, AZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amo Houghton, NY Tom Campbell, CA John M. McHugh, NY Kevin Brady, TX Richard Burr, NC Paul Gillmor, OH George P. Radanovich, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Cooksey, LA Tom Tancredo, CO Democratic Members-Fax: 202-226-3581 Tom Lantos, CA Howard L. Berman, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary L. Ackerman, NY Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matthew G. Martinez, CA Donald M. Payne, NJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert Menendez, NJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sherrod Brown, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia A. McKinney, GA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alcee L. Hastings, FL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat Danner, MO Earl F. Hilliard, AL callme#[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brad Sherman, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert Wexler, FL (FL19) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven R. Rothman, NJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Davis, FL Earl Pomeroy, ND [EMAIL PROTECTED] William D. Delahunt, MA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gregory W. Meeks, NY Barbara Lee, CA-202-225-2661 Fax: 202-225-9876 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joseph Crowley, NY Joseph M. Hoeffel, PA Secretary General Mrs. Jela
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Hit Piece..reply
-Caveat Lector- You could easily discover that homoepathy in the U.S. was subjected to the same sort of pressure by the AMA and the pharmaceutical industry that they were BUSTED for w/regard to Chiropractic. You might begin to imagine that MONEY IS the issue, and HEALTH is not- healthy people will not PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for expensive pharmaceuticals, and so- MUST NOT have access to alternatives in order for the drug industry to flourish. Ditto for midwifery. To the obstetrician, a midwife is competition, so they put forth the disinfo that medicated, even surgical births (episiotomy and C-section) are always safer than a natural, relaxed birth. And the obstetricians get a lot of money from the drug companies to push formula over breastfeeding. Best book I've seen on the subject: Milk, Money Madness: The Culture Politics of Breastfeeding by Naomi Baumslag Dia Michels (Bergen Garvey, 1995). __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/28/99 4:58:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However I have heard that the cig companies put opium in the cigarette papers to get people addicted to smoking. Also that the tobacco is genetically enhanced to be really full of nicotine. Now for the killer, I have read that the plants get aluminium fertilizer to help with the depopulation program. Also that the 3rd world countries in exchange for aid from US have to take cigarette imports. But it is awhile since I saw anything about cigarettes so will see if anything new turns up. So this is from memory. But if anyone else could elaborate that would be great too. Nicky Let's not forget radioactive waste, which is sold as fertilizer for tobacco companies. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Hit Piece..reply
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homoeopathic remedies cost nearly nothing to make. They aren't patentable. They FAR outperform poisonous petrochemical based pharmaceuticals. Thus if they worked, they'd be ideal products for the generic drug industry - y'know, the firms that make wait until patents expire, that pump out zillions of pharmaceutical clones, OTC pain-killers, the vast bulk of our self-applied remedies. There's more to the pharmaceuticals business than just developing and patenting brand- name drugs. CibaGeigy may not be interested in selling usable homeopathic preparations (HPs), but a host of other chemical labs WOULD be so inclined - IF said HPs were shown to work, and were marketed to mainstream consumers. You could start by discovering that Homoeopathy is one of 4 equally respected forms of medicine in India, somewhat ahead of "western" medicine. And life expectancy in India is about 49 years, rather less than in countries practicing western medicine. That's the problem with the old 'medical' traditions - patients tend to die young. Bother. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Recovering the Family Skeleton--Humor
-Caveat Lector- You are working on your family genealogy and for sake of example, let's say that your great-great uncle, Remus Starr, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. A cousin has supplied you with the only known photograph of Remus, showing him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture are the words: "Remus Starr: Horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison, 1885. Escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged, 1889." Pretty grim situation, right? But let's revise things a bit. We simply crop the picture, scan in an enlarged image and edit it with image processing software so that all that is seen is a head shot. Next, we rewrite the text: "Remus Starr was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1885, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed." __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #1
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990928a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No Yetis were harmed to produce this bulletin. But we're working on it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Lost America At Night: http://www.designshed.com/lostframe.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ex-porn queen, now Italy MP, was commie spy. BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - A former Hungarian pornography star who is currently a member of Italy's parliament had been a communist spy in her youth, she said on TV. Ilona Staller, better known as Cicciolina, the star of countless porno movies, said she was 19 working as a waitress at a major international hotel in Budapest when she was recruited. Staller, 47, said she received no special training to work as a spy, but was told which hotel guests to talk to and what to ask. She continued the work for a few years before emigrating to Italy. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561345735-b21 : Have you ever spied for communists, capitalists, aliens, me? Was porn your "cover?" Did you get special training? Did you need the money? Are you hot? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ CIA/SOC Death Squad Activity in 1996. A description of the methods used by the CIA to harass and torture citizens. Contains keys words, key names, selected bibliography. http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN12.HTM @ Mind Control the Secret State - CIA experimentation on unwitting victims with Remote Viewing, electromagnetic manipulation, etc. With sidebar on Mind Control and the Internet. http://visitations.com/mindnet/mn14.htm : What's your favorite mind-control technique? Do you like experimenting on unwitting victims? Are they easier to get than volunteers? Are they funny?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Younger Universe? (NASA) The Bouncing Baby Universe: New research by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope indicates that the Universe is only 12 billion years old. This could revive the old paradox in astrophysics that the Universe appears younger than some of the stars in it. http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast27sep99_1.htm : Are you younger than your component parts, younger than you seem, older than you wish? Does age grant wisdom or decrepitude? Is the universe tired? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ % VISITATIONS - ALIEN GOVERNMENT ABDUCTIONS - The Controllers: A New Hypothesis of Alien Abduction: http://www.visitations.com/cannon/ @ The Controlers: http://www.visitations.com/cannon/controlers.htm @ MIND CONTROL ABDUCTIONS: http://visitations.com/cannon/abductions.htm @ THE PRE-HISTORY OF MKULTRA: http://www.visitations.com/cannon/mkultra.htm @ Project Monarch - Tangled Web: http://visitations.com/cannon/monarch.html @ ROSWELL: Truth Consequences: http://visitations.com/cannon/Roswell.htm : Have you been abducted lately? Were you abducted by govt agents, aliens, corporate reps, thrill-seekers, mafiosi, robots? Are you controlled? How? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # RADIOACTIVE WASTE RISING IN HANFORD TANK, BUT EXPLOSION SAID UNLIKELY. A vast waste tank at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Yakima, Washington, that used to "burp" gas has a new problem: The radioactive goop inside has risen like bread dough. While the development within the million-gallon tank has provoked concerns about a possible explosion or contamination, managers at the DoE site in south-central Washington say both scenarios are unlikely. Uh-huh. http://cnn.com/US/9909/28/yakima.nuclear.blob.01.ap/ : Does rising, frothing, seething nuke waste worry you? Do you live anywhere near Hanford? Are you packing up to leave? Will the catastrophe be vivid?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ THE ONE WORLD CHURCH IS HERE! NEW AGE; NO RELIGION KNOWS GOD; NO RELIGION CAN CLAIM ABSOLUTISM; INTERFAITH INSTRUCTION MUST TAKE PLACE; FUNDAMENTAL- ISM ATTACKED THROUGHOUT; WHAT IS THE WORLD COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND PEACE? http://www.prophezine.com/search/database/is46.3.html : Is one world church enough, too much, insufficient, irrelevant? Know God or no god? Is your belief system absolute? Is your belief system attacked?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Next Century America Will Not Exist In Current Form, "All States Will Recognize A Single, Global Authority." US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott thinks the United States may not exist in its current form in the 21st Century - because nationhood throughout the world will be obsolete! Globalism triumphant: http://www.sightings.com/politics4/talbott.htm : Is one world authority enough, too much, insufficient, irrelevant? In a world that's totally wired, are borders meaningful? Is your nation obsolete? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Peering into the heart of a Crab - A brilliant ring around a cosmic power- house at the heart of the Crab Nebula is revealed in new images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Crab is one
[CTRL] Fwd: WND World Bank Loans $200 Million To the Chinese Army
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_smith/19990928_xcsof_squandered.shtml Newly declassified documents, forced from the U.S. Commerce Dept. by a Federal lawsuit, shows that $200 million in World Bank loans for a "Technology Development Project" actually went to weapons research labs and businesses wholly owned by the Chinese Army. The documents reveal that World Bank loans were used to modernize the Chinese Army Defense Industry. "The objective of the project is to support the (Chinese) Government's continuing reforms in technology policy and institutions so as to promote the development of clear, productivity-enhancing technologies in China's industries," states a 1995 report written by the Industry and Energy Operations Division of the World Bank. According to the World Bank report, "the (Chinese) Government will pass on US$194.3 million of the loan proceeds through SPC (State Planning Commission) to eligible sub-borrowers in the form of sub-loans, with the Golden China Corporation acting on its behalf as a financial agent." "The first component is designed to assist in transforming part of the research and development (RD) establishment into market-responsive technology development corporations," states the World Bank report. "This component would hive off the most dynamic technology development and service-oriented elements of existing research institutions to create - - through a competitive selection process - - new, market-oriented entities, called Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)." "The second component comprises complementary investments in improving technology public services, including: (i) the modernization of the National Institute of Metrology and (ii) a technical assistance program for a Productivity Center as well as for several training activities." However, according to the Defense Dept., "Golden China Corporation" and many of the so-called "Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)" supported by the World Bank loans were actually owned and operated by the Chinese Army unit COSTIND (Chinese Commission for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense). For example, the World Bank provided: - $5 million to the Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research for "rare earth materials" used in "chemical, aviation," and "nuclear power stations." The Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research is part of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), producer of all nuclear weapons for the Chinese Army. - Over $5 million to the Harbin Research Institute for "welded steel products" used in "aviation" and "ship building." Harbin was identified by the Dept. of Defense as a Chinese Army front used to purchase Allied Signal turbo-fan engines for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in 1996. - Over $4 million to the Marine Design Research Institute of China for "ship design software and services." The Marine Design Research Institute is part of the China National Ship Building Corp. and the primary design facility for all Chinese warships, including nuclear powered submarines. - Over $4 million to the Nanjing Radio Factory for "audio/visual" products used in "T.V.s, satellite equip., radios, CD players, etc." The Nanjing Radio Factory is owned and operated by the Chinese Army. The factory produces a wide variety of electronics for the PLA including CRTs, satellite equipment, and secure military radios. - $3 million to Xi'an Jiatong University for "fluid machinery" research used in "turbo-compressors". Xi'an Jiatong University was identified by the Dept. of Defense as a major research center for the Chinese Army, sharing facilities with the PLA chemical and biological weapons facilities that are located nearby. The Chinese Army loans from the World Bank also financed several money making ventures for the Chinese Army. For example, the World Bank provided $5.5 million to the "China Textile Academy" for "productivity enhancement." The World Bank was joined by "Foreign Domestic Partners" also seeking to improve the PLA textile production such as "Toray (Japan); Dupont (U.S.); Bermag (Germany), the Textile Academy in Russia; and the Wool Bureau of New Zealand." Even the World Bank could not avoid the fact that Chinese workers are being exploited under harsh conditions by the Chinese Army. The World Bank report notes that "one-third" of the "11,000" textile firms associated with the China Textile Academy are small to medium size enterprises (SMEs). The report noted that many of the labor intensive textile "industries are in urgent need of various properties" such as "environmental protection" for their workers. According to a 1997 Rand Corp. report on the Chinese Defense Industry, the profits from PLA business ventures, such as textile exports, are split between the PLA Generals and the Chinese Army. The Chinese Army profits are used to purchase advanced weapons, build new barracks for troops and provide medical services for the PLA officers.
[CTRL] FW:Re Homeopathy - generalised thought
-Caveat Lector- Its interesting in the histtory of science, how many good ideas have been rejected,not because of the absence of data but because of the inadequecy of theory and the laziness and scepticism of the scientific community. Continental drift was rejected for many years in the west because the originator proposed tidal effects as causing it. In the east it was rejected because it didnt fit in with dialectic materialism. Strange claims require higher proof, but also require the scientific community to explore with an open mind. The same thing applies to conspiracy theories . Was the investment of SB to totalitarian countries based on greed or on building a new order. The correct theory will help determine what is likely to happen with in the USA's relationship with China. Was Waco a stupidity by the US govt or part of a long term plan to produce the america, the land of the proles John Dave wrote: It's no great cognitive leap to realize that herbs and other alternatives including homoeopathy are ruthlessly suppressed for a couple of reasons. 1. many alternatives are not PATENTABLE. (get it?) 2. they actually WORK, and where would all the profits go without the lines of repeat customers? DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] OEN 9/28/99
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Today's Lesson from L'Assommoir (1877) by Emile Zola "Bitch, bitch, bitch!" screamed Gervaise, beside herself and once again shaking all over. She turned round and looked on the floor again, and finding nothing but the small tub of blue, she seized that by its legs and sloshed the stuff right in Virginie's face. "The whore, she's done my dress in!" shrieked Virginie, who had one shoulder soaked and her left hand dyed blue. "You wait, you slut!" She seized a pail in her turn and emptied it over Gervaise. Then a battle royal was joined. They both ran along the rows of tubs, picked up full pails and ran back and threw the contents at each other's heads. Each deluge was accompanied by screams. Now Gervaise was answering back, too. "One for you, you filthy bitch . . . you got that one all right. That'll cool your arse for you!" "You old cow! Here's one for your filth--have a wash for once in your life!" "All right, all right, I'll soak the salt out of you, you lump of dried cod!" "And here's another! Clean your teeth and doll yourself up for tonight's trade on the corner of the rue Bellhomme!" = Gold Market Gold Price Jumps as Central Banks Abstain It's now only $100 above the marginal cost of production. LONDON - The price of gold surged more than 6 percent Monday, its biggest jump in 14 years, after European central banks surprised the market by announcing that they would limit their annual bullion sales to try to stabilize the price of the metal. In London trading, gold for immediate delivery jumped $17.35 at one point to reach $286.50 an ounce. It was the largest one-day gain since March 1985 and the highest price for the metal in four and a half months. In the Monday afternoon fixing in London, gold was quoted at $281.10 an ounce. A European Central Bank announcement, released late Sunday at a Washington meeting of the International Monetary Fund, reshaped the troubled outlook for bullion, a store of value for centuries. Gold had seemed destined for more sharp losses after it sank to near 20-year lows when Britain announced the sales of some 58 percent of its reserves in May. But one by one, the official threats to the market - in the form of huge gold sales by the International Monetary Fund, the Swiss National Bank and other central banks - have fallen away amid cries from mining nations that the sales, meant in part to finance debt-relief programs, would hurt them by lowering prices. ''The purpose of this action is to give certainty to the gold market,'' said Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank. Central banks who hold ''a substantial part'' of their reserves in gold are also concerned about ''keeping the value of that gold where it is,'' he said. Under the agreement, the banks will sell no more than 400 tons a year for the next five years, most of which will come from already announced plans for sales by Britain and Switzerland. Of the 2,000 tons to be sold, about 300 tons will come from banks who have decided to sell but not yet announced their intentions, Mr. Duisenberg said. The annual amount is larger than the 315 tons sold by central banks yearly on average during the past decade, according to Gold Fields Mineral Services Ltd., a consulting firm. Still, the statement removes speculation over the fate of European reserves, analysts said. The price of gold dropped more than one-third between February 1996 and August of this year as a spate of sales by countries including Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia and Argentina heightened concern that central banks worldwide wanted to unload their holdings, which amount to more than a fifth of all above-ground stocks. In July, between 5,000 and 10,000 South African gold miners and their employers, arch-enemies during apartheid, marched together on the British and Swiss embassies in the capital, Pretoria, to protest central bank gold sales. John Slater, an economist at National Westminster Bank Group, said the announcement ''obviously puts a floor now under the price.'' Together, the European Central Bank, the 11 national central banks in the euro zone and the Swedish, Swiss and British central banks control about half of the world's official gold reserves. Their decision effectively removed lingering fears of major official sales. Other key holders of gold reserves do not plan sales. The world's largest holder is the United States, with 8,139 metric tons, which has not proposed selling reserves. It is followed by Germany with some 3,500 metric tons and the IMF with 3,200 metric tons. ''I think we will see $300 gold this year,'' a Chase Manhattan precious-metals analyst, Martin Fraenkel, said. ''It may come slowly, it may come quickly. I think we are in a new environment for gold now.'' Rhona O'Connell of
[CTRL] When Nixon Met Elvis
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.strategicintel.com/burrows.htm A HREF="http://www.strategicintel.com/burrows.htm"When Nixon Met Elvis/A - When Nixon Met Elvis (Secret Agent Man) Elvis Presley met President Richard M. Nixon in the Oval Office in December 1970. A photograph of that meeting is one of the most famous in our collection. Through the original letters and memorandums written by Presley and the White House staff, this exhibit tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the meeting was arranged. In addition, we present for the first time all 28 photographs taken of this remarkable event. The Letter On the morning of December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley personally delivered a letter to the northwest gate of the White House. Written on American Airlines stationery, the five-page letter requested a meeting with President Nixon. Presley intended to present the President with a gift of a World War II-era pistol and obtain for himself the credentials of a federal agent in the war on drugs. Page 1 of Presley's LetterDear Mr. President. First, I would like to introduce myself. I am Elvis Presley and admire you and have great respect for your office. I talked to Vice President Agnew in Palm Springs three weeks ago and expressed my concern for our country. The drug culture, the hippie elements, the SDS, Black Panthers, etc. do NOT consider me as their enemy or as they call it The Establishment. I call it America and I love it. Sir, I can and will be of any service that I can to help The Country out. I have no concern or Motives other than helping the country out. ELVIS PRESLEY'S LETTER CONTINUES . . . Presley's letter was delivered to President Nixon's appointments secretary, Dwight Chapin. Chapin immediately wrote a memo to the President's chief of staff H. R. Haldeman requesting time on Nixon's schedule and outlining the nature of the proposed meeting. Part 2: The Meeting is Arranged Part 3: In the Oval Office Citations and Credits All photographs and textual documents used in When Nixon Met Elvis were reproduced from the original records in the custody of the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff (NLNP), National Archives at College Park, MD. A general description of the Oval Office photographs in this exhibit are available in the NAIL database as "Photographs of President Nixon and Elvis Presley." The quotation from the book The Day Elvis Met Nixon, copyright © 1994 by Pejama Press, is used with permission. Special Note: Photographs included in this exhibit were taken by a White House photographer, transferred to NARA as part of the materials under the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act, and are considered by NARA to be in the public domain. However, the estates of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley may claim rights in their likenesses and images, and further use of these photographs may be subject to those claims. Anyone who intends to download these images and use them commercially should first contact the appropriate representatives of former President Nixon or Mr. Presley or consult with his own legal counsel. = National Archives and Records Administration The Meeting is Arranged In his memorandum to H. R. Haldeman, aide Dwight Chapin described the purpose of Elvis Presley's unexpected visit to the White House: The thrust of Presley's letter is that he wants to become a "Federal agent at large" to work against the drug problem by communicating with people of all ages . . . I suggest we do the following: This morning Bud [Egil] Krogh will have Mr. Presley in and talk to him about drugs and about what Presley can do. Bud will also check to see if there is some kind of honorary agent at large or credential of some sort that we can provide for Presley. After Bud has met with Presley, it is recommended that we have Bud bring Presley in during the Open Hour to meet briefly with the President . . . Chapin also suggested that Presley might be just the person for Mr. Nixon to speak with, if he was interested in meeting "some bright young people" outside the government. Next to this comment, H. R. Haldeman scrawled in pen "You must be kidding." [You can see an image of Dwight Chapin's memorandum (129K JPEG).] Shortly afterward, Egil Krogh met with Elvis Presley in the Old Executive Office Building, next to the White House. With Presley were his two bodyguards, Jerry Schilling and Sonny West. In his book The Day Elvis Met Nixon (1994), Krogh states that he was at first surprised by Presley's appearance because he was not wearing the standard business attire of male visitors to the White House: But in his own rock star way, he was resplendent. He was wearing tight-fitting dark velvet pants, a white silky shirt with very high collars and open to below his
[CTRL] Understanding the Computer Criminal
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.strategicintel.com/slammer.htm A HREF="http://www.strategicintel.com/slammer.htm"Selected Articles from Back Issues/A - Security Awareness Bulletin 1-94 Understanding the Computer Criminal A paper presented at the Department of Defense Computer Crime Conference, Monterey California, 1993. (see note 1) by Neil S. Hibler and Jim Christy INTRODUCTION This report introduces our readers to a nationally-based study, currently in progress, under the auspices of Project Slammer . The researchers involved in this work are seeking to explain what is behind the many intentional penetrations of automated information systems and the increasingly frequent use of computers to commit crimes. They discuss the formation of this research program, the nature of information gathered, and concludes with four, brief case examples. Among the efforts undertaken by the government to combat computer crime is a scientific study of the criminals involved. The premise of this research is that in order to develop preventive countermeasures and investigative solutions, there needs to be an intimate, insider's understanding of the crime. These efforts approach the problem from the vantage point of those most intimately aware of all that happened: the perspective of the offenders themselves. The information sought includes contributing factors such as the criminal's perceptions and explanations of how and why they committed the crime. Developing a research model Getting one's arms around the larger issue of computer crime requires a system by which to clearly define and categorize this type of behavior. That was our first task for, once defined, our research design could then address the question, "Why do people do this sort of thing, and how can it be prevented?" These issues affected the selection of cases which is now developing into the database from which all analyses derive. In order to define "what" to study, a research committee was established, consisting of computer crime investigators from across the agencies of national government. This steering group prioritized their interests by two categories of issues, the mind-set of the criminal, and the spy tradecraft used. The clear preference of the steering committee was to establish a research base from cases that showed intentional malice. In so far as tradecraft was concerned, their interest was to include cases in which information systems that are in common use were violated. We wanted to know whether there were some common techniques used. However, the driving interest was to study cases involving novel methods and/or applications. Together, these criteria are helping us to establish a database that includes the most malicious cases and those reflecting the newest violation technologies. This initiative is also a complement to other, on-going Project Slammer research efforts that provide anchors for comparison to other security violations or betrayal of trust issues. For example, the established data collection procedure employed in the study of classic espionage (see note 2) supports this computer security study by providing a methodology that has already proven to be successful. Included in the information gathered by the common structured interview protocol are details regarding the subject's life span, as partitioned by rel ationships, family issues, education, employment, and medical condition. One section of this inquiry details the criminal behavior, it's causes and the efforts conducted to bring it about. Further collaborative information is obtained from those who knew the subject at the time the crime was being committed. These sources include work place associates (i.e., co-workers, supervisors) as well as intimates (spouse, girlfriends, boyfriends, co-conspirators, etc.). As additional informants, they provide confirmation of subject's statements, and add their own insights as to influences on the criminal behavior. An additional source of personal information is psychological testing. In each case, standardized examination instruments were used to measure intellectual functioning and personality characteristics, to include self-esteem, social skill, and mental status. Interestingly, early attempts to measure personality features were feared to be superficial, because often there were considerable intervals between the law- breaking behavior and testing. What the earlier research has shown is that those underlying personality traits that indicate high-risk, do not change over time. Further, these features have demonstrated considerable differences from persons who do not commit crime. The remaining area of interest is how these subjects committed their crimes. The structured interview itself includes a section that explores the criminal acts and influences on them. Of course, both barriers and impediments to the crime are of interest; the interview protocol is the stepping off point to as full and complete
Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products
-Caveat Lector- I once posted a similar warning to my list and several days later the customer service department of the company emailed me to state that it was a rumor. I found it interesting that "they" knew about the posting. Was it forwarded it them or do they do searches to find where this information is being posted? Hilary -- From: Tenorlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products Date: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:26 PM -Caveat Lector- Got this in my email. I knew about the dioxin in white coffee filters, but this is news to me Tenorlove -- Subject: WARNING for females... (O-Sh) Please pass on to as many women as possible . . . If you use pads, but especially if you use tampons read this and pass on to your friends (for the men receiving this email, please forward it to your friends, significant others, sisters, mothers, daughters, etc.) thanks! Have you heard that tampon makers include asbestos in tampons? Why would they do this? Because asbestos makes you bleed more . . . if you bleed more, you're going to need to use more. Why isn't this against the law since asbestos is so dangerous? Because the powers that be, in all their wisdom(not), did not consider tampons as being ingested, and therefore wasn't illegal or considered dangerous. This month's Essence magazine has a small article about this and they mention two manufacturers of a cotton tampon alternative. The companies are Organic Essentials @ (800) 765-6491 and Terra Femme @ (800)755-0212. A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado @ Boulder sent the following: "I am writing this because women are not being informed about the dangers of something most of us use - tampons. I am taking a class this month and I have been learning a lot about biology and woman, including much about feminine hygiene. Recently we have learned that tampons are actually dangerous (for other reasons than TSS). I'll tell you this, after learning about this in our class, most of the females wound up feeling angry and upset with the tampon industry, and I for one, am going to do something about it. To start, I want to inform everyone I can, and email is the fastest way that I know how. Here is the scoop: Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon (for absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products). The tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white products - in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem here is that the dioxin produced in this bleaching process can lead to very harmful problems for a woman. Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic (cancer-associated) and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems. It has also been linked to endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men- for both, it breaks down the immune system. Last September the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that there really is no set "acceptable" level of exposure to dioxin given that it is cumulative and slow to disintegrate. The real danger comes from repeated contact (Karen Houppert "Pulling the Plug on the Tampon Industry"). I'd say using about 4-5 tampons a day, five days a month, for 38 menstruating years is "repeated contact", wouldn't you? Rayon contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because its a highly absorbent substance. Therefore, when fibers from the tampons are left behind in the vagina (as it usually occurs), it creates a breeding ground for the dioxin. It also stays in a lot longer than it would with just cotton tampons. This is also the reason why TSS (toxic shock syndrome) occurs. WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? Using feminine hygiene products that aren't bleached and that are all cotton. Other feminine hygiene products (pads/napkins) contain dioxin as well, but they are not nearly as dangerous since they are not in direct contact with the vagina. The pads/napkins need to stop being bleached, but obviously tampons are the most dangerous. So, what can you do if you can't give up using tampons? Use tampons, that are made from 100% cotton, and that are UNBLEACHED. Unfortunately, there are very, very few companies that make these safe tampons. They are usually only found in health food stores. Countries all over the world (Sweden, Germany, British Columbia, etc.) have demanded a switch to this safer tampon, while the US. has decided to keep us in the dark about it. In 1989, activists in England mounted a campaign against chlorine bleaching. Six weeks and 50,000 letters later, the makers of sanitary products switched to oxygen bleaching (one of the green methods available). (MS magazine, May/June 1995). WHAT TO DO NOW: Tell people. Everyone. Inform them. We are being manipulated by this industry and the government, let's do something about it! Please write to the companies: Tampax (Tambrands), Playtex, O.B., Kotex.
Re: [CTRL] The Dropa Stones
-Caveat Lector- Andrew, I would prefer articles from mainline, peer-review journals. Pictures can be, and often are, faked or doctored. I know that just because something appears in a professional journal is no reason to automatically accept it, but it demands more serious attention than anything I have seen on the HAB theory, the Dropa stones, etc. Please note that I am not automatically ruling out a pole shift or other global catastrophe in the geologically recent past. I have read a lot of material on catastrophism since I first encountered *The HAB Theory* in 1976, and there is considerable evidence that *something* happened within the lifetime of the human race that completely disrupted life on this planet. But it demands serious scholarly attention, not just reports in fringe-science magazines and speculative novels, if the truth is really to be arrived at. -Original Message- From: Andrew Hennessey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] The Dropa Stones -Caveat Lector- Eckert offers no supporting evidence for his "ancient mysteries," and lacking such evidence I have to consider the book to be pure science fiction. I can send you a jpeg of the dropa stones if you wish. Andrew DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990928b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No bulletins were harmed during production of this infinite expansion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Barbie's New Friends: http://www.generationgirl.com/home.asp _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # IS THAT A MAGNET IN YOUR POCKET OR ... This might be the best-selling magnet gimmick yet - a magnet to improve male sexual performance. Another bogus health product pitched at America the gullible. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=17642 : Is your virility potentiated, recharged, polarized by magnetism? Would you install an electromagnet in your crotch if it improved your sex life? Have you done so already? Does it work? Do ferrous objects fly at you? Do you find this sexually stimulating? What's your favorite erotic ferrous object? @ What pathetic, sad victims men are. Colorful male behavior simply masks hidden wounds. Nurse Faludi has you diagnosed, boys. Line up for your shots ... http://www.nymag.com/critics/view.asp?id=2409 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Lean mean gene machine. (BBC) A digital movie projector has been used to create a new cheaper gene chip to scan DNA for genes that cause disease. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459742.stm @ Links - Texas Instruments: http://www.ti.com/ @ Affymetrix GeneChip: http://www.affymetrix.com/ @ Nature Biotechnology: http://biotech.nature.com/ : Whose genes would you like to scan? Would you like your genes scanned? Is there anything to see? Would you rather have your genes remote-viewed? Would your genescan make for interesting cinema? Are your genes entertaining? How? # Sniffing out infections. An electronic nose which sniffs urine could dramatically cut diagnosis times for infections. Golden showers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_458000/458836.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BEEN STALKED LATELY? Studies show that 8% of women 2% of men will be stalked sometime in their lives. And stalkers are more intelligent than other crooks, sez a shrink. http://azcentral.com/news/0928domestic.shtml : Have you stalked anyone or been stalked lately? Does stalking take more brains than embezzlement, assault, abduction, fraud, carjacking, perjury? Who would you most like to stalk? Who would you prefer to stalk you? Why? @ FOUNTAINHEAD. Fans included Clark Gable, Hillary Clinton, and Alan Greenspan. But fans weren't enough for Ayn Rand. She longed for intellectual respectability: http://linguafranca.com/9909/rand.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Star wobbles under tug of planet. (BBC) For the first time astronomers have seen a star move in the sky under the influence of the gravity of a planetary companion. More than just interpersonal relationships: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459889.stm # Also: 'Earth-sized planet' in deep space: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_446000/446360.stm # Planet found orbiting two stars: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_424000/424001.stm # Planet discovered orbiting Sun-like star: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_407000/407772.stm : Does your planet influence your star? Do your planets and stars influence you? Do you influence your stars and planets? Do they require maintenance?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Skinheads killed pal for his cannibalism chatter. Cops say the two neo- Nazis bludgeoned Yohann Lee beyond recognition after he started talking about necrophilia and cannibalism. "Apparently, the two men found his comments disgusting," says the D.A. Thank goodness they never met Jeffrey Dahmer. http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/99/Sep/28/local/SKIN28.htm : Do cannibals annoy you? Are you a cannibal? Are you annoying? Are you a necrophiliac? Have you ever robbed a grave? Has your grave been robbed?? # Everything you know about the Littleton killings is wrong. Blacks and Christians were not targeted. There was no Trench Coat Mafia. Nobody died: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientists unveil plastic plants. (BBC) Biotech giant Monsanto says it has created genetically-modified plants that can grow biodegradable plastic. The plastic produced in the plant factories is not only biodegradable, it is also suitable for widespread commercial use. It is being produced in special types of GM oilseed rape cress. Better living thru chemistry: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459126.stm @ Links - Monsanto: http://www.monsanto.com/ @ Nature Biotechnology: http://biotech.nature.com/ @ Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/index.cfm : Would you rather make plastics from plants, petroleum or animal fat? When will intelligent plastics be developed? Are you still
Re: [CTRL] Israel -- WANTED: Holy Blood
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/28/99 1:29:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Each time Israel has had a monarch, since King David, it's been big trouble ... Last time it offered a Davidic "MESSIAH," things turned out even WORSE. Howdy, Can you expand on that statement? Om K DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products
-Caveat Lector- From http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa111898.htm?pid=2733cob=home, Urban Legends and Folklore: snip Tampons do not contain asbestos The claims about residual dioxin in tampons may be debatable, but the claims about asbestos are pure hogwash. Tampons do not contain asbestos and never have. Nothing has been published anywhere to even suggest it. I spoke with an editor of Essence magazine - which according to the email ran a story recently about asbestos in tampons - and she informed me that the magazine had never printed any such claims. Dr. Philip Tierno Jr., chief of clinical microbiology/immunology at NYU Medical Center and an expert on tampon safety issues, calls the asbestos allegations "absurd." In a statement for the Menstrual Product Safety http://www.mum.org/tamsafty.htm page of the Museum of Menstruation's Website, Tierno said he knows from examining manufacturer's documents during past toxic shock syndrome litigations that asbestos is not a component of tampons. As for those two "manufacturers of a cotton tampon alternative" mentioned in the email - Organic Essentials http://www.organicessentials.com and Terra Femme http://www.biobiz.com/terrafemme/ - they do exist and do offer products competing with name-brand tampons, but they don't mention asbestos anywhere in their promotional literature. The misinformation did not come from them. We have no way of knowing where it did come from. snip -Original Message- From: earthman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 2:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products -Caveat Lector- Can anyone confirm this before I pass it on? I wouldn't want to waste their time with a hoax. Peter We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/homepage Bargain Books http://bn.bfast.com/bfast/click/mid1349732?siteid=10734186bfpage=b DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: *** Nitro News *** Red Alert ***
Original Message Subject: *** Nitro News *** Red Alert *** Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:13:04 +0100 From: Para *** Red Alert *** Nitro News is thrilled to announce the addition of Kenn Thomas to our outstanding team of Columnists. Thomas is co-author of the Octopus, along with the late Jim Keith, and is one of America's best known conspiracy writers. He has seven published books, a regular magazine called Steamshovel Press, and a frequently updated website at http://www.umsl.edu/~skthoma Thomas lectures widely and appears regularly on television and radio programs, including Rob McConnell's X-Zone, Sightings on the Radio, Strange Daze and Coast To Coast AM with Art Bell. His column, to be published exclusively each week in Nitro News, is set to debut on Tuesday morning. We can reveal to Red Alert subscribers a sneak-peak paragraph in his first piece: "There, Octopus. Come after me. I don't have the name of the physician, but if it is with Jim's research and if it comes into my hands, I'll out him right away. That's what we did with Danny Casolaro's research, taking everything that was left and finishing his book. It has become a relay race of conspiracy writers, trying to get out the truth about this nasty transglobal monster before it takes us down." Read the highly anticipated column exclusively in Tuesday's Nitro News at http://www.nitronews.com
Re: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #1
-Caveat Lector- Weeelll, I do have family in Richland...and the rising radioactive "dough" is horribly reminiscent of the notorious explosion in the nuclear waste dump at Chelyabinsk in the late '50s (1958??), which contaminated a wide area in the Urals. "Indeed do many things come to pass..." -Original Message- snip # RADIOACTIVE WASTE RISING IN HANFORD TANK, BUT EXPLOSION SAID UNLIKELY. A vast waste tank at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Yakima, Washington, that used to "burp" gas has a new problem: The radioactive goop inside has risen like bread dough. While the development within the million-gallon tank has provoked concerns about a possible explosion or contamination, managers at the DoE site in south-central Washington say both scenarios are unlikely. Uh-huh. http://cnn.com/US/9909/28/yakima.nuclear.blob.01.=ap/ : Does rising, frothing, seething nuke waste worry you? Do you live anywhere near Hanford? Are you packing up to leave? Will the catastrophe be vivid?? snip DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [BRIGADE] Drudge/Buchanan on Talbott Part 1
-Caveat Lector- Dear Brigade, "To [the] new corporate elite, putting America first betrays a lack of loyalty to the company. Some among our political elite share this view. Here is Strobe Talbott, Clinton's roommate at Oxford and architect of his Russian policy: "All countries," said Talbott in 1991, "are basically social arrangements...No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at any one time, in fact they are all artificial and temporary...within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority" This is the transnational elite, our new Masters of the Universe" -- Pat Buchanan Matt Drudge has a timely column on his site -- http://www.drudgereport.com - - "Talbott: Next Century, America Will Not Exist In Current Form..." See below. Thought you might want to also read what Pat had to say about Talbott in his November 1998 address to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations [11/98] entitled "Free Trade is Not Free". I've attached the full text of the speech. GO PAT GO!! Linda MATT DRUDGE - DRUDGE REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, 1999 TALBOTT: NEXT CENTURY, AMERICA WILL NOT EXIST IN CURRENT FORM, 'ALL STATES WILL RECOGNIZE A SINGLE, GLOBAL AUTHORITY' Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott believes the United States may not exist in its current form in the 21st Century -- because nationhood throughout the world will become obsolete! Talbott, who is profiled in the NEW YORK TIMES on Monday [for the second time in six months], has defined, shaped and executed the Clinton administration's foreign policy. He has served at the State Department since the first day of the Clinton presidency. Just before joining the administration, Talbott wrote in TIME magazine -- in an essay titled "The Birth of the Global Nation" -- that he is looking forward to government run by "one global authority." "Here is one optimist's reason for believing unity will prevail ... within the next hundred years ... nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority," Talbott declared in the July 20, 1992 issue of TIME. "A phrase briefly fashionable in the mid-20th century -- 'citizen of the world' -- will have assumed real meaning by the end of the 21st." Talbott continued: "All countries are basically social arrangements, accommodations to changing circumstances. No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at any one time, in fact they are all artificial and temporary." Talbott's belief that the United States of America and other nations are "artificial and temporary" continues to cause a rift inside of the State Department, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "I think we are losing sight that we work for the American taxpayer, not Russia, not Asia," one State Department veteran told the DRUDGE REPORT in Washington. "Mr. Talbott is completely consumed with world order and has alienated many career employees here. [His] attitude borders on obsession." In recent months, Talbott has come under fire for his stand on Russia. The policy of financial and political engagement with Russia as revelations pour forth of massive money-laundering schemes has made Talbott the target of critics, reports John Broder at the TIMES. "We have to be calm and steady and have a clear sense of purpose," Talbott tells Monday's NEW YORK TIMES. "One of my modest suggestions to the world is strategic patience. We have to be calm and steady and have a clear sense of purpose when that dynamic is discouraging, as it is today," Talbott explains. Global government has proven to be slightly more complicated than one optimist dreamed. --- Free Trade is Not Free by PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Address to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations November 18, 1998 This is a prestigious forum; and I appreciate the opportunity to address it. As my subject, I have chosen what I believe is the coming and irrepressible conflict between the claims of a new American nationalism and the commands of the Global Economy. As you may have heard in my last campaign, I am called by many names. "Protectionist" is one of the nicer ones; but it is inexact. I am an economic nationalist. To me, the country comes before the economy; and the economy exists for the people. I believe in free markets, but I do not worship them. In the proper hierarchy of things, it is the market that must be harnessed to work for man - and not the other way around. As for the Global Economy, like the unicorn, it is a mythical beast that exists only in the imagination. In the real world, there are only national economies -- Japan's that has lost its animal spirits, South Korea's that is deep in recession, China's which is headed for trouble, Brazil's which is falling, Indonesia and Russia's which are in collapse. In these unique national economies, critical
[CTRL] [BRIGADE] Drudge/Buchanan on Talbott Part 2
-Caveat Lector- For America to continue down this road of global interdependence is a betrayal of our history and our heritage of liberty. What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own country? A third cost of the Global Economy is America's vulnerability to a financial collapse caused by events beyond our control. Never has this country been so exposed. When Mexico, with an economy no larger than Illinois', threatened a default in 1994, the U.S. cobbled together a $50 billion bailout, lest Mexico's default bring on what Michel Camdessus of the IMF called "global financial catastrophe." When tiny Asian dominoes began to fall last year, the IMF had to put together $117 billion in bailouts of Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, lest the Asian crisis bring down all of Latin America and the rest of the world with it. In the Global Economy, the world is always just one default away from disaster. What in heaven's name does the vaunted Global Economy give us - besides all that made-in-China junk down at the mall - to justify having the U.S. financial system at permanent risk of collapse - if some incompetent foreign regime decides to walk on its debts? A fourth cost of this Global Economy is the de-industrialization of America and the de-Americanization of our industries. Many of our Fortune 500 corporations have already shed their American identity. When Gilbert Williamson, then president of NCR, was asked about U.S. workers being unable to compete in a global economy, he dismissed the question with this remark: "I was asked the other day about U.S. competitiveness, and I replied that I don't think about it at all. We at NCR think of ourselves as a globally competitive company that happens to be headquartered in the United States." Many companies still carry fine old American names, but their work forces are becoming less and less American. In 1985, GE employed 243,000 Americans; ten years later, it was down to 150,000. IBM has lopped off half of its U.S. workers in the past decade. Here is author William Greider: "By 1995, Big Blue had become a truly global firm - with more employees abroad than at homeâ¦Intelâ¦shrank U.S. employment last year from 22,000 to 17,000. Motorola'sâ¦work force is now only 56 percent American. â¦Ma Bell once made all its home telephones in the U.S. and now makes none here." Boeing's Philip Condit says he would be happy if, twenty years from now, no one thought of Boeing as an American company. Here is Carl A. Gerstacker of Dow Chemical: "I have long dreamed of buying an island owned by no nation and of establishing the World Headquarters of the Dow Company on the truly neutral ground of such an island, beholden to no nation or society." A Union Carbide spokesman agreed: "It is not proper for an international corporation to put the welfare of any country in which it does business above that of any other." To this new corporate elite, putting America first betrays a lack of loyalty to the company. Some among our political elite share this view. Here is Strobe Talbott, Clinton's roommate at Oxford and architect of his Russian policy: "All countries," said Talbott in 1991, "are basically social arrangements...No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at any one time, in fact they are all artificial and temporary...within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority." This is the transnational elite, our new Masters of the Universe. The Cold War has been succeeded by a new struggle. "The real divisions of our time," writes scholar Christisan Kopff, "are not between left and right, but between nations and the globalist delusion." That struggle will shape the politics of the new century; and a familiar question is being asked again across America: When the commands of the Global Economy conflict with call of patriotism, whose side are you on? If you would see the consequences of free trade ideology, go to Detroit. In the 1950s this was the forge and furnace of the Arsenal of Democracy, with 2 million of the most productive people on earth. Compare Detroit then to Detroit now. Free trade is not free. Forty years ago, Japan exported 6000 cars. Today, Japan has as large a share of the U.S. auto and truck market as GM. How did Japan do it? Yes, they built fine cars; but the Japanese did not leave the outcome of this struggle for dominance in the world's first industry to the vagaries of the market place. The Japanese fixed the game. Japan virtually sealed off its marker to U.S. auto imports, subsidized its auto industry and exports, and paid its workers 15% of U.S. wages in factories that would have had to be shut down in the United States. Tokyo's political and industrial elite did not let Adam Smith dictate how they would play the game. In short, Tokyo in the 1970s
[CTRL] CEO to CBS: Don't offend foregin governments
-Caveat Lector- From ABC.com [quote] SHANGHAI, China (AP) _ The chairman of Viacom Inc., which is poised to take over CBS, said today that international news organizations should report the truth but avoid being "unnecessarily offensive" to foreign governments. As they expand their global reach, media companies must be aware "of the politics and attitudes of the governments where we operate," said Sumner M. Redstone. "Journalistic integrity must prevail in the final analysis. But that doesn't mean that journalistic integrity should be exercised in a way that is unnecessarily offensive to the countries in which you operate," Redstone said at a news conference. [end quote] This is the kind of sentiment that usually had to be inferred, stated in private, or publicly denied. Modern corporations are now so fearless that such pronouncements can be made publicly and with impunity. The triumph of capital marches upon your rights. Lucio DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [BRIGADE] GOP Fears Buchanan
-Caveat Lector- Dear Brigade, "Nevertheless, the indignation from Sen. John McCain and Elizabeth Dole -- talk about "retreads" -- is laughable not only because it's as reactionary as anything Democrats are used to pulling, but because it represents the fact that these people will grasp at anything to prevent Buchanan from "stealing" votes they consider theirs." Another great column from our friends at WorldNetDaily.com - fyi GO PAT GO!!! Linda From: "Loretti, Anthony J" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies to: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:48:36 -0500 Linda, Below is another excellent article from the boys at WorldNetDaily.com. The blatant GOP attempts to slander Pat and mischaracterize his book are transparent, not to mention dishonest and cowardly. These are the acts of desperate people, and I'll tell you why they are desperate: If Pat goes Reform party, he will most likely have a double-digit standing in the polls, right out of the gate. Then Pat gets the matching funds he needs to mount a full-scale national campaign, something he's never been able to do before. Give the voters a few months of daily exposure to Pitchfork Pat and anything is possible! Millions of disillusioned citizens who have never before voted (like myself), will begin to take an interest... And then? PAT BUCHANAN VS. BUSH/GORE - PRIME TIME TELEVISION DEBATES. Linda, if we get that far, anything can happen! NO ONE has EVER BEFORE had the potential of energizing masses of previously non-voting citizens like Pat can! This HUGE factor completely INVALIDATES the "election analysis" of all these talking heads that claim Pat can not win (are you listening Rush?). Pat can win!! Go Pat Go!Sincerely, Tony Loretti --- Jon E. Dougherty WorldNetDaily Exclusive Commentary © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com GOP fears Buchanan I suggested in a column a week or so ago that the "mainstream" Republican Party was fearful of Pat Buchanan's planned bolt from the "Big Tent" to the smaller, but certainly more energized, tent of the Reform Party. A story in Friday's Washington Post confirmed my suspicions. According to the Post, GOP presidential candidates and lackeys in the "conservative" press world are busy attacking Pat because he dared to suggest duplicity as a reason the U.S. entered World War II. The fact is he's probably right, but he never said the U.S. should not have fought W.W.II. Nevertheless, the indignation from Sen. John McCain and Elizabeth Dole -- talk about "retreads" -- is laughable not only because it's as reactionary as anything Democrats are used to pulling, but because it represents the fact that these people will grasp at anything to prevent Buchanan from "stealing" votes they consider theirs. Buchanan, who just released a new book questioning merely the timing of our entry into W.W.II -- not the morality of it -- is right to assume his candidacy worries not just the GOP mainstream but the Democrats as well. Al Gore is, in Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan's own words, unelectable, and Bush -- as far as millions of Americans can tell -- either doesn't stand for anything yet or continues to support Big Government foundations that his party used to systematically oppose. I guess the GOP feels that anything they can do to win is all right, even if it means lying their tails off to get into power. Gee -- and they claim not to be at all similar to Democrats. I think the real ire being vocalized by Republicans has more to do with a new poll, also released Friday. The poll shows that some 19 percent of registered voters would consider voting for Buchanan as a third party (presumably Reform) candidate. "Experts" like Rush Limbaugh have already tried to parse the meaning of this poll as insignificant -- naturally -- but they've had to do so by ignoring the fact that in 1992, when American voter dissatisfaction was at its highest in recent years, ol' "crazy" Ross Perot got 19 percent of the popular vote, after leading both "mainstream" candidates for most of the prior summer. Perot and "fringe element conservatives" were blamed for electing Clinton and not George Bush in 1992 rather than Bush's lying (about taxes), lackluster administration and his inability to solidify conservative support. Even after Dole's pitiful 1996 performance -- with no substantial vote count being taken from Republicans or Democrats by Perot -- Republican stalwarts continue to blame "us defectors" for setting the GOP up to lose again in 2000. And they call us paranoid and delusional. If I were a "mainstream party" candidate, I'd be worried about Pat Buchanan too -- as well as a number of other GOP and independent candidates. They're out there precisely because the two main political parties are morally bankrupt, ideologically challenged and aren't offering much new in the way of throwing off the yoke of
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #3
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990928c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No diversity programs were dismantled during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Retro Toys: http://www.kconline.com/kurtkelsey/toys/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # RETURN OF THE BLACK DEATH. (BBC) Climate changes increasing globali- sation could bring back the diseases of the Middle Ages. The bacterium responsible for the Black Death which ravaged Europe and Asia between the 14th and 17th centuries could find its way back to Britain. Yow. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_456000/456831.stm : What's your favorite pestilence? Have you ever been prosecuted for pesti- lence? Have you developed a treatment for bubonic plague lately? Why not? @ A proper utopia has great food (fruit and veggies) and no money to cause strife. Reason governs all and the sex is as fine as the weather: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/99/09/26/stibooboo03003.html?999 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Pink Swastika http://home.earthlink.net/~lively/pinkswastika/ explains how homosexuals were largely responsible for Nazism. The Annotated Pink Swastika http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/8706/ is a good guide to all the errors, mistakes, and lies therein. Get it right, eh? : Does your belief system attribute blame to humans due to their biological makeup? Does your faith attract members with specific psychopathologies? Do you fixate on other people's gender preferences, iconography, word patterns? # Even before Deep Blue, computers were cleaning up at chess and checkers. But crossword puzzles require a subtle human touch, don't they? Really? http://www.sigmaxi.org/amsci/issues/Sciobs99/sciobs99-09verbalistic.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cult to claim gas attack. (BBC) Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, ponders an apology. Sarin victims ponder mortality, retribution, shame. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_459000/459920.stm @ Links - American Family Foundation - Aum Information: http://www.csj.org/infoserv_groups/grp_eastern/grp_aum/grouptopic_aum.htm @ Aum chronology: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/news4-96/chrono4-24.html @ Aum Shinrikyo homepage: http://www.aum-shinrikyo.com/english/index.htm @ Japan's National Police Agency: http://www.npa.go.jp/ : Do the leaders of your doomsday cult practice mindcontrol in members? Are you a member, a leader, a deity? What's your favorite nerve gas? Is it fun? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Cosmic Itching Powder - The effects of electromagnetic pollution on the health of humans. Appendix: suggestions for limiting your exposure to EMF. http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN112.HTM @ Effects of 6-10 Hz ELF on Brain Waves - Effects of ELF on brain waves (EEG) and entrainment. http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN111.HTM @ PhilDick: The Other Side. Was SF writer Philip K. Dick mind-controlled and do his books reflect this? http://visitations.com/mindnet/MN113.HTM : How much mindcontrol is enough? Have you ever tried hypermindcontrol? Do higher levels of mindcontrol produce vivid results? Are you, like, buzzed? @ If normal coffee http://www.peets.com/ just doesn't have enough of the good stuff http://www.cs.unb.ca/~alopez-o/Coffee/caffaq.html, maybe you should try Shock http://www.shockalots.com/ brand hypercaffinated coffee, with 200 mg of caffeine per serving. Get the buzz on, eh? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Monuments of the world in danger. (BBC) War, the collapse of Communism tourism are the most serious threats to historic monuments worldwide. @ Links - World Monuments Fund: http://www.worldmonuments.org/ @ 100 Most Endangered: http://worldmonuments.org/html/programs/watch.html : Have you vandalized any historic/cultural/artistic monuments lately? What monuments would you most like to destroy/deface/defile? Does your belief system promote the destruction of your competitors' monuments? Should they destroy yours? Would the world really be a better place without you? When? @ Bruno Bettelheim, liar fraud, not only blamed the Nazis' success on their victims, but claimed that autism was caused by "refrigerator mothers": http://www.best.com/~tikkun/bkbettel.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Temple Grandin http://www.grandin.com/ is perhaps the world's foremost designer http://www.meatpoultry.com/archives97/bestoftg.htm of cattle hog slaughter houses. http://grandin.com/design/blueprint/blueprint.html She's also autistic http://www.autism.org/ has written several books about it. http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/query/(keyword="temple%20grandin") : Have you designed any slaughterhouses lately? Do you prefer architecture for killing birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, humans,
[CTRL] Fw: 211-Satanism in America
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: David Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 12:51 PM Subject: 211-Satanism in America Post Number 211: Satanism in America This is one of the more distasteful Posts that I will ever do. I simply do not like this subject, nor the people who are revealed within it. That does not change what is, however, and what is comes directly from the people of America, for we are guiltily; guiltily of permitting this to exist among us. There is no way to minimize what this Post is about. These people exist; they are here, and they are doing what they do with the help and cooperation of those with the power to cover the evil up. It will not go away, nor will it change, until we change. That is what Repentance is all about. To understand this Post better, be sure you have seen Post 84, Occult Symbolism in Washington, DC, and Post 224, Illuminati. Satanism as revealed herein does not exist in a vacuum; it requires active participation by those with the power to conceal it from the people. This includes the media, and the so-called judicial authorities. Judge from the evidence for yourself. - David One of the biggest problems that no-one believes is the existence of governmental mind control headed up by Henry Kissinger. Male and female sex slaves and pedophiles in congress. The disappearance of children and the trade in white slavery. Where do you suppose all the missing (kidnapped) children went? They are sold to pedophiles world wide. Small children are the choice. Ages from 3 years on up. In many cases, infants days old. Her Autobiography, a 400 page book, can be purchased from her for $35.00 including shipping. Very inexpensive for the knowledge. Brice Taylor Trust P.O. Box 655 Landrum, SC. 29356 If you are not aware of the world of Mind Control this book will enlighten you. If you can't spend $35.00 to know what happened to those missing children all across this country then don't be concerned when your child or grandchild disappears. I need to mention that I have read the book mentioned above (or, as much of it as I could stomach at any rate and I warn you, it is very graphic) and I have talked to Mr. DeCamp. As any of you know who have read my writings, I do not care for lawyers (I guess this qualifies as an understatement), but, I would walk miles to shake Mr. DeCamps hand, and tell him thank you for what he has accomplished. One of the reasons I send this Post out is that it has a bearing on Part XIX of my series. This is real, my friends, and a clearer picture of the United States than you probably want to see. David G. an excerpt from: The Franklin Cover-up - Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska by John W. DeCamp(C) 1992/1996 2nd Edition AWT Inc. PO Box 85461 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 - If you haven't seen/read the second edition. There are over 100 new pages of info. Here is a sample. Part II INTRODUCTION It is a little over four years since I, John DeCamp, wrote the words you have just read. My closest friend and mentor, Bill Colby, like so many others in the Franklin case, is dead; he was fished out of a river in front of his home, under the most questionable of circumstances, in April 1996. Was he killed because of his involvement in Franklin? I don't know. What I do know, is that Bill Colby was the heart and soul of the Franklin investigation. Although at a certain point he warned me against investigating the case further, it was he who relentlessly pushed to publicly expose what had already been discovered, when everyone else, including, at times, myself, wanted to call it quits. Without him, this book would never have been written. In the new, final chapter of this second edition, I tell much more about my relationship to Bill Colby, who was, in my estimation, one of the greatest patriots this country has seen, from the time that he served as our country's Deputy Ambassador to South Vietnam (but, in reality, as CIA Station Chief), and recruited a young combat infantry captain named John DeCamp to be one of his chief assistants in Operation Phoenix, right through to his role in trying to blow open the Franklin cover-up. I published The Franklin Cover-Up, as much as an insurance policy for myself and my family, as for any other purpose. Colby had pointed to the extreme danger for a person to have secret knowledge about a situation, that others who are affected want to keep out of the public's view. "Some people will go to any lengths to make sure things stay secret," Colby had often repeated to me, "which is why the CIA and the KGB sometimes find their agents dead. Your best interest," he argued, "may well be in publishing what you know and are able to prove, rather than keeping those facts secret. Whether you ever sell a single book or not does not really matter. Putting your information on the public record is what is important. That way, there is no logical reason to
[CTRL] Get a Chip Implant, avoid all those long lines!!!
-Caveat Lector- http://www.msnbc.com/news/316518.asp?cp1=1 Why you should get a chip implant Capabilities would make life so much better - or would they? OPINION By Paul Somerson, PC Computing ZDNN Sept. 27 - How'd you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You'd leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn't have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family and friends could find you instantly in any crowd. Would you get a chip implant to take advantage of the possibilities envisioned here? Yes No Vote to see results Would you get a chip implant to take advantage of the possibilities envisioned here? * 3455 responses Yes 28% No 72% Survey results tallied every 60 seconds. Live Votes reflect respondents' views and are not scientifically valid surveys. THERE'S ONLY ONE CATCH - you'd need to have a tiny little chip implanted in your body. No big deal. Just ask Kevin Warwick, a British professor who had a silicon-based transponder surgically inserted into his forearm last year. You'd think from all the attention that the natty professor was jacking chips into his brain like some cheese-ball sci-fi android. Truth is, his modest implant simply turned him into a walking EZ-Pass. Warwick's gizmo - a coil of wire and a few chips embedded in a small glass capsule about a tenth of an inch wide and a little less than an inch long - generates a 64-bit number when zapped by an RF transmitter. A receiver then looks it up in a database. Animal shelters have implanted millions of these electronic IDs in cats, dogs, and birds. Metal tags can fall off, and tattooed numbers could be placed anywhere and are often hard to find - who wants to play slap-and-tickle with a snarling rottweiler? A lot of us carry similar mechanisms inside ID cards, to open doors. But these can get lost, forgotten, or stolen and misused. And biometric devices like retinal scanners and fingerprint sensors are intrusive and imperfect. Besides, people have been sticking all sorts of things in their bodies for years - pacemakers to fix broken hearts, silicone to perk up skinny chests, Norplant to prevent third-world countries from becoming fourth-world ones. The Tech array Tools and Toys: Products for productivity and fun Goofs and Glitches: Bug Alerts, Bug of the Day, viruses, attacks, vulnerabilities, hacks Bug of the Day: Get the latest glitch, plus a month of alerts and three months of fixes Tech BBS: Discuss technology issues on the Technology Bulletin Board Full Y2K coverage: News and tools for the millennium bug Enter the ZDNet Zone: Reviews, downloads, tips and more from ZDNet Consider the benefits. It would end password PINsanity forever. Sensors would wave chipped consumers through checkout lines and tollbooths. Contractors would build implant-friendly homes and offices with Gatesian gimmicks that could customize temperature, background music, and even images on wall-size flat-screen displays as you move from room to room. It would help sort out newborn babies, Alzheimer's patients, amnesiacs, comatose (or worse) accident victims, and military casualties. In fact, there's an entire paranoid-delusional faction out there that believes the government is already chipping soldiers and prisoners. And kidnap-prone executives are supposedly implanting tiny Lo-Jack devices to track their movements. Internal chips could measure irregular heartbeats and blood-sugar levels in diabetics. Or, as Warwick points out, chips could sense muscular movements so you could play air guitar, type on virtual air keyboards, move invisible mice. And Warwick won't make a lot of new redneck friends with his suggestion that gun buyers first get chipped before their weapons are delivered. Computers are rapidly evolving into Internet terminals. When your chip goes in, you'll be able to walk up to any terminal in any office and log on instantly. Incoming phone calls and faxes will automatically be routed to wherever you happen to be. Of course, employers could also log your time in the john or at the water cooler. If you don't think you're already being monitored, you're naïve. Your credit cards, telephone bills, supermarket club cards, Internet purchases and public records like home purchases and car licenses already do a pretty good job. How will they convince people to implant these chips? First, they'll hype the convenience of leaving your keys, credit cards and money at home. Then they'll automate everything from cash registers to tollbooths so if you're chipped you can zoom through in a digital carpool lane. Me, I'll
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] From Oil to Baseball To the Governor's Mansion
html This just in this morning, and IMHO Micah Morrison is a hell of an investigative journalist, judging by past performance.br br Wall Street Journalbr September 28, 1999br br Commentarybr br From Oil to Baseballbr To the Governor's Mansionbr br By Micah Morrison, a Journal editorial page writer.br br AUSTIN, Texas--In April, the office of Gov. George W. Bush released abr statement summarizing his 1998 taxable income. Mr. Bush had earned overbr $18 million, the quot;vast majorityquot; from the sale of the Texas Rangers baseballbr team. The governor's share of the Rangers sale was $14.9 million, his biggestbr payday ever.br br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Mr. Bush played a significant role in putting together thebr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; investment group that purchased the Rangers in 1989;br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; he later was named a general partner of the franchise.br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Prior to his career in baseball, he had struggled forbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; more than a decade in the oil business. How Mr. Bushbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; parlayed a lackluster tenure in the oil patch into a $15br nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; million home run and a seat in the governor's mansion isbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; a subtle morality tale about the highways and byways tobr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; contemporary political power. Like Vice Presidentbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Albert Gore Jr., who will be the subject of an article onbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; this page tomorrow, Mr. Bush is the son of an influentialbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; politician. Like Mr. Gore, Mr. Bush has crossed pathsbr nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; with some of the seamier characters who gravitatebr toward political power. And both men--while not without pluck and politicalbr skills of their own--have profited from family connections.br br This two-part series is not a tale of smoking guns and indictable offenses. Yetbr voters should know the financial connections of candidates, though theybr probably will make their decisions on other grounds. And while the candidatesbr will not appreciate questions being raised about the murky areas of theirbr finances, the lessons of the Clinton era suggest that it is better to put matters onbr the table early, lest they rise Whitewater-like to haunt a new administration.br br Mr. Bush's career with the Rangersbr baseball team, for example, is likely tobr come under intense scrutiny in the next 12br months. In 1989, when Mr. Bush broughtbr together his investment group to buy thebr Rangers, the seller was Eddie Chiles, abr longtime friend and supporter of Presidentbr Bush. Mr. Chiles let the president's sonbr and his group go to the head of the line.br But in a pattern repeated through hisbr business career, Mr. Bush's play did notbr quite make the grade. Baseballbr Commissioner Peter Ueberroth stepped in, brokering a deal that brought Fortbr Worth financier Richard Rainwater together with the Bush group. Mr.br Ueberroth's pitch to Mr. Rainwater was that he join the deal partly quot;out ofbr respectquot; for President Bush, a source close to the negotiations told the Newbr York Times.br br Mr. Bush ponied up $500,000 as his personal grubstake in the $86 millionbr purchase. He later invested another $106,000, bringing his share to 1.8% of thebr team. For his organizing efforts, his new partners rewarded him with anbr additional 10% interest. They also named him a managing general partner, abr move that assured Mr. Bush a series of benign cameos in the limelight as hebr ramped up a run for Texas governor. Mr. Bush kept a low profile as his newbr baseball partners aggressively and successfully lobbied for a special referendumbr in which the voters of Arlington, Texas, approved a sales-tax increase to coverbr the $135 million cost of a new stadium. Texas conservatives denounced thebr measure as quot;corporate welfare.quot;br br Mr. Bush borrowed the $500,000 for his stake in the Rangers from Unitedbr Bank of Midland, Texas, where he had served as a director from 1984 tobr 1986. Karen Hughes, a spokeswoman for Gov. Bush, declined to detail thebr terms of the loan. But she said it was a quot;fully collateralized,
[CTRL] A dumb cop is not . . . bored cop.
-Caveat Lector- Los Angeles Times September 9, 1999 Section A Nation IN BRIEF / CONNECTICUT High IQ Score Keeps Man Off Police Force From Times Wire Reports A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by a man who was deemed too smart to be a New London, Conn., police officer. U.S. District Judge Peter C. Dorsey said the Police Department's rejection of Robert Jordan because he scored too high on an intelligence test did not violate his rights. The city's rationale for the long-standing practice is that candidates who score too high could soon get bored and quit after undergoing costly academy training. Dorsey said: "The question is not whether a rational basis has been shown for the policy chosen by defendants. Plaintiff may have been disqualified unwisely, but he was not denied equal protection." Jordan, 48, scored a 33, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. The average score nationally for police officers, as well as office workers, bank tellers and salespeople, is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104. Copyright 1999 Los Angeles Times. All Rights Reserved - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Error 404: File Not Found/Parascope
-Caveat Lector- Cany anybody help me on this? I can hardly open anything at the Paracsope site. I can't even use the search. I keep getting this: Unable to open http://www.parascope.com/ds/documentslibrary/index.htm. The site reports that the item you requested could not be found. Not Found The requested URL /ds/documentslibrary/index.htm was not found on this server. - Thanks, Samantha DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] MER FlashBack - Diana - The Saudi Connection - Sept 1997 (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:28:18 -0300 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: @is2.dal.ca Subject: MER FlashBack - "Diana - The Saudi Connection" - Sept 1997 - ___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ // M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ F L A S H B A C K http://www.MiddleEast.Org MER - IF YOU DON'T GET IT, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! --- To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] F L A S H B A C K : D I A N A - T H E S A U D I C O N N E C T I O N MER - Washington - 2 Sept 1997: At American University in Washington, D.C., there is a very large building with the name ADNAN KHASHOGGI writ large for all to see. Former Arab League Ambassador Clovis Maksoud has his office nearby. It's also quite an embarrassment however. Once praised as an international businessman, Khashoggi is now known to have been an international arms salesman and a swindler working closely with the Saudi Royal family as an intermediary. Criminal indictments and law suits galore are now associated with his name. AU took his money before the crash, and remains stuck with his name, though rumors abound the university has been looking for some other wealthy patron to make a new deal with. The family fortune of Emad Mohamed "Dodi" el-Fayed can be traced not to Egypt, but rather to the two sources of Muslim cash and unbridled corruption in our era - the Saudi royal family and the Sultan of Brunei. Indeed, the main reason Dodi's father has been unable to obtain British citizenship and wasn't even sure he'd be able to bury his son in England, can be traced back to his very shady business dealings where he repeatedly lied about the source of his funds and on whose behalf he was acting. The connection to the Saudi royal family is through Dodi's mother, the sister of Adnan Khashoggi. And irony of ironies, much of the money that has built the Mohamed Fayed empire and that however indirectly contributed to the death of the Princess of Wales, so known in recent days for her anti-land-mines and humanitarian efforts, began as commissions and profits from arms sales. M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S http://WWW.MiddleEast.Org (c) Copyright 1999 COMMENT OR MESSAGE FOR MER? 1800 724-6644, ID 202 362-5266 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Fax: 202 362-6965 / Phone: 202 362-5266 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #4
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990928d - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No divinity students were dismantled during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Get Bill: http://www.kimble.org/kimmovie/kimble_themovie.swf _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Pak Shia leader killed. (BBC) A senior leader of a prominent Shia Muslim party in Pakistan is shot dead along with his daughter an armed bodyguard. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_459000/459845.stm : Have you killed any religious/political/economic/cultural/artistic leaders lately? Are you such a leader? Should/can/will you be killed? Is assassina- tion the main workplace hazard of such leaders? Does it come with the job? @ Francis Bacon, asked once about the nihilistic, horrific quality of his paintings, was surprised. Life is terminal. Why depict it otherwise? http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/1999-09-02/framed.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ A curious hybrid of Hassidic and Christian culture aptly named Jews for Jesus http://www.jewsforjesus.org/ promotes the acceptance of Torah, Talmud and New Testament as divinely inspired texts. Having trouble discussing your new faith with Orthodox friends and horrified Jewish family? Jews for Jesus also offers countermemes to defend your Christian beliefs. http://www.jewsforjesus.org/believe/qa/4_howtothink.htm : What's your favorite divinely-inspired text? How is a divinely-inspired text distinguishable from a message channeled from an alien entity claiming to be divine? Have you ever channeled any alien entities? Are they awesome? @ 1st a sheep, now Jesus? www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8611/page2.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Prepare for the wired human. How'd you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You'd leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn't have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family friends could find you instantly in any crowd. There's only one catch-you'd need to have a tiny little chip implanted in your body. No big deal. Wire me up now: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2341891,00.html : Do you eagerly await your admission to the Universal HumanWeb? Are you an incomplete person until you're wired-in? What can contribute to the hive- mind? Do you regret that you have but one mind to give for your species? @ In praise of the Walkman: no, it's not an alienation device, it's a way to create your own unified world, both public and private: http://www.reasonmag.com/9910/fe.rb.personal.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Report on the Johns Hopkins/False Memory Syndrome Foundation Meeting. The FMSF vs. the ISS: http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN114.HTM # Victims, Survivors Anyone Else Who Cares - Victims testimony on CIA experiments on children: http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN115.HTM @ Psychic Dictatorship in the U.S.A. The False Memory Hoax: CIA Connections to Mind-Control Cults. Martin Orne the CIA's use of cults children: http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN116A.HTM http://www.visitations.com/mindnet/MN116B.HTM : Does your govt agency exploit cults? Does your cult exploit govt agencies? Do you experiment on children? Do children experiment on you? D'ya remember? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Bible Believers Diet Plan: Obey it or suffer. Your body is NOT yours to turn into a barrel of fat. The Lord Jehovah will render your lard-ass in Hell, eh? http://www.balaams-ass.com/journal/theworld/uncle.htm : Do you defile the sacred temple of your body with abominations? Are they tasty? Will you suffer eternal torment for your transgressions? D'ya suffer already? Are the abominations worth the suffering? Are you masochistic? Eh? # Women's freedom was set back by the advent of domestic appliances in the 1950s: no more servants to do the chores, no more personal domination: http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue286/item6257.asp _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Coming a cropper. BRITAIN'S MAMMOTH EXPERIMENT to test whether genetically modified crops pose a greater hazard to wildlife than conventional vari- eties has been thrown into disarray. In an embarrassing climbdown, the UK govt has admitted that the latest crops to be sown were planted illegally. If judges now order the crops to be ploughed up, the disruption could ser- iously delay the four-year, £3.3 million trial. But there's plenty more tax money available: http://newscientist.com/ns/19990925/newsstory2.html : Have you conducted any illegal experiments lately? Do'ya prefer to perform experiments on
[CTRL] CLINTON DOUBTS FBI'S MOTIVES Suggests Focus On China Gifts Hides Waco Woes
-Caveat Lector- NATIONAL ISSUE CLINTON DOUBTS FBI'S MOTIVES Suggests Focus On China Gifts Hides Waco Woes Date: 9/28/99 Author: Paul Sperry In what's turning into an internecine feud between the White House and the FBI, President Clinton charged that the FBI is trying to turn the spotlight away from its new Waco troubles by raising doubts about the probe into White House fund-raising. Four career FBI agents told the Senate Wednesday that the Justice Department has thwarted their investigation of illegal foreign funds to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election effort. ''The FBI wants you to write about that rather than write about Waco,'' a visibly angry Clinton told Investor's Business Daily Friday night at the White House. Justice earlier this month seized from the FBI videotapes that were withheld from congressional investigators after the agency's 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Attorney General Janet Reno has turned over the case to former Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., for an independent probe. The president's statement, called ''extraordinary'' by Hill leaders, marked the first time he's criticized his own bureau in public. Asked about it, FBI spokesman Jim Davis said, ''I'm pretty confident we have no comment,'' adding that FBI Director Louis Freeh is out of town. Davis allowed that the FBI is aware that the ''relationship between the bureau and the president and (between the bureau and) the attorney general'' is drawing more and more negative press. Freeh butted heads with Reno in 1997 when he argued for an independent counsel to probe the fund-raising scandal. Some compare the discord between Clinton and his chief law enforcement agency to the one that developed between President Nixon and Justice as the Watergate probe crept closer to the Oval Office. In 1973, Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned after balking at Nixon's orders to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Solicitor General Robert Bork wound up axing Cox and his staff of 60 lawyers in what's known as the ''Saturday Night Massacre.'' Referring to Clinton, Brookings Institution presidential scholar Stephen Hess said: ''The idea that the president is acting as if the FBI is trying to do him in is pretty fascinating.'' Clinton also lashed out at Republicans in responding to several IBD questions about the fund-raising probe, which has turned up at least $300,000 intended for Clinton from the Chinese military: ''The GOP wants that to be the story rather than guns'' and other issues that ''people care about,'' he said, adding that ''not one person has brought up'' the Chinagate scandal on his stops around the country. ''You want to know the only person who has been linked to money from China?'' Clinton said. ''Haley Barbour and the RNC (Republican National Committee), that's who.'' ''Bob Dole had more FEC (Federal Election Commission) fines than I did,'' he said. Asked Monday if Clinton stands by his statements, White House spokesman Richard Siewert said: ''The president does not regret making those comments.'' Republicans say the reaction is typical for Clinton. ''He always likes to attack others more than defend his own positions,'' said a senior Republican White House official. ''He has trouble with the facts and the truth,'' said House Government Reform Committee spokesman Mark Corallo. ''So it wouldn't surprise me, in this case, for the president to be ignoring the facts that his party and his re-election committee and his legal defense fund were the recipients of millions of dollars in illegal money from foreign sources -much of it coming from Communist China.'' The Democratic National Committee has had to return over $3 million in illegal or improper donations from the 1996 campaign. The RNC returned $102,400 in illegal donations from the Florida unit of a Hong Kong-based real- estate company. The 1991-93 RNC donations are apparently the ones Clinton cited. Barbour was RNC chairman at the time, though Hong Kong was still part of Britain, not China, back then. Barbour, now head of a Washington lobbying firm, is a target of Reno's campaign-finance task force. IBD was unable to reach Barbour for comment. The impromptu interview with Clinton, conducted on the South Lawn not far from the Oval Office during a dinner for the press, lasted about 10 minutes and started with a single and simple question: ''When's your next formal press conference, Mr. President?'' Clinton was testy throughout. Observers say his face turned red when questioned about the Chinagate probe. The questions came only after Clinton asked why he should hold another formal news conference. ''He was pretty exercised, and I was surprised he'd get so exercised about the campaign finance stuff,'' said Washington-based Seattle Times reporter James Grimaldi, who overheard the exchange and filed a story Sunday. ''He actually blew up.'' Staffers for CNN and the
Re: [CTRL] CEO to CBS: Don't offend foregin governments
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 09/28/1999 1:54:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [quote] SHANGHAI, China (AP) _ The chairman of Viacom Inc., which is poised to take over CBS, said today that international news organizations should report the truth but avoid being "unnecessarily offensive" to foreign governments. As they expand their global reach, media companies must be aware "of the politics and attitudes of the governments where we operate," said Sumner M. Redstone. "Journalistic integrity must prevail in the final analysis. But that doesn't mean that journalistic integrity should be exercised in a way that is unnecessarily offensive to the countries in which you operate," Redstone said at a news conference. [end quote] This is the kind of sentiment that usually had to be inferred, stated in private, or publicly denied. Modern corporations are now so fearless that such pronouncements can be made publicly and with impunity. The triumph of capital marches upon your rights. Good Heavens. It wouldn't do to upset somebody who might give you great profits. Let's see, the Taliban are simply cherishing their women in a possessive way. China just doesn't understand the ways of tai chi. Israel is really very, very nice to the Palestinians who are just rude and unappreciative. Redstone and me. We could just spin for hours. Prudy DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Noam Chomsky on the Lessons of Yugoslavia and East Timor + (9/20/99)/Goodman/Grossman/Bensky/Bernstein
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[CTRL] Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on Parade
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From EmperorsNewClothes
Begin article
Spanish experts see no Serbian genocide in Kosovo
by Pablo Ordaz
commentary by Jared Israel (9-27-99)
[The website http://www.emperors-clothes.com encourages everyone to reproduce
the following report in full including this note.]
The following article from El Pais (The Country), a mainstream Spanish
magazine, is most important. For months we've been barraged with stories
claiming Serbs killed thousands of ethnic Albanians and dumped them in mass
graves in Kosovo. Recently I did an internet search for newspaper articles,
appearing in the past 90 days, and including the words 'Kosovo' and 'mass
grave.' The report came back: 'More than 1000 - too many to list.' I had to
limit the search to articles in the NY Times and even then came up with 80,
nearly one a day.
It has been a giant air balloon of anti-Serbian publicity, but now comes the
pin: Spanish forensic experts, just back from Northern Kosovo where, they were
told, they would have to inspect the worst Serbian atrocities, found no mass
graves and no evidence of torture.
We received this article at 11 PM on 9/23 and had a translation the next
morning thanks to Herb Foerstal in the U.S. The translation was then checked
for accuracy, again on no notice and within a few hours, thanks to Juli
o Fernández Baraiba in Argentina.
Below is the article from El Pais, followed by a commentary.
El Pais
23 septiembre 1999 - Nº 1238
by PABLO ORDAZ in Madrid
Spanish police and forensic experts have not found proof of Genocide in the North of
Kosovo. Prisoners [in the prison in] Istok were shot after the bombardment of NATO.
Crimes of War - yes, Genocide - no. This was definitely shown yesterday by the group
of Spanish experts formed by officials from the Scientific Police and Civilian
Forensics that has just returned from Istok, the Zone in
the North of Kosovo under the control of the Legion. {Spanish Legion? - EC} 187
cadavers found and analyzed in 9 villages were buried in individual graves, oriented
for the most part toward Mecca out of respect for the re
ligious beliefs of the Albanian Kosovars and without sign of torture. "There were no
mass graves. For the most part the Serbs are not as bad as they have been painted,"
reflected the forensic official Emilio Pérez Pujo.
That was not the only irony. Also questioned were the successive counts that are being
offered by the "allies" on the tragedy of Kosovo. "I have been reading the data from
UN said Pérez Pujol, Director of the Forensic Ana
tomical Institute of Cartagena. "And they began with 44,000 deaths. Then they lowered
it to 22,000. And now they're going with 11,000. I look forward to seeing what the
final count will really be." The Spanish Mission whi
ch should now submit a report to the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague,
left from Madrid in the beginning of the month of the August with the feeling that
they were going on a road to hell. "They told us that
we were going to the worst zone of Kosovo. That we should prepare ourselves to
perform more than 2000 autopsies. That we would have to work until the end of
November. The result is very different. We only found 187 cadav
ers and now we are going to return," explained the chief inspector, Juan López
Palafox, responsible for the Office of Anthropology and Scientific Police.
The forensic people, as well as the police, applied their experience in Rwanda in
order to determine what occurred in Kosovo at least in that section assigned to the
Spanish detachment and they were not able to find evide
nce of genocide.
"In the former Yugoslavia," said López Palafox, "crimes were committed, some no doubt
horrible, but they derived from the war. In Rwanda we saw 450 corpses of women and
children, one on top of another, all with their head
s broken open." The Chief Inspector added that in Kosovo, on the contrary, they had
found many isolated corpses. "It gives the impression that the Serbs gave a choice to
the families to leave their homes. If some member o
f the clan, for whatever reason, decided to remain, upon returning they were found
dead from a shot or by whatever other method." {our emphasis}
One of the members of the Spanish mission shed light on events in the Istok prison,
bombed at the end of May by NATO planes. The work, directed by López Palafox and Pérez
Pujol was aimed at solving the following mystery:
who killed the more than 100 prisoners - the bombs of NATO or the bullets of Serbian
soldiers? The answer, according to the preliminary studies, is clear. Some of the
cadavers analyzed had shrapnel wounds and therefore cl
early appeared to have been killed by the bombardment. But others died of clear clean
bullet wounds, perhaps from the bullets of machine guns. The most likely thesis is
that after the bombardment, the prison inmates tried
to flee and were shot by Serbian guards.
***
Commentary
by Jared Israel
I've been reading mass grave stories in the New York
Re: [CTRL] Error 404: File Not Found/Parascope
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/28/99 9:34:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cany anybody help me on this? I can hardly open anything at the Paracsope site. I can't even use the search. I keep getting this: I'm sorry for the confusion -- ParaScope is currently being moved to a new server, and we've had a few technical headaches over the past week or so. Presently, most of our site is online, but key sections haven't been transferred yet. We expect the problem to be rectified within a few days; thanks for your patience in the meantime. Best wishes, Charles Overbeck ParaScope http://www.parascope.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Memory Of Water.
-Caveat Lector- Alternative Medicine and the Laws of Physics The mechanisms proposed to account for the alleged efficacy of such methods as touch therapy, psychic healing, and homeopathy involve serious misrepresentations of modern physics. Robert L. Park -- -- So-called "alternative" therapies, mostly derived from ancient healing traditions and superstitions, have a strong appeal for people who feel left behind by the explosive growth of scientific knowledge. Paradoxically, however, their nostalgia for a time when things seemed simpler and more natural is mixed with respect for the power of modern science (Toumey 1996). They want to believe that "natural" healing practices can be explained by science. Purveyors of alternative medicine have, therefore, been quick to invoke the language and symbols of science. Not surprisingly, the mechanisms proposed to account for the alleged efficacy of such methods as touch therapy, psychic healing, and homeopathy involve serious misrepresentations of modern physics. The No-Medicine Medicine Homeopathy, founded by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), is a relative newcomer. Homeopathy is based on the so-called "law of similars" (similia similibus curantur), which asserts that substances that produce a certain set of symptoms in a healthy person can cure those same symptoms in someone who is sick. Although there are related notions in Chinese medicine, Hahnemann seems to have arrived at the idea independently. Hahnemann spent much of his life testing natural substances to find out what symptoms they produced and prescribing them for people who exhibited the same symptoms. Although the purely anecdotal evidence on which he based his conclusions would not be taken seriously today, homeopathy as currently practiced still relies almost entirely on Hahnemann's listing of substances and their indications for use. Natural substances, of course, are often acutely toxic. Troubled by the side effects that often accompanied his medications, Hahnemann experimented with diluting them. After each successive dilution, he subjected the solution to vigorous shaking, or "succussion." He made the remarkable discovery that although dilution eliminated the side effects, it did not diminish the effectiveness of the medications. This is rather grandly known as "the law of infinitesimals." Hahnemann actually made a third "discovery," which his followers no longer mention. "The sole true and fundamental cause that produces all the countless forms of disease," he writes in his Organon, "is psora." Psora is more commonly known as "itch." This principle does not seem to involve any laws of physics and is in any case ignored by modern followers of Hahnemann. By means of successive dilutions, extremely dilute solutions can be achieved rather easily. The dilution limit is reached when the volume of solvent is unlikely to contain a single molecule of the solute. Hahnemann could not have known that in his preparations he was, in fact, exceeding the dilution limit. Although he was contemporary with the physicist Amadeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Hahnemann's Organon der Rationellen Heilkunde was published in 1810, one year before Avogadro advanced his famous hypothesis, and many years before other physicists actually determined Avogadro's number. (Avogadro showed that there is a large but finite and specific number of atoms or molecules in a mole of substance, specifically 6.022 x 1023. A mole is the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams. Thus, a mole of water, H2O, molecular weight 2 + 16 = 18, is 18 grams. So there are 6.022 x 1023 water molecules in 18 grams of water.) Modern day followers of Hahnemann, however, are perfectly aware of Avogadro's number. Nevertheless, they regularly exceed the dilution limit -- often to an astonishing extent. I recently examined the dilutions listed on the labels of dozens of standard homeopathic remedies sold over the counter in health stores, and increasingly in drug stores, as remedies for everything from nervousness to flu. These remedies are normally in the form of lactose tablets on which a single drop of the "diluted" medication has been placed. The "solvent" is usually a water/alcohol mixture. The lowest dilution I found listed on any of these bottles was 6X, but most of the dilutions were 30X or even, in the case of oscillococcinum, an astounding 200C. (Oscillococcinum, which is derived from duck liver, is the standard homeopathic remedy for flu. As we will see, however, its widespread use poses little threat to the duck population.) What do these notations mean? The notation 6X means that the active substance is diluted 1:10 in a water-alcohol mixture and succussed. This procedure (diluting and succussing) is repeated sequentially six times. The concentration of the active substance is then one part in ten raised to the sixth power (106), or one part per
[CTRL] Live From Seattle: World Trade Watch Radio
-Caveat Lector- LIVE FROM SEATTLE: WORLD TRADE WATCH RADIO Help get this alternative coverage on your local non-commercial station! Syndicated columnist Norman Solomon and veteran radio journalist Julie Light will co-host World Trade Watch, a series of five daily programs from the historic WTO Summit in Seattle, Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, 1999. The air you breathe, the food you eat, even the size of your bank account are all affected by the World Trade Organization. Yet transnational corporations increasingly call the shots and benefit from international trade policy. Companies like Microsoft and Boeing plan to roll out the red carpet for top officials from 135 countries at the upcoming summit. Environmentalists, labor and community activists from around the globe will also converge on Seattle to hold forums and protests, demanding that their voices be heard. WORLD TRADE WATCH will be talking to farmers from India, trade activists from Ghana, peasants from Chiapas, and grassroots activists from the U.S. and around the world. We'll track behind the scenes corporate lobbyists and buttonhole official trade representatives. We'll have reports from the field and lively in-studio discussion. Find out how you can get your local radio station to carry WORLD TRADE WATCH! Programs are FREE to non-commercial stations. CONTACT US TODAY: (510) 251-1077 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Co-Produced by the NATIONAL RADIO PROJECT: www.radioproject.org, CORPORATE WATCH: www.corpwatch.org, and the INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ACCURACY: www.accuracy.org WORLD TRADE WATCH can be aired live from the NPR satellite or via tape delay. One-hour programs can also be aired in 29-minute modules. Broadcast quality programming will also be distributed on the Internet. SATELLITE: Live uplink from KUOW Seattle A67.7 on the public radio satellite 13:00-13:59 EST INTERNET BROADCAST QUALITY: www.radioproject.org Downloadable version of the programs in MPEG format. See the site for software and instructions. Winamp is necessary for playback. In order to take full advantage of MPEG quality a professional sound card is required. INTERNET FOR PERSONAL LISTENING: WTO series in RealAudio format on Corporate Watch website: www.corpwatch.org, or the National Radio Project web site, www.radioproject.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: USGS States Readiness for Y2K
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: External Affairs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:49 PM Subject: USGS States Readiness for Y2K News Release U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Release Date: September 28, 1999 Fred Travnicek 703-648-7231 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Susan Wells 703-648-7452 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] USGS States Readiness for Y2K USGS flood warning and earthquake detection systems that deliver real-time data to local emergency managers are Year 2000 or Y2K compliant. U.S. Geological Survey Director Charles G. Groat has certified that the USGS has taken all required and necessary actions to ensure that the USGS is ready forY2K. Computer-based systems with direct links to public safety have been given highest priority. Independent verification and validation has been performed on all mission critical systems. Other Y2K date-sensitive systems, such as software, hardware, embedded-microchip devices and telecommunications components, have been identified, inventoried, and tested. As needed, these systems have been remediated, certified, and independently verified and validated by a team of USGS technical experts who have been tackling the Y2K compliance issue since early 1997. "With hundreds of computer systems, thousands of scientific instruments, and a vast technology-based infrastructure, our technical staff has spent many hours ensuring that information vital to public safety will be accurate and available on January 1, 2000," says Groat. More than 300 USGS sites throughout the country and in Guam and Puerto Rico have been scrutinized for Y2K compliance. All known Y2K date-sensitive devices and systems necessary to perform essential functions and activities have either been certified by the manufacturer to be compliant or have been tested. "Everyone has put forth a superior effort to make our systems compliant," says Y2K program coordinator Fred Travnicek, who leads the technical team. "We know how critical it is that all our systems continue to function and deliver reliable, accurate, and timely data to emergency personnel, local and state officials, and other federal agencies on January 1, 2000, and beyond." The USGS's emphasis on natural hazards and emergency preparedness provides an ironic twist as the USGS readies for any unforeseen Y2K disruption. "As an agency, we urge the public to prepare for emergencies. Now we find ourselves having to heed our own advice," says Travnicek. System contingency plans are ready should an unforeseen glitch appear in local area networks, e-mail systems, routers or gateways. Business continuity plans are in also place to ensure the work of the USGS continues without interruption. "We'll be ready for Y2K," says Groat. "Our technical staff won't stop between now and the beginning of the new millennium. On December 31 they'll report for duty to monitor computers, communications systems, scientific instrumentation and equipment to ensure the integrity and availability of our data. Should a natural disaster coincide with the January 1 rollover, local jurisdictions will still have the timely and dependable information they've come to expect from the USGS." As the nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2,000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, to contribute to the conservation and the sound economic and physical development of the nation's natural resources, and to enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, biological, energy, and mineral resources. This is a Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure within the meaning of the "Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act." ***USGS*** This press release and in-depth information about USGS programs may be found on the USGS home page: http://www.usgs.gov . To receive the latest USGS news releases automatically by email, send a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Specify the listserver(s) of interest from the following names: water-pr; geologic-hazards-pr; biological-pr; mapping-pr; products-pr; lecture-pr. In the body of the message write: subscribe (name of listserver) (your name). Example: subscribe water-pr joe smith. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That
Re: [CTRL] CLINTON DOUBTS FBI'S MOTIVES Suggests Focus On China Gifts Hides Waco Woes
-Caveat Lector- The quote excerpted from the post from Investors Business Daily brings to mind RuMills recent disclosure that her sources have been telling her that Clinton is "clinically insane," and that he's about to have some kind of break-up before he leaves office. Supposedly, according to the same sources, she said he he had gone berserk shortly before JFK, Jr.'s plane crashed. Whether it's true or not, it looks like someone wants to make us think it is. The impromptu interview with Clinton, conducted on the South Lawn not far from the Oval Office during a dinner for the press, lasted about 10 minutes and started with a single and simple question: ''When's your next formal press conference, Mr. President?'' Clinton was testy throughout. Observers say his face turned red when questioned about the Chinagate probe. The questions came only after Clinton asked why he should hold another formal news conference. ''He was pretty exercised, and I was surprised he'd get so exercised about the campaign finance stuff,'' said Washington-based Seattle Times reporter James Grimaldi, who overheard the exchange and filed a story Sunday. ''He actually blew up.'' Staffers for CNN and the Associated Press also witnessed the exchange. The president's comments came just two days after three active FBI agents -Roberta Parker, Kevin Sheridan and Daniel Wehr - and one retired - 25- year veteran Ivian Smith - told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that Laura Ingersoll, the former head of Reno's task force, blocked attempts in 1997 to question Clinton fund-raisers and seize documents. Clinton scoffed at any suggestion that Reno is covering for him, or that the White House is colluding with her probe. He brushed aside the questions as ''accusatory.'' ''We've spent $4 million and gave the (campaign- finance) task force millions of records and every shred of evidence,'' Clinton said, ''and they haven't found a thing.'' But in Wednesday's explosive testimony, Wehr swore that Ingersoll told the agents they should ''not pursue any matter related to solicitation of funds for access to the president.'' DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Memory Of Water and Robert Park.
-Caveat Lector- You cite Robert L Park and "serious misrepresentations of modern physics" Park is a most unfortunate person to cite. Park is the former American Physical Society spokesman who made a fool of himself on LENR ( low energy nuclear reactions) The APS has now modified its position. See the Proceedings of the last APS meeting. For the first time papers were presented on LENR. Park has been slandering LENR ( and all linked phenomena) for a decade in disregard of some 3,000 confirming technical papers, 7 International meetings,. support from DARPA,, US NAVY and sustained lab success. Last January Russ George of SRI made a special presentation to Secretary of the Navy Daniels on the extraordinary new findingss. All this to the contrary Park still insists LENR does not exist. His motivation is all too obvious. Federal funding is slipping down the drain. George and SRI have an operating device already run at over unity for more than a year.. Impossible for Park and establishment physics, but a reality for US Navy DARPA and others... More to the point would be YOUR criticsm of homeopathy rather than. the myopic assertions of a discredited Park. Read MEMORY OF WATER and review the 500 citations on high dilution experiments and then give us your interpretation. .The US is the only country in the world that refuses to grant patents on LENR This craziness is now before the US Senate Science is not a "we know it all" fixed paradigm, as Park would have us believe. It is (or should be) a dynamic evolving body of knowledge. So dont give us Park's outdated textbook stuff. Give us your interpretation. ANTONY SUTTONEDITOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE REPORTt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] CLINTON DOUBTS FBI'S MOTIVES Suggests Focus On China Gifts Hides Waco Woes
-Caveat Lector- USA Today has additional information. http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/finance/ncfin359.htm 09/22/99- Updated 11:14 PM ET FBI agents criticize Justice Department WASHINGTON (AP) - In a rare public airing of friction between the FBI and its parent Justice Department, bureau agents testified Wednesday that prosecutors impeded their campaign fund-raising inquiry. The former lead prosecutor countered by criticizing the agents' work. The testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee spotlighted the bitter internal disagreements in the investigation of donations to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. Disagreement over the investigation caused friction between Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI Director Louis Freeh. Reno eventually rejected the director's conclusion that an independent counsel should be appointed. Disputing Reno's oft-quoted assertions of a vigorous investigation, FBI agent Daniel Wehr told the committee that the initial lead attorney in the inquiry, Laura Ingersoll, told the agents they should ''not pursue any matter related to solicitation of funds for access to the president. The reason given was, 'That's the way the American political process works.' I was scandalized by that.'' Wehr, agents Roberta Parker and Kevin Sheridan are still assigned to the investigation and worked on the case of presidential friend Yah Lin ''Charlie'' Trie, a major Democratic donor who pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. Besides the three agents, the committee heard from Ivian C. Smith, the retired agent who headed the Little Rock, Ark., FBI office. The four contended that Ms. Ingersoll - who eventually was replaced as lead attorney - prevented the FBI from executing search warrants to stop destruction of evidence and micromanaged the case beyond all reason. But Ms. Ingersoll testified there was ''no smoking gun'' in documents the FBI discovered in the trash of Trie and a business associate - records which, the agents concluded, should have been the basis for search warrants of the subjects' residences. Explaining her rejection of the search warrant request in the summer of 1997, Ms. Ingersoll said, ''Nothing we saw indicated to us'' that there was ''anything incriminating'' in the documents. She said the FBI's proposed search warrant affidavit lacked any description of how the records were relevant. ''We didn't know what the documents were. The agents didn't bring us what these documents actually were. I would have wanted them (the search warrant justifications) to be fuller and more complete. The search warrant affidavit was far from being finalized ... to be presented to a magistrate.'' Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate committee and leader of its campaign finance inquiry in 1997, appeared upset by Ms. Ingersoll's answers. ''We're not talking about trying to electrocute someone,'' Thompson said. ''We're talking about getting ... to an independent magistrate. It does not have to be a smoking gun.'' FBI agent Parker, also an attorney, testified that Ms. Ingersoll told the agents the department ''would not take into consideration'' evidence involving President Clinton's legal defense fund and obstruction of the Senate's investigation. Smith, the retired FBI supervisor, told the committee he was ''quite astounded at the type of documents being destroyed.'' The committee released a memo by Smith, dated Aug. 4, 1997, to Freeh that bitterly complained about the prosecutors. He expressed ''a lack of confidence'' in department attorneys, adding, ''I am convinced the team at DOJ leading this investigation is, at best, simply not up to the task.'' ''The impression left is the emphasis on how not to prosecute matters, not how to aggressively conduct investigations leading to prosecutions.'' Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., senior Democrat on the committee, said the disputes amounted to a ''culture clash'' between FBI agents and prosecutors - one that was ''very destructive.'' Republicans have been extremely critical of Reno's decision not to appoint an independent counsel in the fund-raising inquiry and of her insistence that a vigorous investigation was being conducted by the Justice Department. Agent Parker testified that there were 27 pages missing from her spiral notebook recounting the agents' disagreements with the prosecutors. She said she had turned over the notes to FBI superiors because Congress sought information about the disagreements, adding that the pages must have been ripped out. Thompson threatened to hold hearings on the disappearance, now the subject of an internal FBI investigation. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and
[CTRL] State Department Stonewalls New Ron Brown Crash Questions (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Newsmax.com-Inside Cover Monday September 27, 7:18 PM State Department Stonewalls New Ron Brown Crash Questions A State Department spokesperson told Inside Cover on Monday that it would be "a waste of taxpayers' money" to respond to questions raised by a newly uncovered log detailing Clinton administration actions after late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's plane vanished from radar screens on April 3, 1996. The document, labeled "Confidential, Department of Commerce" and kept secret for more than three years, offers an internal government account of events on the day Brown died that is starkly different from the official government version on a number of key points. (See Documents Reveal Two May Have Survived Initial Impact of Ron Brown Plane Crash.) Among the most disturbing revelations is a log entry made April 3 at 9:40 pm Croatian time, an hour and twenty minutes after the plane's wreckage was discovered, which shows concern at the highest levels of the Clinton administration about videotaping at the crash site: "Poloff Hovenier called to relay strong request from [Deputy Secretary of State] Strobe Talbott that HRT TV team in Dubrovnik not film at the crash site. DCM called state protocol chief Misetic who said he was already trying to get in touch with the team to stop it." The "no video" entry was logged just 42 minutes after Ira Sokowitz, then a Commerce Department official who was in Sarajevo at the time, notified Washington that two passengers "have been recovered alive from the crash." One of those survivors was Tech. Sgt. Shelly Kelly, who later died while being transported to a Dubrovnik hospital. Sokowitz's report of a second impact survivor became known only when Judicial Watch released the secret Commerce Department log to Inside Cover on Friday. The alleged survivor's identity remains a mystery. It is not known how long he or she may have lived after rescuers reached the crash site. When asked why Talbott wanted the HRT TV team to stop filming, the State Department spokesperson, who would speak only on background, declined to elaborate on the log entry, suggesting only that it might be understandable if Talbott didn't want "the carnage of dead administration officials" to be filmed. The spokesperson refused Inside Cover's repeated offers to make the secret Commerce log available for his examination and refused to relay questions about Talbott's "no video" order to Talbott himself. Instead, the official launched into an attack on Judicial Watch, saying: "If this [document] was faxed to you by [Judicial Watch Chairman] Larry Klayman, I've got to believe there's something hateful behind it all I just think letting Larry Klayman use up another minute of anybody's time in government is just a waste of taxpayers' money. The guy is hateful. That's all there is to it." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] WANTED: Military Horror Stories (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- World Net Daily-September 28, 1999 by Jon E. Dougherty Wanted: Military Horror Stories WorldNetDaily has been better than nearly everyone else when it comes to chronicling the rapid deterioration of the U.S. military. Whether it has been because the military cannot find enough personnel to fill the ranks or because of traitorous acts committed by the Clinton administration, most people agree that these days, the U.S. military is hurtin' and hurtin' bad. Only the details are missing from this horror story. And I want them. Americans are not going to get the truth from other mainstream press sources, the Pentagon, the White House, or Congress about just how badly our forces are suffering from being over-deployed in an overabundance of bad situations -- few of which have anything at all to do with our national security. And this at a time when America is potentially facing her worst threats since becoming a nation 230 years ago. Meanwhile, we continue to pay these people like paupers (recruits) while Congress has no problem giving themselves a raise damn near every single year the issue comes up for a vote. In my opinion, we ought to be paying congressmen, the president and the vice president $1,200 a month and giving our troops a hundred grand a year. So if you're currently in the military -- any branch; makes no difference to me -- or recently separated and you have a story to share about current military readiness and supply problems, "hollow" units or overstretched resources, e-mail me in confidence. My goal is to assemble these examples in a format presentable both to Congress and the American public, in a way nobody can deny. I need -- and appreciate -- your help. Jon E. Dougherty is a contributing editor to WorldNetDaily. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Journalists press case against IRS (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- September 28, 1999 THE POWER TO DESTROY Journalists press case against IRS Klayman, Farah charge government hiding documents, lying By Stephan Archer © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Lawyers representing the Western Journalism Center plan to file motion to have the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice held in criminal contempt for failing to produce documents connected to an audit of the group and requested under the Freedom of Information Act. "Based on a pattern of misconduct in this lawsuit, we are convinced that the IRS continues to hide documents," said Judicial Watch's Larry Klayman. Klayman is referring to the $10 million action he filed against the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Western Journalism Center, founded by Joseph Farah, editor of WorldNetDaily.com. Farah and Klayman initiated the suit after a suspicious 1996 audit nearly forced the center to close its doors. Before filing the new motion, however, the two will wait for a judge to rule on an IRS motion for summary judgment in the case. Originally, Farah was led to believe the audit was politically motivated when one of the IRS' "Information Document Requests" served on the center demanded substantial amounts of seemingly irrelevant information -- particularly regarding the center's investigative work into the suspicious death of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster. Specifically, the IRS asked for copies of all documents related to the selection of reporters and topics for investigation. In these documents, the IRS asked Western Journalism Center the following questions about the investigation into the death of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster: Who was on the review committee? What review process is used for peer review? Were any other projects considered? What about any opposing viewpoints? Then, when Thomas Cederquist, the IRS agent conducting the audit, admitted it was a "political" audit and that any "decision (had) to be made at the national level," Farah became even more convinced that WJC was the target of a politically motivated and therefore unlawful audit. However, hard proof of the audit's political roots didn't surface until Freedom of Information Act documents received by the center from the Treasury Department this past July traced the audit trail directly back to the Clinton White House. Beverly Hills resident Paul Venze had written a letter to the White House questioning the legitimacy of the center's non-profit status, since it was leading an investigation into the circumstances of Foster's death. Upon receiving the letter, the White House faxed it to the IRS. This sequence is detailed in the Treasury Department report the WJC received, although belatedly, in response to its FOIA request. Farah and Klayman want to know why the IRS took two years to hand over information about the Venze letter and the White House's involvement, since it should have been provided immediately after the FOIA request was filed and certainly during the discovery process in the $10 million lawsuit. Suspicions of IRS delay and obfuscation also stem from the fact that in October 1997, soon after the FOIA request was filed, the IRS turned over 114 pages of material to Farah, claiming those were all the documents it had on the case. The IRS immediately filed a petition for summary judgment from District Court Judge Coleen Colar-Koteley, which would have closed the case for good. However, WJC soon discovered that at least another 658 pages of documents concerning the audit, including Venze's letter, were being maintained by the IRS. "This kind of behavior unfortunately has become normal throughout government -- hiding documents, destroying them, lying, cover up. It's always been the case, but it's gotten much worse during the Clinton administration," Klayman said. Now that the additional 658 pages have been turned over to WJC, the IRS has once again filed for summary judgment. However, the center is asking the court that the IRS' motion for summary judgment be denied, and that discovery procedures into the long delay of produced audit materials proceed, because Klayman and Farah still believe the IRS is holding back documents. "Where are the documents showing how Bill Clinton informed the Internal Revenue Service?" asked Klayman during an interview with WorldNetDaily. Indeed, the journalists' opposition to the IRS motion for summary judgment states, "Now that the IRS' erroneous claim in its first motion for summary judgment -- that all responsive documents were produced to WJC (Western Journalism Center) in October 1997 -- has been thoroughly discredited by WJC, and in light of the highly political circumstances surrounding the White House's initiation of the WJC audit, (and) the IRS' failure to provide documents concerning the audit to WJC in a timely manner, ... WJC is entitled to discovery into the scope and conduct of the IRS' search, the existence of documents generated
Re: [CTRL] The Dropa Stones and HAB
-Caveat Lector- I have read a lot of material on catastrophism since I first encountered *The HAB Theory* in 1976, and there is considerable evidence that *something* happened within the lifetime of the human race that completely disrupted life on this planet. But it demands serious scholarly attention, hi, the following comments fit in exactly with the HAB theory I'm afraid. The HAB theory says that disaster by plate reshuffle happens every 7500 years or so Scientists have never found Noah or his ark, but they believe in his flood. It happened about 7,600 years ago, when the Mediterranean Sea, swollen by melted glaciers, breached a natural dam separating it from the freshwater lake known today as the Black Sea. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-09/26/195l-092699-idx.html COMPELLING evidence that there was a Great Flood, as told in the Old Testament story of Noah's Ark, has been found far below the waters of the Black Sea by an American expedition. Underwater surveyors, led by Robert Ballard, the renowned oceanographer who found the Titanic and other sunken ships of the 20th century, have discovered an ancient coastline at a depth of 450ft. http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/Times/timfgnusa02001.html?999 A HREF="http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/Times/timfgnusa02001.html?999"C li ck here: The Times: World News:Evidence of Great Flood is found Story of Noah's Ark backed by coastline discovery/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Politicizing the IRS (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- World Net Daily Politicizing the IRS by Joseph Farah I give up on the idea that the Republican Congress is ever going to conduct a serious investigation of the way President Clinton has targeted his enemies -- including me -- by directing Internal Revenue Service audits. It's just not going to happen -- not in this lifetime. Evidently, establishment Republicans -- including the overwhelming majority in Congress -- are so enamored of the police powers of the state that they will do nothing to protect the civil liberties of individuals. So, this column is directed to the Democrats. I'm skeptical that any of you can put aside your own political prejudices in favor of Bill Clinton long enough to consider what I'm about to say, but it needs to be said anyway. Imagine, for a moment, a Republican occupies the White House. It's bound to happen again some day. Like Richard Nixon before him, this Republican has a penchant for rooting out vocal opposition and pesky journalists and compiling enemies lists. One of his tactics is to fax to the IRS notes from constituents complaining about the critical work of certain non-profit organizations. One of those letters rips a group of journalists who have been investigating administration corruption. The letter and cover sheet from the White House first go to the Exempt Office division of the IRS and eventually to the office in the city where the journalists are based. A wide-ranging audit begins. The field agent tells the targeted journalists' certified public accountant that this is a "political case" and the decision about the organization's tax-exempt status will be made at the "national level." The audit lasts nine months and finds nothing awry within the organization's books. But the ordeal nearly bankrupts the group, causing it to lay off reporters and close publications. A Freedom of Information Act request by the group for its IRS case file is denied. An appeal is denied. Only as a result of a lawsuit are documents produced two years later -- and there is still some question about how complete the file is. Also two years later, the Treasury Department releases a heavily redacted internal report concluding that the audit began as a direct result of the letter sent from the White House to the IRS. With just that information, my Democratic friends, would you not conclude that there is at least ample evidence to investigate seriously the possibility that the president is violating the law by using the IRS for political purposes? I know you would. Yet those are exactly the facts concerning this president. There is a perfect parallel with regard to the White House's illegal actions against the Western Journalism Center, a non-partisan group of investigative journalists who probe official corruption as deeply and vigorously when it is committed by Republicans as they do when it is committed by Democrats. I know this is a long shot -- a Hail Mary pass, if you will. But I have to point out the utter hypocrisy you will display if you ignore the blatantly illegal actions of this president with regard to the abuse of the IRS. This is not an idle accusation on my part. We now have the Clinton administration's own documentation to prove the charge in a court of law -- and we will do that with the help of our legal representative, Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch. It may take years, but we will do that. You will not be able to plead ignorance when we do. That's why I am making this request to you at this time. Save yourself some embarrassment, some humiliation and do the right thing, the honorable thing now. You don't have to conclude I'm right to take action. All you need to do is authorize an investigation of this serious, impeachable offense. It's not complicated. It's actually quite simple. Imagine how courageous you will appear -- challenging a president of your own party on a vital civil liberties issue. If you don't take this advice, you will have no excuses later. You will also demonstrate conclusively for the whole world to see that you do not really believe in civil liberties for one and all. It's only a question of whose ox is being gored. Republicans don't have a strong record on defending individual rights and personal freedoms. Democrats at least pay it lip service. Now it's time to ante up -- to take on an unpleasant question that will not win you friends in the White House. But if any of you have a conscience after seven years of Clinton abuses, now might be a good time to show not all Democrats are immature lawbreakers who have one set of standards for themselves and another set for everyone else. You know where to find me. ... = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The
[CTRL] The Seedy Side of the FCC
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http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/politics/story/21985.html
The Seedy Side of the FCC by {HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"}Declan McCullagh
12:15 p.m. 28.Sep.99.PDT
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming -- Americans often seem to view the US Federal Communications Commission as something between a benign nuisance and an antediluvian bureaucracy.
But is the FCC really a group of modern-day Don Corleones who run a protection racket complete with threats to kowtow to government demands or else?
That's how one FCC commissioner views his colleagues. "They are engaged in shakedowns, extortions, and things that fall outside the formal regulatory process," {HYPERLINK "http://www.fcc.gov/commishfurchtgott.html"}Harold Furchtgott-Roth said Tuesday at a {HYPERLINK "http://www.hudson.org/"}Hudson Institute {HYPERLINK "http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21972.html"} in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
"The commission has been very effective in shaking down companies [and deciding] which communities get served first, which communities get served last, [and] who the assets get spun off to," he said.
Furchtgott-Roth, a Clinton appointee who is the sole economist among the agency's four other lawyers-turned-commissioners, is frequently the lone dissenting voice when the FCC considers new regulations. Under US law, the FCC has broad regulatory authority over telecommunications companies.
He criticized the conditions the FCC required before {HYPERLINK "http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/21936.html"} the SBC- Ameritech merger, and pointed at "the conditions which SBC has 'voluntarily' submitted with a gun pointed at its head.
"Somehow, all the conditions have nothing to do with wireless licenses, but a lot of other things."
Furchtgott-Roth also slammed the so-called "Gore tax," or {HYPERLINK "http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21042.html"}e-rate fee that the FCC devised to wire schools and libraries to the Net. "There we have a situation where the commission has invented a tax to fund programs at schools and libraries across America purportedly to bring broadband. At first blush this seems like a good thing."
But, he said, Department of Education statistics published in January 1998 - - before the e-rate checks began to flow -- showed about 70 percent of schools already had access.
"This is just preposterous. Most schools and libraries were hooked up to the Internet before a nickel of this multibillion dollar tax was imposed on Americans. There's hardly a politician who's willing to stand up and say this is an incredible fraud," Furchtgott-Roth said.
Martin Irvine, a Georgetown University professor who spoke Monday, said his experience suggested otherwise. "I can't believe that so many schools are connected," he said.
Irvine also said that the FCC should not refrain from regulation of the Net and telecommunications businesses, saying that some forms of control over what companies and individuals can do are better than others. "Regulation does not equal regulation does not equal regulation," he said.
Glenn Woroch, a research economist at GTE Laboratories, said he believed that the FCC needed to intervene in the telecom industry -- and the Internet business too. "I also think there's room for agencies like the FCC to help the industry move out of certain conventions. There are a lot of pricing conventions in the industry that are distortionary and do not contain good incentives for investment," Woroch said.
He pointed to Internet peering arrangements as one area where the FCC could intervene with regulations or standards-setting. "There's something that cannot continue. But there's great difficulty in coordinating the industry from that pricing system to one that's based on cost," he said.
Furchtgott-Roth predicted that differences in regulation between the Internet and more tightly controlled media like cable and broadcast will make for some nasty fights. "It's going to be a very slow process and it's going to create a lot of problems," he said.
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[CTRL] Barnes called Guard to help Bush get in
-Caveat Lector- This story doesn't appear to be dying. It's made the rounds in Texas newspapers, and reporters are still asking about it. http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/news_4.html By Ken Herman American-Statesman Capitol Bureau Chief Tuesday, September 28, 1999 Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes put in a well-placed good word to help young George W. Bush get into the Air National Guard when thousands of Bush's contemporaries were shipping out to Vietnam, Barnes' lawyer said Monday. In a statement issued on his behalf, Barnes said he made the phone call to the head of the Texas Air National Guard at the request of the late Sidney Adger, a Houston oilman and longtime Bush family friend. But Barnes said nobody in the Bush family had asked him to intervene. When Bush joined the Guard in 1968, his father was a GOP congressman from Houston. "Neither Congressman Bush nor any other member of the Bush family asked for Barnes' help," the lawyer's statement said. "Barnes has no knowledge that Governor Bush or President Bush knew of Barnes' recommendation." The statement said Barnes "was contacted by Sid Adger and asked to recommend George W. Bush for a pilot position with the Air National Guard." At a Houston campaign stop on Monday, Bush said he did not know whether Barnes had intervened on his behalf in 1968. "I never asked for, (and) I don't believe I received, any special treatment," said Bush, who served in the Guard, based in Houston, from 1968 to 1973. Bush's military record became part of a federal lawsuit when former Texas Lottery Director Lawrence Littwin alleged that Gtech, operator of the state lottery, was behind his 1997 firing after five months on the job. Littwin's lawsuit claims Gtech held sway over the Texas Lottery Commission because Barnes, Gtech's former lobbyist, had knowledge about how Bush got into the Guard. But Gtech had severed its ties with Barnes before Littwin was hired by the Lottery Commission. Gtech and Bush have denied any involvement in Littwin's firing. The governor, the front-running Republican presidential candidate, continued to defend his service as a fighter pilot in the Air National Guard. "I can tell you what happened," he said Monday. "Nothing happened. My Guard unit was looking for pilots, and I flew for the Guard." "I'm proud of my service," Bush added, "and any allegation that my dad asked for special favors is simply not true. . . . I didn't ask anybody to help get me to the Guard, either." A spokeswoman for the elder Bush has said that Adger was a close family friend but that the former president knew nothing about any attempts by Adger to get the younger Bush into the Guard. The statement issued on Barnes' behalf said he called Brig. Gen. James Rose, then the head of the Texas Air National Guard, and recommended Bush for a pilot slot, which was available at the time. Rose is now deceased. Last September, Barnes met with Midland oilman Don Evans, chairman of Bush's re-election campaign and now finance chairman for Bush's presidential bid, and told him about the efforts to get Bush into the Guard. The statement issued Monday on Barnes' behalf said Bush sent Barnes "a note thanking him for his candor in acknowledging that Barnes received no call from any member of the Bush family." Barnes' statement was issued Monday after a deposition that lasted more than five hours. Attorney Charles Burton, representing Barnes, declined to say whether the Guard question came up during the session at Barnes' downtown Austin office. But Littwin's lawyers, in court filings, have said it was among the main lines of questioning they wanted to pursue with Barnes. In motions earlier this month, Barnes claimed "executive privilege" protection against answering questions about whether he helped Bush get into the Guard. Burton said no objections were raised to questions asked Monday by Littwin's lawyers. Burton said the deposition is covered by a judge's confidentiality order and eventually could become public. "However, that order does not prevent (Barnes) from setting the media record straight on events occurring more than 30 years ago," the statement said. You may contact Ken Herman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 445-1718. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives
[CTRL] Judicial Watch sues banks, Clintons and McAuliffe... (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 1999 Contact: Joe Giganti (202) 646-5172 JUDICIAL WATCH SUES BANKS, BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON AND MCAULIFFE OVER ILLEGAL BANK LOAN TO PURCHASE $1.7 MILLION NEW YORK MANSION Preliminary Injunction Motion Will Trigger Early Trial Case Will Set Precedent On All Illegal Gifts Received By Clintons, Such As Legal Defense Fund Monies (Washington, DC) Today, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the banks proposing to finance the Clintons' attempted purchase of a White House-like mansion in New York State, with an illegal $1.35 million loan guarantee by scandal- beleaguered influence peddler Terry McAuliffe, the "top" Democrat fundraiser. McAuliffe was implicated by Nolanda Hill in the illegal sale of seats on taxpayer financed trade missions by the Administration in Judicial Watch's Chinagate lawsuits. In addition to McAuliffe, the lawsuit names Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and the two banks, Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust. The lawsuit alleges the illegal transaction damages the banks' reputation and stock value and subjects them to criminal liability. Judicial Watch is seeking a preliminary injunction to restrain the improper transaction, which not only violated the campaign finance laws, but also amounts to an illegal gratuity. This means that Judicial Watch will be in trial in weeks. The complaint can be found on the Internet at www.judicialwatch.org. "By litigating this illegal bank loan, which is based on an improper gift to the President, Judicial Watch will, in effect, also be litigating the legality (or lack thereof), of other illegal gifts made over the last 6 years, such as the Clintons' legal defense funds. Recently, it was disclosed that 6 more Chinese agents, through Charlie Trie, donated illegal money to the funds and that the Clinton Justice Department sought to cover this up. Accordingly, Judicial Watch, if successful, will set the precedent not only to nullify the illegal loan on the Clintons' mansion, but to have them return all of the illegal legal defense fund monies collected over the years," stated Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman. "There is no place in our democratic society for influence peddlers to line the pockets of presidents and first ladies. This is government corruption of the highest order," Klayman added. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] MSNBC: Why you should get a chip implant (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- From: MSNBC.com MSNBC, when you really want to know. 9/28/99 5:48:05 AM Why you should get a chip implant A British professor had a silicon-based transponder surgically inserted into his forearm last year. It's turned him into a walking EZ-Pass. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/316518.asp = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Blast From E Timorese Past
-Caveat Lector- From LeMondeDiplomatique -- JUNE 1999 Begin Article June 1999 Summary New world order * Islam confronts Islam in Iran The economics of future chaos The Kurdish people put on trial Inventing national identity * Russia exploits nationalist backlash Language of ethnicity An international community? * Not such conventional weapons * Lesson of the first peoples Conflict threatens Indonesia * Double-dealing in East Timor Pity, in the name of humanity * search the site: to receive our free monthly summaries, please fill in your e-mail address (*) Star-marked articles are free. See subscription information. POST-SUHARTO SOMERSAULTS Double-dealing in East Timor In East Timor people have been less concerned about Indonesia's elections than the August referendum of the former Portuguese colony when the Timorese opt either for wide-ranging autonomy or independence. But the Indonesi an army is openly arming militias opposed to the pro-independence movement, fuelling violence likely to thwart the electoral process. by JEAN-PIERRE CATRY * The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, and the Portuguese government have done all they can to facilitate the referendum that will decide the future of East Timor on 8 August. The agreement signed in New York o n 5 May between Portugal and Indonesia refers to the Security Council resolutions (384 and 389) that call for the withdrawal of Indonesian forces, although it does not quote their texts. Under the agreement these same for ces - responsible for the deaths of one-third of the population - are supposed to guarantee the security of the Timorese,. The purpose of the referendum is give the Timorese the chance to say whether they want the Indonesians to stay or go. It is to take place without the prior withdrawal of the 30,000 Indonesian soldiers stationed in the ter ritory: an annex to the memorandum just speaks of "redeployment" and no withdrawal has been scheduled. The UN will only be sending in police monitors (300 is the figure being talked about but no decision has yet been made ). The question is to what extent the changes that have taken place in Indonesia and the army in particular inspire confidence. When President Suharto fell from power in May 1998, his successor, BJ Habibie, gave every indication of wanting to resolve the East Timor question which was damaging to Indonesia's image abroad. In June he promised a grad ual troop withdrawal. On 5 August, under UN auspices, Indonesia seemed ready to resolve the question for the first time by offering East Timor autonomy. Talks had been going on since 1983. The offer was less generous than it may seem since it came with one unacceptable condition: the UN and Portugal had to recognise the 1976 annexation of East Timor. Nonetheless, Kofi Annan and the Portuguese government dec ide to enter into more detailed negotiations. The UN secretariat drew up a framework for autonomy that was as wide-ranging as the limits set by Jakarta would permit. This meant excluding key sectors such as security, fore ign affairs and some areas of tax revenue, most importantly oil royalties. The leaders of the Timorese independence movement were willing to accept autonomy as a transitional phase. The people of East Timor took advantage of a reduced police and military presence to demonstrate in favour of independence. A European Union mission in late June 1998 was interrupted by protests against army violence that caused the deaths of several demonstrators. Since then signs of double-dealing by Indonesia have grown. In late July the army arranged for a hundred or so journalists to visit Dili to witness the withdrawal of 1,000 soldiers. But simultaneously several thousand oth er soldiers were being brought in under cover of darkness, landing on isolated beaches well away from the television cameras (1). In early October military operations (suspended for four months) resumed and Kofi Annan cal led for substantial troop reductions. The Indonesian foreign minister, Ali Alatas replied that there were only 6,000 soldiers left in East Timor. Three days later detailed official figures from the army showed the true fi gure to be 21,000. The source of the leak, a civilian official in the military statistics division, also revealed that the figures did not include a further 11,000 soldiers belonging to the military intelligence service (SGI) - making a tot al of 32,000 for a population of about 800,000 or one soldier for every 25 Timorese (2). Civilians massacred In November the Indonesian and Portuguese representatives were again in New York when news broke of a massacre of civilians in the Alas region. Portugal called for the negotiations to be suspended until Jakarta agreed to an inquiry by a UN representative. Indonesian diplomats conveyed Jakarta's agreement and Tamrat Samuel was sent to Timor. But the military prevented him from going to Alas and the inquiry never took place.
[CTRL] Answer to Email Address Question
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[CTRL] Fw: AANEWS for Tuesday, September 28, 1999
-Caveat Lector- from: AMERICAN ATHEISTS subject: AANEWS for September 28, 1999 A M E R I C A N A T H E I S T S #644 ~~~ 9/28/99 http://www.atheists.org ftp.atheists.org/pub/atheists/ http://www.americanatheist.org --- A Service of AMERICAN ATHEISTS "Leading The Way For Atheist Civil Rights And The Separation Of State and Church" --- In This Issue... * New questions reported about Columbine "martyr" claims * American Atheists to picket Promise Keepers this Saturday! * Big Apple Atheists * Resources * About this list... COLUMBINE "MARTYRDOM," OTHER DETAILS BEING QUESTIONED AS OFFICIAL PROBE WINDS DOWN The official probe into the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado is expected to end shortly, according a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. Already, though, the investigation may be casting doubts on some of the earlier reports about the incident which left 14 students and a teacher dead. The two gunmen involved in the slayings who were also Columbine students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, committed suicide after their rampage. One finding concerns the case of Cassie Bernall, the 17-year old student who reportedly was confronted by Klebold and was asked if she believed in God. At least one witness claimed that the encounter took place, and that Bernall replied "Yes" and was then shot. Since the incident, Bernall has been described as a modern day martyr for her Christian faith. Last week, her parents published a book about their daughter's life and death titled: "She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall." The story of Bernall's alleged heroism has been widely reported in the media and even cited on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Early coverage of the Columbine shooting by AANEWS, though, raised questions as to whether this incident ever took place. The initial news reports were sketchy, and there was no confirmation that any of the witnesses to the alleged encounter were actually present in the school library where the shooting occurred, or could have clearly seen or heard the events they so dramatically described. We also noted the factors which were fueling the desire to believe the story of Bernall's "martyrdom" in an AANEWS web posting on May 18, 1999 (http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/colo8.htm ). There were serious questions about whether the media should have printed the story of Bernall's death based on little or no evidence. * On Friday, the Denver Rocky Mountain News noted: "Columbine shooting victim may not have been asked whether she believed in God." Writers Dan Luzadder and Katie Kerwin McCrimmon reported that weeks after she died, investigators informed Bernall's parents that the "now-famous" encounter between their daughter and Klebold may not have occurred The girl's mother, Misty Klebold, still proceeded with publication of the book which was printed and distributed by Plough. Nearly 300,000 copies have been distributed to bookstores, and Associated Press notes that reorders are now coming in. The Rocky Mountain News story notes that despite early claims by some students that the conversation between Klebold and Bernall occurred, "It was discrepancies in student accounts that led police to question the Bernall testimonial." A freshman declared that Bernall had affirmed her belief in god, "Plain and simple." Another student, though, identified as 16-year-old Emily Wyant, "tells a different story" and was reportedly crouched underneath a table two feet from Bernall when Dylan Klebold opened fire. "They were the only two students studying together at the table in the back of the library" when the shooting occurred, notes the News. "She (Bernall) was saying, 'Dear God. Dear God. Why is this happening? I just want to go home," Emily said" Sources report that more than fifty students were present in the library at the time of the gun play. Interviews with witnesses, though, produced mixed results. Police were able to obtain "detailed minute aspects of the case, including who said what to whom in the school library, and elsewhere, during the rampage." But at least one potential source of the Bernall encounter with Klebold came from a student who "did not actually see the individuals involved." When asked by investigators later to point out where Klebold and Harris were at that time of the shootings, he pointed to a table where a different student victim identified as Valeen Schnurr, and not Cassie Bernall, had been hiding. A variant of the Bernall martyrdom account, though, is being advanced by Schnurr's mother, according to the News. She reportedly says that her daughter was lying on the library floor with more than 15 bullet wound "praying out loud, when
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #5
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990928E - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No divine entities were dismantled to produce this bulletin. But soon... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Gov't Chicken Boy: http://mp3.com/artists/21/government_chicken_boy.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Lawyer: Winston ad defames alien abduction victims. A so-called "UFO lawyer" claims he's steamed about an ad that shows a flying saucer with this caption: "If aliens are smart enough to travel through space, why do they keep abducting the dumbest people on Earth?" Peter Gersten says the quip is defamatory and he's encouraging abductees to come out of the closet and prove they're intelligent beings. Of CAUS they are: http://www.space.com/area51/caus_vs_tobacco_990928.html : Have you been abducted? Are you intelligent? Can you prove it? Are you a member/supporter of CAUS? Did you give Peter Gersten money? Is he worth it? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientologists beware. The Church of Virus http://lucifer.com/virus/ is a new memetically-engineered atheistic religion that is even now hungrily sweeping up all your best prospects for conversion. Or become one with The Church Of The Otter http://tcoto.da.ru [t'CotO], eh? : Have you engineered a new belief system lately? Since all belief systems [Games] are modular and interchangeable, which prior Games have you borrowed from? Do you like being a Game Master? Have you meme-infected many Players? @ Wherein lies the truth of oral history? In the raw, fresh memory of an event, or a memory bathed in the light of wisdom that comes with distance? http://www.civmag.com/articles/C9909E06.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # YOU ARE WHAT YOU WARE. Put on an infocharm and it'll remind you where you've been and tell others who you are. In fact, the firm that makes them wants you to wear a computer everywhere you go. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/culture/story/21976.html # BEHOLD, THE ?BERTOOL. It's a phone, it's a Web browser, it's a video camera, it's a personal digital assistant. Orange, one of the UK's leading cellular carriers, plans to roll out a wireless videophone next year. http://wired.com/news/news/tip/business/story/21970.html : Would you rather carry a computer, wear one, swallow one, be one? Will you have any choice about this in a couple years? Will implants be mandatory??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ LINKING THE WORLD - SHORTWAVE RADIO THEN, THE WEB NOW. The comparison of the Net with the early days of radio works not just on a personal level. The first radio enthusiasts were much ridiculed by the chattering classes of th'day. They were seen as cranks with their weird equipment - crystals, antennae, coils, cat's whiskers, horns - and laughed at because of their willingness to spend long hours waiting to hear the crackling hiss of a distant broadcast. http://www.briefhistory.com/pages/sampler.htm : Have you a lifelong yearning to connect? Did you connect at an early age? Were you a pioneer, an enthusiast? Were you ridiculed? Are you smug now? Eh? @ Why are there Braille resources in a medium that requires sight? Are you blindly curious? http://www.nyise.org/braille.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Japan doomsday cult may change name. TOKYO (AP) The Japanese cult accused of a deadly Tokyo subway gassing and other killings may change its name admit that its members were behind the attacks. Then everything will be just fine. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561375252-6b6 : Have you changed the name of y'r doomsday cult lately? Did everyone forget about all the foul, evil deeds you have done? Have you confessed? What name did you use in the confession? Have you changed your doomsday date? When to? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Terror In The Sanctuary. Many evangelicals have begun to see "committed Christians" as the latest victims of hate crimes of the sort perpetrated upon blacks, women and gays. They have also begun to view those attacks in terms of the history of their faith - as acts of Satan, and as part of a persecution that stretches back to the earliest days of Christianity, during which countless believers suffered/died for professing their faith. http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,31191,00.html : Does expansionist faiths practice cultural genocide, trying to wipe out traditional belief/culture/social systems? Is payback fair? Is your culture threatened by intolerant proselytizers? How do you react? With self-defense? @ Sentiment is a poor basis for law, and a dangerous tool in politics. Maybe some unwinnable wars are best left unfought. Hate crimes? http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19990926mag-hate-essay.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The great Museum of the History of Science http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/ in
Re: [CTRL] Fw: WACO BEFORE WACO--Militarization of the Police-
-Caveat Lector- And then came The Oklahoma City Bombing. Government murder of 169 people and injuring 700 more. When's the next "trial balloon." Y2K anyone? Gavin America: A Stinking Police State! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:16:49 EDT A HREF="http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=1999/9/22/85323"remember the Move/A The Waco Before Waco Richard Poe September 22, 1999 With the exception of Geraldo Rivera, most Americans seem to have grasped, by now, that responsibility for the Waco massacre goes all the way to the top. Even so, we cannot pin the blame solely on Bill and Hillary. The militarization of U.S. policing has proceeded unchecked through Republican and Democratic administrations alike. Indeed, one of the earliest Waco-like incidents occurred on May 13, 1985, long before Bill Clinton was even a blip on the political radar screen. That day, police emptied 10,000 rounds of ammunition into a house in West Philadelphia, in a ninety-minute period. They fired Uzis, shotguns, M-16s, ..50-caliber machineguns, Browning semiautomatic rifles and M-60 machineguns. A 20mm antitank gun was also on hand, though police claim they never fired it. Later that day, a canvas satchel containing four and a half pounds of C-4 plastic explosive was dropped on the house by helicopter. The ensuing fire consumed not only that house, but sixty others, leaving the neighborhood a smoking ruin. At whom was all this firepower aimed? The targets were four men, three women and six children members of an anti-government, urban survivalist cult called MOVE. Police say the cultists shot first, after lawmen tried to arrest four of them. But Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor inadvertently cast doubt on this claim when he testified that the first shots came from automatic weapons. MOVE had no such weapons only two shotguns, two pistols and one .22-caliber rifle.. In any case, all MOVE members in the house were killed that day, except for one woman and one 13-year-old boy. Back in 1986, I attended the trial of Ramona Africa the lone adult survivor of the MOVE house and wrote a cover story about the massacre for the East Village Eye. In that article, I suggested that the scorched-earth tactics used against MOVE were a trial balloon, designed to test public reaction to a new style of ultra-violent policing. My theory rested partly on the fact that federal agencies had encouraged and facilitated the MOVE massacre behind the scenes. The FBI, for instance, provided C-4, a military explosive forbidden to civilian police. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms provided permission and tax waivers for other military weapons. Most curious, however, were the "reforms enacted in the massacres wake.. Arguing that the slaughter had resulted from random bungling by overzealous cops, Mayor W. Wilson Goode announced a sweeping reorganization supposedly aimed at increasing the professionalism of Philadelphia police. Goodes proposals ranged from the creation of an elite counter-terrorist strike force, to the establishment of unprecedented liaisons with federal law enforcement agencies, to training for police at military facilities, and even to anti-terrorist schools and "crisis management training for city officials by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In short, Goode called for more of the very same medicine that had caused the problem in the first place: outside meddling from federal goons. Years later, in 1993, federal "crisis management once again made headlines, this time in Waco, Texas. Parallels between the MOVE and Waco massacres read like guidelines drawn from the same tactical handbook. In both cases, last-minute offers to negotiate were ignored by lawmen. In both cases, fires were deliberately allowed to burn out of control. Both at Waco and at the MOVE house, people trying to escape the flames were forced back inside by gunfire. Even more startling, lawmen in both cases claimed that the cultists had set fire to themselves. In the midst of a civil suit brought by MOVE survivors and relatives, Lt. Frank Powell suddenly anounced that the fire had been deliberately set by MOVE members, not by the bomb he dropped. "They chose their own end," Powell told reporters on May 1, 1996. MOVE members had doused the roof with flammable liquid, then torched it, Powell said. His claim which contradicted the findings of the city Fire Marshal and the mayors MOVE Commission evidently did not impress the jury, which awarded Ramona Africa and relatives of two other MOVE victims $1.5 million in damages. If the MOVE bombing really was a trial balloon, it was evidently a successful one. The media accepted the story of bungling, overzealous cops. Public outrage was confined to ineffectual liberal handwringing, much of it centered around the irrelevant fact that
Re: [CTRL] Monsanto and water-resource plotting
-Caveat Lector- Corporate charter is granted by a State, yes? It can be REVOKED by that State, and it has been done before. I wish you all good success, and if you need any help with research and contact networking, lemme know. Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nurev Ind Research Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Monsanto and water-resource plotting -Caveat Lector- Dave wrote: -Caveat Lector- This is one company that is very RIPE for corporate death. REVOKE! Monsanto's corporate charter. Who, exactly, should revoke Monsanto's charter??? And if someone could revoke Monsanto's charter, why hasn't anyone done so for Monsanto's past crimes? Answer these questions, and you will have the sword to kill the Dragon. I have been working on this for years, and I have almost completed a plan that will do just this. Yesterday ( Sunday ) I spoke with Ralph Nader on this very subject. Thanks to his explanation of the legal obstacles, I now have the perspective I've been missing. I believe I know how to overcome these obstacles. Joshua2 Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart INDEPENDENT (London) September 26 By Geoffrey Lean MONSANTO, the genetically modified food giant, drew up plans to make billions of dollars out of the world's water crisis, confidential company documents reveal. The documents, seen by the Independent on Sunday, identify a "vast economic opportunity" for the company in impending global shortages of resources such as water. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy -the second curve
-Caveat Lector- bulletproof ignorance... complete safety from scarey facts. Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Shannon Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy -the second curve -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/27/99 9:46:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You have to PROVE them wrong. You cannot ASSUME them to be wrong. Actually...the onus is on those making wild and silly claims"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof"...words to live by my gullible friend! I assume them to be DEAD WRONG... Bill. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Homeo Hit Piece
-Caveat Lector- Speaking of airheads oxymorons.. the gibbering of the boastfully ignorant is hardly of any use to a person capable of independent thought and personal research. It's always amusing to watch the Budwieser crowd parrotting the stuff they're fed by their TOOBs amusing in a very tragic way, though.. Budman is the cash crop of the very system of petrochemical pharmaceutical poisonous "medicine" which he slavishly worships, fearful of the power that the white-coated doctor of iatrogenesis holds over him- the power of health itself.. which poor Budman gladly gives up any responsibility for, in return for the TOOB's glowing platitudes nitey-nite, Budman you're in good hands with your TOOB... Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Shannon Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 6:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homeo Hit Piece -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/27/99 4:07:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also was given a concoction of veg juices once that worked better than any pharmaceutical pain killer for a knee condition I have...I was working and the knee tightened up, and a homeopath whizzed the stuff up and I have to admit it was the most amazing recovery I have ever experienced. Just to echo the sage words of Ric...A homeopath offering a veg juice cocktail is no different than a homeopath offering prednisone or even surgery...none of these things, though certainly more effective (not certainly with a veggie drink) have nothing to do with the quackery that is the basis of so-called "homeopathic medicine".. Homeopathic medicine, now THERE'S an oxymoron! Bill. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] I have few regrets over the public shaming of Clinton (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Electronic Telegraph Tuesday 28 September 1999 'I have few regrets over the public shaming of Clinton' A year ago the world could talk of nothing but Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky and the man who had forced them to disclose every sordid detail of their affair: Ken Starr. On the eve of a lecture in London, he talks to Daniel Johnson. THE President was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and censured by Congress but he is still in the White House. Since then Mr Starr, the Independent Counsel, has kept his own counsel. Today he will deliver a lecture before a packed hall of Telegraph readers, chaired by the Daily Telegraph's editor, Charles Moore, under the auspices of the Institute of United States Studies at London University. On the eve of this, his first big public appearance since he almost drove a president from office, he spoke to me in his hotel. The grimly bespectacled prosecutor is only the public face. In private he is a witty and benign companion. He enjoys a Martini and is relaxed on the subject of sex: by no means the prudish teetotaler portrayed by the White House. One of the best legal minds of his generation, he speaks in perfectly grammatical sentences, with the same exhaustive precision as his celebrated report. By doing his duty with such thoroughness, Mr Starr has almost certainly sacrificed his ambition of becoming a justice on the Supreme Court. He is still a hero to many. While we had dinner, two Americans came up to our table to shake his hand: "A damn fine job you did, Mr Starr." He cannot disguise his withering contempt for Mr Clinton's failure to face the consequences of his mendacity. But he does not hate the President, who treated him "graciously" when grilled by the Grand Jury. Hillary Clinton is another matter: they have met three times and evidently detest one another. Mr Starr brought no charges against her over Whitewater. That did not deter the First Lady from smearing him. Was she fit to run for the Senate in New York? "No comment." Was last year's Lewinsky crisis worthwhile? "Yes. It was most unfortunate for the country to have to go through this ordeal. But there was evidence of serious wrong-doing." He is gratified that "the report's accuracy is, I believe, generally accepted". It was for Congress, not him, to reach a political judgment on what to do with the President. He accepts that judgment. Mr Starr refuses to admit to personal feelings of disappointment or anger at the President's clinging to office. But "I was struck by the fact that so many commentators and editorial boards across the country felt that [resignation] would have been the right and honourable thing to do." What of Miss Lewinsky? Did he not regret her personal distress? "She - as an obviously highly intelligent young adult, a professional, a college graduate - made a most unfortunate judgment, and that was that she would commit federal crimes in order to obstruct the judicial process in the form of a civil sexual harassment action [the Paula Jones case]. "Not only that: she importuned another person, Linda Tripp, to likewise engage in federal crimes. That was serious business. She did it not on the spur of the moment; she did it over a considerable period of time. She knowingly went to one of the most powerful lawyers in the country, who in turn guided her to another lawyer to prepare what she knew to be a perjurious affidavit. One should not blink at those kinds of offences." Reverting to his real quarry, Mr Starr continued: "Once the relationship came to light in January 1998 . . . the President decided not to tell the truth. In one of the most unfortunate episodes of the entire drama, the President determined in consultation with Mr [Dick] Morris to take a poll on whether to tell the truth. "Mr Morris had advised him that the American people would readily forgive an adulterous relationship, but they would not be forgiving of offences against the justice system. And the President informed him, 'Well, we will just have to win, then'. Thus, instead of telling the truth, admitting the facts and seeking forgiveness of family and nation, he launched a campaign designed to erode confidence in the duly appointed system of justice. "For her part, Miss Lewinsky likewise chose not to be readily forthcoming. She put the nation through seven months of a wretched and miserable 24-hour news cycle. Miss Lewinsky did not co-operate until July 1998. This could have been over in January." Was he shocked by the fact that public opinion took such a lenient view of Mr Clinton? "There was deep ambivalence, manifested by the fact that those who opposed his removal from office with almost equal fervour denounced his acts. But a line was drawn between misconduct applying to his personal affairs and possible abuse of his high office." Presumably child molesting or polygamy would still not be acceptable, he chuckled. "Congress has arrived at an uneasy balance,
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Hit Piece..reply
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/28/99 11:08:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And life expectancy in India is about 49 years, rather less than in countries practicing western medicine. That's the problem with the old 'medical' traditions - patients tend to die young. Bother. This is a facetious argument. The culture and the living conditions are vastly different. You cannot equate the use of "western medicine" and long life, any more than you can say that the Indian's use of "old 'medical' traditions" is the reason their life expectancy is 49 years as opposed to 76 or so in the west. There are too many factors involved. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products
-Caveat Lector- Thanks Robert, I'll pass this to the person who sent it to me. I knew you people on the CTRL list would come through! __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Error 404: File Not Found/Parascope
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/28/99 5:34:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cany anybody help me on this? I can hardly open anything at the Paracsope site. I can't even use the search. I keep getting this: Try just going to Parascope.com, then navigate through the site rather than accessing pages through the string. It should work. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Hit Piece..reply
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And life expectancy in India is about 49 years, rather less than in countries practicing western medicine. That's the problem with the old 'medical' traditions - patients tend to die young. Bother. This is a facetious argument. The culture and the living conditions are vastly different. You cannot equate the use of "western medicine" and long life, any more than you can say that the Indian's use of "old 'medical' traditions" is the reason their life expectancy is 49 years as opposed to 76 or so in the west. There are too many factors involved. Yup, many factors, but all hinging on the willingness to experiment, to test ideas, rather than submit to doctrine. The generally better health of Western life lifestyles involves sanitation, modern medicine, a systematic approach to life sciences. If ya don't buy into the germ theory of disease, ya have a hard time dealing with disease. If ya don't relentlessly scrutinize the factors relating to disease and health, ya have a hard time reducing disease and improving health. The proof is in the pudding - traditional societies, doctrinaire societies, aren't nearly as conducive to health happiness as the Western world. If traditional Indian life medicine were appealing, the world would be flocking into India. People aren't dumb. They vote with their feet. Those who can, head to Europe, North America, Australia, etc. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products
-Caveat Lector- Have you heard that tampon makers include asbestos in tampons? I can not comfirm the asbestos but the dioxion is true, check your local heath food store for alturnative tampons. I do not like tampons or antibacterial soap. And any male that makes himself a biohazard by using antibacterial soap before the horizontal festivities is NOT getting festive with me the Orientals outlawed tampons - late last year / early this year none to be found - They have also won several law suits with Novartis. Wonder why it is hard to find these in the American news? Pied Piper earthman wrote: -Caveat Lector- Can anyone confirm this before I pass it on? I wouldn't want to waste their time with a hoax. Peter We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/homepage Bargain Books http://bn.bfast.com/bfast/click/mid1349732?siteid=10734186bfpage=b - Original Message - From: Tenorlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:26 PM Subject: [CTRL] For women--danger in feminine products -Caveat Lector- Got this in my email. I knew about the dioxin in white coffee filters, but this is news to me Tenorlove -- Subject: WARNING for females... (O-Sh) Please pass on to as many women as possible . . . If you use pads, but especially if you use tampons read this and pass on to your friends (for the men receiving this email, please forward it to your friends, significant others, sisters, mothers, daughters, etc.) thanks! Have you heard that tampon makers include asbestos in tampons? Why would they do this? Because asbestos makes you bleed more . . . if you bleed more, you're going to need to use more. Why isn't this against the law since asbestos is so dangerous? Because the powers that be, in all their wisdom(not), did not consider tampons as being ingested, and therefore wasn't illegal or considered dangerous. This month's Essence magazine has a small article about this and they mention two manufacturers of a cotton tampon alternative. The companies are Organic Essentials @ (800) 765-6491 and Terra Femme @ (800)755-0212. A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado @ Boulder sent the following: "I am writing this because women are not being informed about the dangers of something most of us use - tampons. I am taking a class this month and I have been learning a lot about biology and woman, including much about feminine hygiene. Recently we have learned that tampons are actually dangerous (for other reasons than TSS). I'll tell you this, after learning about this in our class, most of the females wound up feeling angry and upset with the tampon industry, and I for one, am going to do something about it. To start, I want to inform everyone I can, and email is the fastest way that I know how. Here is the scoop: Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon (for absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products). The tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white products - in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem here is that the dioxin produced in this bleaching process can lead to very harmful problems for a woman. Dioxin is potentially carcinogenic (cancer-associated) and is toxic to the immune and reproductive systems. It has also been linked to endometriosis and lower sperm counts for men- for both, it breaks down the immune system. Last September the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that there really is no set "acceptable" level of exposure to dioxin given that it is cumulative and slow to disintegrate. The real danger comes from repeated contact (Karen Houppert "Pulling the Plug on the Tampon Industry"). I'd say using about 4-5 tampons a day, five days a month, for 38 menstruating years is "repeated contact", wouldn't you? Rayon contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because its a highly absorbent substance. Therefore, when fibers from the tampons are left behind in the vagina (as it usually occurs), it creates a breeding ground for the dioxin. It also stays in a lot longer than it would with just cotton tampons. This is also the reason why TSS (toxic shock syndrome) occurs. WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? Using feminine hygiene products that aren't bleached and that are all cotton. Other feminine hygiene products (pads/napkins) contain dioxin as well, but they are not nearly as dangerous since they are not in direct contact with the vagina. The pads/napkins need to stop being bleached, but obviously tampons are the most dangerous. So, what can you do if you can't give up using tampons? Use tampons, that are made from 100% cotton, and that are UNBLEACHED. Unfortunately, there are very, very few companies that make these safe tampons. They are usually only found in health
[CTRL] (Fwd) NCPA Policy Digest 9-28-99
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- National Center For Policy Analysis POLICY DIGEST Tuesday, September 28, 1999 PointCast can automatically load NCPA's Policy Digest summaries on your desktop for easy reading. For information go to http://www.ncpa.org/pointcast.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WEVE GOT THE BODY BUT WE NEED YOUR BRAINS! * * * * If you have online marketing management and technical skills, * * we have the place you can use them!!! The NCPA is looking for * * an Online Marketing Manager at the Dallas office. Check out * * the requirements at http://www.ncpa.org/about/onlinemgr2.html * * and if you are interested please email your resume to Drew* * Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IN TODAY'S DIGEST o SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM WITHOUT TAX INCREASES or benefit cuts is possible with personal retirement accounts, concludes a new studyNCPA o THE STOCK MARKET FELL DUE TO THE TAX-CUT VETO, says Lawrence Kudlow, because long-term growth will be lowerWASHINGTON TIMES o A PANEL OF SCIENTISTS FOUND PLASTIC SOFTENERS ARE SAFE, but a number of countries have banned such products...NEW YORK TIMES o TEMPORARY IMMIGRANT VISAS LEAD TO ABUSE FRAUD, say observers, while permanent status for skilled workers would benefit the economyINVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY o A EUROPEAN COURT SAYS BRITISH MILITARY MUST ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALS, overturning a 30-year-old policyNEW YORK TIMES o CANADIANS WAIT FOUR MONTHS OR MORE FOR HEALTH CARE from specialists -- 43 percent longer than in 1993FRASER INSTITUTE o EXPERTS QUESTION THE RELIABILITY OF EYEWITNESSES and several convictions have been overturnedAMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL o PREFUNDING MEDICARE, OR GIVING SENIORS VOUCHERS to pay for a health plan, should encourage efficiency, say economistsAMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW IN TODAY'S NEWS COMPARING PROPOSALS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM The projected federal budget surplus offers an opportunity to reform Social Security and eliminate its current multi-trillion dollar unfunded liability, says a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). In the first comprehensive comparative analysis of major reform proposals before Congress, the NCPA study found that Social Security's future funding crisis can be averted by allowing workers to put some of their Social Security payroll tax dollars into personal retirement accounts invested in the private capital market. The NCPA study analyzed reform plans proposed by Sens. Phil Gramm and Pete Domenici; Reps. Bill Archer and Clay Shaw; and a bipartisan proposal by Sens. John Breaux, Judd Gregg and Bob Kerrey in the Senate and Reps. Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm in the House. In addition, the study analyzed a proposal offered by the NCPA in conjunction with the Private Enterprise Research Center (PERC) at Texas AM University. The plans analyzed differ in the extent to which personal retirement accounts replace Social Security benefits. o Under the Archer-Shaw plan, young people entering the workforce today would rely on their personal retirement accounts for about half of their Social Security benefits (see Figure XII http://www.ncpa.org/studies/s227/s227f11.gif ). o Under the Gramm-Domenici plan, today's young workers would rely on their personal retirement accounts for two-thirds of their Social Security benefits. o By mid-century under the bipartisan plan, retirees would rely on their accounts for about 70 percent of their benefits; however, those benefits would be significantly smaller because of increases in the retirement age and adjustments in the benefit formulas. Although the short-term cost of funding the transition to personal retirement accounts is high -- requiring almost all of the budget surplus -- changing the system now will more than pay for itself and require much lower tax rates than are projected under the current system (see Figure XIII http://www.ncpa.org/studies/s227/s227f13.gif ). Source: Liqun Liu and Andrew J. Rettenmaier, "Comparing Proposals for Social Security Reform," NCPA Policy Report No. 227, September 1999, National Center for Policy Analysis, 12655 N. Central Expy., Suite 720, Dallas, Texas 75243, (972) 396-6272. For text http://www.ncpa.org/studies/s227/s227.html For more on Plans for Partial Privatization http://www.ncpa.org/pi/congress/cong5d.html STOCK MARKET RESPONDS TO TAX-CUT VETO Most economic commentators are attributing the recent downturn in stock prices -- also known as a market correction -- to the Federal Reserve's threatened interest rate
[CTRL] 09-27-64
-Caveat Lector- Via From: "Bruce H.G. Calder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Calder.Net To: (Your History has Arrived) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce H.G. Calder's September 27, 1964 THIS DAY IN HISTORY -United States- The 888 page Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John Kennedy is released. The report concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. As years pass, proponents of various conspiracy theories will claim the assassination was ordered by and/or carried out by (to name a few) the CIA, a group of Texas millionaires, the Mafia, the Soviet Union, and Cuba. Warren Commission Documents Database http://www.jmasland.com/cd_frm.htm Connally's widow says Warren Commission wrong http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Nov1998/connallynov16.htm JFK Assassination Research Materials http://www.pe.net/~atd/ The Puzzle Palace http://www.boston.quik.com/amarsh/ Information on JFK http://darwin.dsm.fordham.edu/ejs/jfk/jfk.html The men who killed President John F. Kennedy http://www.koelle.dk/ Assassination Conspiracies http://www.terminator3armageddon.com/conspira/assassin.html No conspiracy behind Kennedy's assassination: report http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19981001/27450294.html The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza http://www.jfk.org/ AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." --Buddha + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Foolishness of Legalisms vs the IRS
-Caveat Lector- IRS seems to be nearing the end of it's days. If y2k doesn't finish it the House of Representatives might- there are a few members who are very committed to doing away with it. Quite a bit of information on it's illegality in circulation. I know this guy, Paul Mitchell- who's legally brilliant (personally difficult) He wrote a reasonably well known work know as "The Federal Zone" http://www.supremelaw.com The CD this guy put out is pretty good: http://www.notaxdue.com Tons of other stuff out there, but these are the only two guys I have personal knowledge of. KUDOS to Sean- I'm not here to whine about stuff and flagellate myself with powerlessness. Share information and look for opportunities for group actions. Consider voting Natural Law Party. Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sean McDougal Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 9:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Foolishness of Legalisms vs the IRS -Caveat Lector- Original Message Follows From: Lloyd Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finally! Someone defines the foolishness of challenging the IRS in court. .. SM: So foolish that some succeed. So foolish that we will ignore the fact that if more did it, it would gain some momentum. The entire legals system is often based on conflicting interpretations of WORDS. We can either let the system as is go on and let it take us where it wishes or we can fight to define things according to the people. [a good example is "national security" - few actually feel more secure by following the policies of those that are in charge of "national security"] If we do not challenge institutions like the IRS on legal grounds and encourage people to take actions like this against those that prey on the apathetic, on those that refuse to defend themselves, we are complicit with the beast. We know what the IRS does is wrong and I hear some saying "We can do nothing." Friends, it seems to me that the only reason beyond entertainment to attempt to uncover conspiracies is so that the PEOPLE will have an idea of who their oppressors are. These oppressors succeed largely because they are unknown to people and because they use massive amounts of media hype to convince people that they actually have the resources to fight every individual and/or group that decides to fight for freedom. 99% of "law and order" is maintained by convincing people who can do something that they can do nothing. Let's not help the man to maintain a threat. Are we here to eloquently bitch or to share EMPOWERING information? I say if you are not willing to stand your ground on what is right then you are merely compost for natural selection, perhaps rightfully so. Rights, as we know them, are an abstract head game. Real rights, rights that are fair to everyone concerned, are implemented by united communities that have said to hell with doubt. I guess you have 3 choices: accept things as they are and stop bitching about corruption or try to reach out and heal corporate CEO's that are out of touch with the land they rape or let the man know you ain't takin' no more shit. In other words, either acknowledge your master or befriend your adversary or kick the schoolyard bully in the nuts. p.s. according to some information that circulates through the army special forces [saying no more about that], the american people have the american military outgunned 6 to 1. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed.
Re: [CTRL] CLINTON DOUBTS FBI'S MOTIVES Suggests Focus On China G...
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-09-28 23:06:43 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Disputing Reno's oft-quoted assertions of a vigorous investigation, FBI agent Daniel Wehr told the committee that the initial lead attorney in the inquiry, Laura Ingersoll, told the agents they should ''not pursue any matter related to solicitation of funds for access to the president. The reason given was, 'That's the way the American political process works.' I was scandalized by that.'' Yes, that's the truth. That's the way the American political process works. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
