[CTRL] Ecstasy in Switzerland
-Caveat Lector- Swiss Court Downgrades Ecstasy Drug LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Switzerland's supreme court ruled Tuesday that dealing in the drug Ecstasy is not a serious crime. The tribunal overturned a one-year prison sentence given by state court in Bern to a man convicted of selling 1,000 tablets of the hallucinogen. The court also rejected a plea from the state of Aargau for a stiffer sentence against a man sentenced to nine months in jail for selling more than 1,300 tablets of the drug. While Ecstasy ``is in no way a harmless substance,'' there is no evidence it poses a serious health risk, the Federal Tribunal said. The drug is mostly used by ``socially integrated people'' and doesn't generally lead to criminal behavior, said the court, which categorized Ecstasy as a ``soft'' drug. Under Swiss law, serious drugs offenses - including heroin and cocaine dealing - carry jail sentences as long as 20 years. 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] Tortured Bodies Found in Cemetery
-Caveat Lector- Tortured Bodies Found in Cemetery GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Investigators have found at least 12 tortured bodies in a clandestine graveyard at a Roman Catholic convent in northern Guatemala, and officials said Tuesday there could be hundreds more. Dutch anthropologists began digging Monday at the site of the convent in Sacapulas, 60 miles north of Guatemala City in Quiche province. They quickly found 12 bodies, according to Mario Gilberto Alessio, the local justice of the peace. A nun of the Peace and Resurrection order that now occupies the convent, Maria Luisa Escruseria, also confirmed the discovery. Alessio said the first twelve apparently were tortured and killed during the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996. ``There could be some 300 people buried in this convent, but there will have to be new excavations in the patio and the rear of the convent,'' Alessio said. Most of the churches and convents in Quiche were abandoned in 1980 after three Spanish priests were killed during the height of the army's scorched-earth campaign against leftist rebels. Guatemala's Roman Catholic Church and other independent investigators have blamed the army for most of the estimated 200,000 deaths during the war. - Horrible "atrocities," right? But look more closely and read "MADE IN USA." "The [US-trained] armed forces "scoop up recruits" from the age of 13, and indoctrinate them with rituals adopted from the Nazi SS, including brutalization and rape, so that they are prepared for killing with sexual overtones, as a religious rite. The stories of training "are not fairy tales"; they are "punctuated with the hard evidence of corpses, mutilated flesh, splattered brains and eyewitnesses." This "sadomasochistic killing creates terror," and "terror creates passivity in the face of oppression. A passive population is easy to control." from "Deterring Democracy" by Noam Chomsky from Chapter 12: "The objective remained the same: "eliminating all significant opposition and protest." The "dirty war has at no time stopped being an essential ingredient in the socio-political project that the United States is trying to achieve in El Salvador," even after "formal democracy" was introduced "to legitimize the war" in Western eyes. These methods succeeded in "the dismantling of the popular mass organizations," as "the very existence of organizations unsympathetic to the government became impossible, and those militants who were not exterminated had to flee to the countryside or to go underground, or, choked with terror, abandon the struggle." By "weakening the support bases of the revolutionary movement in all sectors of the population ... there is no doubt that the dirty war was successful -- a macabre success to be sure, but successful none the less." Throughout the decade, and well after "democracy" was established, the Salvadoran Church and Human Rights groups continued to describe how the security forces of the "fledgling democracy," with the full knowledge and cooperation of their U.S. sponsors, imposed upon Salvadoran society a regime of "terror and panic, a result of the persistent violation of basic human rights," marked by "collective intimidation and generalized fear, on the one hand, and on the other the internalized acceptance of the terror because of the daily and frequent use of violent means." "In general, society accepts the frequent appearance of tortured bodies, because basic rights, the right to life, has absolutely no overriding value for society" (Socorro Juridico, December 1985). The last comment also applies to the supervisors, as underscored by Secretary of State George Shultz a few months later in one of his lamentations on terrorism, a talk delivered just as the U.S. was carrying out the terror bombing of Libya, killing many civilians to much applause at home. In El Salvador, he declared, "the results are something all Americans can be proud of" -- at least, all Americans who enjoy the sight of tortured bodies, starving children, terror and panic, and generalized fear. In a paper on mass media and public opinion in El Salvador which he was to deliver at an International Congress in December 1989, the month after he was assassinated, Mart¡n-Bari wrote that the U.S. counterinsurgency project "emphasized merely the formal dimensions of democracy," and that the mass media must be understood as a mechanism of "psychological warfare." The small independent journals in El Salvador, mainstream and pro-business but still too undisciplined for the rulers, had been taken care of by the security forces a decade earlier in the usual efficacious manner -- kidnapping, assassination, and physical destruction, events considered here too insignificant even to report. As for public opinion, Mart¡n-Bari's unread paper reports a study showing that among workers, the lower-middle class, and the poor, less than 20% feel free to express their opinions in
[CTRL] Fwd: S99-109, PostScript 3 (June 15, 11:00PM EDT) - A Special TiM GW Bulletin on NATO's War on Serbia
FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA All 108 earlier Special Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletins on NATO's war on Serbia can also be seen at our Web site: www.truthinmedia.org, along with numerous photos and other memorable images from this war. Issue S99-109, PostScript 3 -- June 15, 1999; 11:00PM EDT HEADLINES Belgrade 1. Serb Holy Synod Calls on Milosevic to Resign Phoenix 2. A Standing Ovation after Djurdjevic's Speech at the WHTT Luncheon Slovakia 3. The X-Files: Whose Mass Graves? (by Martin Lipocky) Prizren4. Conflicting News Reports About the Sunday Shootout: Another "Wag the Dog" Production -- 1. Serb Holy Synod Calls on Milosevic to Resign BELGRADE, June 15 - The influential Serbian Orthodox Church on Tuesday demanded that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic resign, the Associated Press reported from Belgrade today. The Holy Synod, the church's highest body, insisted that the ouster of Milosevic and his government was "in the interest of the people and their salvation." The church is the most prominent Serb institution to call for Milosevic to step down since NATO began air strikes March 24. "Every sensible person has to realize that numerous internal problems and ... the isolation of our country on the international scene, cannot be solved or overcome with this kind of government and under the present circumstances," the Holy Synod's statement said. Many of the church's holiest sites are in Kosovo, and the church is concerned that the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from the province, and the accompanying exodus of Serbs, will leave the sites unprotected from vandalism by mostly Muslim ethnic Albanians. The church called for immediate protection of Serb Orthodox shrines and monasteries throughout Kosovo, including the ancient seat of the Serb Church in the town of Pec (the Pec Patriarchate) in western Kosovo. The church's statement struck a defiant note in referring to the international war crimes tribunal's indictment of Milosevic, saying the church is "convinced that the final justice is with our Lord and not in the hands of a politicized court in The Hague." The church expressed deep concern about the flight of Serbs from Kosovo and called for international troops to protect Serbs as well as the ethnic Albanian refugees, who began returning to Kosovo after Milosevic agreed to a peace deal last week. It issued an appeal to Kosovo's Serbs urging them to "remain on their ancient homesteads and not abandon their shrines, convinced of the truth in Christ's words: 'Salvation shall come to the steadfast'." -- 2. A Standing Ovation after Djurdjevic's Speech at the WHTT Luncheon PHOENIX, June 15 - As we announced last week, the TiM editor was the luncheon speaker at today's meeting sponsored by the "We Hold These Truths" organization (see S99-107, Postscript 1, Item 3, June 11). The topic, of course, was NATO's war on Serbia. As a part of the promotion for the event, the TiM editor was also a guest last Sunday for an hour on John Dale show, which airs live between 5PM-6PM on the popular Phoenix KFYI talk radio station. Before the keynote speech, all those present at the "Beefeaters" restaurant rose to participate in a prayer led by a WHTT director, and to pledge their allegiance to the flag. TiM editor's speech was frequently interrupted by applause of the crowd. So in the interest of readability, we will not record the crowd reactions within the text of the speech, as we usually do. Suffice it to say that the last 5-10 minutes of the speech, nearly every sentence was followed by applause. Sometimes the speaker was even interrupted by spontaneous cheers and/or applause in mid-sentence. At the end of the speech, all present rose spontaneously and gave the speaker a long, standing ovation. What's especially interesting is that such boisterous reactions were emoted by a crowd of mostly "older people" (as this writer's 21-year old assistant put it). Meaning the 50+year old Americans, fairly evenly divided between men and women. And now, keeping in mind that the actual delivery may have varied slightly from the prepared remarks, here's the text of the speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, Right off the bat, I have to apologize to you What I am about to tell you may not be the most opportune luncheon topic. I came here today to tell you the truth about war. And the truth sometimes can be hard to digest. So, sorry if I spoil your excellent Beefeaters' meal. Ladies and gentlemen, twice in the last six weeks, I traveled to our nation's capital to speak out against the NATO war on Serbia. The first time, I did it at the Ellipse, just back of the White House south lawn, on May 1, right after I had returned from the bombed-out Belgrade. The second time was just over a week
[CTRL] IPT Journal - Book Reviews
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume7/j7_1_br1.htm A HREF="http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume7/j7_1_br1.htm"IPT Journal - Book Review - "Other Altars: Root /A - The 'Rationalist' outlook. -- "It can't happen here. . ." (Frank Zappa). The links are to try and purchase out-of-print books from Amazon.com Om K - Title:Other Altars: Roots and Realities of Cultic and Satanic Ritual Abuse and Multiple Personality DisorderAuthor: Craig LockwoodPublisher: CompCare Publishers, ©1994 CompCare Publishers 3850 Annapolis Lane, Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55447 (800) 328-3330 $17.00 Title:Stripped NakedAuthor: Lauren StratfordPublisher:Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., ©1993 Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. 1101 Monroe Street Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 368-1175 $10.95 Title:Satan's UndergroundAuthor: Lauren StratfordPublisher:Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., ©1991 (First Published by Harvest House Publishers, ©1988) Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. 1101 Monroe Street Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 368-1175 $9.95 These three books deal with claims that satanic, ritualistic abuse is real and that there exists a widespread conspiracy of satan worshipers who engage in human sacrifice, necromancy, soothsaying, witchcraft, and orgiastic group sexual abuse. Each advances the claim that purported survivors of these practices give accounts that are true, reliable, and believable. Each acknowledges that there is widespread skepticism and criticism of the claims. Each brands any skeptical view as denial and presents any person who questions the facticity of their assertions as a naive, reprehensible dolt at best and at wodren. The science leading to skepticism cannot be attacked so the persons are attacked. If the reader can be convinced that all the skeptics are charlatans, the scientific data will be discounted. Each attempts to support the truthfulness of their claims by referring to the same limited group of trials, cases said to involve satanic and/or ritualistic abuse allegations, and a small number of bizarre homicides. The sources for these proofs are largely newspaper accounts and, in the Stratford books, television talk shows. The proofs are highly questionable, such as the tunnels under the McMartin Day School building. Lockwood presents it as fact that the tunnels in which the satanic, ritualistic abuse was said to be done were found and truly existed. He includes one picture that is intended to prove their existence. A small number of older research reports are cited to support positions about human memory and suggestibility that have been superseded by more recent research. The controversial claims of a biological base for a special kind of trauma memory are referred to somewhat casually. The diagnoses of dissociative, multiple personality, and post-traumatic stress disorders are used to bolster the claims and explain how putative victims cope and survive the repeated violent and horrifying assaults. However, the most important type of evidence is the clinical observations and clinical data based on the experience of therapists. Throughout all three books clinical observations are presented as equal to scientific, empirical, quantified research. It is the ancient argument used against Galileo, "Look, see, the sun moves and goes around the earth." Lockwood includes several chapters that appear to be historical reviews of aspects of satanic, occult practices. These are on the level of Sunday supplement journalistic treatment that simplifies, levels, and reduces any questionable or speculative interpretations to facts. Stratford's books tell a story that she says is what happened to her. Both authors insist that the stories told by persons claiming to have survived the satanic, ritualistic abuse are credible and must be believed. Stratford allies herself with the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse and implies that they support the claims of survivors. Both offer the same two basic proofs for the veracity of the stories. Nobody would make up such stories because it is too painful. The stories are similar and consistent across people. While Lockwood mentions the association with a fundamentalist religious approach, Stratford makes it definite and sure. The theological error is the presentation of the devil as powerful and that successful resistance to him is the responsibility of the individual. This amounts to denying the orthodox, conservative Christian truth claim that Jesus rose from the dead, vanquished the evil foe, and that salvation is by God's grace and not by actions of humans that merit or wins eternal life. It is the ancient heresy, condemned by the early Church, of semi-pelagianism. These three books, and the volume edited by Sinason also reviewed in this issue, represent the range of literature advanced to support claims of satanic, ritualistic abuse. They are of interest and value only as illustrations and examples of the extremity of the
[CTRL] Issues In Child Abuse Accusations/The Social and Cultural Context of Satanic Ritual Abuse Allegations
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/ A HREF="http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/"Institute for Psychological Therapies - "Issues /A - The 'Rationalist' outlook. Om K - Issues In Child Abuse Accusations Issues In Child Abuse Accusations (ISSN 1043-8823) is a multidisciplinary journal presenting scholarship from disciplines such as law, law enforcement, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, social work, medicine, history, and theology. Its goal is to advance our care for children through pointing to the mistakes of the rush to solve the problem of child abuse, sharing demonstrated facts about the reality of abuse, and discussing new ways for professionals to respond to accusations, victims, perpetrators and those accused. Issues In Child Abuse Accusations has been in publication since 1989. Copies of all back issues are currently available for purchase at a cost $15.00 domestic and $20.00 foreign (U.S. Dollars). Subscriptions are $50.00 per year domestic and $70.00 per year foreign (U.S. Dollars). To order copies or subscribe, mail a check or money order payable to: Institute for Psychological Therapies 13200 Cannon City Blvd. Northfield, MN 55057-4405 At the present time, telephone or credit card orders are unavailable. Tables of Contents for Back issues (by year): 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 Copyright ©1989-1999 by the Institute for Psychological Therapies. This page last revised on May 25, 1999. = from: http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume10/j10_8.htm A HREF="http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume10/j10_8.htm"IPT Journal - "The Social and Cultural Context /A - The Social and Cultural Context of Satanic Ritual Abuse Allegations Susan P. Robbins ABSTRACT: This article explores the multiple, interrelated, and converging social and cultural forces in American society that gave rise to the allegations of widespread satanic ritual abuse that first emerged in the 1980s and eventually peaked in the 1990s. It also examines the factors that sustained both public and professional belief in ritual abuse and suggests that it is the confluence of a variety of factors within the larger societal context that created a climate in which ritual abuse allegations flourished. Beginning in the early 1980s, stories of well-organized satanic cults began to emerge in police reports of horrifying crimes. Not surprisingly, these accounts became increasingly widespread as they also came to be well-publicized by the media. A multigenerational, underground cult network was allegedly orchestrating gruesome satanic rituals that routinely included child sexual abuse, ritualistic torture, mutilation, and human sacrifice (Bromley, 1991; Nathan Snedeker, 1995). Both media and police reports were based on hand-hand accounts of childhood ritual abuse from adults in psychotherapy who claimed that they had "recovered" previously repressed memories, and from young children in day care who allegedly suffered satanic abuse while in the care of Satanist teachers and caretakers (Jenkins, 1992; Jenkins Maier-Katkin, 1991; Mulhern, 1991; Nathan Snedeker, 1995; Victor, 1993). Although these accounts of satanic ritual abuse (SRA) varied to some degree, most shared common themes and were based on anecdotal descriptions of early childhood sexual abuse at the hands of parents or caretakers. Recovered memories of SRA most typically included brainwashing, being drugged, sexually abused, and being forced to watch or participate in satanic rituals, drinking human blood, and ritual murder. Such early ritual initiation was supposedly preparation for an eventual role as a "breeder" who delivered infants to the satanic cult solely for the purpose of ritual sacrifice. Children in day care who made accusations of SRA against their teachers and caretakers gave accounts of ongoing, and often daily sexual abuse that typically included violent rape, and vaginal and anal mutilation with sharp objects. Such acts allegedly took place during normal day care hours and included the presence of magic rooms, tunnels, clowns, jungle animals, animal mutilation, and flying. Allegations such as these were often accepted as factual accounts, despite the fantastic nature of the stories and the lack of evidence to support such claims. It was believed, after all, that children would not lie about sexual abuse and that adults could not invent such realistic and consistent memories of horrific abuse. This article examines the multiple, interrelated, and converging social and cultural forces in American society that gave rise to such SRA allegations and explores the factors that sustained both public and professional belief in widespread ritual abuse. Previous literature in this area has described the influence of specific social factors and trends in the growing therapeutic enterprise (Mulhern, 1991; Nathan Snedeker, 1995; Pendergrast, 1996; Smith, 1995; Victor, 1993;
[CTRL] Can someone help? Ritual murder.
-Caveat Lector- Has anyone heard of cases of ritual murder where fingers and toes are cut off? If so, why? Many thanks in advance. P. 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] Socialized medicine: Cuba
-Caveat Lector- Maryland health officials who toured Cuban health facilities last week say the country has infant mortality, immunization and life expectancy rates far better than Baltimore's, despite the country's waning resources. Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Peter Beilenson, who organized the trip in conjunction with the Baltimore Orioles' baseball games against the Cuban national team, said, "For a country that's basically quite poor, their health statistics are tremendous. And they do it with a tiny percentage of the resources we have." Beilenson heads a group called the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative that will advocate this year for single-payer health reforms in the state. The American delegation said "the centerpiece of Cuban health care is a well-developed system of neighborhood physicians. Each doctor is assigned about 120 families and given a house in the neighborhood with medical offices on the ground floor." Delegation member Dr. Javier Nieta of Johns Hopkins said, "In the morning, they see patients in the office. In the afternoon, they walk the neighborhood and visit people in their homes." On the downside, the American group said that Cuba's health facilities are deteriorating, the country only performs one-tenth the per capita transplants of the U.S. and the government sometimes enforces "coercive" health policies -- such as requiring "pregnant women not caring properly for themselves to be moved to group homes." Nevertheless, Johns Hopkins Children's Center Director Dr. George Dover said, "I went in as skeptical as anyone. I left there very impressed with what the Cuban government has accomplished." [end] 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 - Wednesday #1
-Caveat Lector-
SkeptiNews 990616a - - - - - - - - - - - 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.
: Several cats were killed to produce this bulletin, but they reincarnated.
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*** Islamic legislators meet in Iran. DUBAI, UAE (AP) Iran's supreme leader
appealed to Muslim states for more cooperation to fight a "Western cultural
onslaught" he said corrupted Islamic youth. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke to
legislators from 40 Muslim nations at the first Organization of Islamic
Parliaments conference in Iran's capital, Tehran. Khamenei leads a hard-
line faction that insists on maintaining a ban on satellite dish antennas
in Iran. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559945483-9b2
: Does your belief system prescribe or proscribe modern communications? Do
you want to be cut off from the rest of the world? Should the rest of the
world just drop dead, not bother you any more? Is your culture corrupted?
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# Holy Land evidence of Turin shroud. JERUSALEM (AP) Plant imprints and
pollen on the Shroud of Turin, revered by many as Jesus' burial shroud,
support the premise that it originated in the Holy Land, two Israeli
scientists said. The scientists did not address the issue of the age
of the linen cloth, which was brought to France by a 14th-century
crusader and has been enshrined since 1578 in a cathedral in Turin,
Italy. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559944355-336
: Do you require physical memorabilia to bolster your belief system? If the
shroud is a fake will you lose your faith? Was the shroud planted by aliens?
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# Thieves return sacred Mohammed relic. ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) Thieves stole
a sacred relic of the Prophet Mohammed - a single beard hair - from a 16th
century mosque in Istanbul before returning it later. The glass case holding
the hair was taken from the Gazi Ahmet Pasa Mosque as the imam, or religious
leader, was preparing for noon prayers. It was returned hours later, left
outside the mosque. www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559945268-dac
: What religious relic would you most like to steal? Would you keep it, sell
it, burn it, ransom it, desecrate it, stash it, give it to evil wizards
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# Wrecked ship may be Blackbeard's. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Circumstantial
evidence is mounting that a shipwreck off the Atlantic coast is Blackbeard
the pirate's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge. Radiocarbon dating shows
several pieces of wood taken from the wreckage near Beaufort Inlet were
from the same time period as Blackbeard's ship. Scientists determined the
wood was cut and milled about the time work was completed on Queen Anne's
Revenge, a 90-foot former slave ship that sank in 1718. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559944585-2d6
: Do you collect pirate memorabilia? Do you have a treasure map? Have aliens
pointed you towards hidden loot? Did they keep any for themselves? Why not?
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# Electric fields, cancer link nixed. WASHINGTON (AP) Six years of research
have produced little hard evidence that the magnetic fields around electric
power lines cause cancer, yet some lingering concerns remain, a NIH division
said. But the report to Congress said there is some statistical association
between the fields and some leukemias in people exposed to the fields. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559945894-695
: Have you been zapped by electric fields? Do cellphones fry your brain? Do
you think better, faster, smarter, cheaper? Do you plug wires in your head?
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# Gates describes high-tech future. WASHINGTON (AP) Microsoft Chairman Bill
Gates urged Congress to avoid burdensome regulations on the booming high-
tech industry and to encourage investment. Then he threw out golden jelly
beans: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559945292-bfd
: What industrial sectors do you want to see burdened by gov't regulation?
Would you expect Gates to call for regulation? Really? Want to buy a bridge?
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# DRIVEWAYS OF THE RICH FAMOUS. You won't find OJ Simpson's famous drive-
way here, but you will find the asphalt entrances to more than 100 of your
favorite celebs' houses. Yeah Robin Leach, eat your heart out. Choose your
own path: Click thru photos, see pizza delivery testimonials ("The Spellings
are always good tippers"), or read the horrifying tale of the site creator's
arrest at Martha Stewart's quaint domicile. The official site of a local
access cable TV show, this is a good spot for a quick laugh or to review
the latest developments in high-security fencing. http://www.driveways.com
: Do the voices in your head tell you to stalk someone prominent? Who? Do
you want to see them, touch them, fuck them, kill them,
Re: [CTRL] Thank You! Thank You!
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 06/15/1999 11:30:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, it's been an interesting six years for "the most ethical administration in the history of the Republic." But then ... everybody knows it's ALL the fault of the "Vast right-wing conspiracy." Go figure...! Yes, it has been interesting, hasn't it? Amazing things went on, and none of it had much to do with getting a Congress that was under Republican control. We expected so much from them after 40 years, and all we got was one long character assassination. Still, I can see you enjoyed every minute, so it wasn't a total loss. Have a nice day. 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] Skeptic News - Wednesday #2
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990616b - - - - - - - - - - - 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 noisy cats were harmed to produce this bulletin, but we were tempted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # No bug in mobster's buttocks. WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - There's no bug in a reputed mobster's buttocks, the US gov't says. For years, Vincent "Gigi Portalla" Marino claims, a federal drug agent had told him that a tracking device was inserted in Marino's tushie during surgery to remove a bullet. This week a federal judge ordered authorities to say whether they did, in fact, implant such a device. "We can confirm that the US Drug Enforcement Administration did not implant a tracking device in... Marino's buttocks. But we cannot speak, however, for any extraterrestrial beings." Cop-out. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559948077-720 : Are you bugged? Were you implanted by aliens, gov't/corporate agents, me? Are you being tracked? Does this constrain your movements? Are you careful? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # WHO calls for passive smoking protection. The World Health Org. wants more measures to protect children from the effects of cigarette smoking by adults. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_37/370059.stm # 'Car fumes kill more than crashes'. (BBC) Emissions from car exhausts cause more deaths than road accidents, according to WHO research. Phew. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_369000/369169.stm : Would you rather be damaged by emissions from automobiles, smokers, cows, petrochemical plants, spacecraft, farting Reptilioids or Republicans, or me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientists develop cocaine vaccine. (BBC) Scientists have developed a vaccine which they believe could help cocaine users kick the habit by making them immune to the effects of the drug. But what's the fun of that? http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_37/370663.stm # Contaminated Coke threatens UK. (BBC) Coca-Cola drinks banned by 3 Europe- an states in the latest health scare may have reached British shelves, the firm fears. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_37/370517.stm : Do you prefer your coca straight, or with sugar and flavorings? Would you like to be contaminated? Does anything that doesnt kill you, strengthen you? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Renovation underway at Columbine. LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) Two months after 2 teen-age gunmen opened fire at Columbine High School, the bullet holes have been plastered, broken glass repaired, and bloodstained carpet stripped from the hallways. The repairs are part of a massive renovation project aimed at erasing memories of the deadly rampage that left 15 dead and 23 wounded. Those who visited the site shortly after the massacre said it looked like a war zone. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559950652-753 : Which mass-murder site would you most like to redecorate? Has the evidence of mind-control devices been destroyed? Should the site be preserved intact? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # 'Medieval' diseases on the comeback. (BBC) Cholera typhoid are emerging again as health threats on the fringes of Europe because of poor hygiene and sanitation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_37/370038.stm # 'Kosovo graves could poison water supplies'. (BBC) Mass graves around Kosovo villages could cause illness by polluting local water supplies, says the WHO. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_369000/369639.stm : What's your favorite medieval disease? Is contracting a medieval disease like journeying back in time? Is death the ultimate trip? Is typhoid groovy? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Church calls for Milosevic to quit. PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) Dismayed by the streams of Serb troops and civilians speeding out of Kosovo, the Serbian Orthodox Church told President Slobodan Milosevic to resign for the sake of the people. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559949098-d7b : If you're a dictator and your church leaders call for your resignation, would you heed them, expel them, ignore them, kill them, bribe them, pray? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # S. Baptists to recruit in cities. ATLANTA (AP) - The president of the Southern Baptists called on members of the nation's largest Protestant sect to recruit in inner cities and shun "touchy-touchy feely-feely" worship and creative Biblical interpretation. "Will you weep before God until God gives us the souls of the cities?" he asked? Then he cried like a baby: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559949393-bea : Do you prefer touchy-touchy feely-feely worship; or harsh, stern, punitive floggings; or total immersion in icewater for extended periods; or spiders? Is creative biblical interpretation necessary to avoid incoherence? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Re: [CTRL] Gore too boring for president?
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 06/16/1999 1:38:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WASHINGTON -- Al Gore, the most influential vice president in history and the man with the Boy Scout demeanor, has a problem: people think he's boring. Some are asking: is he too boring to be president? A few early stumbles in his campaign, including laying claim to creating the Internet, haven't helped. Poll after poll shows him lagging behind Republican Gov. George W. Bush, a man with a name but no substantial public record. God forbid that we get a boring president. Perhaps Gore could learn to tap dance. The entire Bush family do both tap and toe, and can pull off magical tricks by being two places at once. They can make undesirable publicity disappear. They belong to the most prestigious clubs. Poor Al probably doesn't have a chance against all that Bush family fascination. 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
Re: [CTRL] Socialized medicine: Cuba
-Caveat Lector- At 07:58 AM 6/16/99 -0700, nurev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Maryland health officials who toured Cuban health facilities last week say the country has infant mortality, immunization and life expectancy rates far better than Baltimore's, despite the country's waning resources. Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Peter Beilenson, who organized the trip in conjunction with the Baltimore Orioles' baseball games against the Cuban national team, said, "For a country that's basically quite poor, their health statistics are tremendous. And they do it with a tiny percentage of the resources we have." Duh? Who creates those "tremendous statistics" that show how wonderful the Cuban health system is? Might it be... the Cuban government. I would say that Dr. Beilenson just fell off the turnip wagon. DBC DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2]
-Caveat Lector- ric carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "The best way to change history is to become a historian." --anon "Yngvi is a louse." -- anon. = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Oh, Those Rights, Again !]
-Caveat Lector- Alamaine Ratliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- From From http://www.infidels.org/index.html snipped to save bandwidth A couple of quick points: first, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was designed to restore the "compelling interest" requirement for governmental interference with religious exercise. At the time it was in effect, I was a staff member of a large Quaker organization. Several of our employees refused to pay war taxes--that is, the portion of Federal taxes proportionate to defense spending in the Federal budget--on grounds of conscience. (Until the 1920's, most Quakers were technically forbidden to pay taxes levied to purchase "drums, colours, or other instruments of war." During the 19th century this was easy, since a separate tax had to be enacted for each spending purpose. The creation of the Federal income tax threw a monkeywrench into this particular Quaker witness, since it was now impossible to determine where your money was going.) RFRA undermined the government's case against our employees, because there was no way the IRS could demonstrate a "compelling interest" in the small amount of money they would get by prohibiting the practice of a central belief among Quakers. However, when Scalia uttered his unbelievably snide opinion in overturning RFRA, we had no choice but to roll over and wave our collective feet in the air... Second, the current efforts to get the so-called "Religious Liberty Protection Act" through Congress are masterminded by the right-wing theocrats who control the Republican party. The RLPA has virtually no resemblance to RFRA. Instead, it's designed to establish the "right" to mandate school prayer, enforce the practice of Christian rituals by public officials, and otherwise force the entire country into a very narrow sectarian mold. One of its authors, IIRC, is Ernest Istook of Oklahoma, the originator of the proposed Constitutional amendment to enshrine school prayer. I would have absolutely no problem with writing the language of RFRA into the Constitution, because it protects the full range of religious expression in this country; RLPA is another story altogether. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Is Spice Nice ?]
-Caveat Lector- Alamaine Ratliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- From http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/colm/eagan06151999.htm Now... what's wrong with a little word like "NO !" ? Exactly...whose credit card pays for these outfits, anyway? Spicy schoolgirl outfits give parents fits by Margery Eagan Tuesday, June 15, 1999 We are not sure when ``hooker chic'' became the de facto fashion statement of 12-year-old girls from nice families living in nice homes. But it's here. snip... Is there a conspiracy to sexualize children? Perhaps the pedophile cabal we've heard so much about here on CTRL is about to come into the open... Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [[SC] Skeptic News - Tuesday #3]
-Caveat Lector- "ric carter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SkeptiNews 990615c - - - - - - - - - - - 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 fundy jeezoids were immolated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TOBACCO PLANTS WITH HUMAN GENES ABOUT TO BE FIELD-TESTED. A tobacco plant with human genes is about to be set out in Canada. Canadian scientists says it's possibly the first field test ever of plants with human genes. It won't be the last: http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9906/14/tobacco.human.genes/index.html : Would you smoke a cigarette that you're personally related to? Would it be cannibalism to consume plants with human genes? Do they taste like chicken? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You know what they say..."Never smoke anyone you've been introduced to..." Bob "I only smoke strangers" Tatman = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fraud Lawsuit alleges that Sears distributed a ''secret video tape''
-Caveat Lector- Fraud Lawsuit Filed Against Sears EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Jun 16, 1999 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Sears, Roebuck Co. collected up to $400 million for tire balancing services it never performed, then paid millions to keep the fraud quiet, according to a lawsuit filed in Madison County Circuit Court. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, also claims managers destroyed the tire-balancing machines with sledgehammers to cover up the fraud. The complaint, which seeks class-action status, estimates 7 million to 30 million people who purchased Sears AccuBalance service from 1989 to 1994 were potentially defrauded. The balancing machines were used to shave off a tiny layer of rubber to make sure the tires were round. Sears workers typically charged $12.50 to process each tire but often skipped the procedure, which was impossible for the buyer to detect, according to the lawsuit. It also contends Sears management knew that most of the balancing services never were performed, but pressured employees to sell the services anyway. Attorney Stephen Katz, who represents the plaintiffs, said he believes Sears failed to do the work up to 90 percent of the time in its 800 tire stores nationwide. Sears spokesman David Albritton declined comment today on the lawsuit, which he said the company had not seen. But he noted the case is the same as a federal lawsuit pending in Tampa, Fla. That lawsuit was filed in September 1991, thrown out and recently reinstated late last year by a federal appeals court that ruled notices Sears sent in 1992 for reimbursement of ''unnecessary and/or improper repairs'' were too vague to be understood. The lawsuit accuses Sears of paying almost $30 million in ''hush money'' to buy the silence of the machine's manufacturer, Assix International Inc., of Tampa, Fla., after that company's workers reported significant discrepancies between the services Sears sold and the work recorded by mechanical counters on the machines. Assix leased about 1,300 machines to Sears for $300 per month each, plus a royalty of 15 cents on every tire shaved, according to court documents. Sears paid Assix based on cash register receipts and not the counters, the suit said. In 1994, Sears paid $30 million in cash and property for a $6 million contract termination settlement and to acquire the AccuBalance machines, the lawsuit contends. The lawsuit alleges that Sears, based in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, distributed a ''secret video tape'' telling workers to destroy the machines and the counters with sledgehammers, then sell the remains for scrap. It claims Sears also acquired all Assix paperwork regarding its AccuBalance machines as part of ''massive cover-up efforts.'' Copyright 1999 Associated Press, All rights reserved. -0- News provided by COMTEX. [!COMMUNITY] [APO] [CONTRACT] [LAWSUIT] [MONEY] [NEWS] [NEWSGRID] [ONLINE] [PROPERTY] [RUBBER] [VIDEO] -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Bragg soldiers provide security at US Open.]
-Caveat Lector- "Howard R. Davis III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Since when does the US Army provide security for a private affair? Isn't this against the posse committas law? Howard Davis Right. You would think so... Unless they had gotten a threat of violence against participants in the U.S. Open, it makes absolutely no sense for the 82nd Airborne to be guarding the friggin' golf course. What are they afraid of--Eric Rudolph? Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Tortured Bodies Found in Cemetery]
-Caveat Lector- Das GOAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Tortured Bodies Found in Cemetery snip Horrible "atrocities," right? But look more closely and read "MADE IN USA." snip Yup...typical School of the Americas stuff. "Democracy" über alles. Freedom means freedom to invest, and God help you if you're not a member of the Oligarchy...because *we* sure won't. The fewer the campesinos, the more land can be clear-cut and planted in grass for cattle. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] DA tries to stop ABC's TV appearance of Bob Enyart [leader of ShadowGov]
-Caveat Lector- WEDNESDAY JUNE 16 1999 DA tries to stop TV appearance Talk show host Enyart's appearance on ABC program in question By Stephan Archer © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Bob Enyart, a long-time Denver talk show host and leader of ShadowGov, may be prohibited from appearing on ABC's "Politically Incorrect" program Friday if a motion requested by the Jefferson County district attorney's office in Colorado and a probation official are granted by Jefferson County Court Judge Charles Hoppin. On May 26, the day after he got out of jail for a child abuse conviction that resulted from him spanking his stepson, Enyart asked Intervention, a private company that provides probation services to Jefferson County, for permission to travel to Los Angeles for "Politically Incorrect." Upon his request, Enyart was told that asking for permission to travel was normal procedures, and he didn't have anything to worry about. On June 9, however, Enyart was notified that Intervention had filed a motion requesting Enyart be denied out-of-state permits until he has "proven a pattern of compliance with probationary conditions, including treatment." Although just notified last week about this motion, Intervention had submitted the motion about two weeks prior. Three days ago on June 13, the American Civil Liberties Union in Colorado filed a motion on Enyart's behalf, and the district attorney's office filed a counter-motion supporting Intervention's request. Because of these motions, Judge Hoppin has ordered an emergency hearing to be held on the case later today. Although Enyart has often criticized the Colorado ACLU for its support of those who sell child pornography, he said he is willing to take advantage of the union's clout. He adds, however, the ACLU should take advantage of ShadowGov's material, which speaks out against such things as child pornography. Intervention's motion states Enyart "has expressed his views of the criminal justice process through the media" and if he gets the chance to speak on a national program like "Politically Incorrect," the publicity might bring him "support from a segment of the population." Intervention's motion also expresses concern about Enyart talking publicly about his case since the case involves a juvenile (his stepson). "In other words, if I express on the air my support of traditional spanking, they don't like the idea that the general public might agree with me and encourage me to continue defending spanking," Enyart said. "They're trying to cut me off from popular support for traditional Christian family values." Besides prohibiting Enyart from traveling out of state and appearing on "Politically Incorrect," Intervention is requesting other decisions in its motion. "Intervention ... respectfully requests that the court amend the probation order to preclude Mr. Enyart from discussing this specific case, the conditions imposed, or the supervision of this matter to or through the media while on probation," states Intervention's motion. Regardless of what the judge decides, Enyart said he will continue with his plans. "I will continue to speak regardless of what they order. They can't silence me like I'm a political prisoner who's not allowed to speak about criminal justice," said Enyart who believes a major reason for Intervention's motion is his Christian beliefs. "They're on a holy war against spanking, and Christians are the best defenders of spanking. They're on a jihad," commented Enyart. Although the ACLU couldn't be reached for comment on this case, Enyart said the ACLU believes it is absurd for Intervention and the district attorney to try to stop Enyart from going to the media and participating on "Politically Incorrect." Enyart said the ACLU told him Colorado law is very specific in that it only allows the judge to narrowly apply restrictions to his case. Patrick Mulligan, an attorney who was hired by the ACLU to assist in Enyart's case, said he doesn't understand why the district attorney's office and probation officer at Intervention would try to prevent Enyart from taking part in "Politically Incorrect" this Friday. It is because of the unclear reason for the motion that Mulligan has decided to take on Enyart's case. "In all candor, it is not clear to me why they are trying to prevent him from appearing on this television show," Mulligan said. "In opposition, we have stated that we believe the position of the Intervention Department -- in attempting to restrict Enyart's freedom of speech, freedom of travel and freedom of association -- is unconstitutional." "It violates his protected First Amendment rights," Mulligan continued. "And it is not reasonably related to his rehabilitation on probation. It is not reasonably related to any sort of protection of the community." Mulligan explained
Re: [CTRL] [[SC] Skeptic News - Wednesday #1]
-Caveat Lector- "ric carter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mucho snipped "Them who can't program, manage; them who can't manage, manage programmers." Isn't that sort of like herding cats, or leading kangaroos on a leash? :^) Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Wednesday #3
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990616c - - - - - - - - - - - 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 vivisections were performed during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Biological computer prototype unveiled. (BBC) A large-scale prototype of a computer that could be smaller than a living cell is unveiled by an Israeli scientist http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_37/370035.stm # Also: Biological computer born: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_358000/358822.stm # Best brain boosts artificial life: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_25/250343.stm @ Links: Weizman Institute of Science: www.weizmann.ac.il/home_all.html @ 5th International meeting in DNA computing: www.psrg.lcs.mit.edu/dna5/ : Would you like to have a massive network of minuscule computers embedded in your body? Would you thing faster, smarter, cheaper? Could you crash??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # GULF WAR SYNDROME: NO CURE OR CAUSE TO BE FOUND. Gulf War syndrome is a 'media created' disease. Now researchers admit that the source of many of the symptoms, including fatigue and anxiety, may never be found, and they suggest patients be given therapy to help them cope with their symptoms. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13303 : Are your ailments real or virtual, or a mix of both real and virtual, or none of the above? Who gains from plots to promote or dismiss GWS? Who else? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Human cloning experiments underway. (BBC) Researchers have begun experim- ents that could lead to the farming of human embryos. But the work has drawn strong criticism from opponents of cloning. Cannibals are enthusiastic - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_369000/369947.stm @ Links: Geron Corporation: http://www.geron.com/ @ Cloning (NewSci): www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/clone/clone.html : How many clones do you need? How long will they last? Are they expendable? Would you rather be cloned, rebuilt, reincarnated, or just plain dead? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # INDONESIAN MILITARY WILL ACCEPT WOMAN. (CNN) Indonesia's powerful military boosted presidential front-runner Megawati's prospects by declaring it would back a woman president if she had strong popular support. Islamic leaders in the world's largest Muslim nation have said they could not accept a woman president. http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9906/16/indonesian.elex.reut/ : Does your belief system prescribe gender roles? Would you rather be ruled by male or female humans or aliens, robots, trees, squids, cattle, deities? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # No plans to combat asteroid threat. (BBC) The UK Gov't has no immediate plans to set up a national agency to monitor the threat to Earth of a collision with a giant asteroid. Put head between legs, kiss ass bye-bye: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_37/370069.stm @ Links: 1999 AN10: http://copernico.dm.unipi.it/~milani/resret/ @ Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/ : Would you rather be protected against meteor strikes by gov't, business, NGOs, mystics, aliens, robots, deities? Should we just let the suckers come? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SWISS SAY YES TO HEROIN DISTRIBUTION. Swiss voters have approved a plan to distribute heroin to hardened addicts. It may help eliminate the criminal activity surrounding the drug, and help addicts lead more normal lives. I hope other countries that have long been mired in the "war on drugs" take notice. www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13302 : Does heroin do anything for you? Does the "war on drugs" do anything for you? Would you rather buy heroin or helicopters? Is heroin good for control? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # POPE RESUMES POLISH TRIP, CANONIZES PRINCESS, SHAKES OFF FLU, TAP-DANCES: http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9906/16/pope.poland.01.reut/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_37/370430.stm # Ex-Spice Girl Draws Ire Of Church - "Bite me" Ginger Spice tells bishop: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990616/08/odd-philippines-halliwell # SM Diva's School Supplies Banned - Tiazinha unwelcome in Brazil classes: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990614/14/odd-brazil-pornography # BYU group sets up hot line for women in polygamous families: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990615/odd-54 # Sea level temperature of the entire Pacific Ocean is "out of balance": http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_37/370634.stm # European space missions to be abandoned - out of funds: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_37/370557.stm # Two new giant telescopes will provide the best pictures ever taken of the skies. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_369000/369290.stm @ Link: Gemini
[CTRL] Brace yourself.
-Caveat Lector- Already: Christian families hide their form of discipline, even from their neighbors. Some pastors are refusing to incorporate their churches. Fear moves the most worried to refuse Social Security numbers for their kids. Millions of kids are taught at home to protect them from government schools. Thousands of home school parents will not even register with their school district. Sodomites have come out of the closet and Christians are ducking for cover. Do Right, and Risk the Consequences! Bob Enyart Founder: ShadowGov.com P.S. To anyone who signs up to become a Judge, or who starts receiving our monthly Bible studies, we will give you my jailhouse tapes free. http://www.shadowgov.com/ Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] A Heartbroken Father Speaks To Congress
-Caveat Lector- Subject: Heartbroken Father Speaks to Congress --- Excerpts from the testimony of Darrell Scott, father of 2 victimes of the Columbine High School Shooting, at a Congressional Hearing, May 27, 1999. Mr. Scott lost his daughter, his son is recovering. - "...At this very moment in a cemetery in Southern Denver - Chapel Hill Cemetary - they're erecting 13 crosses that I think are well known across the country, as a permanent memorial at the head of my daughter's grave..." "...I realize that I'm a mere pawn in today's hearings, but I'm a willing pawn, because I dare to believe that I can make a difference. Every once in awhile, a pawn has been used to checkmate a king. I have no hidden agenda, and of course I have no political aspirations. I simply speak to you as a brokenhearted father, and I only ask that you allow your heart to hear me for the next few minutes..." "...the death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joyce Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other 11 children who died, must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers..." "...The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used, neither was it the NCA - the National Club Association - the true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in his heart. In the days that followed the Columbine tradgedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA, I am not a hunter, I do not even own a gun, I'm not here to represent or to defend the NRA, because I don't believe they need to be defended by me. If I believed that they had anything to do with Rachel's murder, I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tradgedy, it was a spiritual event which should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies. Much of that blame lies here in this room - much of that blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves..." "...I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expressed my feelings best, and it was written before I knew that I would be speaking here today, and I'd like to read that..." Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air, You've stripped away our heritage, You've outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die, You seek for answers everywhere, And ask the question "Why?" You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed, And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need. "...when something as terrible as Columbine's tradgedy occurs, politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that continue to erode away our personal and private liberties..." "...When my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he didn't hesitate to pray in school, and I defy any law or politician to deny him that right. I challenge every young person in America and around the world to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, prayer was brought back to our schools. Don't let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millenium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your conscience and denies your God-given right to communicate with Him..." "...And to those of you who would blame the NRA, I give to you a sincere challenge: dare to examine your own heart before you cast the first stone. My daughter's death will not be in vain: the young people of this country will not allow that to happen. And remember that even a pawn in a master's hand can accomplish much..." -- P L E A S E D I S T R I B U T E F A R A N D W I D E 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
Re: [CTRL] SKEPTICS Re: [[SC] Skeptic News - Wednesday #1]
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Robert Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] "ric carter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Them who can't program, manage; them who can't manage, manage programmers." Isn't that sort of like herding cats, or leading kangaroos on a leash? Actually, I'm quite good at herding cats myself, but I admit to not having tried 'roo-wrangling. And apparently BillGates aka Satan is proficient at managing programmers, but he's careful to only hire tame ones, not the wild, free-range coders that infest the SF Bay Area. Maybe Seattle's moisture dampens their latent anarchistic impulses, or maybe Gates relies on implants. I based my epigram upon my own experiences in a mammoth systems organization in the financial sector. Military, gov't, gaming and other programming environments may attract more competent managers, or maybe they just offer better rewards perks - I mean, coding for Nintendo, you can play at controlling the world, and coding for the CIA, you actually CAN control the world. Whereas, coding for an insurer, you can control... premiums. yawn IMHO in the study of conspiracies too much is made of the role of political/economic/religious plotters, and not enough attention has been paid to the technogeeks who implement the plots in our wired world. When the CIA fires up HAARP to take over humanity's minds, I'll bet some microserf has embedded a worm to directly stimulate cranial pleasure centers, leading to continuous intense orgasms, pleasure that the plotters will miss out on. Ric "and put LSD in the water at a Bilderberger conference" Carter 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] [SC] Skeptic News - Wednesday #1
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: DougKeachie [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Thieves return sacred Mohammed relic. ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) Thieves stole a sacred relic of the Prophet Mohammed - a single beard hair - www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559945268-dac : What religious relic would you most like to steal? Would you keep it, sell it, burn it, ransom it, desecrate it, stash it, give it to evil wizards The will be no atonement for this man's clonement Hmmm, that's right, I forgot about the possibility of cloning Mohammed from that hair or some other personal relic. In fact, it should soon be possible to clone almost ANY holy or historic personage for whom such relics exist. Imagine a bunch of Buddhas, a swarm of Stalins, leagues of Luthers Lenins Lennons, and of course the re-emergence of Elvis... Why, if the Shroud of Turin is authentic, we could even resurrect Yeshua, fer re eel... But imagine the embarrassment if the relic is a fraud, and you carefully grow and nurture what you think is a clone of St. Jean d'Arc, and you find that the DNA is actually from a male Moorish Jew or something. Or you grow Yeshua - and get a girl. Still, we can expect to see enthusiastic religious political cloners try to reincarnate their cherished hominid icons - and other plotters working to see that they fail, by substituting false genetic material and otherwise confusing the issue (pun intended). Expect the Clone Wars to turn real serious, real nasty, real messy. shudder Ric "but who'd want to clone Liberace?" Carter 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] SKEPTICS Re: [[SC] Skeptic News - Wednesday #1]
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-16 15:49:59 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ric "and put LSD in the water at a Bilderberger conference" Carter If I recall rightly from days of yore, acid isn't water-soluble, but it IS alcohol-soluble. So, bartender, at the above-named conference of contracted-mind unlicensed mind contractors, the dry martinis surely cry out for "a little help from their (non) friends." Das "don't bother putting LSD in a yuppie's Evian bottle" GOAT 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] IPT Journal - Book Reviews
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-16 05:05:41 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The 'Rationalist' outlook. -- "It can't happen here. . ." (Frank Zappa). "It can't happen here." --Adolf Hitler, 1945 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: SNET: Red China Will Help CA. A.G. to Disarm Population-
- SNETNEWS Mailing List From: Paul VanHusen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Red China Will Help TX A.G. to Disarm Population- Read This! In California, the communist Chinese are helping Bill Lockyer, the attorney general of California, to disarm it's population. The website, www.sksbuybuck.org, although is registered to the attorney general's office, the chinese are providing the technical management of the website. Yesterday morning, I did a whois on that site and found this: - Registrant: California Attorney General's Office (SKSBUYBACK-DOM) 1300 I Street, Suite 1150 Sacramento, CA 95841 US Domain Name: SKSBUYBACK.ORG Administrative Contact: Xin, Zheng (ADM598-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0086-010-63060426 Fax- 0086-010-63060426 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: OzNic Technology Pty Ltd. (ITT-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 3 93482441 Fax- - - - +61 3 93481928 Billing Contact: OzNic Technology Pty Ltd. (ITA3-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 3 9348 2441 Fax- - - - +61 3 9348 1928 Record last updated on 05-Feb-99. Record created on 05-Feb-99. Database last updated on 11-Jun-99 09:51:31 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.DOMAINHOST.COM 209.224.235.137 NS2.DOMAINHOST.COM 209.224.233.3 - You can see clearly that the administrative contact is a person named Zheng Xin. I did a whois on CN.NET (that person's email address) and found that it was registered to the government of China. Eight hours later, after reporting this finding on another board, the whois content was changed to this: Registrant: California Attorney General's Office (SKSBUYBACK-DOM) 1300 I Street, Suite 1150 Sacramento, CA 95841 US Domain Name: SKSBUYBACK.ORG Administrative Contact: Administration (ADM598-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0086-010-63060426 Fax- - 0086-010-63060426 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: OzNic Technology Pty Ltd. (ITT-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 3 93482441 Fax- - - - +61 3 93481928 Billing Contact: OzNic Technology Pty Ltd. (ITA3-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 3 9348 2441 Fax- - - - +61 3 9348 1928 Record last updated on 05-Feb-99. Record created on 05-Feb-99. Database last updated on 13-Jun-99 14:39:10 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.DOMAINHOST.COM 209.224.235.137 NS2.DOMAINHOST.COM 209.224.233.3 Notice that Zheng Xin is longer listed as the administrative contact. A generic title was used instead. However, the telephone and fax number remains the same and is incriminating. 0086 is the country code for China while 010 is the city code for Beijing. I doubt that China allows a free-enterprise web companies. So it is a likely bet that the administration contact is a government worker and a member of the communist party. Obviously, some group with the resources to monitor the internet made the change in less than eight hours. That's impressive. Regardless, THIS IS A TREASONISH ACT BY BILL LOCKYER. HE MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE. DON'T IGNORE THIS IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN CALIF. RED CHINA WORKING WITH ANY STATE IN DISARMING IT'S POPULATION PUTS THE SECURITY OF ALL OTHER STATES IN THE UNION AT RISK. - Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[CTRL] class act
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message - Citation: The Nation April 8 1996, v262, n14, p3(1) Title: Class act.(comments by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Eaton of Chrysler Corp.)(Editorial) COPYRIGHT The Nation Company Inc. 1996 Comes now Robert Eaton, chairman and C.E.O. of Chrysler, to decry the "demonization of corporate America" before an appreciative bevy of execs at the Detroit Economic Club. "Empty-headed, tub-thumping populism," complains Eaton, has declared "open season" on virtuous C.E.O.s. He is particularly aggrieved at stories on corporate downsizing in Newsweek, Business Week and The New York Times. His mother used to be proud that her son was a "big shot." Now she tells friends her son has a "front office job." "Demagogues," warned Eaton, are herding us "down the path to class warfare." Really? For more than twenty years, the overclass that Eaton represents has waged unrelenting class war on working people. Workers, wages have fallen in recessions and in recoveries. Productivity has gone up, profits are at record heights, but wages continue to fall. Profitable companies continue to lay offworkers. Middle-aged workers are now twice as likely to be permanently separated from an employer than they were two decades ago. Too often, the result is not bruised feelings at the ski chalet, but dashed hopes, lost homes and broken families. Eaton made $6.2 million in 1994. Twenty years ago, C.E.O.s at large companies were paid about 35 times the pay of the average U.S. worker. Today, that ratio has exploded to 187 times as much. In Germany and Japan the comparable ratio is 21 and 16, respectively. No other industrialized nation has witnessed either the decline of wages suffered by America's working people or the soaring of its executives, pay. No other country suffers the extreme inequality now found in the United States. That, Mr. Eaton, is class warfare. Americans, Eaton allows, do have "rational fears about holding on to a good job if they have one, and getting one if they don,t," but don,t blame C.E.O.s-rapacious shareholders make us do it. Shareholding, Eaton notes, is increasingly dominated by institutional investors--mutual funds and pension funds that demand short-term returns. In this "equalitarian" securities market, Eaton reassured his audience, the new ownership of corporate America is "most of America," which should "burst the bluster of the redistribution-of-wealth crowd." Well, not exactly. Federal Reserve data show that in 1989 the top 10 percent of Americans controlled 80 percent of the financial assets of the country. Since then stocks have nearly doubled in value and made the top 10 percenters seriously rich. Eaton argues that the business of business is to make money. Profitable companies like Chrysler compete, hire and pay workers and serve their communities. But Chrysler survives today because the government--industrial policy]--bailed it out when it was facing bankruptcy. Reagan's quotas on Japanese auto imports--protectionism]--allowed the auto industry to revive. Chrysler's workers have decent pay, pensions, health care and profit-sharing plans not because of Eaton's benevolence but because they are represented by the United Auto Workers--unions]--which exacted these benefits. If the 89 percent of the private work force that is not organized had similar union representation, then declining wages in the midst of rising productivity would be less of an issue. And that, Mr. Eaton, is class warfare. 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] workers of the world, now what?
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message --- Citation: Foreign Policy Spring 1999, 114, 52(1) Author: Newland, Kathleen Title: Workers of the world, now what?(includes related articles on labor issues) by Kathleen Newland COPYRIGHT 1999 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace There is an empty seal at the banquet of economic globalization. While international capital trade, and business feast on o markets, heightened efficiency, and vanishing barriers in the new global marketplace, labor is nowhere to be found. Why has labor been left out? The explanation is partly structural, partly institutional, and entirely political. At some point in the 1980s, the balance of power shifted markedly against labor. Some place the defining moment in 1981, when then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan forced an end to the bitter air traffic controllers' strike. Others point to the 1985 victory of then-British prime minister Margaret Thatcher over striking coal miners. Labor's long downward slide, however, actually began much earlier. The 1970s saw the rise of manufacturing centers outside the industrialized North. Multinational corporations began to take advantage of liberalized trade and capital flows to move production to the most advantageous locations - often those with lower labor costs. The deep recessions of the 1970s slashed production. Despite economic recovery in the 1980s and 1990s, the share of total wages as part of the gross domestic product has fallen in almost every member country of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The supply-and-demand equation further tilted against labor as the global work force ballooned from 1.3 billion in 1965 to 2.5 billion in 1995, owing to rapid population growth in the developing countries and the unprecedented rate at which women entered the labor market. In the older manufacturing centers of the industrialized countries, organized labor found itself on unfamiliar terrain. High unemployment and the looming threat of plant relocation weakened some of labor's traditional bargaining chips: The prospect of a union walkout became far less devastating when substitute workers were so readily available both at home and abroad. Meanwhile, the majority of new jobs were being generated in the service sector, where unions were traditionally weak. And in many European countries, most notably Britain, trade unions took part of the blame for the rigidity that inhibited quick response to changing conditions and kept national economies mired in recession - a syndrome that the press christened "Eurosclerosis." By the time center-right electoral victories swept much of Europe and North America in the 1980s, the stage was set for a neoliberal consensus, backed by real political muscle, that frowned on almost all attempts to constrain the operation of free markets, whether in goods, services, labor, or commodities. Most initiatives on behalf of labor - such as the regulation of wages and benefits, the protection of job security, the enforcement of a minimum age of employment, or the promotion of safety standards - were seen as unwelcome distortions of the workings of competitive labor markets. But the recent financial crises in Asia, Latin America, and Russia and the political unrest that has come in their wake have challenged the neoliberal consensus and seriously eroded confidence in global economic restructuring. Even the so-called Asian tiger economies that embraced restructuring most ardently have watched its rewards evaporate. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 10 million workers were added to the ranks of the world's unemployed in 1998, in large part due to the Asian economic meltdown. The consequences of these crises - growing poverty, shredded safety nets, and a higher cost of living - are borne mostly by ordinary working men and women. Clearly, a better balance needs to be struck between pursuing globalization's benefits and protecting against its hazards. Organized labor must strive to exert itself more forcefully in that equation. However, it remains to be seen whether it can overcome the structural and institutional constraints that have weakened unions in the past two decades. Additional, less-institutionalized ways of promoting the interests of working people may need to be developed. THE BRAVE NEW WORKING WORLD In recent years, the world of work has changed enormously, but organized labor has been slow to adapt. Economic globalization has brought about huge increases in international capital flows, a rapid expansion of cross-border trade in goods and services, a rise in foreign direct investment, and explosions in cheap technology, international travel, and communications. And while labor mobility at both the high and low ends of the job market has increased as well, it still pales in
[CTRL] can American workers reclaim the American Dream?
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- WSU BSU MSU SSU SCS TRC TRM TRN ARC HCC CEN MCT IHC NHC NDC UCR VCC MWW RCW GAC UMC SMU BLC CSB SJU Citation: USA Today (Magazine) Sept 1996, v125, n2616, p22(2) Author: Kennedy, Edward M. Title: Can workers reclaim the American dream?(American Thought)(Cover Story) by Edward M. Kennedy COPYRIGHT 1996 Society for the Advancement of Education "The plight of millions of families has worsened in recent years because of the growing specter of layoffs The cheers on Wall Street mock the tears on Main Street." Throughout the decades of the Cold War, the paramount national concern was national security. Since the end of the Cold War, concern is exploding over job, financial, health, and retirement security. No political party deserves to prevail if it fails to address this issue and propose a plausible strategy to end it. The heart of the current crisis is the in and prosperity no longer benefit all Americans fairly. The quarter-century after World War II was a golden era. Hard wore paid off. As the economy grew, income rose for all. This no longer is true. Superficial signs of prosperity abound--the stock market hitting record highs, inflation consistently low, unemployment down--but the prosperity is less than it seems. Americans are working harder and earning less. Their standard of living is stagnant or sinking. They are worried about losing their jobs and health insurance, affording their children's education. caring for their elderly parents, and somehow stir] saving for their own retirement. The rich are getting richer, but more and more families are left out and left behind. The rising tide that once lilted all the boats now lifts only the yachts. Since 1973, real family income has fallen for 60% of the U.S. workforce. At the same time, the incomes of the wealthiest five percent have risen by nearly a third, and income for the top one percent almost has doubled. For the vast majority of families, the American Dream today has a sign over it that says "Only the Wealthy Need Apply." The plight of millions of families has worsened in recent years because of the growing specter of layoffs. Jobs no longer seem secure. In the past, corporations reduced their workforces only when they were in trouble. Now, profitable companies lay off good workers in an unseemly race for everfatter profits and ever-higher stock prices. The cheers on Wall Street mock the tears on Main Street. The Republican Contract With America is largely defunct because it would have made these situations worse. Its massive cuts in Medicare, education, Job training, and other priorities would have exacerbated the insecurities of most families, and the lavish tax breaks for the wealthy would have worsened the income gap. In fact, half of all spending cuts in the vetoed Republican budget plan came from programs benefiting the neediest 20% of families. Less than one-tenth came from the top 20%. Two-thirds of the proposed Republican tax breaks flowed to the top 20%, while the bottom 20% actually faced a tax increase. Alone among the Republicans, Pat Buchanan has diagnosed the problem, but his remedies of isolationism, protectionism, racism, and scapegoatism are even more poisonous than the Contract With America. Practical steps, not bigotry and demagoguery, are needed to deal with these growing insecurities. In other times, Congresses have enacted restraints on runaway free enterprise to end abuses and bolster the public interest. The most obvious precedents are the anti-trust and child labor laws, the minimum wage, Social Security, Medicare, and, Medicaid. Solutions to the current crisis need not depend on class warfare or pit workers against corporations. I favor incentives to make it more profitable for employers to create jobs than to eliminate them; to share gains with workers, rather than channel them solely to CEOs and stockholders; and to provide reasonable training and reasonable health and retirement benefits. These incentives can he paid for by closing loopholes in the tax code that encourage firms to move jobs overseas or treat workers as disposable. Action on four fronts is under way in Congress. Concerning health insurance, it has passed the bipartisan Kassebaum-Kennedy bill to correct two flagrant industry abuses-the excessive resort to exclusions for pre-existing conditions and the loss of coverage when employees lose or change their jobs. The lesson of the health reform debacle of 1994 is that a sharply divided Congress can not make far-reaching changes in an election year Instead of repeating that history, Republicans and Democrats have enacted the reforms that have broad support and are long overdue. Second, it has raised the minimum wage, which was about to reach its lowest level
[CTRL] Room at the bottom: Titanic and working class anger
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message --- Citation: The Economist Jan 3 1998, v345, n8049, p30(1) Title: Room at the bottom. (class hatred typified in motion picture 'Titanic') COPYRIGHT 1998 The Economist Newspaper Ltd. All rights reserved. IN ONE of the better scenes in "Titanic", America's latest box-office sensation, the young artist travelling in steerage (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), gains an invitation to the luxurious first-class dining room, where he is duly snubbed by a collection of vain, boorish people who have never done a decent day's work in their lives. As he takes in the Astors and the Guggenheims, their cigars, jewellery and empty conversation, he whispers to the winsome aristocrat (Kate Winslet) who has betrayed her sort in order to be with him: "Perhaps I was earmarked from birth, and only the scoundrels and geniuses ever rise out of the class into which they are born." Actually, Mr DiCaprio, whose artistry tends towards the physical rather than the poetic (he remarks "This is bad" a lot), doesn't quite say that. The words come from the working-class hero of "Room at the Top", John Braine's furious indictment of 1950s Britain. "Titanic" is an exercise in class hatred that few European socialists would dare to display. The French sometimes still make films about wicked mine-owners locking out their workers; in "Titanic", the poor are locked below decks to drown. This is a tale of two ships-one toiling in the engine room, the other trying on diamonds-accentuated by the convenient fact that in the film, at least, there are no second-class characters to bridge the gap. The rich people are all so awful (one even steals a baby to get put on a lifeboat) that an icy Atlantic grave seems too good for them. Encouraging poor Americans to bay for the blood of rich ones is something Hollywood usually eschews. Ironically, "Titanic" was itself, until recently, a byword for pointless extravagance. But class warfare does no harm at the box office: the film has already taken in $90m in ten days. Of course, reading too much into movies can be dangerous. The murmurs of approval across America as the waters descend on the brandy-quaffing millionaires (yes, even "Titanic" has to admit that a few of the rich creeps did let the women and children go first) are not quite the sound of revolutionary tumbrils. America is still a place where most people react to seeing a man in a Ferrari by redoubling their own efforts to be able to afford one, rather than by trying to let down his tyres. Silicon Valley, for instance, has succeeded in part because nobody there understands the European notion that people can be "too big for their boots". Great wealth is generally seen as the by-product of cool ideas being put into practice. But for how much longer? Conventional wisdom has it that, although income inequality has risen, the rich behave far less obnoxiously in the 1990s than they did in the 1980s-the decade when Greed was Good and the Masters of the Universe (a phrase borrowed by "Titanic") ruled Wall Street. In Beverly Hills and the Hamptons the wealthy now drive practical Range Rovers rather than frivolous open-top sports cars. But, with the value of stock-option programmes now pushing $1 trillion, this cover is wearing thin. Vanity Fair recently hailed New York as "the champagne city, making the brash consumption of the 1980s look like the depression". Suddenly the talk is of $2,000 bottles of wine, $13,000 handbags, 5,000 reservation-requests a day at Le Cirque and people "only being worth 30" (it is unnecessary to mention the million). With Ronald Reagan no longer in the White House to take the blame, wealth looks more vulnerable to criticism than it did a decade ago. Wall Street's long bull run has effortlessly turned many small fortunes into large ones without many of the beneficiaries raising a finger. Some of the biggest pay-packets are going to those responsible for the massive corporate downsizings of the mid-1990s, when many steerage passengers, as well as middle managers, were cast overboard. The voraciousness of people such as Henry Kravis, the original barbarian at the gate (who is said to have earned $300m in 1997), or Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap has helped keep corporate America competitive; but they are not loved for it. With a few exceptions, such as George Soros, the new rich have not been philanthropic. One New York grande dame, while admitting that her own ancestors were not entirely nice people, points out that they founded hospitals and museums: "They gave something back-unlike that greedy little bully a well-known figure on Wall Street who probably deducts the tax on the charity-ball tickets his wife forces him to buy." Her peers in San Francisco view the nerds of Silicon Valley, too busy investing in start-ups to worry about poorer folk, with similar disdain. One straw in the wind
[CTRL] GE's greed
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message --- MSU SSU TRC TRM LRL ARC IHC NHC NLC VCC RCW GAC BLC SJU Citation: Washington Monthly March 1999, v.31, 3, 52(1) Author: Mintz, Morton Title: GE's Greed.(Review) reviewed by Morton Mintz COPYRIGHT 1999 Washington Monthly Company This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of corporate America. Superbly researched and written, it could drive some readers to take a fresh look at stocks. I mean the old-fashioned kind, the kind consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists. Of whom? First, the czar of the world's most profitable corporation, the most successful, most admired big-business executive in America, a frequent White House guest of Ronald Reagan, a golfing partner of Bill Clinton, the father of corporate downsizing. Next in line, his hatchet-men, followed by bought legislators and scientists. Finally, idolaters--journalists, authors, business-school professors. To believe them, John F. Welch's General Electric brings only good things to life. Thomas F. O'Boyle persuades you that GE--Jack Welch's GE--brings bad things to life. In abundance. Yet At Any Cost is no populist tract. The author, a longtime Wall Street Journal correspondent and now an assistant managing editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, draws stark contrasts between the many large corporations that prosper mightily with foresighted, rational and humane policies, and GE as it's been run for 18 years by a tyrannical, sometimes impetuous, surprisingly blunder-prone, and--above all--profit-obsessed chairman and CEO. "I have done everything in my power to write a fair and balanced account of General Electric," O'Boyle writes. He succeeds at every turn, partly by providing insightful, textured context--historical, scientific, engineering, competitive, political, legal, ethical, personal. He enables readers to see things whole. Yes, the Justice Department obtained price-fixing indictments against GE's synthetic diamond business and the DeBeers cartel (it makes a fascinating chapter even if Justice lost in the end). Remember, though, that between 1940 and 1948, when Welch was a boy, the government had sued GE for antitrust violations 13 times. O'Boyle shows how Welch's obsession with profit, an ideology, really, translates into unrelenting, pitiless pressure on his executives to better last year's numbers every year. They must do this with "enthusiasm and gusto," real or feigned, because loyalty in Welch's GE runs only upward. Their heads are never far from the chopping block. They sometimes do terrible things. Could it be otherwise? GE had 285,000 U.S. workers when Welch took over in 1981; it had 120,000 fewer by 1997. If his profit obsession means repeated wholesale downsizings, if these decimate communities (Schenectady, N.Y., lost 22,000 jobs; Louisville, Ky., 13,000; Evandale, Ohio, 12,000; Pittsfield, Mass., 8,000), if they wreck families, if they lead several workers to kill themselves (as happened in Erie, Pa., after downsizings eliminated 6,000 jobs), that's not "Chainsaw Jack"'s problem. Contrasts: Motorola fires no employee with 10 years' service "without the explicit concurrence of the Chairman of the Board." Lucent Technologies was to cut 23,000 jobs when ATT spun it off. Welch's counterpart, Henry Schacht, gave every worker 100 shares of Lucent stock at a discounted price. "He met with employees to listen to their concerns and address them," O'Boyle writes. "And the 19,000 jobs that were ultimately eliminated have all been regained." No one calls Schacht "Chainsaw." If the profit obsession means lying to regulators about intentionally polluting the Hudson River with 1 million pounds of birth-deforming PCBs over a 30-year period, don't believe it: Jack says PCBs pose no danger to human health. In 1992, the year before it sold its arms business, GE became the first major defense contractor to be indicted for defrauding the government. GE "pleaded guilty to four felonies, including money laundering and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," O'Boyle writes. "It was the third criminal conviction on defense fraud charges since 1985, along with 13 civil settlements, giving GE the dubious distinction of [being the] leading corporate criminal among the Pentagon's 100 largest defense contractors." Gives you a comfy feeling about GE owning NBC, right? GE's Kidder, Peabody illegally forced out 17 investment bankers because of age. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responded with the biggest age-discrimination lawsuit ever brought by the federal government against a Wall Street brokerage. "Let's not kid ourselves," Welch told The Wall Street Journal "[T]his is a kick in the teeth for those guys", "[T]hose guys"? One of "those guys", O'Boyle reminds us, was
[CTRL] NJ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report-1998
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/omb/2000bud/cafr/98cafr.htm Title: NJ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report STATE OF NEW JERSEY COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 The documents listed on this page are stored in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. PDF formatted documents look just like the original printed documents. To view them you must have a PDF viewer which is available free from Adobe. Click here to learn more about Adobe Acrobat or to download the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat viewer from the Adobe Web site. The complete Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is PDF 10,811K. To view smaller segments of this document, refer to the Table of Contents below. INTRODUCTION Letter of Transmittal Certificate of Achievement Organization Chart FINANCIAL SECTION Auditor's Opinion GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Combined Balance Sheet - All Fund Types, Account Groups and Discretely Presented Component Units Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - All Governmental Fund Types, Expendable Trust Funds and Discretely Presented Component Units Combined Statement of Net Assets - Investment and Pension Trust Funds Combined Statement of Changes in Net Assets - Investment and Pension Trust Funds Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Equity - Non-expendable Trust Fund and Discretely Presented Component Units Combined Statement of Cash Flows - Non-expendable Trust Fund and Discretely Presented Component Units Combining Balance Sheet - College and University Funds Combined Statement of Changes in Fund Balances - College and University Funds Combined Statement of Current Funds Revenues, Expenditures and Other Changes - College and University Funds Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances, Budget and Actual - Budgetary Basis: General and Special Revenue Funds Notes to Financial Statements COMBINING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS Combining Balance Sheet Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances Budget and Actual - Budgetary Basis: Budgeted Special Revenue Funds Description of Funds CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS Combining Balance Sheet Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances Description of Funds TRUST AND AGENCY FUNDS Combining Balance Sheet - Trust and Agency Funds Combining Balance Sheet - Expendable Trust Funds Combining Statement of Plan Net Assets - Pension Trust Funds Combining Balance Sheet - Agency Funds Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Expendable Trust Funds Combining Statement of Changes in Plan Net Assets - Pension Trust Funds Combining Statement of Changes in Assets and Liabilities - Agency Funds Description of Funds COMPONENT UNITS - AUTHORITIES Combining Balance Sheet Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Equity Combining Statement of Cash Flows GENERAL FIXED ASSET ACCOUNT GROUP Schedule of General Fixed Assets by Function Schedule of General Fixed Assets by Source Schedule of Changes in General Fixed Assets by Function GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT ACCOUNT GROUP Schedule of Outstanding Bonds Schedule of Changes in General Long-Term Debt Account Group STATISTICAL SECTION SCHEDULES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES-BUDGETARY BASIS Schedule of Anticipated Revenue General Fund Property Tax Relief Fund Gubernatorial Elections Fund Casino Control Fund Casino Revenue Fund Schedule of Appropriated Revenue General Fund Casino Revenue Schedule of Appropriations and Expenditures General Fund Casino Control Fund Casino Revenue Fund Gubernatorial Elections Fund
[CTRL] Eugene V. Debs
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message Citation: The Progressive Jan 1999, v.63, 1, 16(1) Author: ZINN, HOWARD Title: Eugene V. Debs and the Idea of Socialism.(late leader of the Socialist Party) by HOWARD ZINN COPYRIGHT 1999 Progressive Inc. We are always in need of radicals who are also lovable, and so we would do well to remember Eugene Victor Debs. Ninety years ago, at the time The Progressive was born, Debs was nationally famous as leader of the Socialist Party, and the poet James Whitcomb Riley wrote of him: "As warm a heart as ever beat Betwixt here and the Judgment Seat." Debs was what every socialist or anarchist or radical should be: fierce in his convictions, kind and compassionate in his personal relations. Sam Moore, a fellow inmate of the Atlanta penitentiary, where Debs was imprisoned for opposing the First World War, remembered how he felt as Debs was about to be released on Christmas Day, 1921: "As miserable as I was, I would defy fate with all its cruelty as long as Debs held my hand, and I was the most miserably happiest man on Earth when I knew he was going home Christmas." Debs had won the hearts of his fellow prisoners in Atlanta. He had fought for them in a hundred ways and refused any special privileges for himself. On the day of his release, the warden ignored prison regulations and opened every cellblock to allow more than 2,000 inmates to gather in front of the main jail building to say goodbye to Eugene Debs. As he started down the walkway from the prison, a roar went up and he turned, tears streaming down his face, and stretched out his arms to the other prisoners. This was not his first prison experience. In 1894, not yet a socialist but an organizer for the American Railway Union, he had led a nationwide boycott of the railroads in support of the striking workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company. They tied up the railroad system, burned hundreds of railway cars, and were met with the full force of the capitalist state: Attorney General Richard Olney, a former railroad lawyer, got a court injunction to prohibit blocking trains. President Cleveland called out the army, which used bayonets and rifle fire on a crowd of 5,000 strike sympathizers in Chicago. Seven hundred were arrested. Thirteen were shot to death. Debs was jailed for violating an injunction prohibiting him from doing or saying anything to carry on the strike. In court, he denied he was a socialist, but during his six months in prison he read socialist literature, and the events of the strike took on a deeper meaning. He wrote later: "I was to be baptized in socialism in the roar of conflict In the gleam of every bayonet and the flash of every rifle the class struggle was revealed." From then on, Debs devoted his life to the cause of working people and the dream of a socialist society. He stood on the platform with Mother Jones and Big Bill Haywood in 1905 at the founding convention of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was a magnificent speaker, his long body leaning forward from the podium, his arm raised dramatically. Thousands came to hear him talk all over the country. With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914 and the build-up of war fever against Germany, some socialists succumbed to the talk of "preparedness," but Debs was adamantly opposed. When President Wilson and Congress brought the nation into the war in 1917, speech was no longer free. The Espionage Act made it a crime to say anything that would discourage enlistment in the armed forces. Soon, close to 1,000 people were in prison for protesting the war. The producer of a movie called The Spirit of '76, about the American revolution, was sentenced to ten years in prison for promoting anti-British feeling at a time when England and the United States were allies. The case was officially labeled The U.S. v. The Spirit of '76. Debs made a speech in Canton, Ohio, in support of the men and women in jail for opposing the war. He told his listeners: "Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder And that is war, in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles." He was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison by a judge who denounced those "who would strike the sword from the hand of this nation while she is engaged in defending herself against a foreign and brutal power." In court, Debs refused to call any witnesses, declaring: "I have been accused of obstructing the war. I admit it. I abhor war. I would oppose war if I stood alone." Before sentencing, Debs spoke to judge and jury, uttering perhaps his most famous words. I was in his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana, recently, among 200 people gathered to honor his memory, and we began the evening by reciting those words--words that moved me deeply when
[CTRL] child workers of the Americas
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Citation: NACLA Report on the Americas Jan-Feb 1999, v.32, 4, 21(7) Author: Green, Duncan Title: Child workers of the Americas.(Tough Times: Labor in the Americas) by Duncan Green COPYRIGHT 1999 North American Congress on Latin America Inc. (NACLA) The need for an extra family wage earner has driven millions of families to pull their children out of school and put them to work. By 6:00 a.m. in the market of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, horses are hauling carts loaded with pineapples, bananas and vegetables to the market stalls, sending up sweet smells of pineapple, coriander and rain from last night's thunderstorm. As the traffic builds up, smog starts to clog the dawn sky. The first school uniforms appear. On the corner two small girls, aged perhaps five or six, are collating the newspaper supplements ready for sale. Everyone is chewing on mangos. A group of teenage girls lounge around a table, each turning out tortillas from a huge ball of dough. Their bored, indolent faces contrast with the speed of their hands, mechanically but expertly slapping and patting the dough. At 13, Marina is already part of Central America's tortilla production line. A diminutive, blonde girl with a prominent nose, she sports the ubiquitous market woman's apron, as she struggles back to her stall - a rickety table hidden under the obligatory straw cowboy hat, pushing hard on a handcart with wobbly wheels. "At 4:00 a.m. I leave home with my dad," says Marina. "He's a porter in the market, so we come to work together - it's an hour's bus ride. I prepare the dough for the tortillas before the patrona arrives - she takes care of the selling. I finish around 10:00 a.m., then I go home to eat. At 2:00 p.m., I change and go to the Academy - I'm learning dress-making. Academy finishes at 4:00, then I go home and help my mother with the housework." Marina works for a friend of her father. "She asked me to come and wash her plates once, then she decided to give me work," she explains. "Before then, I worked for another senora washing plates, but she bossed me around a lot, so I left after a month." Marina earns about $2.70 a day. Of that sum, she says, she gives about $1.60 to her mother, spending the rest on the costs of dress-making school. "Some of the regulars buy me a drink or an avocado," she adds. "Today l even got sixty cents extra in tips." Marina is typical of millions of child workers all over Latin America and the Caribbean. From as young as five or six, poor children start their working lives either on the street or in the home. From then on, they must juggle the conflicting demands of school, work and home as best they can. Discussion of their work is complicated by the lack of reliable statistics. Much of the work performed by children, particularly domestic labor either at home or as a maid, as well as much agricultural work on family farms, is invisible and fails to figure in surveys or statistics on child labor. Furthermore, neat income - or releases older relatives to go out to work. The shortage of hard facts and credible research on crucial topics such as how many children work, what they do, whether numbers are rising or falling and the impact of child labor on the wider economy is one of the most striking features of the whole debate on child labor. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) explains it as a lack of interest from governments, problems of definition - such as when do household chores become work - and the illegal status of child labor in many countries, which drives it underground, making it much harder to gather reliable information.(1) Although they are undoubtedly underestimates, UN figures give a hint of the extent of child work, with one in five children between the ages of 10 and 14 working in Brazil, Honduras and Haiti, and more than one in ten in most Latin American and Caribbean countries. The International Labor Organization (ILO) puts the figure for the total number of working children in Latin America and the Caribbean between the ages of 5 and 14 at 17.5 million.(2) The proportions are many times higher among boys than girls, underlining the invisibility of much of girls' labor in the home.(3) Like Marina, most child workers operate in the urban informal sector or in agriculture, especially on peasant farms. Although some children work in commercial agriculture in areas such as sugar cane or coffee picking, worldwide only about 5% of child workers are in the export sector.(4) The informal sector is a catch-all category that includes all those working on their own account, rather than for a regular wage. In many Latin American and Caribbean countries more people work in the informal sector than in "regular" jobs. Children are especially likely to be found there, since the informal
Re: [CTRL] Socialized medicine: Cuba
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: Duh? Who creates those "tremendous statistics" that show how wonderful the Cuban health system is? Might it be... the Cuban government. I would say that Dr. Beilenson just fell off the turnip wagon. DBC and duuh again, sounds like another uninformed bigot fell off from the turnip truck as well. you seem to have an investment in keeping those cubans seperatye from yo merkkkan way o livin'. tell us your opinion about how evil castro is. 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] Thank You! Thank You!
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: In a message dated 06/15/1999 11:30:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, it's been an interesting six years for "the most ethical administration in the history of the Republic." But then ... everybody knows it's ALL the fault of the "Vast right-wing conspiracy." Go figure...! your right wing is showing mr bard. don't speak bard out loud cause you might just choke on it. word to yo ma how's that bard. lmaoayou 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] A Heartbroken Father Speaks To Congress
-Caveat Lector- You know, this man knows something of the game of Chess - he obviously knew the assassins of JFK used names from the game of Chess - King, Bishop, Knightand the word checkmate, means assassinate...and they did. This father may know of the manchurian candidates turned on by a key word, as they turn German Shepard attack dogs into killers, with one secret word. Who trained the kids, got them the drugs, killed the kidsthe two chrged with the crime, were merely messengerscheckmate. Well, maybe in the end they will just bury Littleton as they did Jonestown, Halle Bopp, Jonesboro and he incident in Scotland where a Boy Scout killed a lot of little kindergarten kidsremember Arnold Schwartznegger in Kindergarten Cop; fortuntely I missed that onebut here we are associating violence and the police, to kindergarten kids As this comet draws near, I only hope it takes the right people with it this time Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Top entertainment executives reject Littleton blame
-Caveat Lector- 06/15] CHICAGO, June 15 (Reuters) - Executives from some of the leading entertainment producers on Tuesday defended their right to produce violent and sexually explicit programming, despite calls from Washington for the entertainment industry to exercise greater self-restraint. "I don't think we have anything to be ashamed of," said Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom International Inc. [VIA], the $12 billion entertainment giant with businesses ranging from cable television channels like MTV to the Paramount Pictures movie studio. The April 20 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Co., in which two students killed 13 people before taking their own lives, has inspired renewed efforts in Congress and at the White House to control guns and limit the access of children and teens to violent entertainment. "I'm outraged by a lot of what we hear blaming the media for what's going on," Redstone told a panel at the National Cable Television Association conference here. "The same motion pictures that are distributed in the United States are distributed in Canada and in England and the kids don't kill each other as a result of seeing those movies." President Bill Clinton has called on the industry to be more responsible and asked the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to conduct a study of violence in entertainment geared towards children. Some in Congress have sought to impose limits on offerings made available to kids in a variety of media. Gerald Levin, chairman of Time Warner Inc. [TWX] that owns cable channels like HBO and CNN, rejected those efforts, arguing the real blame for recent tragedies like the shootings in Littleton lie elsewhere. "We have basically obscene politics at work drawing attention away from the issues that are really important," Levin said, naming gun control, teacher training and campaign finance reform as more appropriate targets of political attention. "It really is an outrage to me, and then to spend money on the so-called FTC or Justice Department investigation of the practices of the entertainment industry," Levin said. "We need to distinguish between the political games that are being played and the proper role of government." And if programmers produce violent shows, cable operators are poorly positioned to intervene directly, according to Brian Roberts, president of Comcast Corp. [CMCSA]. Instead, cable operators are supporting technologies like the v-chip and Internet filtering software to empower parents to screen out objectionable material, he said. "It's very tough as an operator to say...I'm not going to carry that channel or I'm going to pick a program and block it out," Roberts said. "I think that's a very hard area to travel down." Redstone argued against the criticism of sexually explicit content along with violent programming. "Lets distinguish between violence and sex," he said. "Violence is bad. Sex is good." "We have to recognize we live in a great country of free choice and we can't determine what you should see or what you should hear," he added. "To pretend to be able to do that is unrealistic. It's not going to happen." Last Updated: 06/15/99 18:02 EDT Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication and redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. http://legalnews.findlaw.com/news 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] AIDS official urges sex education for preschoolers
-Caveat Lector- 6/16/99 -- 4:23 PM Brazil's top AIDS official urges sex education for pr SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Sex education for preschoolers is an important step in stopping the spread of AIDS, Brazil's top AIDS prevention official said. Classes about sex for children as young as 4 would reduce AIDS among teen-agers and help avoid unwanted pregnancies, said Pedro Chequer, coordinator of the Health Ministry's AIDS prevention program. Chequer's comments Tuesday were widely endorsed at a meeting of educators debating ways to curb AIDS, but the view is likely to stir controversy in the world's largest Roman Catholic country. The clergy in Brazil has opposed government programs urging safe sex, and the idea of discussing sex among children still learning their ABCs is likely to face even more opposition. The quick spread of the disease has made Brazil a world leader in AIDS cases, and educators at the conference, which ended Wednesday, said there is no harm in starting education young. ``Children begin interacting with society and developing a sense of self-esteem and self-preservation at the age of 4,'' said Teresinha Reis Pinto, president of the Association for the Prevention and Treatment of AIDS. ``If educators start working on these aspects at an early age,'' she said, ``then these children will grow up to be self-assured adults capable of coping with their own sexuality and thus avoid the risk of AIDS.'' Since the virus was first reported in the early 1980s, 155,590 AIDS cases have been registered in Brazil, according to figures from the Health Ministry. The real number is believed to be much higher. Some critics argue that learning about sex will just make children curious to try it, but experts say that is not so. ``Contrary to what many people believe, sex education programs for youths do not stimulate them to have sex at an early age,'' said Peter Aggleton of the University of London's Institute of Education. ``These programs achieve positive results in terms of prevention.'' Brazil has 210,150 children whose mothers died of AIDS or carry the HIV virus, said Miguel Fontes of the Instituto Promundo, a non-governmental organization. Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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] IMF chief: Russia's economy shows sig
-Caveat Lector- 6/16/99 -- 3:58 PM IMF chief: Russia's economy shows sig ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - The International Monetary Fund's chief on Wednesday hailed Russia's progress in mending its moribund economy but remained noncommittal on a loan requested by the country. ``Tough work still remains to be done by the government and parliament,'' IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus said after talks with Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin. ``But I'm convinced that the team headed by the prime minister has the necessary strategy and can solve the problems.'' Camdessus, who was attending the Russian Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, wouldn't say when the fund would resume lending to Russia. Stepashin voiced hope it would be as early as next month, after Russia fulfills its pledge to bolster state revenues. The IMF tentatively agreed in April to lend Russia $4.5 billion provided Russia adopts a package of austerity bills that would raise some taxes, streamline the ailing banking sector and speed up bankruptcy procedures. The Communist-dominated lower house, the State Duma, has been reluctant to act, fearing unpopular bills would cause a voter backlash. However, opposition to the bills began melting last week after Stepashin threatened actions that could lead to the parliament's dissolution. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Stepashin expressed confidence the house would quickly adopt the bills. He also fended off Communist claims that his government was kowtowing to the West in asking for the loan. ``The demands of the International Monetary Fund aren't just conditions that we must meet to get these credits; they are necessary to restore the health of our economy,'' Stepashin said. He warned that a failure to overcome the economic crisis may turn Russia into a ``bankrupt and pariah nation.'' The IMF froze lending to Russia after its government defaulted on some debt and devalued the ruble last year amid global economic turmoil in emerging markets. Camdessus noted the government's success in reining in inflation, boosting tax collection and stabilizing industrial production. Economic growth in the first quarter was about zero, a rate that appeared rosy after last year's economic freefall. There is ``some hope in the economic indications from the first quarter,'' Camdessus said. However, the country still faces problems including failing banks, unproductive factories and corrupt officials, he said. The IMF had no plans to increase lending beyond the $4.5 billion already promised. The IMF loan would just cover the debt payments that Russia must make to the fund this year. Russia owes a total of $17.5 billion to various foreign creditors in 1999, but the government has said it won't be able to pay off more than half of that. Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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] Send In the NWO
-Caveat Lector- From www.serve.com/pvbr/index.html By Phil Brennan There's bad news and there's good news in the Kosovo fiasco: the bad news is that, like it or not, we are being dragged into the global snake pit known as the New World Order. The good news is that the people trying to drag us there are the greatest conglomeration of blithering idiots ever to assemble on the world stage in all history. Barely a day passes without the emergence of new evidence that the NATOCRATS haven't got the vaguest idea of what they're doing. The occupation force which is supposed to be solely a NATO production starring an all-NATO cast suddenly discovers that the Russians they meant to remain behind the scenery as never-to be used understudies have taken over the center of the stage. The Pristina airport, meant to be the jewel in the crown of the British forces is occupied instead by a massive force of 200 Russian soldiers who somehow have managed to hold at bay the entire NATO contingent, provoking the Brits' General Blimp to insist the Brits never really wanted the airport as their nerve center anyway. It's like General Howe saying "Who needs Yorktown?" or Saddam Hussein, "Who wants Kuwait anyway?" Instead of disarming as they were supposed to do, the terrorist, drug dealing KLA so dear to the hearts of NATO are roaming around Kosovo shooting people, risking a nuclear war by allegedly firing rockets at the Russians and acting as if THEY are the real occupying force. According to an Indian newspaper: "The leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Hashim Thaci has described the presence of Russian troops in Kosovo as ``undesirable'' and ``a provocation''. "In an interview with the Kosovar Albanian-language newspaper published Sunday, Thaci referred to the presence of Russian forces in Kosovo as ''a grave provocation to the initiated political process and the overall efforts to restore peace in Kosovo.'' `` 'We have not guaranteed and will not guarantee the security of these forces,'' the KLA leader said, adding ``We will not allow the replacement of Serb forces by Russian troops.' '' Remember, the Russians this KLA thug is talking about view the KLA as tools of NATO and have about a zillion nuclear-armed missiles pointed at us. And more than a few hot-headed military types who'd love to see how well they'd work on ...say ...Washington D.C. It is becoming more obvious that the NATOCRATS, led by our own wonderful, if seriously deranged, president had not the least idea of what to do once they entered Kosovo. Or for that matter, just how much trouble their wacko war would stir up. As Right magazine's Steve Farrell wrote, NATO has established "a precedent for intervention which thrusts back into the dark ages of international law and American foreign policy any hallowed belief in and respect for national sovereignty." From all appearances, thanks to the Kosovo fiasco, Russia is in turmoil, with the hard-liners obviously in control and itching for a slugfest with NATO which they rightly regard as an enemy bent on reducing them to third-world status. We have managed to embitter a majority of the world's people who now view the United States as an out-of-control bully trying to run the world. While we have been frittering away much of our military muscle in the Balkans, India and Pakistan are at each others' throats and a near state of war between (nuclear armed) North and South Korea has broken out in the Yellow Sea. Perhaps the most egregious mistake the NWO geniuses have made, however, lies in the fact that the Kosovo farce has at last exposed the NWO for what it is - the secret is out for all the world to see. No longer is the New World Order a fantasy cherished by all those so-called right-wing conspiracy nuts. The NWO can no longer insist that their very existence is merely the imaginings of people whose see black helicopters hovering above. Even more deadly to their ambition to remake the globe in their own image is the fact that the assault on Kosovo exposed those who march to the tune of the NWO elite. It is now possible to know exactly who favor the NWO and who oppose the conspiracy (there, I said it, conspiracy!). Just look for the bellicose hawks who lusted after Serbian blood and applauded every bombing of civilian targets - Democrats and Republicans, Conservatives and liberals - and you have either active members of the NWO brigades or their bootlicking stooges. And among them are those alleged Republican conservatives who justified their bellicosity by insisting that now that we're in there we have to go all out to win. Moreover, suddenly many of those previously silent about the NWO menace have come out swinging against the NWO, previously a taboo not to be mentioned in polite society. In this week's issue we have outspoken speeches by two men, one an American politician and one a Canadian
[CTRL] Warp Speed
-Caveat Lector- From AFP via Yahoo! And this is new(s)? Media group charges NATO "distorted the truth" in Kosovo PARIS, June 15 (AFP) - The media organisation Reporters sans Frontieres (Reporters without Borders, RSF) Tuesday criticized NATO for "distorting the truth," and giving "false information and impossible-to-check figures," about the war in Yugoslavia. In a report called "War in Yugoslavia, NATO's media blunders," the group, which is based in Paris, questioned whether it was a matter of "mistakes" or if the alliance made "deliberate attempts at disinformation." "False information, exorbitant and impossible-to-check figures and the use of debatable historical references have strengthened doubts about the goodwill of certain western political and military leaders," RSF said in a communique. In one example, the group cites NATO confirmation concerning the death of ethnic Albanian leader Fehmi Agani along with five others. British General David Wilby had said at NATO headquarters in Brussels the report came from a "very reliable source" in Kosovo, which his department had checked carefully. "Wilby's source turned out to be the London-based Kosovo Information Centre, which is run by Kosovar exiles," the report said, adding that "one of them, Hafiz Gagica, had said the same day that Ibrahim Rugova had been wounded and his whereabouts were not known." Agani was in fact killed, but some days later, while Rugova subsequently met with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, bringing blanket media coverage the Yugoslav leader was able to capitalize on. "Making a rumor official in this way, during the first week of bombing, would appear to be less the result of a mistake than of a deliberate decision; to tip the balance in favor of NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia at a time when public opinion was still very sceptical about their effectiveness," the report said. Another example cited was the April 14 air strike on a convoy which killed 75 people according to Serb sources. After German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping initially accused Serb planes of the attack, NATO acknowledged the strike, saying "that apparently one of its planes dropped a bomb on a civilian vehicle travelling with a convoy." On April 19, NATO admitted "it had hit two convoys with the help of about a dozen planes that dropped a total of nine bombs," RSF said, adding that the alliance made public a recording of a pilot responsible for hitting the first. He said the vehicles in question were "of a military type," but two days later NATO admitted the recording had no connection with the bombing of the convoys. RSF says "other features of western communication are approximate figures, debatable historic references and the use of vocabulary that has the aim of making the adversary appear monstrous." "The term 'genocide' has been used systematically by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and in Germany officials have compared the Milosevic government to that of Hitler," the report adds. "These historical references have led to protests from experts," RSF said. "On April 27, NATO officials themselves admitted - although not in so many words - that their communication strategy had failed," it added, while also noting that "the workings of the propaganda machine hold no secrets for the Serbs." "While remaining the defender of a 'just cause' in the eyes of western public opinion, NATO has not shown goodwill in its relations with the media, and has distorted the truth on several occasions," RSF charged. "It is obvious that in time of war, the information provided by one side or the other may be liable to be used as a propaganda tool," it said. "But it could still be hoped that a coalition of democracies, which claims to have right on its side, would behave with more integrity than the dictatorship it is fighting against," the group concluded. AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "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
Re: [CTRL] Kosovo
-Caveat Lector- Russia, China, and India per the British plan are reacting defensively to the EU, Vatican, Rockefeller over-reaching offensiveWar in Korea and Taiwan to humiliate the US back in sensible Tory British leadership!? In any case, increased hostility and Russia-China-India alliance -- Lloyd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 3:45 AM Subject: Kosovo OK, so you believe that the Kosovo business is a Vatican-German attempt at resurrecting the Old Europe? Here is your scenerio as I understand it: Yugoslavia=an IMF/NWO alligned nation waging war against its Vatican and Muslim neighbors. Long having opposed Germany and Turkey, it stepped right on the toes of NATO and the (Vatican) neo-Cold Warriors. The United States, under Clinton, having just defeated a British coup, was now set to wage World War III under the cloak of a Vatican sponsored "human rights" campaign. Albright, having come out of Georgetown, is instrumental in this. Deep down, I suppose, would be an attempt to put out the Serbian trouble makers for good. If all of this is true, what role does Russia have? Is Russia going along with Clinton and the Vatican? Or is Russia going against this? What about China? *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/formaddress.html For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text in body: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html Video Finder, Free Catalogs, Links, Sweepstakes, What-Not: http://www.msen.com/~daugh/store.htm *** DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] (Fwd) Clinton and Child Labor Rights
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:18:43 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Clinton and Child Labor Rights Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Wednesday, June 16, 1999 CLINTON AND CHILD LABOR RIGHTS In his speech today at the International Labor Organization Conference in Geneva, President Clinton said: "We must wipe from the Earth the most vicious forms of abusive child labor. Every single day, tens of millions of children work in conditions that shock the conscience... There are children handling dangerous chemicals; children forced to work when they should be in school..." The following analysts are available to discuss issues of child labor and human rights: DIANE MULL, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.afop.org Executive director of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, a group of employment training and service organizations located in 49 states and Puerto Rico, Mull said: "There are 300,000 to one million children working illegally in the U.S.; most of them are in agriculture. (Other major sectors are child prostitution, pornography, street-selling kids and sweatshops.) Under U.S. federal law, there are child labor exemptions that make it legal for a child as young as six to work as a hired worker in agriculture. They can work an unlimited number of hours before school, after school and during the school week. An August 1998 GAO report, Child Labor in Agriculture,' found that children in agriculture are working in more hazardous conditions with less protections than children in any other industry. Currently, it is not considered hazardous for a child to work in a field that has been treated with dangerous agricultural chemicals... Of all children working, 8 percent are in agriculture, but over 40 percent of fatalities are in that sector. Children are working under such conditions because their parents are themselves not able to earn a living wage in agriculture -- since that industry enjoys exemptions under provisions for minimum wage, unemployment compensation, workers compensation, overtime and collective bargaining." LORETTA ROSS, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.hrusa.org Director of the National Center for Human Rights Education, Ross said: "Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that everyone is entitled to a job that provides an adequate standard of living for themselves and their family, that no coercion is allowed and that no child labor should be used. But the economic managers of the U.S. economy are violating those policies. The two fastest growing labor forces in this country today are prison labor and welfare labor. A corporation can pay prisoners in Louisiana as little as four cents an hour to fill a job that used to cost $20 an hour. When the U.S. government chooses to intervene on labor issues, it leans towards policies protecting profits, not workers' rights. If the U.S. was serious about protecting workers' human rights, it would ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Women and the Covenant on Economic Human Rights." For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484-9167 AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "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
[CTRL] (Fwd) VOICE OF THE GRUNT, 1999-06-16-A
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:04:01 EDT Subject:VOICE OF THE GRUNT, 1999-06-16-A To: undisclosed-recipients:; **KOSOVO: OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN - DAY 5 ** VOICE OF THE GRUNT ** ** 16 June 1999 ** ** (To stop getting this newsletter, click the "reply" box, put UNSUB or DELETE in the Subject line, and hit "send." If your address is NOT in our mailing list, a third party is "redirecting" you a copy ~ which we have no control over, are not responsible for, and have no way to remove.) TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES Hack's Column Kosovo: A Pyrrhic Victory 1 Mac Notes 2 From The Field: Victory Through Air Power 3 He Deferred Approval To The Vice-President 4 Don't Start The Celebration Yet5 British SAS Part II 6 It's Official: Training Degrades Readiness 7 The Wildly Revolving Door 8 Medal of Honor: SSgt. Gersch, John G., USA, E Co., 1/327, 101st ABN Div. 9 A Shau Valley, RVN, 19 July 1969 Commentary: MPRI: Military Princes Retirement Investments10 No Humor This Week === ARTICLE 1 ~~ KOSOVO: A PYRRHIC VICTORY ~~ By David H. Hackworth, 15 June 1999 Wait a military minute. We spend 4 billion bucks, risk our Green Berets' and jet jockeys' lives, and the Ruskies do an end run and march into Kosovo before us? They get the parades, flowers and cheers that were beamed by television around the world -- and we pick up the tab. This just doesn't add up. But come to think of it, nothing in the "war that wasn't a war" makes much sense. Let's review the deal. President Clinton does a peace dance with indicted war criminal Slobodian Milosevic, a guy he called Hitler, in which Milosevic stays the main man. Kosovo still belongs to him. Serb soldiers, the ones who drove out the refugees, will be at the border welcoming them back home. Humm? Things have changed since President Truman, when Hitler put a bullet in his brain rather than face Harry's stern music. If he'd played war under Clinton rules, he'd have been allowed to give Ike the keys to Berlin while the Nazi army passed in review and then quietly retired to a sunny dictator-friendly South American state. Had I submitted an outline of how the operation went down as a proposal to a book editor, I'd have gotten the Big R - rejection - with a note saying "We don't do Air Power humor" or "Catch 22's already been written" or "Sorry, your imagination's in overdrive. No military operation could have been this bad." But that won't be the spin coming out of the White House and the Pentagon until Hillary grabs the headlines by kicking off her pre-2008 presidential election campaign with her go at the Senate. The veteran Clinton spin team -- which flimflammed Monica into a stalker, Paula into trailer-park trash, and labeled Bill's womanizing and the selling of secrets to China as dirty tricks by right-wing extremists -- will ram a hype hose down the nation's throat and turn the water all the way up. The war that wasn't a war will be spun into a great victory, a combination of our Revolutionary War, V-J Day and Desert Storm. But when our flyers and soldiers and sailors start leaking to the press, you'll see a triumph it was not. The conflict was not only badly bungled, it was the military mismatch of history. It was like a wrestling match between Little Orphan Annie and Jesse Ventura -- the little redheaded kid being Serbia and Jesse being a muscle-bound NATO. Annie weighed in with a fourth-rate 1960s army, backed by 10 million people from a primarily agricultural state the size of Ohio whose economy pumps out less dough than Coney Island on a rainy day. Jesse hit the scales with the most powerful military machine in the history of the world, 800 million supporters hailing from 19 mostly rich industrialized countries. After 78 rounds, Annie is still standing and singing "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya tomorrow!" while Jesse, who has had to spend too much energy preventing his 19 supporters from stabbing him in the back never got in a decisive hit. When Serbia left Kosovo, its forces going out looked as good as NATO's military machine did coming in. The bombed and blasted Serb Army vehicles and soldiers were parade-ground sharp. Their trucks and tanks were clean and well maintained, and their soldiers' gear, uniforms and haircuts looked ready for a tough first sergeant's inspection. No one looked battle-rattled or had that vacant 1,000-yard stare that comes from a few too many nearby hits. After all those bombs
[CTRL] (Fwd) Claremont Institute Precepts: Trenton's Battle of Princi
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Claremont Institute Precepts: Trenton's Battle of Principle, Part II Date sent: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:06:05 -0700 The Claremont Institute--PRECEPTS | | June 16, 1999 Visit http://www.claremont.org | | No. 175 New Jersey Assemblywoman Nia Gill and her friends in the liberal establishment are in a fit of rage because children in her state may be required each morning to recite two sentences from the American Declaration of Independence. They read: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Ms. Gill says of this proposal: "At the time these words were written only white men, and only white men with property, were perceived to be the beneficiaries of these words." In yesterday's Precepts, we have shown Ms. Gill, insofar as she is referring to women, is in error. But what about blacks? Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration himself, was a holder of slaves. This raises two questions: 1) Was not Thomas Jefferson a common hypocrite? 2) And if Tom and his buddies in the Revolution were common hypocrites, should we not reject them and all their works, including their principles? Consider the second question first. If we think a little more carefully than Ms. Nia Gill, a busy legislator, seems able to think, we will see that the answer to the second question makes the first one irrelevant. Why? Because a hypocrite is someone who does not live up to _his own_ principles. We condemn a hypocrite from the words that come out of his own mouth. We may not like a thief, but unless the thief condemns stealing we cannot call him a hypocrite. Similarly, slavery is bad, and we might very well condemn Thomas Jefferson as a slave holder--more on that below--but we cannot condemn him as a hypocrite unless he also condemned slavery. Of course, that is precisely what he did, right there in the Declaration of Independence. He did not write anything in the Declaration about "white men," or "white men with property." He wrote "all men." And as we have proved already, he meant women, too. If this New Jersey law, which Ms. Gill opposes, had been in force when she went to school, perhaps she would know this. That leaves Ms. Gill with a dilemma. She can condemn Thomas Jefferson for holding slaves, or she can condemn the Declaration. But she cannot condemn them both. We said yesterday that her position was illogical on this point. This is why. More later. Until then, I commend you to investigate this subject further at the Claremont Institute's web site, http://www.claremont.org. Sincerely, Larry P. Arnn President, The Claremont Institute - Copyright (c) 1999 The Claremont Institute To subscribe to Precepts, go to: http://www.claremont.org/subscrib.cfm , or e-mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . To be removed from this list, go to : http://www.claremont.org/remove_public.cfm , or e-mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . For general correspondence or additional information about the Claremont Institute, e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] , or visit our website at : http://www.claremont.org . Changing your e-mail address? Please let us know at : [EMAIL PROTECTED] . For press inquiries, contact Nazalee Topalian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (909) 621-6825. The mission of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. The Claremont Institute | 250 West First Street | Suite 330 | Claremont, CA 91711 | Phone (909) 621-6825 | Fax (909) 626-8724 AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth
[CTRL] (Fwd) VOICE OF THE GRUNT, 1999-06-16-B
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:04:34 EDT Subject:VOICE OF THE GRUNT, 1999-06-16-B To: undisclosed-recipients:; VOICE OF THE GRUNT, 1999-06-16-B ARTICLE 6 BRITISH SAS LEADER: PART II FLASHFLASHFLASH Subject: SITREP, SAS Commando, SOMEWHERE - BALKANS Time and Date: 1805 HOURS (GMT), 10 June 1999 Kosovo Calling: We were supposed to go back in, but we were held back when the peace deal was signed. Instead, we were launched, and in the air, because the Russians were trying to get there first, they were going to drop us in front of them, near Pristina, and "hold" the Russains by ourselves, until British Paratroopers could get to us. However the Russians say they will stop at the border. Anyway, I am in Blace (Macedonia/Kosovo border) right now with the rest of the boys. The Brits were ready to go yesterday, but the US Marines were ill-prepared. Consequently, everything has been put on hold until they sort themselves out. We will be going into Pristina tonight to secure it. We will be going in with the Paratroopers. We are going regardless of the US Marines being ready. The British troops really feel let down by the US so far, hopefully they will get it together shortly. We might have to "liquidate" renegade units after securing Pristina. Hopefully the Russians won't start anything. We will be keeping our "eyes" on them. The British Paratroops are just dying for a fight, as are the Ghurkas. Our new tasking is to find the landmines once we are all in. We know where the majority of them are. Then we are going to guide the Top Brass to the mass graves -- they are great hiding places! A bit quiet though; even the birds don't go there. No sound, no nothing. Everybody knows we are going in tonight, they are asking us to leave some "fun" for them. Word is we might be home in a month, but the rest of the British soldiers will remain; wonder where I will go next. Hopefully they might let me return to some wine, women, and a normal life. Watch CNN if you're into disinformation! SAS Warrior == ARTICLE 7 IT'S OFFICIAL - TRAINING DEGRADES READINESS SUMMARY: Remember all those Newsreel films of maneuvers in 1940? The ones where a truck had a sign on it "labeling" it a tank and the grunts were using wooden machine-guns? That'll be the next step. Part of the oath is still "to serve protect and defend the constitution" right? How do we maintain that oath by having "paper readiness"? By Ranger "D" I write you this day with a heavy heart, my tour in the Special Operations Community is coming to an end. I served five years with the 2nd Ranger Battalion, two years with the 3/87 Infantry, and six years with the 5/19 Special Forces as a Voice Interceptor. I have been and NCO since the late 80's and have served our country in combat with the 2nd Rangers in Panama. Given my SRB I believe that I have a certain amount of knowledge to pass on to new soldiers; knowledge that will keep them alive if ever sent into combat. However, the current status of our armed forces has forced me to walk away from my position as an active Army National Guardsman. In the past four years, I have been unable to train my men in any way. Each time that I have organized a live-fire exercise, the training is canceled at the last minute to support such events as battalion inspections and change-of-command ceremonies. When I try to requisition weapons to take on our parachute jumps, I am told that we cannot jump weapons. If the weapons are broken on a jump or lost, it decreases our unit's "readiness" on paper. Never mind that some of my men have never jumped with their weapons. During a garrison drill I scheduled a field exercise and was told that we'll stay in the barracks and complete our monthly inventories in order to improve our "readiness." Never mind that my team has not worked together on a simulated combat operation for over a year. When I want to take my men on a nighttime foot movement, I am told that an injury will lessen our "readiness." Never mind that my team has lost the ability to move and navigate at night. When I request live ammunition for an exercise, I'm told that it's too much trouble to plan and seek approval for such training. Never mind that some of my men have never fired a live round outside the sterile confines of a rifle range. Everything that enhances our unit's "readiness" is, in actuality, the Army deems detrimental to actual readiness. I've been able to tolerate much in my thirteen years of service. If I could enjoy just 1 day in 5 of
[CTRL] Fw: AANEWS for Wednesday, June 16, 1999
-Caveat Lector- from: AMERICAN ATHEISTS subject: AANEWS for June 16, 1999 A M E R I C A N A T H E I S T S AANEWS #590 ~~ 6/16/99 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... * Spicer Halliwell is too hot for church bosses in Philippines * Another try ... Roahn Wynar, the pope gets it right! * Public aid to religious schools -- AA Magazine poll * Resources * About this list... GINGER IS TOO SPICY FOR CATHOLIC LEADERS IN PHILIPPINES Bishops Conference Compares Pop Star-Ambassador To Salman Rushdie Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell came under attack this past week during a tour in the Philippines where she was promoting contraception and safe sex. Following a visit to the Marie Stopes women's clinic in a poor district of Manila, Halliwell said: "I believe that if you can't control your fertility, you can't control your life, and you're having sex, you've got to be protected against unwanted pregnancy and infection." The 27-year old pop artist was appointed Britain's ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund last year after leaving the Spice Girls group. Halliwell has also become active in promoting breast cancer awareness and raising money for research into childhood cancers. She donated glitzy items from her stage wardrobe which she wore while performing as Ginger Spice for charitable auctions as well. As part of her ambassadorial role, Halliwell travels the world on behalf of Marie Stopes International, a worldwide private charity group which promotes contraception and awareness of reproductive health issues, along with a "Face to Face" campaign advocating population restraint. Reports in the world press, and even the Philippines news media, suggested that Halliwell's visit would stir up the nation's powerful Roman Catholic Church which has come out against government birth control policies. Upon arriving in the island nation, she told the Manilla Bulletin, "What's important about this trip is that it gives me the chance to meet the people who really matter -- women who want to control their fertility and young people who are on the brink of making important decisions about their sexual health." But while many of those served by the seven Marie Stopes clinics in the capital city were pleased by Halliwell's visit, Roman Catholic leaders were furious. Church officials declared that the former Spice Girl "is setting a bad example for youngsters," and branded her visit "immoral." Leading the charge was the powerful Cardinal Jaime Sin, who according to the BBC "once described condoms as evil and only fit for animals." That, and the fact that the country is three-fourths Catholic, may account for why the Philippines has one of the most explosive population growth rates in the world. Many of its 74.7 million people live in poverty. Halliwell told women at one clinic near a crowded public market that access to birth control technology "is everybody's fundamental right." Asked if everyone should practice safe sex by using condoms, she replied: "Absolutely." Rev. James Reuter of the Office of Mass Media, Catholic Church of the Philippines, blasted Halliwell, declaring "We do not need population control, and any effort at safe sex is totally, utterly immoral from top to bottom." Monsignor Pedro Quitorio of the Catholic Bishops Conference added that Halliwell "will have an impact on our youth and this is why her visit is alarming to us." Sending the pop diva to the Philippines was comparable to "sending Salman Rushdie as an ambassador of goodwill to a Muslim country," Quitorio opined. Church officials also took aim at Halliwell latest solo video, which comes on the heels of her new debut album, "Schizophonic." Many of the cuts reported are autobiographical in their content, and draw inspiration from her split with the Spices. In the "Look At Me" video, Halliwell appears as a nun -- a replay of the melding of rock technology and religious themes have made works by other female artists including Madonna the focus of controversy and ecclesiastical opprobrium. A Changing Climate? The Philippines have traditionally been a Roman Catholic bastion on the edge of the Asian sphere, and the church has managed to survive wars and even the political revolution that ousted a close friend and patron, Ferdinand Marcos. Since the "peoples' revolution," though, while the church scrambled to identify itself with democratic forces, Cardinal Sin and other clerics have struggled to thwart a growing wave of modernization and secularism. As in the United State, many Catholics disagree with the
[CTRL] U.S. nuclear labs to focus on security next week
-Caveat Lector- U.S. nuclear labs to focus on security next week (releads, adds details, quotes throughout) By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department, under fire for security lapses at its nuclear weapons research laboratories, ordered a two-day ``stand-down'' next week to focus lab employees on security issues, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said on Wednesday. Richardson also announced retired four-star Gen. Eugene Habiger will take the newly created position of ``security czar'' at the Energy Department with a mandate to improve security throughout the agency and the labs. On Capitol Hill, the Senate voted to boost Energy Department funding for security operations. The Senate bill would boost funding for counterintelligence to $39 million from $15.6 million and funding for security investigations, such background checks on foreign visitors to the labs, to $45 million from $30 million. Those provisions were included in a broader $21 billion bill for assorted energy and water programs. The House has not moved its version of the legislation. The Energy Department was criticized by members of Congress for lax security because of allegations of Chinese espionage at U.S. nuclear labs over the past two decades. The most recent report on lab security, by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, recommended the nuclear labs be partially or fully severed from the Energy Department, which often refers to them as its ``crown jewels.'' Richardson has repeatedly said he was taking strong steps to improve security at the labs, but would not support removing them from the Energy Department's jurisdiction. ``What I don't find acceptable is a separate agency, that to me is something that is not productive,'' Richardson said. All employees of Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia laboratories will participate in the two-day security program on Monday and on Tuesday, Richardson said. ``What this basically means is all normal operations will cease at the national laboratories during this period, as the employees will participate in intensive review of personal responsibilities for security, counterintelligence and cybersecurity,'' Richardson told reporters. It will be the second stand-down this year at the national nuclear labs. The first one, in early April, focused on security of classified computers and the three labs suspended work using computers holding highly classified material in an effort to improve security. That came after a scientist was fired in March at Los Alamos National Laboratory under suspicion of passing secrets to China. The scientist, Wen Ho Lee, has not been charged with any crime. A congressional report in May said China, during 20 years of espionage, targeted the labs and obtained secret information on seven U.S. nuclear warheads and the neutron bomb. China repeatedly denied it stole U.S. secrets. For the two-day security program, Richardson asked lab management to review security procedures with all employees. Habiger, who will take up his new post on July 6, said, ``I will work very quickly, very aggressively, and we'll get this thing fixed.'' Before retiring from the Air Force in 1998, Habiger was commander-in-chief of the U.S. Strategic Command in which he was responsible for ``the security and effectiveness of the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal,'' Richardson said. ``I am a security czar and that's called in my view a dictator and I'm going to be a dictator in terms of implementing policy and making sure it's carried out,'' Habiger said. -- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Henry David Thoreau 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] Spanish Pilots Admit NATO Purposely Attacked Civilians (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:16:41 -0500 From: ZNet June 14, 1999 Spanish Fighter Pilots Admit NATO Purposely Attacks Civilian Targets June 14, 1999 Articulo 20 (Spain-weekly) By Jose Luis Morales (thanks to Bill Blum for finding and sending this to ZNet) The pilots of Spanish planes who participated in bombing raids against Yugoslavia do not feel like "supermen" nor masters of aerospace. Quite the contrary, they say that our forces play to the tune of music played by the North Americans, and accuse NATO of having honoured with medals the bombing of civilian targets, what they otherwise name "collateral damages". Captain Adolfo Luis Martin de la Hoz, who returned to Spain at the end of May after having participated in the bombings from the beginning, an "authentic expert for the dreadful F-18", the war plane most often used in the war strategy of "scorched land" in the Balkans, is very categoric: "First of all, I want to make it clear that the majority, I say the majority, of my colleagues, even if not all, are against the war in general and against this war of barbarity in particular." "A few days ago, there appeared in the papers certain statements of Commander Maches Michavilla, who is now in the air base at Aviano with the pilots who replaced us, in which he said that our main helper in the air was mental and physical health. But I tell you that our worst enemies are our own authorities, the Defence Minister and all his team, the members of the Government, who know nothing about war and go along with it without informing themselves about anything and, what is gravest, who are guilty of lying to the Spanish people through the papers, radio and television, foreign correspondents and press agencies." The suspicions that NATO's repeated bombings of civilian victims and non-military targets are not the result of war "errors", are confirmed by Captain Martin de la Hoz: "Several times our colonel protested to NATO chiefs as to why they select targets which are not military targets. They threw him out with curses, saying that we should know that the North Americans would lodge a complaint to the Spanish Army, once through Brussels and again to the Defence Minister. But there is more, and I want to tell it to the whole world: once there was a coded order from the North American military that we should drop anti-personnel bombs over the localities of Prishtine (Pristina) and Nish (Nis). The colonel refused it altogether and, a couple of days later, the transfer order came. But what I say now is nothing compared to what I shall have to say when the time comes." The Spanish military denounces that "the Spanish Government not only does not try to inform themselves, but that they also accept the false reports that are edited for them in Aviano, where there is a sort of military press cabinet in the hands of North American generals and functionaries. Ever since we arrived in Italy - the captain goes on - there is no end to humiliations and insults. The only order-givers are the North American generals, and no one else. We are zeroes, just as our replacements are going to be. But there is still more to that. Here, they say that several operations were directed by Spanish commanders and pilots. Lies over lies. All the missions that we flew, every single one, were planned by high U.S. military authorities. Even more, they were all planned in detail, including attacking planes, targets and type of ammunition that we have to drop. We never directed anything, and our missions were limited to flying over the borders of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Slovakia (Slovenia?)." = Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, 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]/
[CTRL] Fw: DRUDGE-REPORT 6/16/99
-Caveat Lector- X DRUDGE REPORT X WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1999 21:49:56 ET X PLANNED TABLOID HIT ON BUSH FIZZLES **Exclusive** One of the nation's top tabloids was ready to rock the George W. Bush 2000 campaign with an exclusive shock story -- a story that fizzled out just hours before publication, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "Bush was going to get a blast from his past," a top editor at the tabloid explained on condition that his identity or the identity of the publication not be revealed at this time. The tabloid was planning to unleash its story on Bush next week, accompanied by a stunning photo. But as the editor told the DRUDGE REPORT, "One source we were working with turned out to have credibility issues... we will continue to investigate." The editor was clearly disappointed that his story fizzled out, but he added: "This is going to be a long political season. And it appears that Mr. Bush is going to be great fun and great for business. We'll just have to wait and see." "How sad," one BUSH 2000 adviser said Wednesday night from Texas. "The governor has been out on the campaign trail for less than a week and already they are pulling this shit. "I think the voters are fed up with this kind of stuff. Really sad." Established Washington journalists and main media outlets may agree with Bush and his staffers that the "gotcha game" of scandal and rumor should have no place in the 2000 race -- but less conforming reporters have begun waving around money and digging for Bush dirt all over the state of Texas. Apparently, no oil strike yet. X X X X X STARR GRAND JURY HEARS FRESH TESTIMONY ON TRAVEL OFFICE; 'FIRE THEIR ASSES' FIRST LADY SAID TO HAVE TOLD AIDE The Office of the Independent Counsel has subpoenaed three local Nashville businessman who played a round of golf a few summers ago with former Clinton Aide David Watkins, a newspaper will report on Thursday. During the game, Watkins reportedly told them that Hillary directly ordered the White House Travel Office firings. Hillary Clinton has denied in sworn statements making such an order; Watkins himself testified under oath before Congress that the decision to fire the travel office staffers was his, and his alone. Mike and Terri Patton were interviewed by investigators working for Starr at their Nashville home "a few weeks ago," according to Terri Patton. Patton confirms she and her husband have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. in the coming days. In addition to conversations that are said to have taken place on the golf course, investigators are pursuing post-game conversations that took place at Patton's home. Those conversations included Patton's wife, Terri, the NASHVILLE SCENE will report on Thursday. Patton has told Starr investigators that she clearly remembers Watkins telling how Hillary had called him about the travel office staffers. According to Patton, Watkins said Hillary told him to "fire their asses." Terri Patton said she and her husband expect to testify about what Watkins allegedly said during that fateful round of golf and a later chitchat at the Pattons' home. The narrative of the golf game is certain to receive widespread attention as Starr prepares a final report on his investigation. Starr and his prosecutors may be trying to hit Watkins with a perjury charge, reports the paper. X X X X X RADIO WAR: GERALDO RIVERA WANTS TO TAKE ON RUSH LIMBAUGH NBC's $5 million man Geraldo Rivera wants to do a radio show because he believes that there's a real need for an "aggressive, populist alternative" to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative hosts, the ASSOCIATED PRESS will soon report. Rivera opens up and lashes out with the AP's David Bauder in Thursday PM runs, according to publishing sources familiar with the wire's budget. "It's time for liberals to stop being embarrassed about their political philosophy," Rivera declares. Rivera tells the wire that frustration over the lack of prestige airtime at NBC is partly why he's considering a daily radio talkshow. [Rivera's feelings were hurt by the treatment of his RIVERA LIVE Kosovo reports. He hoped they were good enough for attention on Tom Brokaw's NIGHTLY NEWS.] "The motivation, honestly, was, 'OK, you don't want me, I know a lot of other people who do,'" he said. But as the DRUDGE REPORT revealed last week, Rivera recently hit a wall on the talkradio front. WNEW in New York has balked big at the amount of money that Rivera was asking to host a nightly radio show. And a dramatic split recently developed inside of corporate ABC over bringing in Rivera. ["This will happen over my dead body," said one senior ABC executive.] The Limbaugh Era looks likely to continue... X X X X X TIME WARNER BLASTS TIME WARNER; CLOONEY NOT $2 MILLION AN EPISODE MAN In its
[CTRL] Armed Forces/Feature: ENGINEER DAVID TENENBAUM SAYS U.S. ARMY HIRED HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW HEBREW AND THEN SUSPECTED HIM OF ESPIONAGE BECAUSE HE WAS JEWISH, NOW SUING U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR $110 MILLION by Susan Rosenbluth (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Root Branch Association, Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IL/ROOT BRANCH ASSOCIATION, LTD. IL/ROOT BRANCH ASSOCIATION, LTD.; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 11:38 AM Subject: Armed Forces/Feature: ENGINEER DAVID TENENBAUM SAYS U.S. ARMY HIRED HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW HEBREW AND THEN SUSPECTED HIM OF ESPIONAGE BECAUSE HE WAS JEWISH, NOW SUING U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR $110 MILLION by Susan Rosenbluth RB OMNIBUS The ROOT BRANCH INFORMATION SERVICE distributes news, features and commentary on Jews, Judaism and Israel. Views expressed are those of the authors alone. *** Armed Forces/Feature: ENGINEER DAVID TENENBAUM SAYS U.S. ARMY HIRED HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW HEBREW AND THEN SUSPECTED HIM OF ESPIONAGE BECAUSE HE WAS JEWISH, NOW SUING U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR $110 MILLION by Susan Rosenbluth (Editor and Publisher, Jewish Voice Opinion; New York Bureau Chief, Root Branch Information Services) TEANECK, N.J., Yom Revii (Fourth Day - "Wednesday"), 2 Tammuz, 5759 (June 16, 1999), Root Branch: More than two years ago, David Tenenbaum, a 41-year-old Orthodox-Jewish chemical engineer who works for the U.S. Army in Detroit, was investigated by the FBI for allegedly passing classified documents to Israel. After a 14-month criminal inquiry, which cost the federal government at least $2 million dollars, he was cleared. The Justice Department, working in cooperation with the Department of Defense (DoD), concluded not only that there was insufficient evidence against Mr. Tenenbaum, but that if there had been any evidence against him at all, "these agents would have found it." But that official dismissal seems to have meant nothing to the U.S. Army. In March of 1998, Mr. Tenenbaum was informed by the army that he could return to work, but, he soon learned, the military was continuing its investigation. Mr. Tenenbaum's security classification has still not been reinstated. "I sit at my desk, but I am unable to do anything meaningful. I am forbidden to speak with Israelis. My friends in the office where I've worked for 15 years won't speak to me. They're afraid to be seen in my company. They all have the feeling I'm guilty but that there's not enough evidence against me. My career is destroyed. My reputation is ruined. They're not willing to admit they made a mistake and I'm not a spy. They're, in effect, pressuring me to quit," he says. $110 MILLION But Mr. Tenenbaum is not a quitter. The Southfield, Michigan resident has filed suit against the government and against a number of officials in the American security and defense establishment for $110 million. Last month, in the first major decision in the suit, Federal Judge Victoria Roberts ruled against a government motion to have the case dismissed. In his suit, Mr. Tenenbaum has accused the government of maintaining a "Nazi-esque" counterintelligence policy that targets Jews. POLLARD AND CIRALSKY Jonathan Pollard, now in his 14th year of a life sentence on charges of having spied for Israel, and his supporters have long maintained that anti-Semitism played a role in influencing the way the government has dealt with him. Just recently, 28-year-old attorney Adam Ciralsky filed suit against the C.I.A., accusing the agency of anti-Semitism which cost the young lawyer his job. According to his attorney, Neal Sher, Mr. Ciralsky was placed on leave from the agency in October, 1997 because, while undergoing a routine polygraph exam, he did not disclose visits he and his family had made to Israel or that his family supported the U.J.A. At least one official document seems to back up the charges made by Messrs. Pollard, Ciralsky, and Tenenbaum. In 1996, the Jewish magazine Moment published an article about a DoD advisory the publication had obtained. In it, the DoD warned American defense contractors to keep an eye out for Israeli spies and their "ethnic" allies. "ETHNIC TIES" According to the advisory, "Israel aggressively collects military and industrial technology" and "the United States is a high priority collection target." This collection effort has been "very productive," in part, says the DoD report, because of "the strong ethnic ties to Israel present in the U.S." The report goes on to say that "Israeli personnel are always seeking to recruit knowledgeable human resources with access" to the information it wants. "[Israeli] recruitment techniques include ethnic targeting," the report says, adding that Israel has also achieved "great success" by "placing Israeli nationals in key industries." OTHER INCIDENTS While the "most highly publicized incident involving Israeli espionage" is the Pollard case, DoD cites other "documented incidents" of Israeli industrial spying. According to the report, in one 1986 case, Israel paid an Illinois-based contractor $3 million for the damage it caused. The DoD also
[CTRL] Loaded Weapons
-Caveat Lector- From www.cato.org June 1, 1999 Loaded Guns Can Be Good for Kids by Dave Kopel and Eugene Volokh Dave Kopel teaches law at New York University Law School, and Eugene Volokh teaches at UCLA Law School. At the behest of President Clinton and gun control lobbyist Sarah Brady, the Senate recently voted to require that every firearm be sold with a lock. The next step is to require that all guns be locked up in the home -- as is currently required in Washington, D.C., and in Canada, whose gun laws President Clinton has fulsomely praised. This next step will likely be taken when there is another horrible gun crime that (like the Littleton massacre) couldn't possibly have been prevented by a trigger lock. That crime will give the Republican congressional leadership another opportunity to make concessions that will immediately prompt the Democrats to escalate their demands for further concessions. Are gun locks, as President Clinton says, a "no brainer"? Yes, indeed. The lock-up-the-guns proposal is great -- as long as one doesn't think about it carefully. Contrary to the impression created by sensationalist media, fatal firearms accidents involving children are far from common. In the United States, about half of all homes contain guns; the total gun supply is about 240 million, and there are tens of millions of children in the country. Yet according to the National Safety Council, in 1995 there were about 30 fatal gun deaths of kids aged 0 to 4 and fewer than 40 of kids aged 5 to 9. This shows that, even without legislation from Washington, the overwhelming majority of families with firearms already knows how to act responsibly. Any parent knows that a single child's death is unspeakably tragic. Yet the number of toddlers who die from gun accidents is smaller than the number who die from drowning in buckets. And it's much lower than the 500 who die in swimming pools. More generally, the total number of fatal accidents involving kids aged 0 to 14 in 1995 was 6,500, and fatal firearms accidents accounted for just 3 percent of the total. Yet the president is not scoring political points inveighing against bucket manufacturers, or demanding federal laws against unfenced pools on private property. Politics, not saving children's lives, is the foundation of the current anti-gun campaign. But doesn't it make sense to require parents to keep guns locked if it will save even one child's life? Unfortunately, the analysis can't be that simple, because such a restriction will not only save lives; it would also cost lives. President Clinton -- and Liddy Dole at a recent speech at Yale -- compare gun locks to "child-proof" safety caps on medicine bottles. It's a good comparison, because the safety caps increased accidental deaths, and gun locks would do the same. According to research by Harvard's Kip Viscusi, the federal mandate about safety caps on medicine bottles made people more careless about storing medicine out of the reach of children. No cap can be really "child proof" (any bottle can be broken with a hammer), but careless parents left medicine bottles where children could get them, children defeated the "child-proof" caps and poisoning deaths increased. Similarly, mandatory gun locks would encourage parents to stop being careful to keep loaded guns out of the reach of small children. Even worse, many kinds of gun locks (such as locks that fit on the trigger), could cause accidents for both children and adults. A modern firearm won't discharge if it is dropped accidentally; but if the firearm has a trigger lock on it, the firearm often does discharge. That's why lock manufacturers warn consumers never to use the lock on a loaded gun. Mandatory use of locks could thus undo 50 years of improvements in firearms design that have helped reduce gun accidents by more than 75 percent. In addition to increasing gun accidents, mandatory locks would likely increase deaths from crime. Guns are used quite commonly in self-defense; estimates of defensive gun uses per year range from 110,000 (National Crime Victimization Survey) to 1.5 million to 2.5 million or more (studies by criminologists Gary Kleck and Philip Cook). A very large majority of defensive uses simply involve display of the firearm (without a shot being fired), followed by the criminal's hasty retreat. Nobody knows what the exact count is or how many of those uses save the lives of kids or other innocents. Nor does anyone know how many of those defensive uses would have been frustrated by potential crime victims having to fumble with trigger locks or safes -- perhaps in the dark while an intruder advanced toward a child's room. But we do know what happens in countries like Canada where the laws require that firearms be locked up: the burglary rate is significantly higher than in the United States. U.S. burglars almost always avoid occupied homes, for
[CTRL] [1] Other Altars
-Caveat Lector- An excerpt from: Other Altars - Roots and Realities of Cultic and Satanic Ritual Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder Craig Lockwood©1993 CompCare Publishers 3850 Annapolis Lane, Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55441 612.559.4800/800.328.3330 ISBN 0-89638-363-6 255+pps out-of-print/one edition. - A very interesting and excellent book. Om K --[1]-- Craig Lockwood is an award-winning California journalist. Since 1986, he has been editor/publisher of Beyond Survival magazine, a journal specializing in the literature, art, and psychotherapy of survival from traumatic abuse. Lockwood has investigated and written about the social and cultural issues surrounding traumatic and chronic sexual abuse, multiple personality, and dissociation. = INTRODUCTION Blood sacrifice in the name of spiritual belief is as old as humankind. We've called it by thousands of names, in thousands of languages, over thousands of years. Bound to humanity's search for spiritual knowledge and deeper meaning is our grim legacy of ritual murder. Much of religion's history has been written in blood and punctuated by the screams of the dyingdying animals, men, women, children. Today, the label "ritual abuse" is commonly applied to behaviors involving multioffender, multimotive sexual abuse, torture, programmed mind control, blood sacrifice, infanticide, or cannibalism, combined with symbols and artifacts of spiritual belief. Ritual abuse, a far from precise term, is subject to increasing discussion and dispute. Call it a frightening reality, a mystery, a rumor-panic, media hype, or a socially constructed group fantasy, ritual abuse goes beyond the acts that the nouns ritual and abuse denote. Ritual abuse, as a complex set of behaviors, remains ill-defineda subject without consensus. Ritual abuse, as a description, has become a nom de guerre, a symbolic term or pseudonym, neither fully describing the often criminal phenomenon itself nor the sometimes religious context in which it occurs. Our language needs a new word that is clinically accurate to replace ritual abusea word that emphasizes the actual nature of the abuse, rather than its religious, ritualistic overtones. Ritual sacrifice is not an ancient, forgotten cultural custom. Religions that accept and practice ritual animal sacrifice thrive in the United States today, protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Suggesting that the blood sacrifice of humans may be a component of certain modem religious behavior, however, often meets with stunned disbelief. And when evidence of such sacrifice surfaces, attempts are made to explain it as an aberration. Controversial subjects invite polarization, making objectivity difficult. Writers on the subject of ritual abuse have been accused of being either "believers" who overemphasize or dramatize scanty facts or "disbelievers" who minimize or ignore the same facts. Setting a compass course through two magnetic poles of conflicting claims and minimal data is chancy. Much of the information about sacrificial cults and their practices comes from those claiming to be survivors. Disbelievers are correct in saying that survivors are hardly objective sources. But believers challenge this argument by saying that it fails to explain the many stories and the similarities among them. Veterans, returning from war, encounter this same kind of disbelief when attempting to describe their combat experiences. People who haven't experienced savage and irrational human behavior are often skeptical of those who have and have lived to tell about it. First-hand knowledge of war's horrors is limited to combatants and refugees. But at least the public knows when a war is being fought. The media gathers news and reports it daily. Ritual abuse, however, has been reported only by the survivors. Since many of these people have been treated for psychological disorders, their credibility has been questioned. Credibility became the overriding issue. Who, and what, were we to believe? Disbelievers castigated believing mental-health professionalslumping them in with wild-eyed conspiracy theorists who saw Satan's hand in everything from UFOs to the New World Order. Believers retaliated, branding well-meaning but hard-to-convince disbelievers as "cult surrogates." Lack of strong evidence supporting survivors' claims exacerbated the credibility issue. Those who cried "cult," like the boy who cried "wolf," cried it once too often. Disbelievers, finding what they considered inadequate evidence of "the cult," began questioning the believer- therapists' veracity. Sensing controversy, the media responded. In ritual abuse, events were not personally observable. And because editors wanted "story impact" and "emotional punch," journalists often selected the most dramatic or controversial parts of their available subjects' narratives. Pro vs. con battles make good stories, especially when one side claims the existence of
[CTRL] [4] The Ohio Gang
-Caveat Lector- An excerpt from: The Ohio Gang Charles L. Mee, Jr.©1981 M. Evans and Company, Inc. 216 East 49th Street New York, New York 10017 ISBN 0-87131-340-5 218 pps out-of-print/one edition --[4]-- x. A Short Course in Political Science "IF YOU WANT to get along," the one-time Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, said, "go along." When Harding was only twenty-two years old, he set out for the state Republican convention as a delegate from Marion fully expecting to be a success in this as he had been in every other endeavor. As a Marion booster, and a Republican booster, and a newspaperman, it was only natural that he be brought along to the convention, and he proved himself an agreeable, likeable young fellow, a loyal supporter of the Republican party, of Ohio, and of America-and willing to speak out in favor of any of these causes at picnics or women's clubs, barbecues or meetings of the Elks' club. Because he was a loyal party man he was happy to run for county auditor in the late 1880s, although there was no chance of a Republican winning in that particular election-and, after a decade of similar unselfish services to the party, accepting defeat cheerfully, like a good soldier, he was given the Republican nomination for the Ohio State Senate in 1898, and won. Ohio politics was a rats' nest of warring factlonsbut Harding amiably declined to take sides. He promoted everyone's cause, doing favors equally for the Cincinnati faction and the Cleveland faction, for the boys of Columbus as well as for the legislators from rural districts. "There may be an abler man in the Senate than Harding," the governor said, "but when I want things done I go to him." He was on his way to becoming a politician's politicianinfinitely loyal, patient, self-effacing, conciliatory, willing to be of use, flexible, tolerant of frailty and foible, fitting in, going along. By 1903, there was already talk of running Harding for governor, although, when the bosses favored Myron Herrick, Harding remained as equable and affable as ever. He said contentedly that, if the party elders favored Herrick, then he thought Herrick would be nominated at the convention "by acclamation." His cheerful acquiescence might almost have seemed simple minded, had he not put himself forward modestly-almost unnoticeablyas a possible candidate for lieutenant governor. He was given the nominationthe office was and is, as such things go, a minor oneand he and Herrick won. The rewards for a political career in Ohio could be substantial, and any young man who had gotten along as Harding had might well have entertained even greater ambitions. Because Ohio was such a politically active, and corrupt, statewith such gutter fighters as Boss George Cox and Fire Engine Joe Foraker of Cincinnati; such hard money arm twisters as Mark Hanna, the Red Boss of Cleveland; and such snooty patricians as Charlie and William Howard Taftanyone who came up through Ohio politics was destined to have a first-rate education in the intricacies and pitfalls of forcing and scuttling legislation, manipulating conventions, rigging elections, securing campaign contributions from large and small corporations, disposing of public funds, and letting utility franchises, road contracts, permits, licenses, and jobs. In the period between the end of the Civil War and World War I, Ohio provided more federal jobholders and cabinet members than any other state in the Union. So well schooled, and so skilled, were Ohio politicians that, in the same period, Ohio provided seven out of the twelve presidents of the United Statesor every single Republican president except two, who succeeded to the job from the vice-presidency. They said they were elected because Ohio was in the middle of the country, and because Ohio was the crossroads of the country, a unique blend of North and South, East and West, of industrialists and farmers, old settlers and new frontiersmen. But that was just convention blather. The truth was that Ohio politicians did well because the state weeded out all but the most ferocious survivors, and the survivors built a network over the years that went from Cincinnati to Washington and back again. In 1905, Harding reached for the nomination for governor of Ohio, and he was slapped down. He had been too hasty. He had forgotten loyalty: Herrick himself wanted to run again for governor. Although it was clear that he could not possibly win the election, loyalty decreed that he must be given the nomination. He was, and he lost, and Harding returned to his office at the Marion Star to spend several years remembering to remember to go along. This is the first and last principle of party politics, and once Harding got it firmly fixed in his mind he needed no other principle. = XI. A Close Call THE MOMENT WAS irresistible. The Duchess had had major surgery for a kidney ailment and required a long period of convalescence. Harding's friend Jim
[CTRL] [5] Loud and Clear
-Caveat Lector- An excerpt from: Loud and Clear Lake Headly and William Hoffman©1990 Henry Holt and Company 115 W. 18th St. New York, NY 10011 ISBN 0-8050-1138-2 272 pps out-of-print/one edition --[5]-- 5. Three Stolen Vehicles "I know you're working for Dunlap and Robison," Devereux said, "so I think it's fair to tell you I believe this case is largely resolved. I think Robison did it, and maybe Dunlap, and it's my opinion the police did a thorough job under the circumstances." I had picked up Devereux at the entrance to the modern stucco building where the Scottsdale Daily Progress was written and printed, and now I wheeled onto 1-10 for the drive to Florence. "When I came to Phoenix to work with the IRE team," Devereux continued, "Bob Greene told both the police and us that he didn't intend for us to stick our noses into the homicide itself-the cops were qualified, we weren't. We were there to demonstrate that killing a reporter didn't stop his work." Bob Greene wasn't sitting in the car with me, so I aimed my favorite question at Devereux: "How could you continue his work if you didn't know what it was?" "Greene went to the Arizona Republic and found out what Bolles did before being transferred to the legislature." "What was that?" "Migrant farm workers, my field. Land fraud. The dog track business. Items that were his staples, what he worked on in the past." "And that's what the team concentrated on?" "Yeah. We went through the motions, I guess you could say." Not Devereux, I would learn, and even now I admired his use of the word we. "I haven't learned many good things about the IRE team," I said. Devereux winced. "I suppose some of the editors and reporters used the time in Phoenix as a vacation. If we served a purpose, it was as a show of force." "What did you do?" "My specialty. The migrant farm labor situation. Barry Goldwater's brother, Bob, is one of the big exploiters of Mexican workers. Anyway, there's plenty to accomplish in the area, and I'm doing what I can. Those people are not only underpaid and overworked, they're forced to live like animals." "You getting anywhere?" "It's uphill. The ones running the show don't want change. Some of them profit from the status quo. I just wish the public could see for itself." "You came here from New Mexico?" "Yeah. I stayed in Phoenix when the IRE team left. I divide my time between the Progress and the farm labor union in Glendale." "What do you do for the union?" Conversation helped pass the time, and I was measuring him for a very serious proposal. "Some organizing. I help with legal affairs. I've arranged an attorney for the union. Victor Aranow. Maybe you know him." "I do, and I like him." Although my history with Native Americans didn't date back as far as George Vlassis's, it was considerable, and I tried to keep updated. I switched the subject. "Are you working on the Bolles case for the Daily Progress?" "We haven't done a lot. Most people in Phoenix consider it over. "What if the supreme court overturns the convictions?" "Are you kidding? In this state? In this political climate? The supreme court's not going to overturn them." "Well, that's my goal. That's why the committee hired me, and why we're going to Florence." The Scottsdale Daily Progress article about this first Robison interviewthe paper also ran a second story-began as follows: James Robison looks like an arch criminal in a cartoon strip. He is short and heavy set, with muscular arms, a bull neck and a deep sear over one eye. He gives an initial impression of being a sullen man When Robison spoke and became relaxed, it was apparent that first impressions are deceiving. Instead of the crude, oafish character we had expected, we found a well-read, self-educated and articulate man with an excellent vocabulary and a sense of humor. Devereux's interview with Robison started a drumbeat of press coverage that couldn't possibly hurt the defendants, I figured. And it might help them. True, Marshall's Progress stood alone in Arizona, but as Laurie Dunlap, one of Max's daughters, told me rather poetically, after reading seemingly endless negative stories about her father: "In the land of darkness, you lit a candle." During the interview Robison rehashed for Devereux pretty much the same things he told me. He used a lot of the time not to defend himself, but Dunlap. He asked, rhetorically, why it took eight days for that damaging $5,800 to be delivered to Adamson. "I think," he said, "Roberts had to wait for the money to come from San Diego. With plenty of money at the time he could easily have got it from his bank. He didn't have to wait eight days." Robison pointed out that, despite the most massive investigation in Arizona history, none of Adamson's allegations about his involvement had ever been corroborated. He called Adamson's Fifth Amendment cop outs "outrageous" and said the con man had lied when he stated Robison did demolition work in the
[CTRL] [2] The DRUG STORY
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: The DRUG STORYA Factological History of AMERICA'S $10,000,000,000 DRUG CARTEL ITS METHODS OPERATIONS, HIDDEN OWNERSHIP, PROFITS AND TERRIFIC IMPACT ON THE HEALTH Or THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Morris A. Bealle©1949. All Rights Reserved Mrs. Morris Bealle©1976 THE HORNET'S NEST P.O. Box 52 Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 239 pps. --[2]-- Chapter 2 The SPIDER'S Web "If you tell a lie big enough, and loud enough, and long enough, and often enough, the people will believe it." -Adolph Hitler Many readers of my books and magazines of the past have asked me how it is possible for the Drug Trust to prevent the printing of news about drugless cures, to exaggerate the efficacy of drugs, to falsify the record in the serum field and to send out garbled press stories at will. I do not blame the average publisher for this as much as I blame the "system" which was created and developed, even before Upton Sinclair wrote his famous book on the press and press associations called "The Brass Check." Many times I've heard bewildered citizens say "you can only believe 50% of what you read in the newspapers." I've heard others go beyond that and say you can't believe 25% of what you read in a Hearst paper or 5% of what you read in a communist sheet Marshall Field's papers, the former Stern papers, the present New York POST, COMPASS and DAILY WORKER. It is the average American newspaper and the way it is taken for a ride by the Drug Trust that we are dealing with in this chapter. So, don't blame the publisher. Much less should you blame the reporter or editor if your paper let's you down as they did, say, on the Columbus polio story (described in this book) and on many other such items which never saw the light of day. Many years ago a high pressure and high powered advertising agent named J. Walter Thompson began the system of influencing news thru huge advertising appropriations. Mr. Thompson tied himself up with the Rockefeller interests and the Morgan interests. These two financial behemoths controlled so many companies between them that the Thompson Company, with the founder long since passed to his celestial reward (if any) now has the most stupendous business of any advertising agency in the world. Standard Advertising Register for 1948 showed this firm having 95 large industrial accounts. Any agency having half a dozen considers itself lucky and well-to-do. To handle this business the J. Walter Thompson Company has eight branch offices in the United States and eighteen in foreign countries-branches in nearly all lands where Standard Oil's derricks rise. Included in these accounts are Lever Brothers ($18,686,329), Shell Oil ($1,221,183) ; Standard Brands ($3,962,408); Eastman Kodak ($1,861,493); Ford Motors ($11,242,212); Johns-Manville ($955,398) ; Nash-Kelvinator ($3,721,529) ; Libby, McNeill Libby ($4,180,338) ; Pan American World Airways ($1,027,569); Radio Corporation of America ($3,755,902); Kaiser-Frazer Motors ($5,048,934) -to mention just a few. Because appropriations advertising manufactured products nationally has reached an aggregate of a billion and a half, a number of other agencies are now participating in the business of the Rockefeller Empire, and of what is left of the Morgan Empire since J. P. (the Last) died. A recent compilation by the magazine ADVERTISING AGE showed that the larger companies expended in 1948 for newspaper, radio and magazine advertising the aggregate sum of $1,104,224,347. For many years it has been estimated that the Rockefeller-Morgan interests controlled about 80% of this business. This control is vested partly in those companies owned in whole or in part by the Money Trust, which also has its headquarters in Rockefeller Center. An even larger part of this control is represented in the hundreds of large corporations and combines that have to go, from time to time, for financing to the Chase National Bank, Guaranty Trust, National City and other banking houses controlled by, or closely affiliated with, the Rockefellers. This huge advertising figure (over a billion and a tenth) is only a part of the story, but it is the only complete figures we can put our fingers on. It is broken down as follows: $389.261,000 to the larger of our 1,873 daily newspapers, $430,573.399 to 97 national magazines; $46.709,683 to six magazine sections for Sunday newspapers; $38,684.523 to 50 farm publications; $198,995,742 to network radio stations. This does not take into account the hundreds of nonnetwork (independent) radio stations in the country, nor any of the 10,056 weekly newspapers, very few of which lack a quota of national advertising accounts. A conservative estimate of the total sets it at around $1,500,000,000. Eighty per cent of this will add up to 1,200 million advertising dollars annually which apparently are control[l]ed from Rockefeller Center by the owners and management of the Drug Trust, the Steel Trust, the Oil Trust, the Power
[CTRL] Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond Survival
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.sidran.org/digicart/products/brta.html A HREF="http://www.sidran.org/digicart/products/brta.html"Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond /A - Sidran Home | News | About | Resources | Bookshelf | E-Mail Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond Survival Second Edition: Revised Expanded By John Briere Substantially expanded and revised, this new edition includes detailed information on how to treat sexual abuse survivors more effectively. Chapters cover topics such as client dissociation during therapy, the false/recovered memory controversy, gender differences in abuse trauma, transference and countertransference, and behavior theory in abuse treatment. To buy this book online: Fill in number of copies desired and click on the "add" graphic. You can also print out a text copy of our order form if you prefer to buy by phone or fax. Order Code: BRTA Title: Therapy for Adults Molested as Children: Beyond Survival Author: John Briere Price: $36.95 Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 256 How many copies?: - 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
[CTRL] Fwd: Yugoslavia
__ Visit the New Asia Intelligence Center http://www.stratfor.com/asia/ __ STRATFOR's Global Intelligence Update June 17, 1999 Montenegrin Faction Presses for Independence Summary: The Montenegrin independence movement has moved into high gear as NATO troops move into Kosovo. With Milosevic licking his wounds and NATO present in the region in force, now appears as good a time as any for Montenegro to secede from the Yugoslav Federation. However, there is a great deal weighing against secession, not the least of which is the impact a Montenegrin civil war would have on NATO efforts to stabilize Kosovo. Therefore, the pro-Western government of President Milo Djukanovic appears willing to postpone an independence bid for the time being. The question is, will Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic force the issue in Montenegro, generating a new crisis in an effort to remain in power? Analysis: Montenegrin Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Zarko Rakcevic on June 16 rejected calls by the Liberal Alliance to pull his party out of the ruling coalition, a move that would force early elections and, the Liberal Alliance hopes, facilitate efforts to achieve Montenegrin independence from Yugoslavia. Rakcevic said that the Montenegrin government did not support independence moves at this time because Montenegro remained "under military siege." He also said that, besides the heavy Yugoslav army presence in the province, the refugee crisis inside Montenegro and the international community's desire to achieve peace in Kosovo by keeping the province under Yugoslav sovereignty both stood in the way of Montenegro's independence bid. The SDP does, however, support the movement for Montenegro's eventual independence. There have been rumblings in Montenegro for and against independence since well before the Kosovo crisis broke out. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has gone so far as to blockade the smaller of Yugoslavia's constituent republics, in an effort to undermine Montenegro's pro-Western leadership. When Milosevic's chosen candidate, Momir Bulatovic, failed both to defeat Milo Djukanovic in Montenegro's presidential elections and to bloc Djukanovic from taking office, Milosevic named Bulatovic Prime Minister of Yugoslavia. Bulatovic and his pro-Belgrade Socialist People's Party staged a series of demonstrations against the Djukanovic government during NATO's bombing campaign, in response to Djukanovic's declaration of Montenegrin neutrality in the conflict. As the conflict progressed, Yugoslav Army troops increased their presence in the republic and stepped up pressure on the Djukanovic regime -- seizing border posts and ports, surrounding Podgorica, clamping down on the foreign and local media, attempting to force conscription, and attempting to assert control over the Montenegrin police. With the prospects of a Belgrade backed coup d'etat in the republic apparently high, the U.S. and NATO repeatedly vowed to retaliate if Milosevic moved against Djukanovic. Milosevic did not make a move, though the pressure on Montenegro has not eased, nor have the pro and anti-independence rumblings. On June 16, Bulatovic warned that "duality of power in Montenegro" would not be tolerated, and that Belgrade would not allow for "the independence of Montenegro and the breaking off of Yugoslavia." On the other side, Liberal Alliance leader Miodrag Zivkovic has called on the Djukanovic government to seek Montenegrin independence or, if not, to at very least help overthrow Milosevic. Along with the Liberal Alliance, the Movement for Independent Montenegro -- a group of intellectuals, academics, writers and media representatives founded on June 10 - - is actively campaigning for Montenegrin secession. Somewhere in the middle, a group of Montenegrin academics has drawn up a proposed redefinition of the relationship between Serbia and Montenegro, which would guarantee equality between the two and minimize the role of the Yugoslav federal government. And Serbian Renewal Movement leader Vuk Draskovic suggested on Pancevo Radio on June 15 that a Montenegrin from Djukanovic's party should hold the post of Yugoslav prime minister. The Montenegrin Information Ministry said that Djukanovic himself was not seeking a federal office, despite Draskovic's suggestion and other speculation that Djukanovic might seek the Yugoslav presidency. Djukanovic has trod a careful line, arguing during visits to Bulgaria and Romania this week that Montenegro would only remain in the Yugoslav Federation if Serbia chooses a path of democratization. Djukanovic said that Montenegro could hold a referendum on independence if Milosevic and his allies remained in power in Belgrade, but insisted that now was not the time for such a move. Djukanovic argued that a referendum could not be held while a state of war still existed, and that peace and stability were
[CTRL] Fwd: S99-110, PostScript 4 (June 16, 10:00PM EDT) - A Special TiM GW Bulletin on NATO's Peace on Serbia
FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA All 109 earlier Special Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletins on NATO's war on Serbia can also be seen at our Web site: www.truthinmedia.org, along with numerous photos and other memorable images from this war. Issue S99-110, PostScript 4 -- June 16, 1999; 11:00PM EDT HEADLINES Kosovo 1. Mayhem in Kosovo: KLA on Killing Rampage; German Troops Rush to Protect Serb Bishop, Cathedral Phoenix 2. Over 1,000 American Troops Killed? Over 500 after Just First Six Weeks of War (an SF Source) Vladivostok 3. Russia-China-India Military Triangle Strengthening -- 1. Mayhem in Kosovo: KLA on Killing Rampage; German Troops Rush to Protect Serb Bishop, Cathedral KOSOVO, June 16 - We've told you the Kosovo "peace process" would turn into a "piss process," and it has. And worse... It is now turning into a combination of Serb "ethnic cleansing" and a shooting gallery with live Serbs being used as targets. The "peace process" has uprooted over 30,000 Serbs. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) rebels has fanned out across the province, killing and kidnapping scores of Serbs fleeing the province, and burning their homes and churches in the last three days. In just the last 24 hours, at least six Serbs were executed by KLA in cold blood, dozens kidnapped, including some monks. If there are some bright lights in the mayhem into which Kosovo has turned, they are the rare cases when the NATO troops have done something to try to stop the KLA's reign of terror. In Prizren, for example, German troops rushed to the aid of the Serb bishop and the monks besieged by the KLA terrorists, after an international TV station reported rumors that Albanians were getting ready to torch the Orthodox Christian cathedral. A rifle-toting German officer from the KFOR force burst into Kosovo's only Serbian Orthodox bishop's office, a pillar of Serb presence in the majority ethnic Albanian province, and urged Bishop Artemije Radosavljevic to move his books to the basement: "If someone throws a Molotov cocktail through the window, that could all go up in flames very easily," the soldier said, according to a Reuters report. The bishop ignored the advice. But today, Bishop Artemije told Reuters he was leaving Prizren because it was no longer safe for him to stay. German officers advised the Bishop, the priests and the monks to leave Prizren tomorrow with the remaining Serbs, because they could no longer guarantee their safety. The Bishop said he would leave for the Kosovo capital Pristina later in the day under German military escort with nine priests and more than 200 Serbs who took refuge at his seminary after armed KLA rebels began patrolling the streets Tuesday. Artemije said ethnic Albanians began beating and disarming Serbs once the NATO troops arrived Sunday (June 13). He said five Serb civilians, including one of his monks from a monastery out side the city, had been kidnapped Tuesday. His own office is under guard from German troops inside and out. Ethnic Albanians went to the edge of the Prizren church grounds to topple a statue of King Dusan, the legendary king of the medieval Serbian Empire. The Orthodox Church has been in Prizren more than 1,000 years. Artemije said the Serbs' departure and the KLA's arrival were the worst things he could imagine in its history. "We survived here for five centuries during the Ottoman Empire and two world wars. But the (Serb) people never had to leave their villages and towns like this -- and all this under the so-called protection of the U.N. and NATO," Artemije said. Elsewhere, 12 monks left Tuesday (June 14) after their Holy Trinity monastery in Musutiste (15th century) was burned down by Albanians, see the photo at our website. About a dozen monks had also abandoned the 14th-century Monastery of the Holy Archangels, although this was not burned. The independent Serbian news agency Beta said monks in Visoki Decani monastery and nuns near Pec had said they were under siege by the KLA. It quoted one monk as saying 22 monks and 17 other Serbs remained in Visoki Decani and that 13 Orthodox churches in the Veliko Hoca area had been destroyed. Eyewitnesses told Beta that a group of six armed Albanians with red and black armbands intercepted a column of refugees preparing to leave Kojlovica five kilometers northeast of Pristina on June 14. Dragan Jovanovic, 29, and Slavisa, 30, and Boban Krstic, 26, were separated from the rest of the refugees and shot on the spot. According to Zivka Krstic, mother of the Krstic brothers, her sons were killed in front of Slavisa Krstic's three children and his wife. Radio Pristina employee Ilija Sukic was killed in Pristina on June 14, while three civilians were abducted. Sukic was shot by an unknown assailant or assailants in front of his home. Details of
