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Author: Miri Reily, Ha'aretz Correspondentt
Reference: Labour Start: www.labourstart.org/
http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/scripts/article.asp?id=49021mador=2datee=6/21/99
TEL AVIV, Israel/Palestine -- The seven-day strike at Caniel Israel Can
Company, which has plants in Petah Tikvah and Kfar Sava, turned stormy
after
the strikers obstructed a main traffic artery.
Seven workers and six police officers were hurt and several were
hospitalized at Beilinson Hospital after clashes arose following the
strikers' blocking of traffic on a central highway as a protest move.
The
day began with the workers igniting tires at the company's Petah Tikvah
plant.
The striking group of Caniel workers started blocking traffic on Petah
Tikvah Highway. When police arrived, scuffles broke out, resulting in
injuries on both sides. Three of the six injured police officers were
hospitalized. The commander of the Petah Tikvah police station stated
last
night that he viewed very seriously the injury to his policemen, and the
fact that the strikers tried to cut off a main highway
{Editor note: few days more, and they won their demands - mainly as lot of
damages
were inflicted on industries using the product of the plant)
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[CTRL] Censored Headline Stories 1995
-Caveat Lector- From the "Project Censored" yearbooks: Among the Top Ten Censored Stories of 1995: CLOSING UP AMERICA'S 'MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS' SOURCE: CONSUMER PROJECT ON TECHNOLOGY, 7/14/95, "Federal Telecommunications Legislation: Impact on Media Concentration" by Ralph Nader, James Love, and Andrew Saindon. America's "marketplace of ideas," upon which our democracy rests, began shutting its doors in the summer of 1995. The harbinger of the bad news for the public was aptly titled the Telecommunications Deregulation Bill, which moved through both houses of Congress. As the name implies, the bill eliminates virtually all regulation of the United States communication industry. As tends to be the case with most anti-consumer legislation, the bill stealthily moved under the guise of "encouraging competition" --but will, in reality, have the opposite effect of creating huge new concentrations of media power. The most troubling aspect of the bill allows easing --and outright elimination -- of current anti-trust regulations. In what the NY Times described as "a dazzling display of political influence," broadcast networks scored big in the House version of the bill by successfully getting the limits on ownership eased so that any individual company can control television stations serving up to 50 percent of the country. The Senate version of the bill provides for a more modest 35 percent coverage. The legislation also dismantles current regulations which limit the number of radio stations that can be owned by a single company. Currently no one single company can own more than 40 stations. The new legislation would remove the limits completely -- allowing one company to own every AM and FM radio station in the United States! It also would lift the current FCC ban on joint ownership of a broadcast radio or TV license and a newspaper in the same market-allowing a single company to have 100 percent control over the three primary sources of news in a community. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader warned, "Congress is moving the law in the wrong direction, toward greater concentration [of power] and fewer choices for consumers, all under the guise of 'greater competition.' Laws and rules that limit cross-ownership and concentration not only enhance competition, a putative goal of the new legislation, but they also serve important non-economic goals, by promoting a greater diversity of programming, and enhancing opportunities for local ownership." Nader also said the predictable result of placing even greater power in the hands of fewer giant media moguls will be less diversity, more pre-packaged programming, and fewer checks on political power. "That these provisions are being included in legislation that is being sold as pro-competitive is particularly galling." Also galling was the major media's almost complete and utter avoidance of the "monopoly ownership" factor in their reporting of the bill's progress in Congress. The threat to the nation's "marketplace of ideas" from mega-media monopolies has been a nomination to Project Censored several times in the past. THE BUDGET DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BALANCED ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR SOURCE: PUBLIC CITIZEN, Jul/Aug 1995, "Cut Corporate Welfare: Not Medicare" by John Canham-Clyne. Congress could go a long way toward balancing the budget by 2002 without slashing Medicare, Medicaid, education, and social welfare. In fact, the Washington-based Center for the Study of Responsive Law has identified 153 federal programs that benefit wealthy corporations but cost taxpayers $167.2 billion annually. For comparative purposes, federal support for food stamps, housing aid, and child nutrition costs $50 billion a year. An analysis by "Public Citizen" reveals how Congress could balance the budget by cutting "aid to dependent corporations." The federal budget and tax codes are rife with huge subsidies to business -- the sums involved make traditional "pork barrel" spending look like chicken feed. "Public Citizen" President Joan Claybrook said the budget axe always misses subsidies for the wealthiest and most powerful U.S. corporations. "The proposed $250 billion, or 15 percent cut in Medicare, demands serious sacrifice from the more than 80 percent of seniors with incomes below $25,000 -- yet big corporations on the public dole are not asked to sacrifice at all." Following are some examples of corporate welfare that miss the Congressional budget axe: DIRECT SUBSIDIES: Under the Market Promotion Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1993 gave $75 million for overseas product advertising, including $500,000 to advertise Campbell's soup and $10 million to promote beer, wine, and liquor. INDIRECT SUBSIDIES: The Forest Service, for example, spends $100 million annually building more than 340,000 miles of access roads through national forests to
[CTRL] (2/2) Censored Headline Stories 1996-97
-Caveat Lector- Among the Top Ten Censored Stories of 1996: SHELL'S OIL, AFRICA'S BLOOD In the wake of Nigeria's execution of nine environmental activists, including Nobel Prize winner and leader of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ken Saro-Wiwa, evidence has indicated that Shell has fomented civil unrest in Nigeria, contributed to unfair trials and failed to use its leverage to prevent the unjustified executions. The executed activists were involved in massive protests against Royal Dutch/Shell Group because of the environmental devastation it has caused--particularly in Southern Nigeria's Ogoniland. Since the executions, Shell has also managed to keep the United States media from informing the public of its actions. Nigeria's government, under the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha, derives 90 percent of its foreign revenue from oil exports. The United States, home of Royal Dutch's subsidiary Shell Oil Company, located in Houston, Texas, imports almost 50 percent of Nigeria's annual oil production. In October 1990, Nigerian villagers occupied part of a Shell facility demanding compensation for the farm lands which had been destroyed by Shell. A division manager at Shell Petroleum Development Company called the Nigerian military for help. The military forces then fired on the villagers killing some 80 people and destroying or badly damaging 495 homes. A Nigerian judicial inquiry later concluded that the protest had been peaceful. The MOSOP was formed after the massacre to continue protests against Shell. And while Shell has denied having anything to do with the recent executions, Dr. Owens Wiwa, Ken Saro-Wiwa's brother, reported that on three occasions Brian Anderson, the managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Co. in Nigeria, offered to make a deal with Wiwa: Shell would try to prevent the executions if the activists would call off their protests. Wiwa refused, and Shell did not intervene. After international pleas for Shell's intervention, Shell claimed that it was not--and would not--become involved in Nigeria's political affairs. Internal documents uncovered by journalists and human rights groups contradict this claim. According to a report by Andy Rowell in the Village Voice (11/21/95), there is evidence that Shell has been bankrolling Nigerian military action against protesters and that two key prosecution witnesses admitted in sworn affidavits that they were offered bribes by Shell to unjustly incriminate Saro-Wiwa in his trial. In response to these allegations, Shell has mounted an international media campaign to combat negative publicity. Amnesty International USA said the Houston Chronicle refused to run an ad which questioned Shell's stance on human rights violations in Nigeria and that three billboard companies, including Gannett Outdoor Co. Inc., also declined to sell space to the human rights organization. Sources: SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, 2/7/96, "Shell Game," by Vince Bielski; TEXAS OBSERVER, 1/12/96, "Shell's Oil, Africa's Blood," by Ron Nixon and Michael King; EDITOR PUBLISHER, Date: 3/23/96, "Rejected Ad Flap," by M.L. Stein; WORLD WATCH, May/June 1996, "Dying for Oil," by Aaron Sachs; Jul/Aug 1996, "Eco-Justice in Nigeria," by Chris Bright; BANK CHECK, Feb 1996, "IFC Pulls Out of Shell Deal," by Andrea Durbin. DEFORMING CONSENT: THE PR INDUSTRY'S SECRET WAR ON ACTIVISTS Sources: COVERT ACTION QUARTERLY, Winter 1995/96, "The Public Relations Industry's Secret War on Activists, " by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, and EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL, Winter 1995-1996, "Public Relations, Private Interests," by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton. This article exposes the multi-million dollar clients of major public relations firms that are behind the creation of false non-profit organizations, which target activists and proposed legislation that threaten big business. Most of these organizations focus on environmental, consumer and labor issues. The strategies of these powerful media manipulators include the defamation of activists, their ideas, and the deception of American citizens. Through the PR industry and the enormous financial resources of their corporate clients, these organizations mobilize private detectives, lawyers and undercover spies; influence editorial and news decisions, launch phony "grassroots" campaigns and use high-tech information systems to influence and manipulate public opinion and policy. With its array of sophisticated persuasive weaponry, the PR industry can out-maneuver, overpower and outlast citizen reformers. In one recent--and high-profile--example, the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) not only supported but created the Coalition for Health Insurance Choices (CHIC) to defeat the Clinton administration's attempt at health care reform. They utilized public opinion polling and lobbying strength to pinpoint its campaign against mandatory
[CTRL] Censored Headline Stories 1993 and 1991
-Caveat Lector- Top Ten Censored Stories of 1993 WHY ARE WE REALLY IN SOMALIA? Sources: Los Angeles Times, 1/18/93, "The Oil Factor In Somalia" by Mark Fineman; Propaganda Review, Nov. 10, 1993, "Somoilia?" by Rory Cox; EXTRA!, March 1993, "The Somalia Intervention: Tragedy Made Simple" by Jim Naureckas. While the media touted "humanitarian" reasons for our intervention in Somalia, one investigative journalist reported that "four major U.S. oil companies are quietly sitting on a prospective fortune in exclusive concessions to explore and exploit tens of millions of acres of the Somali countryside." THE U.S. IS KILLING ITS YOUNG Sources: Dallas Morning News, 9/25/93, "U.N. Says U.S. Dangerous for Children" by Gayle Reaves An alarming report by the United Nations, revealing that the United States has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for young people -- a situation which continues to worsen -- was ignored by the nation's major news media. THE REAL WELFARE CHEATS: AMERICA'S CORPORATIONS Source: Multinational Monitor, Jan/Feb 1993, "Public Assets, Private Profits: The U.S. Corporate Welfare Rolls" by Chris Lewis, Laurence H. Kallen, Jonathan Dushoff, David Lapp, and Randal O'Toole. While all administrations call for welfare reform, the jailing of welfare cheats, and the need for workfare, they rarely mention the largest recipients of taxpayer largesse: major U.S. corporations. U.S. QUIETLY RESUMES BIOWARFARE TESTING AFTER 10-YEAR HIATUS. Sources: Salt Lake Tribune, 1/27/93 7/28/93, "Army Resumes Biological-Agent Tests At Dugway After 10-Year Cessation"; "Dugway to test disease-causing agents at remote lab" by Jim Woolf, 9/21/93; "Dugway Base Cited for 22 Waste Violations" by Laurie Sullivan; High Country News, 8/9/93, "Biowarfare is back" by Jon Christensen; High Desert Advocate, 9/15/93, "Utah biowarfare oversight group wants to do its work behind closed doors." Although few people outside of Dugway, Utah, are aware of it, the U.S. Army has brought biological warfare testing back -- to a site declared unsafe a decade earlier. Top Ten Censored Stories of 1991 UNCENSORED IRAQ COVERAGE SPIKED BY NETWORKS Sources: SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, 3/20/91, "Sights unseen" by Dennis Bernstein and Sasha Futran. CBS and NBC rejected professional videotape footage taken at the height of the air war in Iraq by two Emmy-award-winning documentary producers. The footage substantially contradicted U.S. administration claims that civilian damage from the American-led bombing campaign was light. OPERATION CENSORED WAR Sources: EDITOR PUBLISHER, 7/13/91, "Military Obstacles Detailed"; San Francisco Bay Guardian, 3/6/91, "Inside the Desert Storm Mortuary" by Jonathan Franklin; THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW, Mar 1991, "Collateral Damage, What We've Lost Already" by Sam Smith. The Gulf War set new, questionable standards for wartime secrecy. Many important stories, which the public had a right to know, are still not being reported by the major media. It took a freelance journalist, posing as a mortician, to get a more accurate estimate of battlefield casualties from the Dover AFB mortuary, the only one handling Desert Storm casualties. VOODOO ECONOMICS Sources: KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, 11/3/91-11/8/91, "Caught In The Middle" by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele of the Philadelphia Inquirer; USA TODAY, 10/1/91, "Interest to take largest slice of budget pie" by Mark Memmott. The media failed to explain how bad the national deficit was and why the economy went into a tailspin in 1991. The interest alone on the federal debt will be the nation's single largest expenditure this year, exceeding even the military budget. THE $250 BILLION POLITICAL COVER-UP Sources: PBS-TV FRONTLINE and THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, 10/22/91, "The Great American Bailout," Glenn Silber, producer/director; George Clyde, coordinating producer; Robert Krulwich, correspondent; Wendy Wank, editor; associate producers were Diana Hembree (Texas), Juan A. Avila Hernandez (Texas), and William Kistner (Washington, DC); Dan Noyes, project director; Sharon Tiller, executive producer for CIR; David Fanning, executive producer for FRONTLINE An hour-long television documentary, produced by PBS Frontline and the San Francisco- based Center for Investigative Reporting, revealed the truth about the extent of the savings and loan scandal and how it was covered-up so that it would not threaten George Bush's candidacy in 1988. THE BUSH FAMILY'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Sources: SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, 7/28/91, "Crime-linked firms hired Prescott Bush"; SANTA ROSA PRESS DEMOCRAT, 7/19/91, "Neil Bush's new boss ...", 8/6/91, "Son's SL not closed ..."; SPIN, 12/3/91, "See No Evil" by Jefferson Morley; THE TEXAS OBSERVER, 7/12/91, "Oil in the Family"; 9/20/91, "Global
[CTRL] (1/2) Censored Headline Stories 1996-97
-Caveat Lector- More from the "Project Censored" yearbooks: Among the Top Ten Censored Stories of 1996: BIG PERKS FOR THE WEALTHY HIDDEN IN MINIMUM WAGE BILL Source: THE NEW REPUBLIC, 10/28/96, "Bare minimum: Goodies for the rich hidden in wage bill," by John Judis (Reprinted in Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 10/13/96). On August 20, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, ostensibly geared to aid small business owners and their employees. The publicized intent of the bill was to raise the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour. However, according to John Judis, senior editor of the New Republic, the minimum wage bill included at least ten other significant provisions aimed at neither small business owners nor their employees. Indeed, Judis charges, these unpublicized provisions may negate whatever good the bill may do. Among the lowlights: *The bill reinstates tax incentives which encourage leveraged buyouts (LBOs): In a moment of temporary sanity, Congress put into the 1986 tax reform bill a measure preventing firms that engage in LBOs from claiming a tax deduction for the exorbitant fees they pay investment banks and advisors. However, this year's minimum wage bill once again makes these fees deductible and does so retroactively, creating a billion-dollar-boon for companies that contested the 1986 ruling. And in the case of employee LBOs, generally thought to be favorable, Congress slipped into the minimum wage bill a provision that would eliminate a special incentive that allowed banks to exclude half of the interest payments they received on loans for employee buyouts; discouraging employee LBOs of otherwise doomed companies. *Incentives for multinational corporations: The new minimum wage bill has successfully protected American multinationals from paying taxes on unrepatriated foreign income, a long-standing tax loophole for overseas corporations. In Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign, he vowed to do away with these tax incentives; however, in 1993 his administration backed down, merely requiring overseas firms to reinvest their unrepatriated profits in foreign plants and equipment rather than banking them. Under the new minimum wage bill, however, this year's Congress rescinded even that. *Weakened retirement and pension protection: The bill does away with a requirement that companies must offer the same benefits to lower-wage employees as they do to higher-wage employees, and effectively reverses the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which states that if an insurance company takes too much in fees or invests in risky ventures they can be sued. Additionally, the bill does away with a surtax on luxury car purchases and diesel fuel for yachts, ends a surtax on one-year pension withdrawals over $150,000 (a boon for the ultra-rich), and allows newspaper publishers to treat their distributors and carriers as independent contractors rather than employees in order to avoid paying their Social Security and unemployment compensation. Among the Top Ten Censored Stories of 1997: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTES U.S. ARMS SALES WORLDWIDE Sources: THE BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, "Costly Giveaways," Oct 1996, by Lora Lumpe, and IN THESE TIMES, "Guns 'R' Us," Aug 11, 1997, by Martha Honey The United States is now the principal arms merchant for the world. U.S. weapons are evident in almost every conflict worldwide and reap a devastating toll on civilians, U.S. military personnel, and the socio-economic priorities of many Third World nations. On June 7, 1997, the House of Representatives unanimously approved the Arms Transfer Code of Conduct. This Code would prohibit U.S. commercial arms sales or military aid and training to foreign governments that are undemocratic, abuse human rights, or engage in aggression against neighboring states; yet the Clinton administration, along with the Defense, Commerce, and State Departments, has continued to aggressively promote the arms industry at every opportunity. With Washington's share of the arms business jumping from 16 percent worldwide in 1988 to 63 percent today, U.S. arms dealers currently sell $10 billion in weapons to non-democratic governments each year. During Clinton's first year in office, U.S. foreign military aid soared to $36 billion, more than double what Bush had approved in 1992. Most U.S. weaponry is sold to strife-torn regions such as the Middle East. These weapons sales fan the flames of war instead of promoting stability, and put U.S. troops based around the world at growing risk. The last five times the U.S. troops were sent into conflict, they found themselves facing adversaries that had previously received U.S. weapons, military technology, or training. Meanwhile, the Pentagon uses the presence of advanced U.S. weapons
[CTRL] (1/2) Censored Headline Stories 1989-90
-Caveat Lector- Top Ten Censored Stories of 1990 THE BILL OF RIGHTS HAD A CLOSE CALL IN 1990 An anti-crime bill was introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House in 1990 which, had it been enacted and signed into law, would have essentially nullified the Bill of Rights. Neither the Senate version, S. 2245, introduced by Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), nor the House version, H.R. 4079, introduced by Representative Newt Gingrich, (R-Georgia), the minority whip, passed either chamber. The Gramm-Gingrich bills both start out stating that the U.S. criminal justice system is failing to achieve the "basic objective of protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty." Both bills call for "A Declaration of National Drug and Crime Emergency." The legislation stated: "Guided by the principles that energized and sustained the mobilization of World War II, and in order to remove violent criminals from the streets and meet the extraordinary threat that is posed to the nation by the trafficking of illegal drugs, the Congress declares the existence of a National Drug and Crime Emergency beginning on the date of enactment of the act and ending on the date that is 5 years after the day of enactment of this act." Both bills have provisions for utilizing tents and various others shelters, including unused military facilities, for the confinement of state and federal "violent criminals." The bill prescribes mandatory incarceration, for at least five years, of "every person who is convicted in a federal court of a crime of violence against a person or a drug trafficking felony, other than simple possession." A crime of violence "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another; or by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense." The bills also would suspend protection from unreasonable search and seizure, excessive fines, bail, or punishment and the right to be brought to trial. Civil libertarians claim that a number of Executive Orders, issued by presidents since World War II, which would suspend civil rights and liberties, could take effect in the event of "any national security emergency situation that might confront the nation." It also appears that the president's signature would declare the state "national security emergency" necessary to empower the Federal Emergency Management Agency "to take over government, suspend the Constitution and do what it wants." Oliver North, former National Security Council aide, revealed during the Iran-contra hearings, that plans had been formulated to suspend the constitution. While the legislation was not enacted during the 1990 session, obervers fear that oppressive parts of the Gramm-Gingrich bills may be added to the omnibus anti-crime bill which is slowly working its way through Congress. Nonethless, despite the extraordinary attack on the Bill of Rights, and despite the support of a number of Representatives and Senators (including California's newly elected governor, Pete Wilson), the oppressive legislation was not put on the national agenda by the mass media for discussion by the public. In fact, the widest, ongoing coverage of the progress of the two bills in 1990 was found in a controversial weekly publication called The Spotlight. SOURCES: THE SPOTLIGHT, 8/6/90, "Repressive Gingrich Bill: Dangerous Attack On Rights"; 10/15/90, "Danger To Bill Of Rights" by Mike Blair. THE SL CRISIS: THE SOLUTION IS WORSE THAN THE CRIME SOURCES: THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW, "No-Fault Capitalism Meets Lemon Socialism," Aug 1990, by Sam Smith; WALL STREET JOURNAL 8/9/90, "Viewpoint: Biggest Robbery in History--You're the Victim" by Michael Gartner. An early estimate of the cost to taxpayers to bail out the savings and loan industry was $155 billion. More recently, a Wall Street Journal correspondent suggested a $1.4 trillion figure. But the most "acceptable" figure for the bailout appears to be $500 billion. To put that $500 billion in perspective, it helps to realize that the entire cost of World War II, in current dollars and including service-connected veterans' benefits, is about $460 billion--or $40 billion less than the SL bailout. The cost of the Vietnam war, including benefits, was $172 billion; Korea was $70 billion; World War I was $63 billion. The Civil War was $7 billion. The combined assets of Prudential, Metropolitan Life, Equitable Life, Aetna, Teachers Insurance, New York Life, Connecticut General, Travelers, John Hancock and Northwestern Mutual don't add up to $500 billion. The combined 1988 profits of all the companies on the Fortune 500 list added up to just $115 billion. And the combined 1987 budgets of all 50 states didn't add up to $500 billion. In fact, the total federal expenditures on one of the
[CTRL] (2/2) Censored Headline Stories 1989-90
-Caveat Lector- cont'd WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO PANAMA IS A DIFFERENT STORY According to a variety of non-mainstream but authoritative sources, the U.S. invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989, received inadequate and erroneous news coverage. It now appears that the legal implications of the invasion, the Bush-Noriega relationship and the actual post-invasion conditions in Panama have all been misrepresented to the American people. But perhaps the most fraudulent news coverage dealt with the true numbers of civilian and combat fatalities. Official accounts spoke of 202 dead Panamanian civilians, 314 dead Panamanian soliders, and 23 dead Americans. The press was oddly silent two months after the invasion when a Southern Command official acknowledged to the L.A. Times that only 50 Panamanian soldiers died. And, American soldiers reported that at least 60 to 70 Americans were killed, possibly many more. Apparently some combat deaths were disguised as accidental deaths unreleated to the invasion. The new findings indicate that the U.S. lost more soldiers than Panama. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has challenged the government figure of 202 dead civilians and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has put the figure at 3,000, using the phrase "conspiracy of silence" to describe efforts to bury the true civilian death toll. The official U.S. report was based on unconfirmed battlefield observations and mortuary and hopital statistics. PHR's investigation tallied burial sites, mortuaries, hospital records, and interview with officials. In addition to Stealth Bombers dropping 2000-pound bombs, U.S. soldiers are reported to have directly fired upon civilian homes with machine guns, rockets, and tanks in the barrio of El Chorillo surrounding Noriega's headquarters. U.S. soldiers evacuated apartments and summarily burned them to the ground. Witnesses reported U.S. troops killing wounded civilians with either gunshots or rifle-butts to the head. CBS's 60 Minutes, in a September 1990 expose, reported the existence of at least six yet-to-be-exhumed mass graves to conclude that Panamanian civilian deaths could run as high as 4,000. The findings of many watch groups support the 60 Minutes casualty report. Peace and Justice in Panama, The Central American Human Rights Commission, Panamanian National Human Rights Commission, Panamanian Episcopal Commission and the National Lawyers Guild all calculate the death toll to range from two to four thousand. The actual death toll has been obscured through U.S. military practices of incineration of corpses prior to identification, burial of remains in common graves prior to indentification, and U.S. military control of administrative offices of hospitals and morgues, as well as the removal of hospital and morgue registries from their original sites. The U.S. retained direct and full control of Panamanian media until mid-February. And U.S. journalists were sequestered in military barracks for the first 36 hours of the invasion and then saw only official authorized sites. SOURCES: Panama Delegation Report, 3/1/90, Authored by the Central American Human Rights Commission; SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, 9/26/90, "The hidden body count" by Jonathan Franklin; 60 Minutes, 9/30/90, "Victims of Just Cause" by Mike Wallace; WASHINGTON POST, 6/30/90, "How Many Died in Panama, letter con't.," by Joanne Heisel; THE NATION, 6/18/90, "The Press and the Panama Invasion" by Marc Cooper. WHERE GEORGE WAS DURING IRAN-CONTRA SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST, Outlook, 7/10/90, "Where George Was" by Tom Blanton. Although the events of the Iran-contra scandal have faded from the minds of the American press, the unanswered and perhaps the most intriguing question continues to be: "Where was George?" Despite the vast experience that Bush acquired while serving as U.S. ambassador to China, director of the CIA, and head of the Reagan administration's task force on combating terrorism, his assertion that he was "out of the loop" has yet to be challenged or explored by the mainstream press. But new material from North's diaries, which has yet to be widely examined or disseminated by the mainstream media, combines with previous evidence to paint a different picture of Bush's role. The new evidence was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive and Public Citizen. The diaries provide additional evidence that Bush played a major role in Iran-contra from the beginning. He passed up repeated opportunities to cut the transactions short or at least make President Reagan think twice. While the secretaries of state and defense were both cut out of the arms-for-hostages deals after objecting to it, Bush attended almost every key meeting. While publicly stating that, "It never became clear to me, the arms for hostages thing, until it was fully debriefed,
[CTRL] Fw: Greece/Iran/Armenia
-Caveat Lector- VISIT OUR NEW INTELLIGENCE CENTERS http://www.stratfor.com/ __ STRATFOR's Global Intelligence Update July 1, 1999 Greece Announces Pending Defense Pact with Iran and Armenia Summary: Greece and Iran have announced that they intend to sign a tripartite military cooperation agreement, along with Armenia, as early as July 12. Such an agreement would seriously undermine NATO unity and strategy in the Balkans and the Caucasus, exacerbate tensions between Greece and Turkey, isolate Azerbaijan and Georgia and, by extension, Central Asia, and provide Russia with a tremendous lever against NATO. As all involved intended, it is not something NATO can ignore. Analysis: Addressing reporters in Tehran on June 28, Greek Defense Minister Apostolos-Athanasios Tsokhatzopoulos announced that Greece, Iran, and Armenia would soon sign a defense cooperation agreement, with the goal of creating peace and stability in the region. The deal will reportedly be signed at the three countries' first trilateral defense meeting in Athens on July 12. Tsokhatzopoulos emphasized that military cooperation with Iran was based on the fundamental principles of international law and a shared interest in regional peace and security, and was not directed at any other country. He also added that his visit, the first to Iran by an EU or NATO defense minister since 1979, was not as a representative of NATO. Tsokhatzopoulos, who is in Iran on a four day visit at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Vice Admiral Ali Shamkhani, has reportedly met with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and Majlis Speaker Ali Akhbar Nateq Nuri. While Tsokhatzopoulos' statement has been widely reported in the Iranian and Greek press, the Greek defense attache's office and the political section at the Greek embassy in Washington declined to comment on the report. Eventually, a press officer at the embassy insisted that the July 12 meeting should involve only discussions of general issues concerning cooperation and claimed that he had no further information on the reported defense pact. An official at the Armenian embassy claimed no knowledge of the reported defense pact plans. He insisted that, while Armenia, Greece, Georgia, and Iran had met to promote regional economic cooperation, and while Armenia had a defense agreement with Greece, he knew of no plans for such an agreement with Iran. A press officer at the U.S. State Department said the department had issued no official statement on the reported Greek-Armenian- Iranian military pact. Greece has a long history of relations with Iran and has accelerated development of ties with both Iran and Armenia in the last few years. Greece was one of the first countries to send a defense attache to post-Soviet Armenia, and Greek officers have assisted in the development of the Armenian military since 1992. In June 1996, Greece signed a defense cooperation agreement with Armenia, a move condemned by Ankara as pointedly anti-Turkey. The first meeting of experts on trilateral cooperation between Greece, Armenia, and Iran occurred in August of 1995. A second meeting occurred in December of 1996, at which time deputy foreign ministers from the three countries and Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the economic, industrial, scientific, and technical arenas. At that time, the deputy foreign ministers rejected any notion of military security cooperation between their countries. A series of committee and ministerial level meetings between Greece, Iran, and Armenia continued through 1997 and 1998, promoting cooperation in economic and commercial fields, and establishing joint commissions on transport, postal service, telecommunications, tourism, industry, technology, economics, and energy. Officials from the three countries continued to insist that the goal of their ties was to promote regional peace and cooperation, and that their tripartite cooperation was neither targeted at a particular country, nor exclusive of relations with other countries. Meetings on economic cooperation continued into 1999, with Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoris Niotis calling in May for Georgia to join in Greek-Iranian-Armenian trilateral cooperation. Tsokhatzopoulos' announcement that the trilateral cooperation between Greece, Iran, and Armenia would be expanded from the economic arena to include security and defense cooperation is a political bombshell, setting the stage for dramatic shifts in a number of regional alignments. First and foremost, the claim that this defense pact is not directed at any country is patent nonsense. Explicitly intended as such or not, Ankara can only view a new military alignment of its traditional foes Greece, Armenia, and Iran -- with Russia as a silent partner -- as a clear and present danger to Turkey. The agreement also raises
Re: [CTRL] [Reality_Pump] Re: Clinton Lays Out His Agenda, ImpressesEventheNaysayers
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Tonight, however, I'd like to know why you consider
Roosevelt and Clinton facistst. Niether were demigogues. Both
administrations have been the antithesis of fascism.
Should you base your judgement upon manipulative oratory alone, surely
you'll have to include Churchill, Kennedy, Reagan, Lincoln, -
particularly the great communicator Reagan - in your list of fascists as
well
as Roosevelt and Clinton. Since facism is generally understood as
ultraconserative and reactionary, similar to libertarian extremism, you
might reconsider your definition of the term.
Considering Fascism "ultra-Conservative" is just socialist propaganda.
Reactionary is a meaningless Communist smear word. Roosevelt and Churchill
were demigogues! Listen to their speeches!
Well, of course, manipulation of public opinion is not the only factor
indicating fascism. But, certainly the man on horseback manipulating public
adoration is a major factor.
And like most things it is not yes or no, but more or less! That Roosevelt
and Churchill fought other fascist namely the ones in Germany, Japan, and
Italy, does not mean that they weren't fascists as well!
Fortunately, American and British traditions prevented Fascism from
proceeding quite as far in America and Britain than it did in Germany and
Italy. The Oligarchic Supreme Court saved America from the worst of what
Roosevelt would have done.
Fascism involves the consolidation of the State and integration into itself
under a popular dictator all or most aspects of society including
economicsCorporations, Unions, and many other previously independent
social and economic entities. Unlike Communism, the external forms of the
previous entities and private property are preserved but ultimately in an
illusory way as the State can intervene at will with no Constitutional
restraint.
In essence, Roosevelt provided the same Fascist answer for Depression to the
ruling class behind the major Corporations as did Hitler! The New Deal
especially as originally conceived was Fascist through and through!
Given Clinton's ultra-Statist penchant for centralizing and nationalizing
Medical Care, his unlimited support for the National Security State,
disregard of Civil Liberties, etc. [The ACLU and Dershowitz agree with me],
business-government partnership, etc. combined with his incredibly crass
manipulation of simple-minded public opinion a strong case can be made that
he is Fascist. The American Presidency (Imperial Presidency) is well
designed as a launching pad for Fascism and all the Presidents you mentioned
have at least some Fascist tendencies. Reagan confined his tendency to the
Military-Industrial complex, fortunately.
Scaife [MELLON] and Starr, on the other hand, want to return to the normal
Anglo-American Oligarchical system in which the State is controlled by a
cabal of big bankers for the special benefit of their coterie and the rest
of society remains relatively laissez-faire. I don't like this either, but
it is not fascism and it is not as bad as Fascism. The Oligarchists (like
Brutus) in Caesar's time, want to preserve their rule of law, skewed though
it may be, to protect their independent fortunes rather than live at the
whim of the Fascist leader.
To fight Fascism you must destroy the leader with overwhelming popular
supprt whether it be Clinton, Roosevelt, Hitler, Kennedy {Fascist New
Frontier}, etc. The "people" are always whining for Caesar and must be
defeated if any scrap of liberty is to be preserved!
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Date: Thursday, July 01, 1999 5:32 AM
Subject: [Reality_Pump] Re: Clinton Lays Out His Agenda,
ImpressesEventheNaysayers
Lloyd,
I inadvertently deleted your last response to one of my posts, but had
intended to answer you. Tonight, however, I'd like to know why you
consider
Roosevelt and Clinton facistst. Niether were demigogues. Both
administrations have been the antithesis of
[CTRL] The Americas: News
-Caveat Lector- -- The Americas -- *** U.S. opens Pinochet documents WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA knew almost immediately after Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile that his military regime engaged in indiscriminate killings and other abuses to wipe out opposition, according to documents declassified and made public Wednesday. "The regime shows no sign of relenting in its determination to deal swiftly and decisively with dissidents," CIA field officers reported to headquarters Oct. 12, 1973, a month after the coup that ousted Salvador Allende, a Marxist who had been elected president. "The bloodshed goes on." The only question, the agency reported to Washington, was how many Chileans were killed, a figure Pinochet's lieutenants kept as a carefully guarded secret. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560131916-342 *** U.S. hands over Panama base PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) - The U.S. army handed over Fort Sherman Wednesday, its last base on Panama's Caribbean coast, as part of the U.S. withdraw from the former canal zone. Fort Sherman has been in operation since shortly after the canal opened in 1914. The U.S. intends to turn over canal property to Panama by the end of the year. Large amounts of unexploded munitions are still buried at the firing range, and Panama wants the U.S. to take responsibility for the cleanup there even after the transfer. U.S. officials say current cleanup technology would affect the jungle. The U.S. has already handed over control of former Caribbean bases Fort Davis and Fort Gulick. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560133852-dee *** Puerto Rico gov. wants Navy out SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Citing a history of stray bombs and environmental damage, Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Rossello says he'll try to expel the U.S. Navy from an outlying island. "It's going to be a fight - we're all agreed on that, but we are committed," Rossello said Wednesday in adopting a government commission's report calling for the Navy to leave Vieques island. Rossello said he considered a 1983 agreement between the Navy and the Puerto Rican government void because the Navy had not lived up to its promises to protect the environment and the safety of the island's 9,300 residents. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560135966-234 *** Guyana hits snag on launch pad GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - A U.S. firm looking to set up a satellite launching site in Guyana has run into a snag, with Venezuelan officials claiming the land belongs to them. Beal Aerospace Technologies of Frisco, Texas, is considering locating the pad in Guyana because of delays in winning permits to build on Anguilla's Sombrero Island in the Caribbean. Guyanese officials said Tuesday they are concerned by reports in the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional quoting Foreign Minister Jose Vincente Rangel as saying his government objects to the project because it is in Essequibo County, claimed by Venezuela since the 1940s. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560134448-187 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] [Reality_Pump] Re: Clinton Lays Out His Agenda, ImpressesEventheNay
-Caveat Lector- Roosevelt and Churchill were demigogues! Listen to their speeches! Well, of course, manipulation of public opinion is not the only factor indicating fascism. But, certainly the man on horseback manipulating public adoration is a major factor. True, classical fascism often featured a charismatic leader, but: (1.) He was never the main ingredient. Fascism is first and foremost an economic system. "Fascism," said Mussolini, "is corporatism." (2.) fascism is a dynamic, evolving, adaptive philosophy. Therein lies it greatest threat. We must never assume that because these days they wear white shirts that they aren't fascists. Fascism is not a style of dress, it is a style of political economics. In a fascist state, the corporation run the government. This is what we have today. BTW, next time you tune in C-Span, check out the two big embosed logos on either side of the Speaker' dias. That Roosevelt and Churchill fought other fascist namely the ones in Germany, Japan, and Italy, does not mean that they weren't fascists as well! WWII was in no way, shape or form a war against fascism. Fascists fought on both sides. Other fascists were neutral. Some fascists were neutral AND fought on both sides. That is the fascist way. WWII was a war against communists. They won. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: From the Frivolous Lawsuit Department: MS as racist
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 7:14 AM Subject: FC: From the Frivolous Lawsuit Department: MS as racist For another example, let's go back to Day One of the Microsoft antitrust trial... http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/antitrust/story/15702.html On the sidewalk in front of the building, a handful of protesters held up a sign saying "Microsoft is racist." The group attacked the company for not donating money to Howard University, which is predominately black. * From: "Paul Spirito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Frivilous Lawsuit Dept. Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:28:07 -0400 http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2286412,00.html | A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Microsoft Corp. of including | a "racially charged" message in its Publisher 98 software | linking an image of black people to the word "monkey." [Even if this were intentional, I'd support Microsoft's right to label anyone it wants a monkey, but...] | The image of a black couple posing near a set of monkey | bars in a park is one of several images of the same couple | in various park activities. Images in the gallery are | identified by keywords to allow users to search for them; | the keywords for the image in question include "man," | "woman," "person" and "equipment" as well as "monkey bars," | Microsoft said. [...] | Microsoft noted that the same image of the couple with the | monkey bars would have appeared if users searched for the | word "bar." Next Week: NOW sues AltaVista over the results to "pussy". Paul * Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:13:42 -0700 From: Lizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [p] Frivilous Lawsuit Dept. At 08:28 PM 6/30/99 -0400, Paul Spirito wrote: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2286412,00.html | A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Microsoft Corp. of including | a "racially charged" message in its Publisher 98 software | linking an image of black people to the word "monkey." [Even if this were intentional, I'd support Microsoft's right to label anyone it wants a monkey, but...] | The image of a black couple posing near a set of monkey | bars in a park is one of several images of the same couple | in various park activities. Images in the gallery are | identified by keywords to allow users to search for them; | the keywords for the image in question include "man," | "woman," "person" and "equipment" as well as "monkey bars," | Microsoft said. [...] | Microsoft noted that the same image of the couple with the | monkey bars would have appeared if users searched for the | word "bar." Next Week: NOW sues AltaVista over the results to "pussy". This whole thing reeks of a scam. I remember a few years ago, someone tried to sue over the inclusion of the 'n-word' in a Microsoft dictionary (pre-Encarta, I think);he claimed his son had been 'assaulted' by the word when he mistyped 'Niger' as part of a school report on the river of that name. Turns out the parent in question had filed about a half-dozen similairly baseless suits. The thing is, companies are so terrified of being labelled racist -- however baseless the accusation -- that they refuse to fight. Microsoft, in particular, is especially hesitant to add any more lawsuits to its plate. The question is, on what basis can you sue? There is no law against publishing a racist text -- which Microsoft didn't do, anyway. Remember the recent fuss over the use of the word 'nigardly'? If someone is too uneducated to understand the origins of a word, the fault is now placed with the speaker, not the ignoramus. We live in a sick world. About late 1992, early 1993, the ever-reputable NY Post published a full front-page headline declaring there was a 'message of hate' urging the 'murder of New York Jews' embedded in a FONT PACKAGE of all things. The font in question was a 'dingbats' font, in other words, a collection of symbols. Three of the symbols happened to be a skull, a Star of David, and a 'thumbs up' -- all obviously very useful symbols for page layouts. They were attached to the 'N', 'Y', and 'C' keys. From this, the NY Post concluded someone was plotting genocide. (I'm not sure how this was to have worked...presumably, New York neo-nazis install endless font packages and type 'NYC', waiting until they see the coded message telling them it's time to attack. "Well, Hans? What is it?" "Hmmm...a fish, a stop sign, and an arrow." "OK, try THIS font.") I kid you not. Anyone wish access to microfiche archives can check this out. Front page story, occupying the same lofty space once reserved for headlines such as 'Headless Body In Topless Bar' Readers were assured this couldn't be a coincidence, since the odds of those three symbols being on those three keys was a staggering 1 in 17,000! (Hint -- what is 26*26*26?) ** Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:40:17 +0200 (METDST) From: Peter Herngaard [EMAIL
[CTRL] The Information Society: Anonymous Communication on the Internet
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS/tables_of_contents/toc.html A HREF="http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS/tables_of_contents/toc.html"The Information Society, An International Journ /A - Vol. 15, No. 2 Special Issue: Anonymous Communication on the Internet Letter from the Editor-in-Chief Guest editors: Mark S. Frankel and Al Teich Anonymous Communication Policies for the Internet: Results and Recommendations of the AAAS Conference. [Abstract and Full Text] Al Teich, Mark S. Frankel, Rob Kling and Ya-Ching Lee Assessing Anonymous Communication on the Internet: Policy Deliberations. [Abstract and Full Text] Rob Kling, Ya-Ching Lee, Al Teich and Mark S. Frankel Technology for Anonymity: Names by other Nyms. [Abstract] Peter Wayner What's in a Name? Some Reflections on the Sociology of Anonymity. [ Abstract] Gary T. Marx Legal Issues in Anonymity and Pseudonymity. [Abstract] A. Michael Froomkin Information Privacy in the Marketspace: Implications for the Commercial Uses of Anonymity on the Web. [Abstract] Donna L. Hoffman, Thomas P. Novak, and Marcos A. Peralta Forum The Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age [Abstract] Helen Nissenbaum Internet Anonymity in Contexts [Full text] Christina Allen = Abstract - TIS 15(2) Marx, Gary T.What's in a Name? Some Reflections on the Sociology of Anonymity. The Information Society 15(2). To paraphrase Mark Twain reports of either the recent death, or coming dominance of anonymity have been greatly exaggerated. This paper is a beginning effort to lay out some of the conceptual landscape needed to better understand anonymity and identifiability in contemporary life. I suggest 7 types of identity knowledge involving legal name, location, symbols linked and not linked back to these through intermediaries, distinctive appearance and behavior patterns, social categorization and certification via knowledge or artifacts. I identify a number of major rationales and contexts for anonymity (free flow of communication, protection, experimentation) and identifiability (e.g., accountability, reciprocity, eligibility) and suggest a principle of truth in the nature of naming which holds that those who use pseudonyms on the Internet in personal communications have an obligation to indicate they are doing so. I also suggest 13 procedural questions to guide the development and assessment of any internet policy regarding anonymity. - 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] Skeptic News - Thursday #1 - bio/med
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990701a - - - - - - - - - - - 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 medical devices were tampered with during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # AVERTING DIGITAL DEATH SIGNALS. Heart and brain monitors may get their own broadcast freqs - for good reason - if a Washington politico has his way. http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20497.html : Does your implant or pacemaker interfere with your garage-door opener or cellphone? Should all these devices to networked together on the same freq? @ Brain Implants: A Lousy Idea. We may undergo plastic surgery for silly reasons, but anyone who has a brain would think twice before tampering with the body's physical core. Why would anyone implant a chip into his brain for less than life-and-death reasons - like just downloading information? http://www.techreview.com:80/articles/july99/dertouzos.htm : Do you want a brain implant? Is data life-or-death for you? Do you want to be wired directly into a galactic network? Is that how to become a deity??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # A DRUG MADE BY ARMENIAN SCIENTISTS PROMISES TO CURE AIDS. Thessaloniki, Macedonia (MPA) A drug discovered by Armenian scientists managed to cure 48 AIDS patients and its use has already been approved by the Armenian state pharmacology committee. Russian press reports confirm that a number of AIDS patients, who have received the medicine, have been cured from the deadly virus. http://www.mpa.gr/latest/MPA.19990630.61798.html : So why isn't this front page news here in the states? - Hilary A. Thomas : Has the drug been tested anywhere else? Why doesn't the MPA story point anywhere or cite sources? Is news being suppressed? By who, and why? -Ric _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PG to end product tests on animals. CINCINNATI (AP) Procter Gamble Co. will immediately end animal tests for its current beauty, fabric, home care and paper products except where required by law. Animal-rights acti- vists have targeted PG for years. PG's announcement made exceptions for food and pharmaceutical products and new product technologies and ingre- dients. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560128057-839 # Small hop forward: http://cnnfn.com/1999/06/30/companies/wires/procter_wg/ : Do you prefer to test chemicals/drugs/stuff on humans, animals, computer simulations, aliens, attorneys, in-laws, animal-rights activists, yourself? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # New trial ordered in radiation lawsuit.PITTSBURGH (AP) When cancer victims and their families won $36.5 million in a trial against uranium plant ope- rators last year, their lawyers called it the biggest verdict on radiation exposure in the country. Now they have to try it all over again. A US dis- trict judge ordered a new trial, citing testimony and evidence problems. Residents of Apollo PA inhaled radioactive dust from the plant for three decades. The dust contained uranium that caused an unusually high cancer rate. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560124434-0be : On whom would you like to test radioactive dust: humans, animals, computer simulations, aliens, attorneys, in-laws, animal-rights activists, yourself? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # FERTILITY TECHNIQUES MAY PASS ON SOME FERTILITY PROBLEMS. New fertility techniques have enabled men with low sperm counts to father children, and sons born to some of these men may also be infertile. Daughters are not affected: http://cnn.com/HEALTH/men/9906/30/inherited.infertility.ap/ and http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560131455-880 : Should your genetic defects be fixed before you're allowed to reproduce? Do fertility clinics breed a strain of humans dependent on fertility clinics for their continued existence? Is this an alien plot to control humanity??? # UN population conference opens. UNITED NATIONS (AP) Still at odds over sex ed and abortion, delegates from 180 countries opened a 3-day special U.N. session to find ways to cope with the world's population as it nears 6 billion. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560133319-696 : How many people is enough? Will you devour your young? Will you let others devour them instead? Will your devour them or will they devour you? Really? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Elderly 'restrained with drugs'. (BBC) Many elderly people with dementia may be being chemically restrained by potent drugs that could be doing more harm than good. The prolonged use of anti-psychotic drugs - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_382000/382435.stm : Do you prefer to use mind-control drugs on young, medium or old people? Which are more fun to watch? What's your favorite mind-control drug? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Environmentalists attack cancer apathy.
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Thursday #2 - poli/faith
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990701b - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Scientologists were deprogrammed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Religion trumps porn in Web popularity. (IDG) Overcome by its fascination with pornography's presence of the Web, the press has overlooked the skin trade's leading contender: online religion. On AltaVista, a search on the word "porn" produced 4,794,806 Web page hits, while a search on the word "God" produced 6,396,150 hits. Could it be that the scales have tipped to the bright side? http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/30/religion.idg/ # Pat Robertson's Net Adventure derailed: http://idg.net/go.cgi?id=137773 # Jesse slams Valley discrimination: http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=137774 # HateFilter blocks racist Websites: http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=137776 # Porn cases spark surveillance debate: http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=13 : Do you prefer religion, sex, drugs, rock'n'roll, implant stimulation, the torture of small fuzzy animals, daytime television, hamburgers, vacuum, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientology loses Swiss appeal. LAUSANNE (AP) Switzerland's supreme court threw out an appeal by the Church of Scientology, upholding a law aimed at keeping people from being "dishonestly" accosted on the street. The court ruled that the Basel law involved an intervention in religious freedom but did not infringe it. But the judges questioned whether the law, which was prompted by efforts to curb Scientology, could be enforced and said a blanket ban on recruitment in public places would be inadmissible. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560128008-5ba : Is any group that claims to be a religion REALLY a religion? How to tell? Should religions be regulated by gov't? Should govt's be run by religions? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Japanese call on Govt to get tough on cult. Hundreds of representatives of local communities across Japan have held a rally in Tokyo calling on the national government to get tough with the Aum Supreme Truth religious sect. There are increasing concerns the cult, linked to the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways, may be regrouping. The national police agency estimates Aum has about 500 priests and 1,000 followers still living. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/weekly/newsnat-1jul1999-69.htm : What's your favorite death cult? Do you prefer murder or suicide cults? Do you have/plan a death cult? What are the criteria for membership? Is it fun? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Bangladesh sculptor threatened. DHAKA (AP) A well-known sculptor in Bang- ladesh has sought police protection after Islamic extremists denounced her work and threatened to torture her to death. The threat to Shamim Sikdar came from the Taliban Bahini, an obscure militant Islamic group. Sikdar's latest sculpture at Dhaka U., where she teaches art, features Bangladeshi women who fought for the country's independence against Pakistan in 1971. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560128521-632 : Does your belief system promote torture/murder? Are artistic/cultural/pol- itical/religious/economic leaders fair game for assassination? Are there any writers/artists/musicians you want to kill for ideological reasons? Who??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # COMING SOON: BACK ORIFICE 2000. The Cult of the Dead Cow preps a new, more powerful mix of its notorious hacking program - just in time for DefCon7. http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20493.html # Microsoft charged with racist link. SAN DIEGO (AP) - A lawsuit accuses Mi- crosoft of including a "racially-charged" message linking black people to monkeys in its Publisher 1998 software. MS has agreed to alter the pro- gram. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560126075-164 and see: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2286412,00.html # 'July Killer' virus may hit Thursday. A computer virus dubbed July Killer is expected to strike July 1. Active only during July, it will infect Microsoft's Word 97 documents via a Visual Basic macro, say antivirus specialists. http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/01/killer.idg/index.html : Do you prefer to hack military/gov't sites, racist corporate warez, banks? Will you write a virus that targets Bill Gates' financial holdings? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # AUSTRALIAN NET CENSOR LAW PASSES. In passing a sweeping law that seeks to bar offensive content from the Internet, Australia joins nations such as China and Iran with strict rules about what can be seen online. Shudder: http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20499.html : What do the voices in your head tell you should be censored from the Net? Does your belief system promote suppression of
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Thursday #3 - space/alien
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990701c - - - - - - - - - - - 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 rogue planets were obliterated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Earth may have 'twin' somewhere.(AP) The Earth may have had a twin or even more planetary siblings when the solar system was born, only to lose them in the vast darkness of deep space. These Earth-like planets are still out there somewhere, and despite their wanderings through the cold, dark void, they may be capable of supporting life. According to this theory, these extra Earth-like planets were jettisoned into deep space by gravity when they got too close to Jupiter or other large planets. Home away from home; see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560130142-997 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_382000/382319.stm # Also: Out of this world discovery: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_319000/319865.stm # New planets discovered: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_252000/252099.stm : How big a truck would we need to haul an Earth-twin planet into our orbit? Would it be easier to push a Jovian moon into our vicinity? Is it dangerous? If we shove a planet(oid) into a life-sustaining orbit, will it hit Earth or make us pop off into space? Would we REALLY become "Spaceship Earth"? Huh?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Do you believe in UFOs? A Silicon Alley entrepreneur gave up his job to search for aliens.(MSNBC) You hear a lot of stories about UFOs, sightings, close encounters, even alien abductions. Are you skeptical? One man not only believes the stories could be true, he's spent millions of dollars on an extra-terrestrial crusade to convince the rest of us that we are not alone. Joe Firmage again: http://www.msnbc.com/news/283948.asp : How much money would you spend to find aliens? Would it be easier/cheaper to just let them find you instead? If we bother aliens, how will they react? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # ROCKET PLANE TEST FLIGHT A-OK. Strapped beneath a jetliner, the X-34 reus- able rocket plane soars over the South California desert. It's a glimpse of cheap space launches to come. Live, from Edwards Air Force Base: http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20487.html See also: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/29/x.34.test/index.html @ Space Transport: X-34: http://stp.msfc.nasa.gov/stpweb/x34/x34home.html # A Weekend On Luna: http://wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20386.html : When will orbital flights go commercial? When will Avis or Hertz rent out spaceplanes? What cartels will control off-planet transportation? D'ya care? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # China aims for 'prestige' of human spaceflight. (CNN) China's plan to put two men in space by the end of 2000 is part of a larger program to launch an independent space station and achieve a lunar landing early in the next millennium, making China the world's 3rd nation with a far-reaching human spaceflight capability. http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/30/china.space/ # And: 'Back to the Moon' http://cnn.com/books/reviews/9906/23/back.to.moon/ @ Encyclopedia Astronautica - Chinese Manned Space Program: Behind Closed Doors: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/articles/chidoors.htm @ Project 921: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/craft/proct921.htm @ Go Taikonauts! - An Unofficial Chinese Space Website: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/ : Will space be dominated by the US, EC, China, Russia, Japan, Brazil, Ford, MicroSoft, Bilderbergers, Scientology, LDS, evolved cyber-AI entities, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Catching a comet. The European Space Agency is unveiling details of Rosetta, which will be the first space probe ever to land on a comet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_382000/382141.stm @ Links: European Space Agency - Rosetta page: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/ @ Rosetta Plasma Consortium: http://sapin.irfu.se/Rosetta/rosetta.html @ Images: http://www.estec.esa.nl/spdwww/rosetta/html/gallery.html#images : Would you like to probe a comet? Would you like to capture a comet, change its orbit, bombard Earth into submission? Are evil forces planning to do it? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Science study will create fireworks. WASHINGTON (AP) - Two NASA science rockets next month will create a celestial fireworks show that may be seen up to 400 miles away from the Wallops Island, Va., launch site. A powdered chemical that burns brightly as it comes into contact with oxygen will be released into space and will become a spreading, corkscrew-shaped cloud of light that is expected to shine for up to 20 minutes and then slowly fade. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560123548-62d : Is this a cover for a HAARP test, or a nascent Big Bang,
Re: [CTRL] Fw: From the Frivolous Lawsuit Department: MS as racist
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Re: [CTRL] Fw: From the Frivolous Lawsuit Department: MS as racist
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Tenorlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hint -- what is 26*26*26?) My measurements before I had kids. %^D AKA Twiggy? BTW whatever happened to the conspiracy to promote anorexia? DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NASA PLANS SPACE FIREWORKS
-Caveat Lector- - NASA PLANS SPACE FIREWORKS - Wed Jun 30 1999 NASA is preparing its own special fireworks display for Independence Day and much of July with a series of nighttime rocket launches. The launches, which will run from the 2nd of July to the 20th, are designed to study space weather. More specifically they will focus on improving our understanding of the interaction of solar winds with the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere. During the 19-day period, two suborbital rockets will be launched on each of two nights between 9:30 p.m. and 4 a.m. EDT from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA. The rockets will release a chemical that will form large glowing clouds in space and should be visible to the naked eye for several hundred miles from the launch site. That area should include the mid-Atlantic region and portions of the northeastern and southeastern United States. The environmentally safe chemicals will be released in the ionosphere between 43 and 96 miles altitude. The harmless byproducts will disperse across thousands of miles as they diffuse into the upper atmosphere. This is the area where the Sun's magnetic field (in the form of solar winds) and the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere come together. Their interactions can create disturbances just above Earth's lower atmosphere. These disturbances can affect radio, television and satellite communications. By better understanding these interactions in the ionosphere, scientists hope to gain information that will ultimately help improve the reliability of radio and satellite communications. - \\|// (o o) oOOo-(_)-oOOo Jamie 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] Senator Inhofe Blasts Clinton's 'Betrayal Of National Security' With China
-Caveat Lector- Senator Inhofe Blasts Clinton's 'Betrayal Of National Security' With China The Clinton National Security Scandal and Coverup Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Senate, June 23, 1999 "I fully realize that the majority of Americans will not believe me. They have continued to believe our President even after he has demonstrated over and over that he has no regard for the truth." "The Cox Report has shed light on the fact that the Clinton administration has actually helped China in its technology acquisition efforts or made it easier for them to commit thefts and espionage." Mr. President, I ask that you listen again. I am going to pick up on the incredible but true story of the Clinton administration's betrayal of national security and the scandalous coverup that continues as we speak. In doing so, I fully realize that the majority of Americans will not believe me. They have continued to believe our President even after he has demonstrated over and over that he has no regard for the truth. Though you would never realize it by listening to the national media or the Clinton spin doctors, the recently released Cox Report has revealed a wealth of information on how the Clinton administration has undermined national security to simultaneously pursue its misguided foreign policies and self-serving domestic political agendas. On the one hand, there is the mind-boggling story of how the Clinton administration deliberately changed almost 50 years of bipartisan security policies--relaxing export restrictions, signing waivers to allow technology transfers, ignoring China's violation of arms control agreements, and its theft of our nuclear secrets, opening up even more nuclear and high technology floodgates to China and others--thus harming U.S. national security. On the other hand, there is the continuing coverup--the effort to hide from Congress and the American people the true damage that has been done to national security and the Clinton administration's central role in allowing so much of it to happen on their watch. Over three months ago--on March 15--I spoke on this floor about China's theft of the W-88 nuclear warhead. To remind you, this is the crown jewel of our nuclear arsenal. It is the warhead that has 10 times the explosive power of the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima and yet just a fraction its size. I spoke about how serious this was to our national security--how it was a story with life and death implications for millions of Americans. I told how President Clinton was directly responsible for downplaying the significance of and covering up this story. While the information on the W-88 design--the crown jewel of our nuclear arsenal--was stolen in the late 1980's, the theft was first discovered in 1995 by this administration. So people remember, it was the Chinese walk-in informant to the CIA that gave us all this information. I told how it was this administration and this President who deliberately covered up this vital information from Congress and the American people and, at the same time, lulled our people into a false sense of security by repeating the lie that there were no nuclear missiles targeted at America's children. At that time, I spoke of six proven incontrovertible facts, and let me repeat them now: 1. President Clinton hosted over 100 campaign fundraisers in the White House, many with Chinese connections. 2. President Clinton used John Huang, Charlie Trie, Johnny Chung, James Riady, and others with strong Chinese ties to raise campaign money. 3. President Clinton signed waivers to allow his top campaign fundraiser's aerospace company to transfer U.S. missile guidance technology to China. 4. President Clinton covered up the theft of our most valuable nuclear weapons technology. 5. President Clinton lied to the American people over 130 times about our nation's security while he knew Chinese missiles were aimed at American children. 6. President Clinton single-handedly stopped the deployment of a national missile defense system, exposing every American life to a missile attack, leaving America with no defense whatsoever against an intercontinental ballistic missile. On March 15, I began my speech by asking the American people to listen as I told them 'a story of espionage, conspiracy, deception, and cover-up--a story with life and death implications for millions of Americans--a story about national security and a President and an administration that deliberately chose to put national security at risk, while telling the people everything was fine.' In the three months since I made these statements, none has been refuted.
Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Anglican Bishop spearheads United Religions Project]
-Caveat Lector- Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ustimesdaily.com/ A HREF="http://www.ustimesdaily.com/"U.S. Times Daily News/A - Anglican Bishop spearheads United Religions Project JERUSALEM, Israel (ENI) -- Leaders of an initiative to set up a united body of the world's religions, paralleling the United Nations, claim that their campaign is gaining momentum. I suspect that what will actually happen when they get representatives of all the religions together in one place will be something like the story of the Three Christs of Ypsilanti: psychiatrists at a Michigan mental hospital put three schizophrenics who each claimed to be Jesus Christ together in one room. They had no idea what would happen, but kind of thought that two of them might decide to worship the third. What actually happened was that the "Christs" ignored each other: each one's personal reality had no place for another deity, so that "deity" simply did not exist. By definition, you can't have two or more Supreme Truths in one time/space location at the same moment. I don't know if they would destroy each other, like matter and antimatter (Truth and Anti-Truth? hmmm...), but it wouldn't entirely surprise me... 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
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-Caveat Lector- Tick ... Tick ... Tick ... If Japan's many doomsayers are right, the world will come to an end within weeks, maybe days. Do they know something the rest of us don't? By TIM LARIMER Tokyo Ah, summer in Japan. folks drenched by the June rains look forward to a brief respite before the monsoons. In a few days it will be time for the Tanabata festival, when children tie colorful origami to bamboo branches and float them down rivers and streams. Later this summer the most popular sporting event of the year, the national high school baseball tournament, gets under way with the first crack of the bat. Or will it? Put those dreamy thoughts on hold. Pack away the bats and balls. Crumple the origami. This is 1999. Anybody in Japan who hasn't been sleepwalking for the past five years is well aware that Nostradamus, the long-dead French astrologer, predicted that the world would end in 1999's seventh month. Wake up, people, it's Apocalypse Next Week! Yes, this sounds far-fetched. But a surprising number of Japanese are taking the warning seriously. Depending on which Nostradamian faction you believe, in just a matter of days Japan--and, in some scenarios, other parts of the world--will be bombarded by a giant asteroid, destroyed by errant nuclear missiles, used as an impact zone for the creaky Russian space station Mir, blown to bits by crashing satellites armed with nuclear devices, washed away by the mother of all tsunamis, whipsawed by a devastating typhoon, submerged by monsoon rains that will make Noah's flood look like a drizzle, leveled by an earthquake, smothered by lava from a volcanic eruption at Mount Fuji, invaded by aliens in spaceships, suffocated by a giant toxic cloud or targeted by North Korean rockets. The list includes pretty much everything but killer bees and Godzilla. Akiko Arakawa, for one, is plenty worried. The 41-year-old typist and Website designer is planning for the worst, packing away a tent, a water purifier and a survival guide at her hideaway in Hirosaki at the northern tip of Japan. She is convinced that Nostradamus' 16th century prophecy means the earth's pole will shift and cause several, simultaneous cataclysmic events. She warns anyone who will listen to prepare for the chaos by building boats and buying camping equipment. On one of the many Nostradamus Websites proliferating in Japan, she wrote that she cannot imagine how his prophecy could not come true. "That," she opined, "would be the mystery." There's never been a better time to worry about the end of world. The coming conclusion to the millennium is inspiring apocalyptic visions everywhere. Some concerned Americans, for example, are already hunkering down in remote sites, stocking up with canned goods and plenty of ammunition, just in case. Even many solidly rational folks are fearful that the Y2K computer bug could wreck much of modern civilization. But few places are as jittery as Japan. Fears about the end of the world aren't fringe; they're mainstream. And, oddly, they center on the visions of Nostradamus, who based his cryptic warnings on the Bible. No matter that Japan, a relatively non-religious nation, doesn't even follow the calendar, based on Jesus' birth, that informed Nostradamus. In official Japan, this isn't 1999; it's year 11. But this is a freaky year, and apparently anything goes. Of Nostradamus' writings, 16 words in one of the oblique four-line verses he published in 1555 have resonated throughout Japan. "The year 1999, seven months, from the sky there will come a great king of terror," he wrote. No one really knows what he meant, which only adds to the intrigue. But for believers, the reference to the seventh month is disturbingly clear. In other words, this may be the last magazine you ever read. First, let's back up a bit. For four centuries, few Japanese were even aware of Nostradamus. True, his predictions occasionally surfaced in the West: adherents have credited him with forecasting, albeit indirectly, everything from the bombing of Hiroshima to the Mount Pinatubo eruption to the Pentium-chip flaw. But Japan got into the act only in the late 1960s, when a relatively unknown journalist named Ben Goto took up the cause. Goto, who covered Japan's royal family, became intrigued with Nostradamus while studying French. Watching the Apollo moon landing in 1969, he was struck with an epiphany: Didn't he read that Nostradamus had predicted man would walk on the moon? Goto decided to do more research into this 16th century visionary. Four years later, he published the first book about Nostradamus that anyone in Japan ever paid attention to. The book was well-timed. Japan was in the throes of an economic downturn, similar to today's, after a decade of dizzying growth. The global oil crisis threatened energy supplies in Japan, which relies on petroleum from the Middle East. The cold war exacerbated a general sense of edginess in Japan about real-life cataclysmic events like
[CTRL] Fw: AANEWS for Thursday, July 1, 1999
-Caveat Lector- from: AMERICAN ATHEISTS subject: AANEWS for July 1, 1999 A M E R I C A N A T H E I S T S #602 ~~ 7/1/99 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... * "The Senator From LDS" * Help us stop the Religious Liberty Protection Act! * TheistWatch: Apocalypse, live from Jerusalem * Resources * About this list... HATCH POISED TO ANNOUNCE PRESIDENTIAL RUN -- IN CASE BUSH STUMBLES He is entering a political race already crowded with ten other candidates. He is far behind in polls, has little money, and is only now establishing a campaign organization. Yet, Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch says he is a man who believes in miracles and, addressing what he sees as division within his party, "Can bring both sides together"." Hatch is overshadowed in media coverage and resources by a host of other candidates now chasing the GOP nomination. Front runner Texas Gov. George W. Bush has "sucked up the oxygen," raising record amounts of cash in his quest for the presidency. Others like publisher Steve Forbes and former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander have had their campaigns in place for years. Hatch enters this contest on the ground floor with other struggling hopefuls like Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Robert Smith of New Hampshire. The first three or four primaries could well prune this field down to two or three, with Bush a likely first place runner. But who knows? Hatch is already positioning himself not so much as a "dark horse" who comes out of obscurity when the party is deadlocked, but a "clutch candidate" Republicans can turn to when and if Bush stumbles. Like Bill Clinton, the Texas governor has a thick Teflon coating -- whether it can last into primary season remains to be seen. Right now the pundits are writing off the 65-year old Utah Senate veteran, but a lot can happen between now and the Philly GOP convention next year. Over the weekend, Hatch told some of the talking head programs including "Fox News Sunday" that while Bush presently enjoys a commanding lead in the polls, he faces a "high learning curve" on national issues. Questions posed by reporters about international issues like the Balkans suggest that Bush lacks expertise in foreign affairs as well. "He believes -- and certainly this is a possibility -- that George W. Bush may stumble, and if he does stumble (Hatch) has the credentials just as valuable as anyone else in the field," observed Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah), who has been helping Elizabeth Dole's campaign effort. Others like political analyst Stu Rothenberg say that it is "impossible" for Hatch to capture the GOP nomination. Or is it? Echoes of Gary Hart can be heard, the man who had the nomination and the presidency locked up, until a photographer snapped a revealing shot of a curvaceous Donna Rice on board a party boat with the White House hopeful. Scanning the list of Republican contenders is like looking at an invite list to a Christian Coalition awards banquet. Lamar Alexander and Steve Forbes have both been courting the religious right, even revising and strengthening their positions on culture war issues like abortion. Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council has an impressive grassroots organization, and some surprising financial backing that has yet to be tested. Rep. John Kasich of Ohio and Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire are both favorites of religious conservatives. Pat Buchanan is so far to the right he dovetails with the left on issues like international trade. Elizabeth Dole fools no one, and former Vice President Dan Quayle is one of the early articulators of the culture war slogan. John McCain of Arizona is a respectable conservative. And so is Orrin Hatch. But though he starting late in the game, Hatch already has a potentially strong base in Utah, thanks to the powerful Mormon Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is one of the fastest growing denominations in the country, and Hatch -- sometimes referred to as "The Senator From LDS" -- is plugged in to the sect's sprawling network of voters and potential financial backers. On most issues, Hatch passes the religious right litmus test of political reliability. He told the New York Times that he begins each day reading passages from the Bible; he is spearheading the controversial Religious Liberty Protection Act, and Hatch endeared himself to many conservatives on the national scene when he defended a chastised Clarence Thomas against the sex-charged accusations of Anita Hill in 1991. But his lifelong involvement with the Mormon Church could be a problem down the
Re: [CTRL] [SC] UFO Broadcast on TV
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Hilary A. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Skeptichat [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 1:05 PM Subject: [SC] UFO Broadcast on TV - Original Message - From: JM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Skywatch International list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 12:56 PM Subject: UFO over Bucarest International french TV channel TV5, gave the news on Tuesday of a UFO sighting over Bucarest, Rumania. A clear footage has been aired and I could record some of it. The coments were that the local authorities confirmed that it was a flying object of unknown origin, and that a similar object has been observed two years ago at the same spot. TV5 own news service didn't mention it anymore, other news programmes from TV5 (belgian TV, swiss TV, french A2, french FR3, french-canadian TV) didn't mention it at all, CNN didn't mention it, australian TV didn't mention it, Hong Kong TV didn't mention it, portuguese RTPi didn't mention it, nothing on it from the APTN and Reuters feeds (I work on TV),... Why? Where TV5 got the story and the footage from? Why the other media didn't get it OR didn't want it? This kind of story atract people, for sure!... I work on TV with pressures and censures almost every day, but I still can't catch that. Don't tell me there is a MIB in every TV news room of the World, and that the TV5 team got lucky to have its own traped into the bathroom for one minute! So WHY! Jean-Michel Mariojouls China Director There doesn't need to be an MIB in every newsroom, just as there needn't be a corporate censor at every newsdesk - only one is needed, the boss. Consider why commercial media don't cover progressive issues: It's not that management explicitly tells editors and producers and reporters, "These subjects are forbidden." Rather, people who cover political and economic subjects from viewpoints not favored by the owners, don't get hired or promoted. Out-of-the-closet Marxists don't get an editor's desk at TIME or the WSJ, don't make it to executive producer at MSNBC or KCBS. Those who go along, get along. Similarly, people reporting on UFOs will find themselves less than welcome on news teams. If they stay in the business, they may end up doing features for AE or TLC. UFOs are suitable for tabloid trash shows, not for 'serious' news, and nobody needs explicit orders to that effect - it's just known. 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
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-Caveat Lector- As long as it doesn't come to an end before September, when I have tickets to a concert _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- From NewsMax.CoM Are Psychiatric Drugs Driving Our Kids to Kill? Ken HamblinJuly 1, 1999 Like most other Americans, I've spent the last couple of months trying to make sense of all the howling about the dire influence of violence on television, savagery in movies and mayhem in video games on our children today. Recently, however, I've come to wonder why the same crisismongers kicking up the fuss over these topics aren't asking hard questions about the so-called mental-health medication increasingly being dispensed to our kids. T.J. Solomon, the high-school shooter in Conyers, Ga., was reportedly taking the drug Ritalin. Eric Harris, the ringleader of the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Col., had been prescribed the drug Luvox. And Kip Kinkel, the student in Springfield, Ore., who killed his parents and then went on a shooting rampage at his high school, was taking the psychiatric drugs Prozac and Ritalin. There were many other possible factors in their cases, of course, but I couldn't help wondering if these drugs might have had some influence on their actions. In an effort to educate myself, I invited Ann B. Tracy, author of Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? (Cassia Publications, 1999), to appear on my syndicated talk-radio show. Her book is the result of five years of research into the booming mental-health-medication industry and the pharmaceutical companies whose coffers it so plentifully fills. My conversation with Tracy was indeed an eye opener. She directed me to a 1997 letter written to Time magazine by Candace B. Pert, a research professor at Washington's Georgetown University Medical Center. "I am alarmed at the monster that Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon Snyder and I created when we discovered the simple binding assay for drug receptors 25 years ago," Pert wrote. "Prozac and other antidepressant serotonin-receptor-active compounds may also cause cardiovascular problems in some susceptible people after long-term use, which has become common practice despite the lack of safety studies. "The public is being misinformed about the precision of these selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors when the medical profession oversimplifies their action in the brain ..." Intrigued, I decided to investigate further. A week later I talked with Dr. Peter R. Breggin, a psychiatrist who is the author of Talking Back to Ritalin (Common Courage Press, 1998) and the president of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International. He shared his concern about the number of children on psychiatric drugs. "Several million children are being treated with Ritalin and other stimulants on the grounds that they have attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and suffer from inattention, hyperactivity or impulsivity," Breggin says in his book. "The stimulants include: Ritalin (methylphenidate), Dexedrine and DextroStat (dextroamphetamine or d-amphetamine), Adderall (d-amphetamine and amphetamine mixture), Desoxyn and Gradumet (methamphetamine), and Cylert (pemoline)." "Except for Cylert," Breggin notes, "all of these drugs have nearly identical effects and side effects ... Ritalin and amphetamine frequently cause the very same problems they are supposed to treat _ inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. A large percentage of children become robotic, lethargic, depressed or withdrawn on stimulants. "Withdrawal from Ritalin can cause emotional suffering, including depression, exhaustion and suicide," he adds. "This can make children seem psychiatrically disturbed and lead mistakenly to increased doses of medication." Breggin points out that today there are more than 909,000 children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 18 receiving psychiatric antidepressant drugs in the United States alone. As for Luvox, the antidepressant Eric Harris was taking, Breggin's report is intriguing _ and frightening. "According to the manufacturer, Solvay, four percent of children and youth taking Luvox developed mania during short-term clinical trials," he says. "Mania is a psychosis which can produce bizarre, grandiose, highly elaborated destructive plans, including mass murder ..." It seems hardly irrational to wonder if there was a link between these designer drugs and the violent, antisocial actions of the children taking them. Did Luvox play a substantial role in the massacre at Columbine High School? Was Kinkel at least in part motivated to kill his parents and shoot up his school because he was on Prozac? Could his Ritalin prescription have been a significant factor in T.J. Solomon's rampage at his high school? I'm no doctor, but these coincidences strike me as too glaring for the medical community to ignore. It's no endorsement to say that we can understand the antisocial rationale that drives one kid in the ghetto or the barrio to murder another over turf conflicts, macho aggression or
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-Caveat Lector- :-- http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990630/odd-44 --: Ventura attacks 'fat' foe, reveals underwear tendencies By Erin Ghere Minnesota Daily U. Minnesota (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has been making headlines lately in all sorts of ways, from his Friday lunchtime talk radio stint to his feelings on the freedom of speech. HEY FATTY! Ventura has angered some radio listeners by using his Friday lunchtime talk radio show, "Lunch with the Governor," to mar his political opponents. On Friday, Ventura called Darrell McKigney, president of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota, a "bozo ... that fat load looks like Lumpy Rutherford ... this guy who ain't never run around the block before in his whole life, doesn't have a real job." In response, McKigney challenged "The Body" to a debate. Even so, Ventura said he will not be inviting him to show anytime soon. Seems as if our governor can dish it out, but can't take it. UNDERWEAR UPDATE Ventura clarified something that all Minnesotans are probably sick of by now: When does the governor actually wear underwear? Or does he at all? On Monday night on CNBC's "Rivera Live," the governor told Geraldo Rivera he does not wear underwear when he is wearing jeans, but does when he is wearing suits and the like. Now we can all sleep at night. MILK DOES DA BODY GOOD Ventura spent Friday in Washington, D.C., and stole the show at a House dairy subcommittee meeting when he gulped down a glass of milk in support of Minnesota dairy farmers. Farmers have been protesting a system which give farmers higher milk prices the farther they are from Eau Claire, Wis. Ventura jokingly suggested Congress move the milk price base to Beaumont, Texas, which just happens to be 1,100 miles from St. Paul. OH SAY, CAN YOU SEE... Burning the American flag is a part of the freedom of speech and expression, argued Ventura Sunday on ABC's "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts." Ventura argued that the great thing about our country is our freedoms, including the freedom to burn the American flag. His comments were in response to the U.S. House of Representatives' vote last week to amend the Constitution to allow legislation that would ban the desecration of the flag. (C) 1999 Minnesota Daily via U-WIRE * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * ICQ# 19633976 * * *** SkeptiChat: sliding down the razor-blade of life *** now featuring SkeptiNews: All The News That's Fit To Question email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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) Release: flag burning
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:30:17 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Release: flag burning To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Libertarian Party announcements list) Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- === NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.lp.org/ === For release: June 28, 1999 === For additional information: George Getz, Press Secretary Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Why Cuba, Iran, communist China would support the Flag Amendment WASHINGTON, DC -- Want to make America more like Cuba, Iran, and China? Then encourage the U.S. Senate to pass an anti-flag burning amendment, the Libertarian Party recommended today. That's because Cuba, Iran, and China -- totalitarian regimes where civil liberties are nonexistent -- already make "desecrating" their flag a crime. And, unfortunately, that's the course of action the Senate may follow, in the wake of a House vote on Thursday to amend the Constitution to make flag-burning a crime, said Steve Dasbach, the party's national director. "Any U.S. Senator who votes to make flag-burning a crime will be following in the shameful footsteps of Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, and Mao Tse-tung -- and will strike a blow against the liberty that makes America unique," he charged. "The Senate has a simple choice: Do we want to live in a nation where political dissent -- no matter how obnoxious and offensive it may be -- is protected by the Constitution? Or do we want to live in a nation where patriotism is enforced by legislation, just like in Cuba, Iran, and China?" Sometime this summer, the U.S. Senate will vote on a proposed Constitutional amendment to give Congress the power to prohibit the "physical desecration" of the U.S. flag. A similar bill was approved overwhelmingly by the House, 305-124. If passed by the Senate, the amendment would go to the states for ratification. Already, 49 states have passed resolutions in favor of overturning a pair of Supreme Court decisions which ruled that burning an American flag is political "expression" protected by the First Amendment. The punishment for "desecration" has yet to be decided, but could range from one year of imprisonment (as mandated in Cuba), to 10 years in jail (as in Iran), to a life sentence at hard labor (as in Haiti, another country that punishes political dissent). As the U.S. Senate prepares to ponder the issue, said Dasbach, the real question it will face is whether to endorse "flagism" or Constitutionalism. "The real debate is whether to modify the Constitution to enforce flagism -- which is simply the secular worship of a colored piece of cloth -- or to defend the Constitution, so it can continue to protect our individual freedoms," he said. Libertarians have enormous respect for the values the U.S. flag represents, said Dasbach, but understand the way to honor those values is by preserving liberty, not limiting it. "To Libertarians, a flag is more than a colored cloth design; it's an idea and a vision of the principles we believe in," he said. "You can't destroy an idea by burning a piece of cloth. Flags can always be replaced; principles can't." And that's why the Senate should stand up for the principles of the U.S. Constitution when the anti-flag burning amendment comes up for a vote, and protect free expression, said Dasbach. "It is our liberty which makes America the best nation on earth; not the flapping colored cloth adorning our flagpoles," he said. "We urge the U.S. Senate to protect the liberty that made America great -- and not follow in the footsteps of Cuba, Iran, and China." -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN3sFZtCSe1KnQG7RAQGnBAP9E/A0UemMxtxDHUmwRrhiAgUlVQSkzCXn DrnaC61yAJgfxBP6WXsWFtTiqYglFy8n2Cc4Ij89Cvly1f+I1Mbion2lj/4zEP99 MqAGisYLO0ARbIR6t+2wLit9pId6j5ro9UG6MJNdp74fvXh+93CB5dfHpXh9SVIt 3pnvISk0S9o= =0Txp -END PGP SIGNATURE- The Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/ 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 100 voice: 202-333-0008 Washington DC 20037 fax: 202-333-0072 For subscription changes, please mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" in the subject line -- or use the WWW form. 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,
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-Caveat Lector- Via WorldTribune Wag the dog revisited - --- Maybe it seems like old news not worth revisiting. But the more I see Bill Clinton congratulating himself over his "military victory" in Kosovo, the more it reminds me that this entire operation began as little more than a diversion from his latest political scandal. This wasn't a humanitarian relief mission, folks. It was the latest in a series of wag-the-dog attacks directed by the war criminal in the White House. If you have any doubts, let's just review the facts: On Aug. 17, 1998, Clinton went on national television to offer an explanation-cum-apology for his deposition that day in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. On Aug. 20, 1998, Clinton launched a cruise missile assault against Sudan and Afghanistan. The Afghan real estate was supposed to be the base of terrorist Osama bin Laden. But he was not present, though 24 others were reportedly killed. The Sudan site was an alleged chemical-weapons plant that turned out to be a perfectly legitimate pharmaceutical company. The night watchman was killed. On Dec. 16, 1998, Operation Desert Fox began with air and cruise missile attacks on Iraq just hours before the House of Representatives was to commence its impeachment debate. The proceedings were delayed by a day because of the military action. The operation ended three days later, by some accounts, out of respect for the Islamic holiday of Ramadan. Nevertheless, some 2,000 Iraqis were killed in the series of bombing raids. In February 1999, Clinton was faced with two scandals breaking at once -- the emerging evidence that he had raped Juanita Broaddrick and the details of security lapses that resulted in American nuclear secrets falling into the hands of the Chinese. Though many analysts were surprised at the precipitous manner in which negotiations were halted, Clinton chose this moment to launch what turned into an 11-week bombing campaign in Serbia, killing some 6,000 Yugoslavian troops, 2,000 civilians and sparking the revenge killings of some 11,000 ethnic Albanian Muslims. Where would Clinton get the inspiration for such brazen and risky political theatrics? Paul Burgess, a former congressional aide to U.S. Sen. Michael Enzi of Wyoming, thinks he has an answer. And so do I. Burgess cites a hard-to-find report released by Federal Reserve economists in late 1997 called "An Investigation into the Magnitude of Foreign Contacts." The document (No. RWP97-14) is essentially, Burgess explains, a scientific qualification of the "wag the dog" theory, with the researchers offering a lengthy and complex mathematical model to illustrate the advantages of small-scale, low-intensity wars to presidents in distress. The report concludes: "If the information content (about the leader, and for the consumption of the electorate) of small conflicts is substantial and their costs sufficiently small, our model points to the possibility of diversionary actions being welfare-enhancing (for the leader); only when (a diversionary war) can provide information favorable to the incumbent leader can the action be successful in its purpose; even though a diversionary war may have been avoidable and may force an unwarranted cost upon the electorate, it also reveals new information about the leader's abilities which the electorate may find beneficial." I sit here in amazement that Clinton is permitted by my colleagues in the press and the Republican majority in Congress to gloat about his military prowess in defeating the Serbian army. He should be prosecuted for this savagery and this blatant violation of the Constitution. Worse yet, Clinton is now suggesting that his antics in the Balkans should serve as a model for future engagements throughout the world. He says this at the very moment the bloody tables in Kosovo have been turned -- as ethnic Albanian Muslims take their revenge on innocent Serb civilians. We're a long way from peace in the Balkans. Intelligence analyst Richard Maybury points out that, in World War II, the real fighting in the Balkans did not begin until after the Serb government surrendered. Then the Serbs turned to guerrilla war and eventually ran the Nazis out, killing some 70,000 in the process. Is it too much to believe that a president of the United States would stoop to warfare as political cover for himself? Remember, this is not just any president of the United States. This is Bill Clinton we're talking about -- a politician who lives by the polls. It's just possible that, in the last two years, more than a few people have died for those polls, too. - --- A daily radio broadcast adaptation of Joseph Farah's commentaries can be heard at http://www.ktkz.com/ AER ~~~ The only real
[CTRL] Fw: SNET: Global Positioning System Satellite Could Fail
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: John Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 2 July 1999 5:58 Subject: Re: SNET: Global Positioning System Satellite Could Fail - SNETNEWS Mailing List Also, by his own admission, Gritz is an HONORARY MEMBER of the Jewish Defense League. This should give pause to any thinking person about the reliability of Gritz. John Lee - Original Message - From: Bobby G. Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 9:39 AM Subject: SNET: Global Positioning System Satellite Could Fail - SNETNEWS Mailing List This morning on the Bo Grietz show on short-wave frequency 12.160 MHz, it was disclosed that "The Global Positioning System Satellite" "turns over" on August 22 and no one know what will happen. It is "possible" that it could shut down and take the whole system with it. It was also reported that the Coast Guard is posting warnings on this to its personnel. I personally have not researched this and do not know personally if it is factual or not, but if it is and you are up in a private plane guided by Global Positioning equipment in the plane- you better have alternate plans for that day (August 22, 1999) , just in case. Bobby G. Christian Note: The Bo Grietz show is on each week day morning from 9:00-11:00 AM on short-wave frequencies 12.160 MHz and 12.180MHz. Bo was a green beret officer in Nam. and much more. - Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: "Bobby G. Christian" [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: "John Lee" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 - Thursday #4 - doom/gloom
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990701d - - - - - - - - - - - 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 preconceptions were obliterated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tick ... Tick ... Tick ... If Japan's many doomsayers are right, the world will come to an end within weeks, maybe days. Do they know something the rest of us don't? Do they know anything about Nostradamus? Do they care? http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/asia/magazine/1999/990705/cover1.html : If the world ends fast, will you notice? Will it interrupt some perfectly good sex, a nice dinner, a pain spasm, a boring TV rerun, some web-surfing? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # RX FIRMS DUMPING IN ALBANIA. The WHO says pharmaceutical firms have been shipping tons of unwanted inventory to Kosovar refugees - tax writeoffs. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/member/politics/story/20532..html : Ain't capitalism wonderful? Are refugees expendable? Do you use outdated drugs? Is this part of an alien plot to harvest superfluous people? Really? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # France OKs Scientology acquittals. PARIS (AP) - France's highest court has upheld the acquittal of nine members of the Church of Scientology accused of corruption and theft, ruling it lacks the authority to decide whether Scientology is a religion. Prosecutors had argued the church was a sect that defrauded people of their money. The defense said it was a legitimate religion with the right to ask members for money. Ruling will be appealed: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560141315-a0b : Who has the authority to decide what is or isn't a religion? Do you read this bulletin as a religious ritual? Am I a priest, prophet, god, demon??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Japan cult cites persecution. TOKYO (AP) The Japanese doomsday cult whose guru is charged with murder in a 1995 subway nerve-gas attack accused the gov't of unfairly cracking down on the group. Hiroshi Araki, spokesman for Aum Shinrikyo, said the cult's activities have been peaceful since its top leaders were arrested after the Tokyo gassing, which killed 12 people and sickened thousands. He said a flurry of arrests on trespassing charges of Aum members distributing recruitment brochures was unconstitutional and violated Japan's guaranteed freedom of speech. Then he made icky gagging sounds. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560141995-59a : Should death cults be persecuted, executed, tolerated, ignored, flamed? Is your death cult persecuted? Are there any cults you'd like to persecute _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TECHNO BRA CALLS COPS. A security bra scans wearer's heart rate to sense danger. If activated, it beams her location to cops, helps them make a bust. http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20517.html # Bell Labs Geolocation Technology Pinpoints Wireless 911 Calls Within 15 Feet. Researchers have developed the most sensitive technology yet for pinpointing the location of wireless 911 emergency calls. The approach is accurate within 15 feet when users are outdoors and 100 feet when they are indoors. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/06/990630014801.htm : If you use a cellphone for any sensitive communications, can They find you wherever you are? Will the next generation of phones, bras, shoes, track you at all times? Will gov't agencies monitor whatever you say, wherever you go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # "Self-Healing" Discovered In A Solar Cell Material. Self-healing is normally the province of living creatures, but now a Weizmann Institute- led research team has discovered that it can occur in a semiconductor. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/07/990701065449.htm # Make Way For Faster, Cheaper Chips. Engineers have developed a method to make smaller, faster computer chips by stacking electronic devices - such as transistors 50 times smaller than a human blood cell - in a virtually unlimited number of layers, as opposed to conventional single-layer designs. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/06/990630074217.htm : Can we stack self-healing chips into living matrices denser than human brains? How soon will these evolve intelligence that totally outstrips us? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiBriefs: # STATES TO FACE EARLY Y2K TEST. The fiscal year 2000 -- will it spell doom for states' computer systems? Several U.S. state technology officers say they've had no problems with the rollover from 1999 to 2000. Auspicious: http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20514.html # Tim Leary sang to FBI. WASHINGTON (AP) - Counterculture guru Timothy Leary cooperated with FBI agents investigating a radical leftist group in 1974 and finked on group members who just 4 years before had helped him escape from
[CTRL] THIS-DAY-IN-HISTORY 1915-07-02
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Bruce H.G. Calder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Your History has Arrived [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce H.G. Calder's THIS-DAY-IN-HISTORY: July 2, 1915 -United States- Erich Muenter, a German language teacher at Cornell University detonates a bomb in the US Senate's reception room, but he will not be caught today. Tomorrow, he will shoot J.P. Morgan Jr. (who survives the attack) for representing the British government in war contract negotiations. Morgan's banking firm has been raising huge amounts of money for the purchase of military supplies. Three days after Muenter is finally apprehended, he will commit suicide in his jail cell. Timeline Of Violent Incidents At The Capitol http://www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-980724-191509.html http://nandosearch.com/newsroom/ntn/top/072498/topstory_23428_S1_body.html ABC News - Violence at the Capitol http://204.202.137.116/sections/us/DailyNews/shoot980731_list.html DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] REAL REASON FOR GUN OWNERSHIP
-Caveat Lector- ** THE REAL REASON FOR GUN OWNERSHIP ** BY THE COMPANY OF FREEMEN The State Creates Its Own Enemies Ghoulishly capitalizing on the tragedy of a mass murder, the anti-gun forces are surging forward with their plans for total gun confiscation. If law-abiding private citizens were disarmed, they claim, criminals and crazies would be unable to kill and maim. That's an obvious lie -- criminals, by definition, disobey laws, and madmen can kill with knives, cars or champagne bottles as easily and as senselessly as they can with guns. The not-so- secret agenda of the State and its apologists is clear: disarm peaceful citizens to render them powerless. Turn law-abiding Americans into criminals with the stroke of a legislative pen. Anyone who refuses to surrender his or her weapons would become an Enemy Of The State, much the same as any armed citizen is right now in the Soviet Union, or Communist China, or Socialist Nicaragua, or Fascist El Salvador, or Monarchist Great Britain. Gun confiscation is non-partisan -- it is always and forever aimed at anyone disliked by the current gang in power. Gun Seizure Sparked 1776 Revolution The American Revolution began in a dispute over gun control when British Redcoats marched toward Lexington and Concord to disarm farmers there. London claimed to be the "legitimate" government ruling America, just as Washington or Sacramento or Albany claims to be today. And their attempt to disarm us stems from the same power lust that drove King George. We must, therefore, hold on to our guns -- legally or illegally -- for the very same reason the colonists did. The Truth About Gun Ownership The anti-gunners, certain that the role of government is to grant privileges and dictate behavior, shout that citizens have no reason to be "allowed" to own assault rifles, which have "no legitimate sporting use". The Constitution, though, says nothing about "a well-regulated hunting club" being necessary. We do not own handguns, assault rifles, shotguns, and other powerful weapons because we are hunters or plinkers or collectors. We do not even own guns because the Constitution "allows" us to. The Constitution does not "grant" rights. It recognizes rights already and irrevocably held forever by the people themselves (individuals), and forbids government from trampling on them. We have a right to keep and bear arms regardless of whether the Second Amendment exists or not! All Article Two guarantees is that we shouldn't have to defend that right against "our" federal government. We've seen that simple guarantee erode, though, haven't we? The real reason for gun ownership is to protect the individual from the State, whether it is an invading State from across the seas or a domestic State grown tyrannical and oppressive. The goal of total, repressive confiscation is clear in the subtle, shifting arguments of the anti-gun forces. When handguns were the target, they clamored for prohibition because handguns were not militia-type weapons protected by the Second Amendment. Now they cry for assault rifle bans because "mere citizens" have no business possessing "military-style" weapons! These eager confiscators rightly point out that assault rifles, handguns, and indeed all "weapons" have only one purpose: to kill. Again they speak a truth, but only partially. The unasked question is, "To kill whom? And under what circumstances?" The answer is, "To kill any who attempt to rob, maim, rape, or kill us." Even that answer, though, does not fully express the most important reason for gun ownership. Only a small number of people are actually touched by criminal violence. The State, though, touches each and every one of us every hour of every day. People in government seek to tax our earnings to pay for their whims, to draft our children to fight in wars they start, to regulate and interfere with our lives out of pure love of power and their desire to wield it. They have become as tyrannical as any Tory redcoat, Soviet Commissar, or Nazi Gestapo. And they are coming to steal your last line of defense against them. Will you meekly obey? Gun Laws Enforced at Gunpoint When any law against guns is passed, how is it backed up? How will the State remove banned weapons from private hands? How will agents of the State disarm the citizenry? Why, by the use of guns, of course! This contradiction has never bothered statists. Why are handguns and assault rifles evil and wicked in the hands of private citizens yet perfectly fine in the hands of employees of the State? If this is truly "government by the people" why do we see the servants disarming their masters by force? What do they fear from us, if theirs is a legitimate, benevolent government? If the State does not seek to control us, why does it want us disarmed? The usual answer -- stripped of equivocation
[CTRL] Transformation Studies Group Scotland
-Caveat Lector- The Return of the Jedi !! A POTTED HISTORY OF THE TRANSFORMATION STUDIES GROUP by co-founder Andrew Hennessey EDINBURGH SCOTLAND The Transformation Studies group was born in edinburgh 1996 because I was a bit of a misfit amongst fundamentalist theosophists - who had hoped that I would go away, unfortunately I was like a bad penny - impervious to a bad time. However, I had a lot of help from a very good friend , an internationally respected templar and masonic expert - often consulted by tv and authors such as baigent, lincoln, bauval, hancock, sinclair and lomas etc etc so that he can verify their manuscripts for historic facts and detail. without his initial support we would have floundered. It caused considerable angst just getting a key to the building. the very thought But the returns and patience payed off. First the hippies and new age refugees - educated to superhumanity and past caring about the system - just singing and chanelling 'love and peace for the children of the world' ... thats Lilian, and Martin; his fledgling computer business destroyed by industrial espionage - wears a bright red hat amaongst other more colourful clothes :) Then came Margo Daru, a one woman army and crusader against injustice - 50 something and still motoring like a tank - currently fighting GM Monsanto and strange people from MI something or other ... :) - and Don Fraser - supermystic and musician, our man on the inside of the UKs Ministry of Defence :) astral walks and prophesy his specialty, Then Vincent - Video cameraman - has videod more shapechangers than David Ike !!! followed closely by Dangerous Dave - implanted of course - intrepid investigator of the murderous security underworld and a one man crusade against light sensitive alien starcruisers with a 12volt torch :) Then the first alan - alan C - musician, philosopher, nutrition specialist and prophetic survivalist - the worms of new zealand will never find his seed caches :) then alan H - lawyer, theres a magus hiding in there somewhere !! David mac - Tai Chi and Reiki specialist - incredible graphic artist - stephen mhutu edwards - academic philosopher going for phd - as is richard H going for a phd in parapaychology - he says he will never be the same at University now :), Then Brian - Neuro Linguistic Programmer and scientist, web and internet skills and Mo - marketing, research and development of programme and product and now david B a former recluse from the monastic retreat of Iona. By this time, the fundamentalists couldn't close us down - and we had won a battle to change Theosophy in Scotland from a place for elitist nobodys to a place full of vital activity and original input. We had all gotten to the very core of the evil secret school and its racist crap - and found out that they worship aliens at the earths centre and must be totally obedient to their masters. We dug up all the old skeletons, opened the locked and dusty doors - and had a good look at the dirty laundry. Nazis, Golden Dawn, wierd elites - then cofounder of the Group, Don, was given a strange and nasty biblical sounding document with 'wheat from the chaff' and 'justice without mercy' in it and reduce earths population to 1 million - these seeming to come from lovely grandfatherly old men and somehow got into Dons documents :) We get our fair share of kooks and spooks, but its all good clean fun - for us anyway :) we've had MK Ultra people, CIA field, MI5, MI6, DI7 and mental hospital outpatients with kitchen knives - they don't last the pace !!! :) Meanwhile, The fundamentalist were on the retreat, and resorted to stealing books and documents, then finally, not with a bang, but with a whimper, we had Transformed the Theosophical Society in Scotland into an organisation that had its eyes on the future, the 21st century, and with due respect to the 19th century, put it in its place. Now talks and events that I would have taken considerable flack and angst for a few years ago, are now happening by popular demand all over scotland and given by many people. We are currently into GM issues, Roslin, Stargates, Reptiles :) and trying to help community food centres, doing theatre shows, recordings - and our Bodicea Warrior margot - the very reincarnation of Joan of Arc is starting to slay the Giants of Evil as they congregate in the upper class jungles of Edinburgh. I just make the tea these days - :) with all these strong women around !! Andrew - as I said maggie - too many good people to lose :) 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
Re: [CTRL] Transformation Studies Group Scotland
-Caveat Lector- Here is some food for thought. How long did it take the trees to get tired of dinosaurs Why has China been able to have such a large population Why do some countries go adventuring Why do some countries apparently do suicidal Is it survival of the fittest or survival of the species What would we be replaced with? Ants that grow fungus? When the midnight soil becomes poisonous are we still wanted? Some in power may have contacts but I suspect they are on their way out is the human race is to survive. Bacteria and their symbolic relationships with plants Me thinks that they are unhappy with their symbolic relationship with humans So the ones in power, even if they have the connections - filter it through their press - how would it be edited? Will we live to see it? It appears that their personal bacteria is already made them suicidal - just hope they do not take the world with them - like some modern day Charles Madsons. -- Any man can stand adversity, The true test is to give a man power. http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/~frame.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] 'W' , SBÑand the truth . . . shall set us free!
-Caveat Lector- 7/1/99 'W' , SBand the truth . . . shall set us free! An interview with Antony C. Sutton, Researcher Emeritus By Kris Millegan ©1999 Little Red Hen ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Well, now, ain't life grand here in these United States. Now, I don't know but I do believe I am being told, by our corporate media, that George 'W' Bush is gonna be the next president and there ain't nothing us peons can do about it. 'W' has already got the cash and all the 'friends' a guy could want. Billy-boy has shown that personal peccadilloes don't matter. And, gee whiz, 'W's were just youthful indiscretions anyway. The Mighty "Wurlitzer" is playing loud and strong; Project Mockingbird has come home to roost and it looks as though a foreign secret society will for the third time put their 'juvenile' in the White House. The latest 'spin' has 'W' just being a president of his ol' college frat house, DKE, who maybe did some strange initiation ritualsyeah, right,ya wanna buy a bridge . .? George ' W' Bush is a member of a 167-year old secret society at Yale University, Skull and Bones. Skull and Bones, has been shown to be founded as a chapter of a secret society based in Germany. Some say it is just a college club; other say much more and point to 'W's grandfather's filching of Geronimo's remains; of the financing of Nazis and Communism; of drug smuggling; of eugenics; of manipulation of our social and political arenas through the Hegelian method of thesis, antithesisresulting towards the desired synthesisa "New World Order";and more . . . But then this is not just a story about ' W', or Skull and Bones, but also the story of a courageous man, his dutiful journey and consequent battle with the "powers-that-be". Antony C. Sutton, 74, has been persecuted but never prosecuted for his research and subsequent publishing of his findings. His mainstream career was shattered by his devotion towards uncovering the truth. In 1968, his Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development was published by The Hoover Institute at Stanford University. Sutton showed how the Soviet state's technological and manufacturing base, which was then engaged in supplying the North Vietnamese the armaments and supplies to kill and wound American soldiers, was built by US firms and mostly paid for by the US taxpayers. From their largest steel and iron plant, to automobile manufacturing equipment, to precision ball-bearings and computers, basically the majority of the Soviet's large industrial enterprises had been built with the United States help or technical assistance. Professor Richard Pipes, of Harvard, said in his book, Survival Is Not Enough: Soviet Realities and America's Future (Simon Schuster;1984) "In his three-volume detailed account of Soviet Purchases of Western Equipment and Technology . . . [Antony] Sutton comes to conclusions that are uncomfortable for many businessmen and economists. For this reason his work tends to be either dismissed out of hand as 'extreme' or, more often, simply ignored." The report was too much and Sutton's career as a well-paid member of the academic establishment was under attack and he was told that he "would not survive". His work led him to more questions than answers. "Why had the US built-up it's enemy? Why did the US build-up the Soviet Union, while we also transferred technology to Hitler's Germany? Why does Washington want to conceal these facts?" Sutton, following his leads, proceeded to research and write his three outstanding books on Wall Street: and FDR; and the Rise of Hitler; and The Bolshevik Revolution. Then, someone sent Antony a membership list of Skull and Bones and " a picture jumped out". And what a picture! A multigenerational foreign-based secret society with fingers in all kinds of pies and roots going back to 'Illuminati' influences in 1830's Germany. And what a list of members, accomplishments and . . . skullduggery! For the full story, check-out Sutton's book America's Secret Establishment, in print for 14 years and available from Liberty House Press, 1-800-343-6180. My short essay on A HREF="http://www.parascope.com/articles/0997/skullbones.htm"The Order of Skull and Bones /A is available at: http://www.parascope.com/articles/0997/skullbones.htm Here, in a rare, recent e-mail interview, are Antony Sutton's own reflections and answers to questions from myself and other researchers Pre-interview note from Antony Sutton: Remember all my papers on this are in deep storage 1000 miles away and cannot be accessed and I've not even thought about SB for 15 years. I had no idea that any interest had been aroused out there. I know the book is a steady seller from the royalty reports; but that is all. For the last 10 years I have been in complete seclusion working on future technology...I'm more engineer than historian. The only visitors I've had or meetings have been with three-letter agency people, who arrive on the doorstep unannounced and complain I am
[CTRL] (Fwd) July 1st FEC Data Update and more...
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: 01 Jul 99 2024 EST From: Public Disclosure, Inc - FECInfo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:July 1st FEC Data Update and more... Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FECInfo - Public Disclosure, Inc. www.tray.com *** NEW DATA The July 1 download of data from the FEC is now available. $200,000 CORPORATE FINE The FEC announced yesterday that carpet maker Beaulieu of America Inc paid a $200,000 civil penalty for a "knowing and willful" violation of the FECA after providing bonuses and reimbursements to thirty-six employee who had given to Lamar Alexander's 1996 presidential campaign. CEO Carl Bouchaert was fined $1 million in December 1998 for his role in the scheme. The case was handled by the Department of Justice. JUNE 30TH CANDIDATES CLOSE BOOKS - NEW REPORTS DUE Mid-Year campaign finance reports are due from all candidates by July 31st. The June 30, 1999, cash on hand figures should identify those with growing war chests for the 2000 elections. Others may have totally wiped out any debt from the 98 election. If a potential House or Senate candidate (such as in NY) has not started an official campaign committee by June 30, 1999, you will not see a mid-year report and you will not see their first finance report until January 31, 2000. Presidential candidates will also be filing new reports on July 15th. Bradley and Gore electronically filed their April report, and it was instantly available to the public and media. Several other candidates stated they would file electronically next time. It is now next time. If you want to be able to quickly and easily analyze their campaign finance data, now is the time to push them to file electronically. Reporters may also be seeking early figures based on phone interviews with campaigns. Make sure to get as many figures as possible. If you ask about cash on hand, also ask about debts owed. If you ask about receipts from fund raising events, campaigns will probably give you gross receipts figures, which are higher figures than net receipts. Check to see if receipts include any loans or transfers from existing committees. Make sure to ask about disbursements. NEW SOFT MONEY REPORTED Below is a list of the large soft money listed in paper reports filed June 20-25 by some of the national party committees, covering May 1999. These reports will be keyed into the FEC data base next month. The DNC and the NRCC do not report monthly. Their first report for 1999 will be filed in July. Highlights: Democrats picked up two big bundles - almost $750,000 from the Hollywood entertainment and communications industry; and $380,000 from Texas plaintiff trial lawyers. Democrats also picked up $250,000 from Mirage Resorts. Republicans picked up $230,000 from ATT; $85,000 from Microsoft; $100,000 each from Anschutz Corp and Pepsico; $100,000 each from Lois Pope, Jim Click, and Arnold Aronoff. Pope, Click and Arnoff are new $100,000 soft money donors. FINANCIAL American Financial Corp, Cincinnati, OH $75,000 to NRSC 5/19 Citigroup Inc, New York, NY $35,000 to RNC 5/6; $10,000 to NRSC 5/6 John P Manning (Boston Capital Partners) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27; $25,000 to DSCC 5/27 Victor Resnick (Resnick Capital Management) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 Pacific Capital Group Inc $12,500 to DSCC 5/20; $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 A Jerrold Perenchio, Los Angeles, CA (Chartwell Partners) $25,000 to RNC 5/11 Bond Market Assn $25,000 to NRSC 5/12; $2,000 to DCCC 5/28 Stephens Group, Little Rock, ARK, $25,000 to NRSC 5/11 Kenneth L. Fisher, Woodside, CA (Fisher Investments) $25,000 to RNC 5/11 Dirk Ziff (Ziff Brothers Investments) $12,500 to DSCC 5/20; $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 HEALTH AND INSURANCE American Specialty Health Plans $60,000 to RNC 5/5-6 AFLAC, $50,000 to DCCC 5/7 Schering Corp $25,000 to DCCC 5/28 Pfizer Inc, Jackson, CA $25,000 to RNC 5/26; $3,372 to RNC 5/5; $25,000 to NRSC 5/28 Prudential Insurance, Washington, DC $25,250 to NRSC 5/28 AETNA Services $25,000 to RNC 5/5 Merck Co, Westpointe, PA $25,000 to RNC 5/18 Eli Lilly and Co, Washington, DC $25,000 to NRSC 5/28 NAII Political Account , Des Plaines, IL $25,000 to NRSC 5/26 TRIAL LAWYERS Provost Umphrey Law Firm $100,000 to DCCC 5/28 Nix Patterson Roach $100,000 to DCCC 5/17. Memo entry indicated the following breakdown: Harold W Nix $40,000; C. Carry Patterson $40,000; Nelson Roach $20,000. John M O'Quinn (O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAninch Laminack) $80,000 to DCCC 5/28 Williams Bailey Law Firm, $100,000 to DCCC 5/12. Memo entry indicated the following breakdown: John E Williams $48,000; F Kenneth Bailey $32,000; Denman H Heard $7500; Steven J Kherkher $7500; Jeff Thompson$5,000 to DCCC. OTHER BUSINESS Mirage Resort Inc $250,000 to DCCC 5/7 Arnold Aronoff (Landon Corp) $100,000 to RNC 4/22 Anschutz Corp, Denver, CO $100,000 to
[CTRL] On Their Backs
-Caveat Lector- WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Germany Social Democrats and Greens propose drastic cuts in welfare, health, pensions Germany's new budget: the beginning of the end of the welfare state By Stefan Steinberg 2 July 1999 Back to screen version Details have emerged on the cuts proposed in the German welfare system by the Social Democratic (SPD)Green Party coalition government and SPD Finance Minister Hans Eichel. Eichel is seeking to save a total of 30 billion marks over the next year, half of which will be deducted from the single largest government department, Employment and Social Services. The planned slashing of the department's budget will result in a cut of 12.8 billion marks and mean drastic reductions in all social security paymentsfrom unemployment benefits to social assistance. Also in the past week the government has revealed its plans for a dramatic reform of the health and pension system. For decades the German welfare state had the reputation of being one of the most progressive in Europe, providing a broad range of services and a financial safety net to the unemployed, sick and elderly. Besides providing huge savings for the employers and imposing increasing costs on ordinary workers, the new budget fundamentally breaks with the principle upon which the German welfare state was built. Now the huge sums contributed over decades by workers to the pension and health funds are increasingly to be freed from state control and made available for speculation on the stock market and international exchanges. To appreciate the political significance of the new measures it is useful to briefly review the historical origins of the German welfare system. The very first measures providing insurance for workers in Germany date back to the rule of Chancellor Bismarck in the closing decades of the nineteenth century. Known as the Iron Chancellor, Bismarck was sufficiently astute to realise that it was necessary to offer certain concessions in order to make his government's dictatorial measures more palatable. Confronted with a powerful and rapidly growing industrial proletariat, Bismarck moved to block its political development by banning the Social Democratic Party in 1878. In order to head off opposition to this intensely unpopular law, Bismarck introduced a broad programme of social protection for workers. In 1883 a basic form of health insurance was introduced. A year later workers were provided protection for on-the-job accidents, and in 1889 an insurance system was introduced to provide long-term financial support for disabled workers. This latter law was to become the foundation for the pension funds established to provide workers with a comfortable income following retirement. For much of the 20th century such provisions were improved and expanded by the government whenever class divisions reached fever pitch, so as to forestall a radicalisation of the workers (e.g., during the Weimar Republic and following the Second World War). The welfare system was based on the principle of solidarity, i.e., that the state would require equal contributions to the health and insurance schemes from both workers and employers. Close collaboration between the employers and workers in developing the welfare state was a key factor in Germanys political stability and the economic miracle which the country experienced in the second part of the century. With these new measures, however, the employers are broadly freed from their responsibilty to contribute to the schemes and provide guarantees for their workers. Health and pension programmes are to be removed from government jurisdiction and subordinated to the vagaries of the market. SPD and Green politicians alike argue that these fundamental changes are necessary to overcome huge deficits and a so-called cost explosion in pensions and health benefits. In fact, a number of experts have demonstrated that the cost explosion is fictitious. Over the last 20 years, for example, the cost of the German health insurance scheme as a percentage of gross national product has only risen from 5.87 percent to 5.95 percent. According to professor Heinz-J. Bontrup from the University of Gelsenkirchen: Based on this growth there is no visible `dramatic` increase in health costs. He continues, ...only after German reunification did financial problems arise in the state-regulated health insurance system. To a large extent the financial difficulties are not the result of a cost explosion but are, above all, due to a drop in contributions caused by high unemployment and low wage deals. Not only does the Red-Green coalition government regard mass unemployment as inevitableat the moment nearly four million are officially unemployed in Germany and many millions more are underemployedthe government is also deliberately utilising mass unemployment to
Re: [CTRL] REAL REASON FOR GUN OWNERSHIP
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Lloyd Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] The real reason for gun ownership is to protect the individual from the State, whether it is an invading State from across the seas or... When states have overwhelming military forces, not to mention NBC [nuclear, biological, chemical] arsenals, 'guns' are absurd tools to attempt to oppose the power of such a state. Tactical nukes anthrax are NOT countered by gangs of citizens with shotguns AR-15s. Personal firearms are useful in assault and terror, nothing else. If you want to see what happens when organized groups of insurgents holding firearms confront the power of a modern state, refer to events in Uruguay, France and Egypt over the last few decades. Hint: the patriots/revolutionaries are slaughtered. The "REAL REASON FOR GUN OWNERSHIP" is to enrich the makers and sellers of personal firearms. It's no coincidence that many 2nd Amendment proponents are also involved in pushing gold coins as a hedge against instability. Gold has dropped 500% in value in recent decades; the only people profiting in gold, are the dealers who find suckers they can scare into buying it. Same thing with guns - sharpies sell, suckers buy. Yow. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * ICQ# 19633976 * * *** SkeptiChat: sliding down the razor-blade of life *** now featuring SkeptiNews: All The News That's Fit To Question email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
