[CTRL] When Is A Conspiracy Not A Conspiracy? (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- From: http://www.trufax.org/paradigm/conspiracy.html When Is A Conspiracy Not a Conspiracy? When Some Authority Says So © 1999 Denise Breton and Christopher Largent The backdrop of the rant: It's the evening of June 8, 1999, and we've just watched the Bill Moyers PBS special, "Free Speech for Sale." Yes, valid issues were raised and interesting points made about the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (in which an estimated $70 billion worth of publicly owned airspace --the so-called digital spectrum-- was given away to big corporations). But what got our goat was an exchange between Bill Moyers and Dean Alger, the author of Megamedia. (more at above URL) = Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: JFk Jr.-WHAT WRECKAGE!!
-Caveat Lector- was all covered and roped down with a large blue tarp so no one could see any part of it -- WHY THE SECRECY??? What is it about this wreckage of an airplane they don't want the public to see??? Could it be the tell-tale signs of a sudden catastrophic incident, like an on board explosion or a missile shootdown, the evidence of which would be clearly visible if the wreckage were uncovered??? More likely it's because this is A Piper aircraft, not THE Piper aircraft; e.g., this is planted 'evidence', to lend credence to the official version that Kennedy crashed off of Martha's Vineyard... June ;-) *===* Kite So many things you want to see And as you ask I'll set you free But as you fly You'll touch the sky And touch the heart Within me Fly away. -- Bob Childs *===* *---* revcoal AT connix DOT com *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** 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] Fwd: Cause of crash still eludes investigators
-Caveat Lector- "official" disinformation, noise and static; because AGAIN, ALL these statements are completely INVALIDATED by the fact that Kennedy radioed the Vineyard airport flight controller at NINE THIRY-NINE in a TOTALLY calm, collected, and spatially VERY WELL ORIENTED state of mind; We do not have a 'fact' that Kennedy was EVER in contact with the airport...we just have the airport's CLAIM that he did, and their claim as to WHEN he was in contact...a claim that suspiciously surfaced fairly late, since throughout last Saturday we were being told that searchers had absolutely no clue as to where to focus a search... It wasn't until Sunday that the Martha's Vineyard airport personnel seemed to awake from a prolonged sleep and let the world know that they supposedly talked to Kennedy on Friday night...which, if true, leaves only two troubling conclusions: either they deliberately withheld this information so that the search would deliberately be led away from the Vineyard for a certain period of time; or they are lying. The only FACT we have in this case is that Kennedy, his wife, and sister-in-law, are gone...we must presume dead, since we, the public, have never seen the bodies, we only have the assertion of those who are controlling the information that their bodies were found. We have no PROOF of where they flew, WHERE they went down, indeed we don't have PROOF that they even DID go down. The verbal testimony of the airport personnel, as I showed above, is 'troubling' at the very least, and upon analysis leaves us with only two conclusions, both of which cast the veracity of the Vineyard airport people into question. We have supposed radar tapes, which again surfaced late in the game, after we were told absolutely NO radar tracking existed... Radar tapes can be faked. We have nameless individuals claiming they saw a flash of light in the sky off of MV on Friday night at about the time Kennedy was due to land...but again, these reports surfaced late in the game, and we've never been provided one name of one person who actually saw this, what we've been given is 3rd hand rumor that would be inadmissable as evidence in a court of law. And like the airport personnel, one must question why, if these witnesses indeed saw something strange in the sky on Friday night, they weren't coming forward on Saturday morning when the searchers were saying they had no idea where to focus the search...especially since one of these supposed witnesses is supposedly a reporter... We HAVE had a few pieces of a Piper aircraft wash up on Cape Cod beaches, plus a piece of Lauren Bessette's luggage...which, strangely, only contained a bathing suit, a hair dryer, and some makeup...no shoes or other clothing, not even a clean change of underwear? What washed up qualifies as 'flotsam and jetsam', e.g., things that could have easily been planted to float on the surface and eventually wash up on shore, no member of the public has seen debris retrieved from the depths of the ocean... We have a wedding of a well-known member of the Kennedy clan taking place that weekend, as the reason for Kennedy to have been going to Hyannisport...and yet we've never been told WHY John's sister Caroline decided a rafting trip was more important to go on rather than attend her cousin's wedding, nor why Senator Ted's own son also decided to book out on attending the weddingstrange actions for scions of such a supposedly close-knit clan Beware of accepting as 'fact' what IS 'in fact' only what the media is telling us, based on what they (the media) are being fed by those who are controlling this show... June ;-) *===* Kite So many things you want to see And as you ask I'll set you free But as you fly You'll touch the sky And touch the heart Within me Fly away. -- Bob Childs *===* *---* revcoal AT connix DOT com *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed.
[CTRL] Fw: #7 - Latest info on JFK, JR. Assassination - possible motive -aconvenient death
-Caveat Lector- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 7:06 PM Subject: #7 - Latest info on JFK, JR. Assassination - possible motive -aconvenient death Subj: Fwd:World Net Daily-JFK: A Convenient Death Date: 7/24/99 9:52:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NewsHawk) Reply-to: A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A Original Message Subject: Fwd: [WND] JFK: A Convenient Death Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:35:48 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj: [newsviewz] [WND] JFK: A Convenient Death Date: 7/24/99 2:41:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WorldNetDaily.com THURSDAY JULY 22, 1999 by Craige McMillan A Convenient Death "Motive causing the commission of the crime is ofttimes helpful in tracking the fugitive. Motive may be said to include the elements of gain, sex, revenge, anger, homicidal mania, and sex perversion. 'Cherchez la femme''Seek the woman'is an axiom that has been followed successfully in tracking criminals in many cases. Many acts of criminals before and after the commission of a crime, as well as in supplying the motive for a crime, have been done at the urge of or on account of a woman." -- Modern Criminal Investigation, by Dr. Harry Soderman and John J. OConnell, Funk and Wagnalls, 1935, p.35. By any account, John F. Kennedy Jr. possessed the necessary name recognitionthe political capital of our dayto mount a serious race for high-level political office. Media reports following his demise in a small plane crash indicate that he had already made "discrete inquiries" regarding that possibility. In an age devoid of popular leaders, one could safely suggest that JFK Jr. would have been an electoral "shoo-in" for any number of offices. Maybe even for the U.S. Senate seat in New York State: the subject of his discrete inquiries. Air travel has most assuredly changed the way we live. It has also changed the way we die. Nearly a dozen years ago, on July 16, 1987, a low-level CIA operative involved in arming the Nicaraguan Contras, climbed into a small plane with a Jewish man he knew as Max Weber." I dont trust these little airplanes, Im sorry its, how do you say, a phobia," Weber told Terry Reed (Compromised: Clinton, Bush, and the CIA, by Terry Reed and John Cummings, S.P.I. books, New York, 1994). Mr. Reeds account of how the CIAs aircraft returning from Nicaragua began carrying drugs into Mena, Arkansas, is a fascinating excursion, but its not our destination today. Yet even as Congress was revving up to impeach Ronald Reagan for the scandal that Reed asserts George Bush was running, and then-Gov. Bill Clinton skimming profits from, Max Weber offered this observation: We dont think your country has a democracy any longer. ... We think your country has had a very quiet, internal coup. Look at the evidence, its all there (p.359). As the pair discussed that evidence, the impending death of Soviet communism, and the geo-political balance of power, Weber offered: Think about China. ... Who will replace the USSR as the power base of all of Asia if Russia collapses? China will (p.360). Their conversation at 13,000 feet was the last the two men ever had with one another. They landed safely that day. But one week after the election of President George Bush in November of 1988, Max Weberalso known as Amiram Nir, the Israeli Prime Ministers advisor on combating terrorismdied over Mexico in a crash aboard one of the "little airplanes" he so feared. One never knows, of course. Accidents happen. Equipment malfunctions. Pilots make mistakes. But more sinister things also happen. Explosives are sometimes planted on aircraft. Luggage can house a bomb. Instruments and fuel can be tampered with. Missiles home in on their targets. JFK Jr. radioed the airport at Marthas Vineyard at 9:39 p.m. on Friday, July 16th, for his final approach. He told the control tower operator that he was 13 miles from the airport and ten miles from the coast. Triangulation would give a rough location of the aircraft. "Moments later, radar operated by the Federal Aviation Administration showed the plane went into a dive and dropped 1,200 feet in just 12 seconds," ABC news reported. "A reporter for the Vineyard Gazette newspaper told WCVB-TV in Boston that he was out walking Friday night about the time of the crash and saw a big white flash in the sky off Philbin Beach," UPI reported. Visibility was eight miles, adequate for landing visually. But, as JFK Jr. himself reported, he was 10 miles from the coast -- too distant for the reporters unaided eyesight to recognize more than a "big white flash in the sky." UPI said that "Kennedy did not file a flight plan." Like his inquiries into the U.S. Senate race in New York, it seems JFK Jr. liked to keep his whereabouts discrete. Pity, that like the American B-52 pilots who triangulated themselves for
[CTRL] Fwd: ALERT: Stop Bob Barr's Attack on Democracy! (DC Medical Marijuana Vote U...
ALERT: Bob Barr Trying Again to Silence DC's Medical
Marijuana Vote -- Bill Coming to House Floor Tuesday!
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Dear Friend,
Last year, Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) introduced a shameful bill
that forbids the District of Colombia government from using
even its own funds to count or certify the results of DC's
medical marijuana initiative last year, I-59, which
according to an exit poll gained 69% of the vote. ALMOST
NINE MONTHS SINCE THE ELECTION, CITIZENS IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF
THEIR VOTE. Our sources tell us that Rep. Barr intends to
introduce an amendment to the District Appropriations Bill
on Tuesday, 7/24, to extend his ban for another year, even
though the same amendment failed in committee last week.
The Barr amendment is flagrantly unconstitutional and
represents a fundamental attack on democracy, and is
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[CTRL] Fwd: (en) Daily Bleed: 7/24 Ammon Hennacy, Durruti Column, Juan Peiro Belis, ...
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France: FESTIVAL OF ST. ELOI. Gunfire horse races;
among the Basques, mules old automobiles are blessed.
FEAST OF THE TRICKSTER OF LIBERTY.
1701 - Seville Servant?: Motown founded by Antoine Cadillac.
1781 - Gone with the Wind?: Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist
Russia.
1783 - Simon Bolivar lives, Venezuela.
1799 - William Clark (of Lewis Clark) is willed the slave York.
According to the law, where there's a will, there's a nave.
1860 - Dallas Cowboys?: Dallas, Texass lynchings beatings.
1893 - Birth of British anarchist/pacifist Ammon Hennacy.
Best known for his work in operating the "Joe Hill Hospitality
House" for transients in Salt Lick City, Utah. (. . . )
1897 - US: 23 bicycle riders the Army's 25th Infantry rode
into St. Louis having pedaled 1,900 miles from Missoula, Montana.
The 25th Infantry was an all-black unit. (. . . )
1925 - John T. Scopes convicted in Tennessee of monkeying around
in high school, fined $100 costs.
"There's something I must tell you. It's worried me. I didn't
violate the law ... I never taught that evolution lesson. I
skipped it. . . (. . . )
1936 - Spain: The Durruti Column, made up of 2,000 militiamen
leaves Barcelona (. . . )
1937 - Alabama drops charges against 5 blacks falsely accused of
rape in Scottsboro. (. . . )
1942 - Spain: Juan Peiro Belis (1887-1942) dies, executed by the
fascists, in Valencia. Spanish anarcho-syndicalist (. . . )
1946 - First underwater atomic explosion, Bikini Atoll, South
Pacific. Attempt to destroy commie "Red Tide" before it reaches
America? (see also Domino Theory; Uncle TailGunner Joe McCarthy)
1949 - Jean Roumilhac dies in car accident. Fought with the
Spanish Republicans. President of S.I.A. (International
solidarity Antifascist). (. . . )
1950 - German V2 became the first rocket to be launched from Cape
Canaveral, Florida. The US provided safe haven for thousands of
Nazis (. . . )
1967 - Boston Bruins?: Three days of rioting begin in Cambridge,
Md. (. . . )
1974 - House Judiciary Committee debates DickM Nixon's articles
of impeachment. Vote favorably on three (. . . )
1974 - Supreme Court unanimously rules Beloved Respected
Comrade Leader Dick M Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes.
However Nixon is allowed to keep Checkers (Trish), Jeanne Dixon
(Pat) Henry Kissinger (Dick).
1980 - Peter Sellers dies at 54. Critics cry "Sell-out".
"LIFE IS A STATE OF MIND" ---Chance
1983 - Women tag U.S. warplane with graffiti at Greenham Common,
England.
1983 - 10,000 form a human chain for a cleaner North Sea, West Germany.
1990 - "Looking Glass," US flying nuclear command post, ends its
24-hour-a-day flights.
Tweedledum Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.
'I know what you're thinking about,' said Tweedledum: 'but it
isn't so, nohow.'
`Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, `if it was so, it might be;
if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
THE TYGER
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
With your terror, might, and fright
What immortal hands or eyes
Could expose your fearful lies?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burns the hot fire of your eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art
Could twist the sinews of your heart?
And what could stop your heartbeat?
What dread hand? And what dread feet?
What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was your brain?
What the anvil? What dead grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
Could our dear Founding Fathers
Arise from their restful graves,
Would they smile their work to see?
Or cackle with deadly glee?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
With your terror, might, and fright
What immortal hands or eyes
Dare expose your fearful lies?
--- William Blake (edited expanded)
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Re: [CTRL] Why some of us fear Clinton?
-Caveat Lector- On 24 Jul 99, , William quoted someone who said: Well, it is time someone explained the right's fear of Bill Clinton. For if any of us hate Bill Clinton -- and certainly we shouldn't hate anyone, as the Bible says -- it is fear, at bottom, that inspires us. This is not a proud acknowledgement, but an honest one. Some of us really do fear Clinton. We experience his term in office as a dangerous time, as a time in which American institutions are exposed to corruption and degradation. It is a time when freedom is imperiled at home and national security is weakened abroad. Left? Liberal? It should be apparent by now that Bill is merely the opening act for the main attraction which is coming to this nation-- An "entre acte" kind of thing or intermission or a distraction, designed to pave the way for George2. I can't imagine that anyone who could really be called "left" or "liberal" would have a ghost of a chance in these times when even dead center is considered radically, dangerously "left." First Reagan, then Bush, then Clinton, then Bush--and who is that little man behind the curtain making the calls and pushing the buttons? sno0wl 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] OT: Russian hackers steal US weapons secrets (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Between Bill and Barry McCaffrey the government is squandering mega chunks of the peoples product on nothing but smoke and mirrorsthey just need to keep it going a little while longer folks... MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: -Caveat Lector- From: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/Times/frontpage.html?1124027 The Times of London July 25 1999 UNITED STATES Picture© Cyber assault: Clinton wants an extra $600m to combat threats such as Moonlight Maze Photograph: Ron Edmonds Russian hackers steal US weapons secrets by Matthew Campbell Washington AMERICAN officials believe Russia may have stolen some of the nation's most sensitive military secrets, including weapons guidance systems and naval intelligence codes, in a concerted espionage offensive that investigators have called operation Moonlight Maze. The intelligence heist, that could cause damage to America in excess of that caused by Chinese espionage in nuclear laboratories, involved computer hacking over the past six months. This was so sophisticated and well co-ordinated that security experts trying to build ramparts against further incursions believe America may be losing the world's first "cyber war". Investigators suspect Russia is behind the series of "hits" against American computer systems since January. In one case, a technician trying to track a computer intruder watched in amazement as a secret document from a naval facility was "hijacked" to Moscow from under his nose. American experts have long warned of a "digital Pearl Harbor" in which an enemy exploits America's reliance on computer technology to steal secrets or spread chaos as effectively as any attack using missiles and bombs. In a secret briefing on Moonlight Maze, John Hamre, the deputy defence secretary, told a congressional committee: "We are in the middle of a cyber war." Besides military computer systems, private research and development institutes have been plundered in the same operation. Such institutes are reluctant to discuss losses, which experts claim may amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. "We're no longer dealing with a world of disgruntled teenagers," said a White House official, referring to previous cases of computer hacking in which pranksters have been found responsible for incursions. "It is impossible to overstate the seriousness of this problem. The president is very concerned about it." The offensive began early this year, when a startling new method of hacking into American computer systems was detected. A military computer server near San Antonio, Texas, was "probed" for several days by hackers who had entered the system through an overseas site on the internet. Dozens of infiltrations ensued at other military facilities and even at the Pentagon in Washington. When research laboratories also reported incursions using the internet technique, officials realised that a "cyber invasion" was under way. "There were deliberate and highly co-ordinated attacks occurring in our defence department systems that appeared to be coming from one country," said Curt Weldon, chairman of a congressional committee for military research and development. "Such a thing has never happened before. It's very real and very alarming." Even top secret military installations whose expertise is intelligence security have been breached. At the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (Spawar), a unit in San Diego, California, that specialises in safeguarding naval intelligence codes, Ron Broersma, an engineer, was alerted to the problem when a computer print job took an unusually long time. To his amazement, monitoring tools showed that the file had been removed from the printing queue and transmitted to an internet server in Moscow before being sent back to San Diego. "It turned out to be a real tough problem for us," he told a private computer seminar last month. It is not clear precisely what information was contained in the stolen document. Beyond its role in naval intelligence, Spawar is also responsible for providing electronic security systems for the Marine Corps and federal agencies. It is suspected that several other intrusions had gone undetected. Oleg Kalugin, a former head of Soviet counterintelligence now resident in Maryland, said such facilities were prime targets for Russian intelligence. He said the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information, a former KGB unit that specialises in electronic eavesdropping, was certain to be exploiting the internet for spying on America. "That's what they're good at," he said. America's high-precision technologies, including weapons guidance systems, are of particular interest to a country such as Russia where economic woes have prompted crippling cutbacks in funding for military research. "Russia is quite good at producing technology but can't afford to finance the research," said Kalugin.
[CTRL] Gold and Y2K and 29 and HIKE! Part2
-Caveat Lector- PART2 "Mr. Fisher, the No. 2 man at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was stunned by what he saw. The ailing Long-Term Capital, the huge, secretive, and unregulated investment partnership founded by John Meriwether, was `a lot bigger than anybody thought, ' he says, and far more intricately interwoven with major markets and major players. The fear of `this layer cake becoming unglued' and putting the world's financial system at risk, as Mr. Fisher puts it, led him and his boss, New York Fed President William McDonough, to round up the biggest names on Wall Street to inject $3.625 billion into Long-Term Capital a few days later. "The move thrust 42-year-old Mr. Fisher out of the shadows where Fed staffers usually reside and into the public spotlight. It also set off a barrage of criticism for Mr. Fisher, his boss. and the Fed. "W. Lee Hoskins, former head of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, sums up critics' reasoning: `A perverse kind of incentive could be put in place that investors can continue to make these bets on the hopes that the government will limit the downside risk.' He adds: `As a general rule, one should err on the side of letting the market solve the problem.' "Before the Fed was created by Congress in 1913, there was no government entity charged with maintaining financial stability. When the collapse of the Knickerbocker Trust Co. threatened to unleash a panic in 1907, the task fell to J.P. Morgan, the legendary banker, to rally Wall Street to keep markets functioning. In a sense, Messrs. Fisher and McDunough are Mr. Morgan's successors. "Mr. McDonough, 64, a former commercial banker, gets the bigger office and the big title. Mr. Fisher's primary job is to run the Fed's trading operation. When Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan decides to cut interest rates, Mr. Fisher and his staff actually do it by buying and selling government securities to maintain the desired rate in the market. When Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin decides to help prop up the value of the Japanese Yen, Mr. Fisher sells the dollars and buys the yen. "In that capacity Mr. Fisher is the Fed's eyes and ears on the inner working of stock, bond, and currency markets and is given a wide degree of latitude about when certain events pose broader risks "In mid-September the New York Fed's traders were witnessing unsettling developments. After Russia's debt default and currency devaluation, investors were shunning risky assets; even in the United States trading volume was thin, and prices were volatile. "`These shocks were, in their own way, not unlike what the stock market suffered in October 1987,' Mr. Fisher says. "Amid the turmoil, Mr. Fisher heard frequent rumors about numerous firms in trouble, but one name was coming up with increasing frequency" Long-Term Capital Management in Greenwich, Conn. Thus it was that on Sept. 20 he left his parents' party in Cambridge and headed for Greenwich. "After looking at Long-Term Capital's books, he realized some of the recent bond market turmoil flowed directly from the hedge fund's dumping its investments to raise cash. It underscored how much worse the markets would be if the firm collapsed. `I had an epiphany,' he says. `I realized they would be in the eye of the hurricane.' "Based on that assessment, Messrs. Fisher and McDonough spent the next three days putting the rescue plan in place. On the night of Sept. 22, while Mr. McDonough was returning from London, where he had delivered a previously planned speech, Mr. Fisher summoned some of the biggest names on Wall Street to the nearby imposing stone headquarters of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. "He offered warm sodas and no food to his guests, who stayed past 10 p.m. He spoke for just a few minutes at the outset of the two-hour meeting, but what he said was potent. He didn't ask any firm outright to do anything. He didn't even hint at the possibility of using public money. He just observed that a collapse of the investment partnership could be chaotic for markets and that there was a `public interest in a collective industry option' to keep Long-Term Capital afloat, according to participants in the session. "The decision to give that nudge -- the crucial one -- appears to have been made largely by Mr. Fisher and Mr. McDonough. Mr. McDonough consulted with Mr. Robert Rubin and Mr. Greenspan by phone. But Mr. Greenspan told Congress that the decision was based on `the judgement of the officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.' The Fed's board of governors was informed but not consulted. "Critics complain that by pulling together the Wall Street consortium, Messrs. Fisher and McDonough gave Long-Term Capital's Mr. Meriwether good reason to rebuff a buyout bid from billionaire Warren Buffet. That bid would have wiped out Mr. Merriwether and his partners, including a former Fed vice chairman, David
[CTRL] Gold and Y2K and 29 and HIKE! Part1
-Caveat Lector- CHRIS POWELL, Secretary Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. July 20, 1999 Senator Phil Gramm Senate Banking Committee 534 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Gramm: We thank Madelyn Simmons for taking the time to contact us, listening to what we have to say, and for requesting our contentions in writing. It is with that spirit and understanding that I am writing to you on behalf of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee. I have a financial Internet site, www.lemetropolecafe.com, and write commentary about the gold market for the "Caf." I am a veteran trader in the markets and it became apparent to me after the Long-Term Capital Management bailout that the gold market was being manipulated and the manipulation was being carried out by various bullion dealers. The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, a non-profit Delaware corporation, was formed in January this year to investigate this matter and we have retained one of the top anti-trust law firms in the United States, Berger Montague of Philadelphia, to assist us in our quest to learn the truth about what is going on behind the scenes in the gold market. Because of the way the Bank of England sale was announced, we also suspect that the current administration (perhaps the Federal Reserve or U.S. Treasury) may be active in the gold market through a trading account at Goldman Sachs and, therefore, may have some role in the orchestration of a lower gold price. If our assessment is correct, this account is the responsibility of Peter Fisher of the New York Federal Reserve. The relationship between the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury, Goldman Sachs, and the Bank of England is strong and illuminating. Throughout this letter I will bring to your attention various news reports, statements by public officials, and personal commentary that ties our suspicions and allegations together. I hope that you will see that we have quite the "duck" story here -- in that it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, etc. GATA asks that if you find this letter to be credible, your committee investigate whether what looks like a duck indeed is a duck. Our findings are brought to you in the spirit of proud Americans who cherish democratic principles. For if our suspicions are correct, these democratic principles are being cruelly trampled. The few people and institutions in the know in this scheme are gaining incredible wealth at the expense of many. The manipulation of the gold price is destroying mining companies and their employees and shareholders, as well as whole countries dependent on gold production. We believe that this may be a a scandal more serious than Watergate because so many people are suffering unnecessarily even as the stability of the international financial system is threatened. We believe that to suppress the price of gold, the "collusion crowd" has borrowed so much gold from central banks and sold it into the market that it could not be repaid as promised should the price of gold rise quickly and unexpectedly. Last year gold mine production was 2,529 tonnes. Later in this letter I will refer to a sophisticated study indicating that the gold borrowings were 8,000 tonnes two years ago and are even larger today. There was speculation last year that the investment banks that bailed out Long-Term Capital Management somehow assumed a 300-tonne gold position of the firm because the position was too big to be covered at the market. How would this same cabal help thousands of tonnes of gold shorts get out of the market in a pinch? Such a problem could result in a market calamity and cause great stress for banking institutions. That is why we believe these matters should be investigated by the Senate Banking Committee. Since last fall I have been documenting what led my associates and me to believe that there has been a coordinated effort to hold down the price of gold. But it was the Bank of England's announcement of its plans to sell gold that set off alarm bells around the world. No other central bank has announced a gold sale prior to its completion in more than 20 years, and the Bank of England's announcement was made as the gold price was storming past a key gold loan borrowing point and interest in the gold market was finally rising again. Gold share volume in various bourses was at its greatest level in six years. It appeared that a long- awaited gold rally was finally under way and the "collusion crowd" might finally be losing its grip on the market. Yet, the night before the Bank of England's announcement (May 6, 1999), I feared duplicity, and this is what I wrote in my "Midas du Metropole" commentary, titled, "XAU surges 46 percent": "We know 'the squad' are all lining up to try to stifle a decent gold move to the upside one more time. Deutsche Bank, Chase, Swiss Bank, and Goldman Sachs were all there selling gold during today's session
[CTRL] FWD-True KKK-Masonry Link (Not Pike)
-Caveat Lector- Subject: The True KKK-Masonry Link (NOT PIKE) From: Anonymous A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A Date: Sat, 24 July 1999 01:17 PM EDT Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I personally don't believe that Pike was a member of the KKK. Even if he was, I don't believe that it makes him any less of a Mason or a man. A few KKK sites mention Pike but for the sake of agruement, I won't consider them. The true KKK-Masonry link is William J. Simmons (not Dr. Green as I mistakenly listed in an earlier post). He founded what is known as the 2nd Klan Era, in 1915, after D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" was released. The first and true Klan had been dead since the mid to late 1870's, after Northern Federal troops surpressed it (The 1st Era). William J. Simmons was a prominent Mason in Georgia. He was also a Knights Templar in the York Rite, a Knight Pythian, and an Oddfellow. He devised the new Klan including its rituals and ceremonies. Because the man who wrote the rituals was a fraternalist in several organizations, it was only natural that he adopted the ones he was familar with. Of course, the Knights of Pythias and Oddfellows were modeled off of Masonry, as well. So all these groups had a similar ritual even if their purposes were wildly different. This Klan had an altar, an American flag, an unsheathed sword, and a Bible opened to the 12th chapter of Romans, and new candidates swore that "I will rather die than divulge the same." This doesn't mean that Masonry is the KKK or the KKK is Masonry but that the founder of the 2ND ERA KKK happened to be in the Freemasons, Oddfellows, Pythians, etc. This new order became wildly popular and soon attracted 500,000 members, many of them happened to be Masons, as well. It is a natural thing that occured. It was a new fraternity. At this point in time, the KKK was not consider an evil organization. The 1st Era Klan wasn't even considered that evil. Do you really believe that the federal government cared about murdered blacks? They didn't like a group that was effectively saying "Long Live The South. Screw The North." But just as quickly as it boomed, the 2nd era Klan died out, because of corruption in its leadership, a realization of middle class Masons that they were associating with a white trash organization, and the Great Depression. By 1930, membership dropped to 35,000. A federal back tax bill for $685,000 in 1944, killed the 2nd Era Klan for good. This 2nd Era Klan is probably the only "Masonic" Klan. The founder happened to be a mason and the membership HAPPENED to have quite a few Masons. Any actual connection between the two, was just a deviation from the norm. Just like the 1st Era Klan that happened to have Masons in its charter group. The 3rd, 4th, and now 5th era Klans are completely unMasonic in words and deeds. In fact if it wasn't for the fact that some Klan members in the South HAPPEN to be Masons as well,the KKK would probably condemn us as a ZOG organization. Heck a lot probably do. The brings up another point, there is no one Klan. Some admit Catholics, some want to hang them. Some openly advocate violence. Others condemn violence. Some openly use the N word, other abhor the practice. Some even don't use robes anymore. Remember the publicity seeking Jerry Springer Klansmen are a bunch of hooligans looking attention. Compared some of the these groups' websites to the KKK Political party Website and you'll see the difference. So don't condemn all Klansmen for the actions of a few. No more than Masons should be condemned for a single incident in the 1830's. No more than Masons should be condemned for the actions of some drunk Shriners in the 1950's and 1960's. Ku Klux Klan is just a name. The truth is in actions an deeds. And as far as Pike goes. Who knows. Some KKK groups claim he was a Klansman. AASR Masons claim he isn't. What difference does it really make? The man is long dead. I am just a blue lodge Mason and not a AASR, so I really don't care either way. - Saint Merlin the Magical Mystical Wizard of the Land of Qwerty SOURCES: The International Encyclopedia of Secret Socities Fraternal Orders By Alan Axelrod Copyright 1997 AE Investigative Report Special on the KKK Et al sources DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives
[CTRL] Fwd: oops/spell checker needed/1 more time
What I just sent you needed to be checked for spelling (my own name at that!). So here it is again. Bye Hey there-- Please post this in response to what some of your listmembers are posting. The main points to respond to: Kennedy's radio contact with the Vineyard Airport is without any doubts verified 1,000,000%; as shown by the current brouhaha over the FAA's incredible refusal for 6-7 hours to initiate search procedures for the craft, after having been notified repeatedly by Vineyard airport personnel of the flight's inexplicable delay, beginning sometime after 10 PM. Unless UPI has time travel technology, I fail to see how their account DATELINED JULY 17 of JFK JR. calling the tower, which it's noted was also reported on Boston TV AND ABC News, could be after-the-fact disinformation Anyway that point is now moot. He made the contact. The crucial thing about this contact is that the TIME it was made PROVES that JFK Jr. was experiencing NO DIFFICULTIES WHATSOEVER minutes AFTER the time when SUBSEQUENT spin-doctored yarns say "newly discovered" (LOVE that) radar evidence shows his flight had ALREADY begun giving indications of problems and was in fact in a serious descent ALREADY. His radio contact utterly invalidates this disinformational noise once and for all. Case closed. The flight was going just fine when the radio contact was made. This call ALSO shows that his position at the time of the radio contact was THREE MILES FURTHER EAST than the location where the wreckage was pulled from the water. As he was going east, how did the wreckage end up three miles west of the location of his radio contact? Strange... The other point I will address is that of witnesses to an AIRBORNE explosive event west-southwest of Philbin Beach. THREE verified witnesses to this explosion are now known to exist, not one--and there is also the person referred to by FOX-TV's Shepherd Smith. And as for the witness cited by your listmember; he IS identified if not named, as a Vineyard Gazette reporter. Apparently the information being presented to the list members is not quite up to date, according to our latest articles, releases and updates. Below this response I'm including these releases and updates from NewsHawk which will probably better answer people's questions. Best Wishes John Quinn === This email contains a number of articles. Scroll down to retrieve all information. NewsHawk INC === 7.24.99 Recipients-- Please note MAJOR questions re: Kennedy crash autopsies raised by the Boston Globe article quoted verbatim within the following email received by NewsHawk. The sender includes well-reasoned analysis of these quotes. BELOW this, is a forward of another email received by NewsHawk which zeros in a some highly pertinent factors regarding the missing flight trainer/co-pilot, first reported to have been on the flight and later said to be "in Europe". As IF, in a case like THIS--involving the untimely, not to say suspicious (as it now definitely is) death of a person who probably rivaled Princess Diana in terms of global popularity--this flight trainer is NOT going to have SOMETHING public to say, no matter WHERE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH HE IS? THAT is DEFINITELY completely UNBELIEVABLE. If this person, Kennedy's personal flight trainer, HAD BEEN on board, then obviously he would have died too. Is it possible this person had no relatives and so few friends, acquaintances and such that literally no one on earth would notice their passing? This seems impossible. Why then hasn't this person spoken up, if in fact they are still alive? Or perhaps they are NOT -- whether due to the plane crash or some other, later convenient accident. As their statements would be powerfully important in this case, I wouldn't be TOO surprised if we never hear anything about this person again for the rest of time. John Quinn Subject: BOSTON GLOBE: JFK Autopsy Rushed Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 10:37:13 -0400 (EDT) From: John DiNardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: John DiNardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, reading from the Boston Globe (www.boston.com), July 23rd: BOSTON GLOBE: JFK Autopsy Rushed "Still, the autopsies in the Kennedy case were performed especially quickly," pathologists said. . "The haste [of the autopsies] in this case," he said, "could lead to questions about the investigation's thoroughness." "Pathologists also follow *COMPLEX RULES* for testing a pilot for drug and alcohol use," Dix said. [JD: They are supposed to follow "complex rules" in testing for drug or alcohol use, but they EVIDENTLY violated those rules, indeed, failed to follow them at all! Alcohol and/or drugs are a MAJOR causative suspect in airplane crashes. Remember Ricky Nelson's death in an airplane crash one New Year's Eve? Can someone find out if the coroner examined
[CTRL] Fw: Fw: UPI-KENNEDY RADIOED VINEYARD AIRPORT!!!
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Ian Goddard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lloyd Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Fw: UPI-KENNEDY RADIOED VINEYARD AIRPORT!!! Ya, look at this from the UPI report: "A reporter for the Vineyard Gazette newspaper told WCVB-TV in Boston that he was out walking Friday night about the time of the crash and saw "big white flash in the sky" off Philbin Beach." If that was the plane, it wasn't any pilot error. Source: UPI: "Kennedy passenger's luggage found," 07/17/99. http://www.unitedstates.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?article=13873 http://www.unitedstates.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?article=13886 http://www.unitedstates.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?article=13984 Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/ For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.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] OEN 7/25/99
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Today's Lesson From Seven Life Lessons of Chaos by John Briggs and F. David Peat The poet John Keats called the entry into chaos as immersion in "doubts and uncertainties." Think of doubts and uncertainties as a way of extending whatever limited degrees of freedom we have come to accept from life. Artists, healers, and those undergoing life changes open up to the uncertainties, accessing degrees of freedom that can spur new self-organization. Going through the death of a loved one, a divorce, or a period of self-doubt is painful, but often those are the very experiences that bring us to a keen sense of the truth beyond words and a new path in life. The history of the world's religions is full of stories about mystics and sages who spend time in the "wilderness"--either literally or through some "dark night of the soul" and inner chaos. Healing of mind and body in many traditional societies involves a descent into darkness, chaos, and death. Greek healers encouraged "incubation," in which a sick individual was required to sleep and dream. Using ceremonies designed to loosen the grip of the conscious ego, the sick person was encouraged to let go of the familiar structures of his life and enter the dark world of gods and underground forces. By letting go of consensual structures, a creative self-reorganization became possible. = Der Fuhrer Invades Yugoslavia Serb Farmers Massacred; NATO Goes in Search of Villains A NATO peace: experience the difference SIR MICHAEL JACKSON, the Nato commander in Kosovo, yesterday launched a manhunt for the killers of 14 Serb farmers, describing their deaths as "a cowardly act of brutal and cold murder". In the worst incident since Nato peacekeepers deployed in the Yugoslav province six weeks ago, ethnic Albanians shot 13 men and a boy of 15 as they worked in fields at Gracko, 10 miles south of the Kosovo capital Pristina. The dead farmers were found on Friday night after a Gurkha patrol heard a sustained burst of automatic fire. Seconds later Serb villagers used a special hotline to alert a nearby British base to the shootings. The killers had already fled when the soldiers arrived on the scene minutes later. The troops found the bodies of 12 men and the young boy lying in a circle. A fourteenth victim died on his tractor 150 yards away. General Jackson rejected accusations by a villager in Gracko that Kfor was "complicit" with Albanians in "this tragic and murderous attack". He said: "It is plainly absurd and it's rather insulting. We are here to maintain public safety. We will leave no stone unturned to get hold of the murderers." As word of the killings spread across Kosovo, tension between Serb and ethnic Albanians rose to fever pitch, threatening to usher in a new wave of ethnic blood-letting. Major Ian Seraph, a spokesman for British troops in the area, said yesterday: "I'm sure they'll remember the day for the rest of their lives. They saw 13 bodies killed in cold blood lying next to a combine harvester. "The harvester was still running. About five minutes later they found another body on top of a tractor. They were all killed in a most horrible and gruesome manner." One of the first soldiers on the scene, Lt Col Robin Hedges, said: "It cannot be called a war crime, it is mass murder." Nato sealed off the scene of the killings which were near a track in a maize field and took the farmers' bodies to a morgue in Pristina. Forensic experts combed the area yesterday. Leading Serbian Orthodox church officials travelled to Gracko yesterday to reassure the villagers. Father Sava, a young priest, said after talking to villagers: "We must not let the people down by allowing one repression to be replaced by another. We've had enough of Milosevic's crimes here. We mustn't let Albanian extremists do the same thing." Throughout Gracko, a tidy village with white-washed houses built around a large square, the Serbs were in deep shock. They gathered in small groups, some with heads in their hands or with tears slowly running down their worn cheeks. Three members of a family sat quietly on a short wooden bench at one end of the village. Dusko Vujecic, the father, said: "Before the war it was all right. We had no problems with the Albanians in the next villages. Even now we get on okay. We always greet each other in the streets. Sometimes we talk in Serbian, sometimes in Albanian. I worked with Albanians for 20 years in a factory. They are good people. But after this, we don't know what to think anymore. Perhaps we should leave, although I don't know where to." A little further down the road a group of elderly ladies in black dresses cried openly. One woman Stanimir Djekic, whispered: "My brother was with them. Now he is dead." As British soldiers serving with REME looked on, Slobodanka Ristic, 58, told how her 75-year old husband,
[CTRL] When Is A Conspiracy Not a Conspiracy?
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.trufax.org/paradigm/conspiracy.html A HREF="http://www.trufax.org/paradigm/conspiracy.html"When Is A Conspiracy Not a Conspiracy? /A - When Is A Conspiracy Not a Conspiracy? When Some Authority Says So © 1999 Denise Breton and Christopher Largent The backdrop of the rant: Its the evening of June 8, 1999, and weve just watched the Bill Moyers PBS special, "Free Speech for Sale." Yes, valid issues were raised and interesting points made about the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (in which an estimated $70 billion worth of publicly owned airspacethe so-called digital spectrumwas given away to big corporations). But what got our goat was an exchange between Bill Moyers and Dean Alger, the author of Megamedia. Having laid out the facts that (a) megacompanies buy out other megacompanies and (b) have interlocking ownership of smaller companies (interlocking boards werent mentioned, though), Bill Moyers concluded (rightly) that (1) not only do fewer and fewer companies own more and more media sources, but (2) since their ownerships overlap, they dont compete with each other. Quite the contrary, theyre on each others teams. He even had a clever graphic showing these few megacompanies symbols all crowding together, like some chummy club. But because whats owned here are newspapers, publishing companies, television and radio stations, the public never hears about all of this. And if stories arise that threaten the profits of any one of these interlocking companies, those stories dont get reported. The chummy club really knows how to keep a secret. (Its amazing theres anything to report on the news.) Having laid out this monopolists dream, Bill Moyers then posed a leading question to Dean Alger to the effect that this situation doesnt imply some conspiracy, does it? To which Alger replied, "There doesnt have to be a deep, dark conspiracy..." behind this "age-old problem" of certain people trying to amass wealth and power at the publics expense. Now, lets see if we get this straight. A few companies (the chummy club crowd) amass more and more wealth by using their already existing wealth to steal $70 billion from the public and use their control of the media to make sure the public doesnt hear about it. Its a theft pulled off by a colluding few that remains a secret. But its not a conspiracy. The people who run these megacompanies are just, well, greedy. And this concentration of ownership just, well, happened (probably a new step in Darwinian evolution or something). After all, its cost effective for these companies. If you own the media reporting on you, then who needs to spend money on PR firms? We cant tell you how relieved we are to hear this. Its as if someone rides into your neighborhood with huge weapons, steals your home, and pushes you out of the neighborhood, then tells you its not an invasion, you can feel relieved. "Well, I may have been driven out by these big weapons and lost everything, but thank God it wasnt an invasion." So a cabal of megacorporations may scheme behind our backs and use their influence to get more power and use this particular power to further enslave our minds while picking our pockets, but thank God its not a conspiracy. These people are just in the age-old game of going after more wealth and power. Doesnt that make you feel better? The subtext here is pretty clear: we just have a problem with a few greedy folks. Theres nothing more serious than that going on. So dont think any more about it. This greed stuff has been going on for centuries, and look, were all still here. Forget all those people who tell you to look more deeply. Forget that you have ears that can hear, eyes that can see, and a mind that thinks. Just hear, see, and think what we tell you"all the news thats fit to print." Well even tell you about the bad stuff, and see, its not that monstrous after all, is it? We can tell you where to file it in your mind (under "greed"). So just listen to this program, discuss it with a few friends, maybe read a book about it (especially the ones we mention on our show), and then go back to your life. Well continue to run the world for you. After all, theres nothing you can really do to stop us (another recurring message in the show, delivered with all seriousness and concern, but delivered nonetheless). Now, we dont pretend to know what Bill Moyers intentions are in a program such as this. But we do know the impact the program has on us, and it looks suspiciously like being led down yet another proverbial garden path. So the conclusion of our rant is this: if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it wont turn into an eagle by Bill Moyers or Dean Alger saying its not a duck: "Theres no conspiracy here!" With our thanks to Merriam-Websters 1998 Collegiate Dictionary, well close with a few dictionary definitions: Conspiracy: 1) the act of conspiring together;
[CTRL] List of Intelligence Web Sites
-Caveat Lector- from: http://jya.com/intel-sites.htm A HREF="http://jya.com/intel-sites.htm"List of Intelligence Web Sites/A - 24 July 1999 Source: Usenet via Alta Vista. The URL of John Macartney's posting would be appreciated. Send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [int-free] INT 101 summary From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date 17 Jul 1999 05:02:36 Newsgroups alt.activism Message-ID 444ff552[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Excerpt] Intelligence, N. 101, 12 July 1999, p. 5 LIST OF INTELLIGENCE WEB SITES Retired US Air Force officer, John Macartney, teaches a graduate level course in intelligence at the American University. He recently posted on the Internet the following up-dated version of the list of intelligence Web sites he developed for his course. It is an excellent list, and we thoroughly agree with his "first choice", the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Web site. About the only criticism we could make is ... "Intelligence" "you can't win 'em all". In Macartney's list below, we have only corrected a few errors of format. BEST INTEL WEBSITE (in my opinion) http://www.fas.org/irp/ GOOD LINKS TO MANY SITES: http://nsi.org/ http://mprofaca.cro.net/kimirror.html http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/intell.html http://.kimsoft.com/kim-spy.htm http://www.zgram.net/ NY TIMES 1998 CIA PAGE (Tim Weiner) http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/cia-diningmain.html SEARCHABLE DATABASES: http://intellit.muskingum.edu/intellsite/index.html (Ransom Clark) http://webcom.com/%7Epinknoiz/covert/ciabasesearch.html (CIABase) INTELLIGENCE REFORM (1996) http://www.access.gpo.gov/int/report.html (Aspin / Brown) http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/intel/ic21/ ic21_toc.html (IC21) http://www.foreignrelations.org/studies/transcripts/ 970218.html (CFR) SPECIAL REPORTS http://www.carnegie.org/deadly/0697warning.htm (warning, 1997) http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1998_cr/s980731-rumsfeld.htm (Rumsfeld, 98) http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/news/19980222.htm (Bay Pigs) http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/jeremiah.html (Jeremiah 98) http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/cocaine2/index.html (cocaine) BUSINESS (COMPETITIVE) INTELLIGENCE http://www.AuroraWDC.com http://www.lookoutpoint.com/index.html http://www.scip.org/ http://www.stratfor.com/ http://www.opsec.org/ http://www.pcic.net/ http://www.inel.gov/resources/newsletters/dragonsbreath/ dragbreath.html http://pathfinder.com/@@y7yrfauarijhm2qe/fortune/1997/970217/ boo.html http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwecon.html http://www.asia-research.com/JI2000.html (Japanese) JOBS CAREERS http://www.intelstudents.org/ http://www.pcic.net/ http://www.gworx.com/iisd http://www.odci.gov/cia/employment/appframe.htm HUMINT http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwspy.html http://www3.theatlantic.com/issues/98feb/cia.htm SIGINT http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwsigin.html IMINT http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwimint.html http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/kh-12.htm MASINT http://www.fas.org/irp/program/masint_evaluation_rep.htm http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1996_rpt/ic21/ic21007.htm OSINT http://www.oss.net/ http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/oss980501.htm http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwecon.html INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS http://www.odci.gov/cia/di/index.html http://www.fas.org/irp/gentry/index.html http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/int012.html COUNTERINTELLIGENCE http://www.nacic.gov/ (NACIC) http://www.fbi.gov/ansir/ansir.htm (FBI) http://www.dtic.mil/dodsi/researc2.html http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/hula/hitzrept.html (Ames) http://www.inel.gov/resources/newsletters/dragonsbreath/ dragbreath.html COVERT ACTION http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/cia-invismain.html INFORMATION WARFARE http://www.infowar.com/ http://jya.com/crypto.htm CIA, Center for Study of Intelligence http://www.odci.gov/csi/ CIA FOIA documents http://www.foia.ucia.gov/ CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (not about intelligence, but indispensible) http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html DIA http://140.47.5.4/foia/foia.html NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE (declassified documents) http://www.seas.gwu.edu/nsarchive/ CRITICS OF THE CIA INTELLIGENCE http://www.us.net/cip/cia.htm (Mel Goodman) http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n20hri.htm (IPS) http://www3.theatlantic.com/issues/98feb/cia.htm (Shirley) http://www.members.tripod.com/CIABASE/index.html (McGehee) http://www.angelfire.com/id/ciadrugs/ http://www.radio4all.org/crackcia/ SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE http://www.senate.gov/committee/intelligence.html FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES http://www.cc.umist.ac.uk/sk/index.html (UK)
Re: [CTRL] Hill 2K
-Caveat Lector- `I just wish Hillary would just dry-up and blow away. Nobody wants to see or hear from her on a national level.She's definately a power hungry person ; just look at how she included herself in meetings and conferenes the moment Billy-boy took office. If one can remember, there was an out-cry from the masses regarding her self-inclusion in policy making etc... One of the cries from the public was " Who elected you to any office?" Look how she conveniently took-up residence in New York as her husband"s administration is slowly coming to an end.She was told to take a back seat in the White House, now that she will no longer wield any power whatsoever very soon, I think this may be too much to bear.Hence,the next best position for a power hungry person would be the senate. If you New Yorkers think for one minute that she has your best interests at heart, think again, you are sadly mistaken. She will use you as a stepping stone to further her interests.She needs some political backround,as well as experience in oreder to fulfill her ultimate goal. That being a run for President. She 's got a taste for it while being so close to inner workings as the first lady. I'll bet you this was not enough for her , she wants to be top dog, then watch out! God help this country. If you really examine all the political appointees from Bill, you'll no doubt see a lot of women(not that this is bad) But you can bet your last dollar Hillary was pushing him from behind. With all the dirt that Hillary has in her possession re:Bill, since the time of his being Atty. Gen., all through his career to the presidentcy, you better believe when she saya "jump" he asks "how high." I'm from Boston MA. But I can't stand by and watch Hillary use you and your state just for her own personal agenda. Please New Yorkers, please don't let her use you for a bunch of chumps. To get an idea just how power went to her head,just as she was moving into the White House, read the book "Unlimited Access" This was written by an ex-FBI agent who's job it was to screen all new staff coming to work in the WhiteHouse for National Security purposes. Well he got to the pint where he resigned because he just could not take the blatant abuse of power by the "hicks" as well as Hillary. Not one of them gave a damn about National Security, not to mention the out and out thievery of government property which these ignorant Arkansas hicks thought they were so entitled. READ THE BOOK:"UNLIMITED ACCESS" the author's name escapes me at this time, but I'm sure you'll be able to locate it. GOOD LUCK NEW YORK!! Your friend fro Boston JOHN 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] Dubba's - 1986: A Life-Changing Year
-Caveat Lector- from: http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/25/174l-072599-idx.html A HREF="http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/25/174l-072599-id x.html"1986: A Life-Changing Year /A - 1986: A Life-Changing Year Epiphany Fueled Candidate's Climb By Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, July 25, 1999; Page A01 On July 28, 1986, George W. Bush woke up with a hangover. It had been a loud, liquid night at the venerable Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs as he and friends from Texas celebrated their collective 40th birthdays. Now, as he embarked on his ritual morning run through a spectacular Rockies landscape, Bush felt lousy. Forty: A symbolic halfway point, a moment of appraisal. For the eldest son of the then-vice president of the United States, it had been a year of business crises and personal drift. Bush had closely hewed to his father's path through life -- Andover, Yale, flying warplanes, then into the Texas oil business -- but so far he had enjoyed very little of his father's success. The past six months had been a near-disaster. Oil prices in West Texas, as high as $37 per barrel a few years earlier, had plummeted to $9 by the time of Bush's birthday, tipping his company into a spiral of debt and shaky payrolls, forcing him to enter merger negotiations. And his personal life was clouded by drinking. A charismatic partier since his school days, Bush liked to drink what he called the four Bs -- beer, bourbon and BB. But he had begun to realize that his drinking was jeopardizing his relationships, his career and his health. Although friends say Bush did not drink daily or during daylight hours, even those closest to him acknowledge privately that if not clinically an alcoholic, Bush sometimes came close to the line. Sometimes he would embarrass himself; more often, he didn't know how to stop. "Once he got started, he couldn't, didn't shut it off," said Bush's friend Don Evans. "He didn't have the discipline." Bush himself acknowledged in a recent interview: "I realized that alcohol was beginning to crowd out my energies and could crowd, eventually, my affections for other people. . . . When you're drinking, it can be an incredibly selfish act." That July day, Bush officially swore off alcohol. But his decision was about more than getting sober. Stirred in part by what he describes as an intense, reawakening Christian faith, Bush sought to seize control of his life. By doing so he would finally begin to close the gap between what was expected of him and what he had achieved. Today, as Bush launches his presidential campaign as the anointed Republican front-runner, a sense of inevitability infuses his candidacy. In truth, his sudden rise to political prominence would have been very difficult to predict during much of the first half of his life. He was the swashbuckling fraternity president, raw and fun, who people loved to be around. But unlike almost any other serious presidential candidate in modern memory, no one who knew him envisioned George W. Bush in the White House. "If I had to go through my class, and pick five people who were going to run for president, it would never have occurred to me he would ever run," said Robert Birge, who went to Yale with Bush and knew him well when both were members of Skull and Bones, the Yale secret society. "He did not carry himself like a statesman. He had good useful opinions but there were others in the class who came across as born leaders." In 1986, however, something began to change. Bush himself marks it as a critical year, and so do dozens of friends, family and business associates interviewed for this series of articles. It was the year Bush started down the road to somewhere, leaving some baggage behind. It was the year he found God and found a future. At the crossroads of his 40th birthday are visible the pressures and themes that have shaped all of Bush's life. Many of them involve his complex relationship with his father. Being George Herbert Walker Bush's son meant that outsiders would judge George W. -- the name he often goes by to distinguish himself from his father -- by nearly impossible standards of achievement. It meant business executives and others looking for lines to his father would see him as a connection, a middleman. It also meant that when he exceeded expectations or redeemed his family's name, the triumph provided a special resonance. A shadow, a competition, an opportunity -- his relationship with his father has been all those things. By choosing to so closely imitate the chapters of his father's life, Bush in some ways has only emphasized the differences between them, and he has struggled to live up to his father's extraordinary record. At Andover and Yale, the elite schools where his father was a star athlete and student leader and seemed suffused with special grace, George W.'s academic record was mediocre, his achievements modest. His
[CTRL] Easier Riders
-Caveat Lector- from: http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/24/097l-072499-idx.html A HREF="http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/24/097l-072499-id x.html"Easier Riders /A - Easier Riders Clean, Sober Bikers Roll Into Md. By Michael E. Ruane Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 24, 1999; Page B01 Wolf still has his leather vest, ponytail and silver rings on each hand, rolls his own cigarettes with Bugler tobacco and has 43 gems and baubles pierced through the cartilage of his ears. He still has his fat Honda 750 motorcycle, on which he rode this week from Weyauwega, Wis., maintains the dark, bearded visage of a man proud of his image, and remains, he says, every inch a biker. But he has shed the decades of blinding alcoholism, the years of criminal conduct and the antisocial activities that once went with his persona. Now he straps a briefcase to his bike. And this weekend, Wolf, who, like many recovering alcoholics, prefers that his name not be used, is the chief host and organizer of the first annual worldwide rally of clean and sober bikers, which runs through tomorrow at the Frederick County (Md.) Fairgrounds. Though so far lightly attended, it is a striking gathering of men and women from across the country decorated with skull rings and thorn tattoos, clad in denim, leather and bandannas, and mounted aboard rumbling Hondas and Harley-Davidsons. Yet, as they rolled in from Ohio, Connecticut and Pennsylvania this week, a vase of yellow roses sat at the outdoor registration table. Workshops were scheduled on spirituality and relationships. And most participants, grizzled though they were, carried powerful stories of redemption. The modest gathering was, indeed, far different from the beer-swilling, breast-baring bacchanals of the hundred-thousand-plus biker rallies in Sturgis, S.D., Daytona, Fla., and Laconia, N.H. Although more arrivals were expected today, the rally's busiest day, only a few hundred appeared to be on hand yesterday, prompting complaints from the vendors of leather wear and biker jewelry who had set up stalls. But Wolf, 42, a former Army rifle instructor now studying toward a PhD in counseling psychology, and co-organizer Jean Wittman, 36, whose life took her from Chevy Chase, where she started drinking at age 10, to a Florida motorcycle gang, were encouraged nonetheless. It was not bad for the first time, they said. The big rallies started small, too. "This is a work of God," a parched and sunburned Wittman said happily yesterday, as the fairgrounds exhibit hall began to fill up with gleaming custom Harleys. Wolf said he and other bikers in recovery had been pondering the idea behind the rally for years: Could you leave addiction and negative conduct behind and still be a hard-core biker? The answer, he and others passionately believed, was yes. "For many people, recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction is a real struggle," Wolf said Thursday, as he stood near the registration table, a pair of sunglasses propped atop a Crocodile Dundee-style hat. "For a biker, they have to pretty much give up their identity as a biker," he said. "Because, for a lot of their history, biking was about running from bar to bar on their motorcycle, and big parties and drugs, alcohol and raising hell." That loss "leaves a big empty spot in them," Wolf said. "Now they have two big empty spots: They lost their best friend, alcohol or drugs, plus they lost their identity as a biker. It's one of the things that causes a lot of bikers to relapse." But Wolf and many in attendance this weekend said biking, substance abuse and hell-raising needn't necessarily go together. And they held the rally as one way to prove it. The cohort of the nation's motorcyclists has aged and broadened over the years, and the image of the ferocious Hell's Angel has been leavened tremendously by the advent of doctors, lawyers and retirees to its ranks. There remain, though, those who call themselves "bikers"--die-hards for whom biking is a way of life--a solitary priesthood, intoxicated by the wind, the road and the machine. "Once a biker always a biker," said Wittman, now of Frederick, who said she has lived the lifestyle for two decades, much of the time heavily involved in substance abuse. "You name it, I did it," she said. "Heroin. Cocaine. PCP. The whole nine yards. In 1993, I hit a bottom. I woke up out of a blackout in Southeast lockup in D.C. and didn't know how I had gotten there. . . . I had a spiritual awakening." She vowed to chuck her addictions. But she cherished the lifestyle. "To me, it's very important," she said Thursday, extensive shoulder tattoos of roses and lilies peeking out from under her black halter top. "It's who I am. It's what I've been. I can't exactly, with all these tattoos, go back and become a nonbiker person." Besides, she said: "I love it. I love being in the wind. I love the fellowship that comes with being around bikers. Most
[CTRL] A naked emperor penguin and a nation in briefs . . .
-Caveat Lector- from: http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/24/079l-072499-idx.html A HREF="http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/24/079l-072499-id x.html"NATION IN BRIEF /A NATION IN BRIEF From news services Saturday, July 24, 1999; Page A12 Yosemite Naturalist Beheaded YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A Yosemite naturalist was found beheaded along a stream near her home in a remote part of the park, and the FBI was searching a large area for clues yesterday. Rangers found the body of Joie Ruth Armstrong, 26, on Thursday a few hundred yards from the park housing she shared with two people who were away on business at the time. She was found just a few miles from El Portal, the town where three sightseers were last seen alive in February before their bodies were found about a month later. No charges have been filed in those slayings, and an FBI task force and federal grand jury investigating that case have said they are confident that most of those responsible are behind bars on unrelated charges. "We have absolutely no reason to believe there is a connection" between the two cases, said FBI agent James Maddock. Addenda SAN FRANCISCO -- A Roman Catholic bishop who resigned in scandal last week after being sued for sexual abuse by one of his priests has admitted that the two men at one time had a "personal consensual relationship." Lawyers for Bishop Patrick Ziemann of Santa Rosa issued a statement admitting to the affair but denying charges brought by the Rev. Jorge Salas that the sex was forced. CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- About 100 people were forced out of their homes as the Cedar River rose to record levels. Earlier this week, the town of Waverly, which is upriver from Cedar Falls, was cut in two as the river crested 2 feet higher than the previous record set in 1993. The area was also flooded three weeks ago. In that flood, a man died and 200 homes were damaged. MIAMI -- Former jury foreman Miguel Moya was convicted of accepting nearly $500,000 in bribes from two reputed drug kingpins, Augusto "Willie" Falcon and Salvador Magluta, for his vote to acquit them in 1996 of charges that they had smuggled 75 tons of cocaine from Colombia and made $2 billion. Both men are in prison on lesser, unrelated charges. Moya, whose first trial ended in a hung jury, could be sentenced to 138 years in prison. CAPE CANAVERAL -- Astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia released the world's most powerful X-ray telescope into orbit. Unlike the shuttle launch, which was marred by a short circuit and a premature engine cutoff, the release of the $1.6 billion Chandra X-ray Observatory went smoothly. MADISON, Wis. -- A company that employed seven people killed during a cross-country sales trek committed 92 labor-law violations and could face more than $250,000 in penalties, state officials said. YES, a De Witt, Iowa, company that hires young people to go door-to-door selling magazine subscriptions, was charged with violating the minimum wage law and employing minors in street trades. MARIETTA, Ga. -- A high school economics teacher who offered students extra credit if they gave her Teenie Beanie Babies was suspended for two months and will be transferred to another school. Carol Penland's lawyer said she planned to give the toys to foster children. ROBARDS, Ky. -- Two workers fell to their deaths Thursday in a pit of dead chickens and chicken parts that were being processed into cat food. Authorities said James Dame, 40, fell first at the Tyson plant. A co-worker, Michael Hallum, 25, was lowered by crane to try to rescue him but was apparently overcome by fumes and fell. © Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company - 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] The Nazi War on Cancer
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/naziwaroncance r.htm A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/naziwaro ncancer.htm"BooksReading: Chapter One/A - The Washington Post has a site where they offer the first chapters of many differnt books. Here are some samples. Om K - Related ItemChapter One Recent Additions The Nazi War on Cancer By Robert N. Proctor Princeton Univ. 365 pp. $29.95 Chapter One: Hueper's Secret Compare prices for this book Find local bookstores More book shopping Save money with NextCard Visa Of course! There is a great deal being done for cancer research in Germany. In every part of the Reich there are magnificent institutes, for which the Führer has provided large sums of money. Adolf Butenandt, Germany's postwar president of the Max Planck Gesellschaft, in a 1941 radio interview On September 28, 1933, Dr. Wilhelm Hueper, chief pathologist at the University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Research Laboratory, wrote to the Nazi minister of culture, Bernhard Rust, inquiring into the possibility of an academic or hospital appointment in the new Germany. Hueper had emigrated to the United States in 1923, and we know from his unpublished autobiography that he had worn the swastika on his Freikorps helmet as early as 1919. Now, only months after the Machtergreifung (Nazi seizure of power), the young pathologist was petitioning Nazi authorities to allow him to return to Germany to restore his bonds to German culture ( deutsches Volks- und Kulturgut). It is not always easy to distinguish between conviction and opportunism in such matters. And though the distinction may not be as crucial as we like to think, Hueper's apparent support for the Nazi regime (he ends his letter with an enthusiastic "Heil Hitler!") still comes as a shock to anyone unfamiliar with the political landscape of European cancer activism in the 1930s (see fig. 1.1). The story is a disturbing one, one that seems to violate some of our most cherished political prejudices. Hueper, after all, went on to become "the father of American occupational carcinogenesis," the man who tried to alert medical officials to the hazards of unventilated uranium mining, and the man who, more than any other, brought the cancer hazards of pollutants in our food, air, and water to scientific attention. Hueper was the guiding light behind the ominous cancer chapter in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (titled "One in Every Four"), and it was Hueper who, only months before his death in 1979, was showered with honors for his work on occupational and environmental cancer. How could the hero of Silent Spring have found hope in the Nazi movement? What were German fascists saying and doing about cancer that might have led a man such as Hueper to bet his future on the Thousand Year Reich? Triumphs of the Intellect A great deal is known about science and medicine in the Nazi era. We know that while certain kinds of science were destroyed, others flourished. Sciences of an applied nature were especially encouraged, as were sciences that fit within the larger program of Nazi segregation and extermination. We know that physicians joined the Nazi party in very large numbers, that about 60 percent of all biologists joined the party, and that roughly 80 percent of all professors of anthropologymost of whom were physicianswere members. We know that the Nazi regime maintained a large medical surveillance capacity, as part of its program to "improve the strength of the German nation"; we know that there is a curious blend of the modem and the romantic in Nazi culturea blend Jef frey Herf has characterized as "reactionary modernism." Part of our story has to be understood in light of the fact that Nazism took root in the world's most powerful scientific culture, boasting half of the world's Nobel Prizes and a sizable fraction of the world's patents. German science and medicine were the envy of the world, and it was to Germanythe "land of scholars and poets"that many academic hopefuls flocked to cut their scientific teeth. The Third Reich itself cannot be thought of as an icebound retreat into intellectual slumber: think of television, jet-propelled aircraft, guided missiles, electronic computers, the electron microscope, atomic fission, data processing, industrial murder factories, and racial researchall of which either were first developed in Nazi Germany or reached their high point at that time. (The recent sci-fi film Contact, based on Carl Sagan's novel, reminds us that the first television broadcast strong enough to escape the planet featured Hitler's speech at the opening of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.) There are innovations in the area of basic physics (nuclear fission, discovered by Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner in 1938), hormone and vitamin research, automotive engineering (the Volkswagen was supposed to be the "people's car"), pharmacology, and
[CTRL] The Holocaust in American Life
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/holocaustiname ricanlife.htm A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/holocaus tinamericanlife.htm"BooksReading: Chapter One /A - The Washington Post has a site where they offer the first chapters of many differnt books. Here are some samples. Om K - The Holocaust in American Life By Peter Novick Houghton Mifflin. 320 pp. $27.00 Chapter One: "We Knew in a General Way" We begin at the beginning, with the response of American gentiles and Jews to the Holocaust while the killing was going on. Though we'll be concerned mostly with how the Holocaust was talked about after 1945, the wartime years are the appropriate starting point. They were the point of departure for subsequent framing and representing, centering or marginalizing, and using for various purposes the story of the destruction of European Jewry. At the same time, America's wartime response to the Holocaust is what a great deal of later Holocaust discourse in the United States has been about. The most common version tells of the culpable, sometimes willed obliviousness of American gentiles to the murder of European Jews; the indifference to their brethren's fate by a timid and self-absorbed American Jewry; the "abandonment of the Jews" by the Roosevelt administration a refusal to seize opportunities for rescue, which made the United States a passive accomplice in the crime. By the 1970s and 1980s the Holocaust had become a shocking, massive, and distinctive thing: clearly marked off, qualitatively and quantitatively, from other Nazi atrocities and from previous Jewish persecutions, singular in its scope, its symbolism, and its world-historical significance. This way of looking at it is nowadays regarded as both pro per and natural, the "normal human response." But this was not the response of most Americans, even of American Jews, while the Holocaust was being carried out. Not only did the Holocaust have nowhere near the centrality in consciousness that it had from the 1970s on, but for the overwhelming majority of Americans and, once again, this included a great many Jews as well it barely existed as a singular event in its own right. The murderous actions of the Nazi regime, which killed between five and six million European Jews, were all too real. But "the Holocaust," as we speak of it today, was largely a retrospective construction, something that would not have been recognizable to most people at the time. To speak of "the Holocaust" as a distinct entity, which Americans responded to (or failed to respond to) in various ways, is to introduce an anachronism that stands in the way of understanding contemporary responses. The sheer number of victims of the Holocaust continues to inspire awe: between five and six million. But the Holocaust took place we know this, of course, but we don't often think of its implications in the midst of a global war that eventually killed between fifty and sixty million people. There are those for whom any such contextualization is a trivializing of the Holocaust, a tacit denial of the special circumstances surrounding the destruction of European Jewry. Certainly such contextualization can be used for these purposes, as when the French rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen dismisses the Holocaust as a mere "detail" of the history of the Second World War. But it was the overall course of the war that dominated the minds of Americans in the early forties. Unless we keep that in mind, we will never understand how the Holocaust came to be swallowed up in the larger carnage surrounding it. By itself, the fact that during the war, and for some time thereafter, there was no agreed-upon word for the murder of Europe's Jews is not all that significant. What is perhaps of some importance is that insofar as the word "holocaust" (lowercase) was employed during the war, as it occasionally was, it was almost always applied to the totality of the destruction wrought by the Axis, not to the special fate of the Jews. This usage is emblematic of wartime perceptions of what we now single out as "the Holocaust." There are many different dimensions to the wartime marginality of the Holocaust in the American mind: what one knew, and what one believed; how to frame what one knew or believed; devising an appropriate response. In principle these questions are separable; in practice they were inextricably entwined. In this chapter we'll look at the perceptions and responses of the American people as a whole; in Chapter 2, at American Jews; in Chapter 3, at the American government. Although no one could imagine its end result, all Americans Jews and gentiles alike were well aware of Nazi anti-Semitism from the regime's beginning in 1933, if not earlier. Prewar Nazi actions against Jews, from early discriminatory measures to the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 and culminating in
[CTRL] Deep Play
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/deepplay.htm A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/deepplay .htm"BooksReading: Chapter One /A - The Washington Post has a site where they offer the first chapters of many differnt books. Here are some samples. Om K - Deep Play By Diane Ackerman Random House. 240 pp. $23.95 Chapter One: Deep Play Deep. adj. 1. The most intense or extreme part. 2. Profoundly absorbed or immersed. 3. A distance estimated in fathoms. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition Play. It is an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space, in a visible order, according to rules freely accepted, and outside the sphere of necessity or material utility. The play-mood is one of rapture and enthusiasm, and is sacred or festive in accordance with the occasion. A feeling of exaltation and tension accompanies the action. Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens Everyone understands play. If I were in the park, and a girl invited me to play beanbag toss, she might well get bored if I seemed clumsy and slowjust as a dog playing fetch might get bored and go looking for better company. But why play at all? Every element of the human saga requires play. We evolved through play. Our culture thrives on play. Courtship includes high theater, rituals, and ceremonies of play. Ideas are playful reverberations of the mind. Language is a playing with words until they can impersonate physical objects and abstract ideas. Animal play serves many purposes. It can be a dress rehearsal for adult life, as when young mammals play courtship games, war games, socializing games, motor-skills games. Monk-seal pups playing rough-and-tumble in the surf and tiger cubs pouncing on one another in mock battle are perfecting techniques that will save their lives. Play is far older than humans. It's so familiar to us, so deeply ingrained in the matrix of our childhood, that we take it for granted. But consider this: ants don't play. They don't need to. Programmed for certain behaviors, they automatically perform them from birth. Learning through repetition, honed skills, and ingenuity isn't required in their heritage. The more an animal needs to learn in order to survive, the more it needs to play. The more leisure time it has, the more it can play. Do some higher animalsdolphins, chimpanzeesplay with us because they're intelligent beings blessed with leisure time, or because they're playful in the same way tiger cubs are? For all we know, what we call intelligence may be a characteristic exclusively of primates. It may not be life's pinnacle at all, but simply one mode of knowing, one we happen to master and cherish. Play is widespread among animals because it invites problem-solving, allowing a creature to test its limits and develop strategies. In a dangerous world, where dramas change daily, survival belongs to the agile not the idle. We may think of play as optional, a casual activity. But play is fundamental to evolution. Without play, humans and many other animals would perish. Animals play, in part, to stay active and fit. The exploring play of primates helps them gather information about their environment and food sources. The escape play of horses keeps them in shape for flight. Social play establishes rank, mate-finding, and cooperation when needed. Play probably helps to keep an animal's senses well informed and alert. The central nervous system needs a certain amount of stimulation. To a dynamic organism, monotony is unbearable. Young animals don't know what is important, what can be safely ignored; they have had fewer novel experiences, and their senses are fresh and highly sensitive. Everything matters. Even crows play. When I'm out biking, I often see crows wearing plastic wing tags installed by researchers at the nearby ornithology lab. Do those colorful epaulets confer special status in the crow community, I wonder? But it does make them easier to study, and researchers have learned that crows are extraordinarily sociable and devoted to family. Five years' worth of offspring may help out around their parents' home nest during breeding season. When they mate, they nest close to home and are lifelong spouses. They help raise nieces and nephews, they often hunt with others, and they play all sorts of games. Two young crows will play tug-of-war with twigs, or crows will gang up to haze a greatly outnumbered cat. A crow may swing upside down on a branch, monkey style; or play drop-the-stickflying down fast to catch it. One researcher saw a crow invent a logrolling game in which it balanced on a plastic cup and rolled it down a hill. Then a sibling watching these antics followed suit. A neighbor of mine was surprised one afternoon to find crows, perched on the frame of her skylight, dropping pebbles onto the glass and watching them skitter. Other animals are equally
[CTRL] Gothic - Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/gothic.htm A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/gothic.h tm"BooksReading: Chapter One /A - The Washington Post has a site where they offer the first chapters of many differnt books. Here are some samples. Om K - Gothic Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin By Richard Davenport-Hines North Point Press. 368 pp. $35.00 Chapter One: The Spectre Still Will Haunt Us Except for us, Vesuvius might consume In solid fire the utmost earth and know No pain (ignoring the cocks that crow us up To die). This is a part of the sublime From which we shrink. And yet, except for us, The total past felt nothing when destroyed. Wallace Stevens The St Gotthard, like other catastrophes, becomes unbearable slowly and seems never to be over. For some time they blinked in and out of minor tunnels; suffocation and boredom came to their climax and lessened; one was in Switzerland, where dusk fell in sheets of rain. Unwilling, Cecilia could not avert her eyes from all that magnificence in wet cardboard: ravines, profuse torrents, crag, pine and snow-smeared precipice, chalets upon their brackets of hanging meadow. Elizabeth Bowen Naples: An Ever-Moving Picture Vesuvius has always evoked terror. The only interlude in its intimidation lasted from 1500 until 1631. The volcano had been somnolent for almost five centuries, quiescent since 1500, and it was believed by many that its fires were extinct. Neapolitans descended daily by tortuous paths to the luxuriant green bottom of the crater. Woodmen worked the dense woods flourishing on the lava soil; wild boar roamed there; herdsmen tended animals grazing on succulent grass. The crater walls at the bottom of the abyss were pierced with caverns through which wind whistled eerily. Late in 1631 there were earthquakes in the vicinity and water in adjacent wells fell mysteriously. Around 1 December an early visitor to the summit found the woods gone and the chasm level to the brim with volcanic matter. He walked across from one side to the other apparently neither awed at the magnitude of the-event nor apprehensive of danger. A few nights later local peasants were alarmed by demons growling in the mountain whom they tried to placate with religious ceremonies. On the night of 15 December, a bright star appeared glinting above the volcano; later that evening a lightning flash struck the mountain while its summit glowed with a deep red. Then smoke billowed out of the mountain; its pastures ignited in flames; huge stones were hurled from the crater. In Naples on the morning of the sixteenth the populace saw an extraordinary cloud shaped like a gigantic pine tree hanging over Vesuvius. Still no one understood the terror threatening them, until the abbot Braccini, who had made a long study of the volcano, went to his library and read them Pliny's first-hand account of the Vesuvian eruption of AD 79. `There,' said Braccini, as he shut the book, `there, in the words of sixteen centuries ago, is depicted what you see today.' Earthquake shocks came faster, concussions boomed ever more loudly, people choked on the sulphurous stenches; their fear was all the worse for having had no premonition of danger. Around noon the city was enveloped in darkness; the houses, according to Braccini, swayed like ships at sea; there was a roaring sound like the blast of many furnaces; tongues of lightning flashed continuously; the crashes became appalling; Naples w ent wild with terror. Its Cardinal Archbishop ordered the Sacrament to be celebrated throughout the city. A solemn procession was organised to venerate the city's patron saint, but when the priests went to his relics, his blood was found to be liquefied and bubbling. The suffocation of Naples was, however, supposedly halted by the miraculous intervention of San Gennaro at the moment when his relics were being carried out to the cathedral square. The authorities sent drummers round the city beseeching the people to forsake the pollution of gross pleasures and selfish vices. Next day the sea receded for nearly half a mile from the coast, and then swept back in a huge wave to a point high above its usual level. Seven tongues of lava poured down the mountainside at terrible speed, destroying villages, killing thousands of people (one wiping out a religious procession). The lava flow soon reached the sea, which for days resembled a boiling cauldron. Pliny's account of the destruction of Pompeii ensured the enduring notoriety of the Vesuvian eruption of AD 79; but the violent paroxysm in 1631 hugely impressed contemporary imagination: the terrible violence of Nature, the symbolism of storms and lightning, the puniness of humanity in everything except its fears, the horrors from whose ghastliness humanity is protected by proscription and custom. John Evelyn's emotions fourteen years later on beholding
[CTRL] ÊUnvanquished A U.S.ÐU.N. Saga
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/unvanquished.h tm A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/unvanqui shed.htm"BooksReading: Chapter One /A - Unvanquished A U.S.U.N. Saga By Boutros Boutros-Ghali Random House. 384 pp. $29.95 Chapter One: American Support: Loss After Gain Compare prices for this book Find local bookstores More book shopping Save money with NextCard Visa As the end of my five-year term as UN secretary-general approached, some friends, colleagues, and UN member states asked me to seek a second term. In their view I had strengthened the independence of the secretary-general's job and performed it well. All previous secretaries-general had served two consecutive terms; if I did not do so, it would be a slight to my country, Egypt, and to my continent, Africa. I agreed. And to be honest, my own pride and sense of achievement drove me to want a second term. There was a risk, however: 1996 was an American presidential election year. Only once every two decades did a UN and a U.S. presidential election fall in the same year. I knew that the UN decision might get caught in American politics. It did. In January 1996 I was invited to give a lecture at Oxford University. Two of my predecessors had lectured there, Dag Hammarskjold in 1961 and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar in 1986. Both had spoken about the role of the secretary-general. So did I, though my world had changed dramatically from theirs. My lecture stressed the importance of an independent secretary-general, as envisioned by the UN Charter, and the urgent need to find new ways to finance UN operations, since the United States refused to pay its contribution. My words angered the White House and Congress. Staff aides and spokesmen for both parties noted that I had been far too independent over the past five years. My suggestion that a modest levy on international airfares might be used to finance UN expenses was denounced in the Senate as an attempt to impose taxes on American citizens in defiance of the U.S. Constitution. Although I was merely repeating an idea first put forward by Pérez de Cuéllar and backed by me five years before, the UN Information Office in Washington used the word "firestorm" in describing Washington's reaction to my Oxford lecture. Forty-some members of Congress from both sides of the aisle signed a letter criticizing me. In mid-February 1996, at a reception I was giving at the secretary-general's residence on Sutton Place in New York City, I asked to have a word with two friends, former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and David Hamburg, president of the Carnegie Corporation. I wanted their advice. Should I say publicly that I would be a candidate for a second term as secretary-general? Or should I avoid the issue and be "undecided" during the American presidential campaign? Cy replied that the two eventsthe U.S. and UN electionsshould be kept as separate as possible in the minds of the public. I was then being regularly derided and attacked by Senator Bob Dole, the leading Republican candidate for president. His mocking pronunciation of my nameBoo-trus, Boo-trussounded like a jeering crowd, and his claim that American troops served under my "command" invariably aroused his audiences. Candidates on the right were telling Americans that the United Nations was a global conspiracy to rob them of their sovereignty and that "black helicopters" belonging to the United Nations had been overflying the Rocky Mountain states in preparation for a UN takeover of the country. So, Cy said, perhaps I should declare my candidacy now, early in 1996, well before the American political conventions of midsummer. I was not so sure. I was afraid that an announcement would only stimulate U.S. opposition to my reelection. I asked Cy and David to inquire quietly on my behalf. Soon afterwards the quarterly journal Foreign Affairs carried a version of my Oxford lecture, in which I stressed that an independent secretary-general was essential to the United Nations' credibility. Editorials interpreted my publication of this article as a deliberate provocation of the United States. My article was said to be a thinly veiled declaration of my intention to stand for a second term. Not in Favor Then at 8:00 on Sunday evening, April 14, Vance and Hamburg came to see me. Cy appeared deeply embarrassed and uncertain how to begin. He took a small piece of paper out of his pocket and read a message to me from Secretary of State Warren Christopher: "The administration has decided not in favor of your reelection." I told Cy and David that I was surprised by this message, but I would not change my mind even if the United States vetoed me. "I have strong expressions of support from Africa, Latin America, Russia, France, and China," I said. I asked Vance and Hamburg to keep Christopher's awkwardly worded message and my reaction in confidence, for if it
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-Caveat Lector- SCORES KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURED AS PARA-MILITARY EXTREMISTS RIOT BOSTON, April 20 National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed yesterday by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimated that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order. The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed widespread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons. Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early April between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms. One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily." Intelligence reports indicated that extremists residing in Concord had stockpiled a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. National Guard units left Boston for Concord just after midnight yesterday. However, the units met with resistance at Lexington from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the governments plans. During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the group to surrender their arms and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange. Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces outmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat. Governor Gage has called upon the citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor has also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ===il-liberty=== 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: Odd Statements-Officials/1st Press Conference-JFK Jr. Disappearance
TELLING STATEMENTS MADE BY OFFICIALS - 1st Press Conference on JFK Jr. Crash Conflicts With What Public Now Being Led to Believe ALSO: Brand New "Hi-Tech" Airport At Martha's Vineyard! AND: Light Pollution Cited as Increasing Problem In Area Makes Kennedy's Purported "Disorientation" Even Less Likely! © 1999 NewsHawk Inc. All Rights Reserved (Rights of UNALTERED reproduction/distribution hereby waived) 7.25.99 The first press briefing for news media on the disappearance of JFK Jr.'s flight took place on Saturday evening, July 17 at the BRAND NEW, state-of-the-art airport facility on Martha's Vineyard. I quote below some relevant excerpts from an article on this event in the Martha's Vineyard Times. 'The news that the plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. disappeared en route to Martha's Vineyard Friday night launched a media juggernaut early Saturday morning. By Saturday night, reporters and cameramen from around the country and the world had made their way to Martha's Vineyard and gathered at the Martha's Vineyard Airport terminal for the first official press briefing. 'At the Martha's Vineyard Airport, Beth Toomey, West Tisbury police chief, stepped into role of media ringmaster and set up an area for satellite trucks and reporters and later helped organize the first press briefing in an outside courtyard of the new airport terminal. 'Asked how a major news story comes together, Mr. Roberts...said that with any big story the best chance to talk to people and gather information was in the first three hours. "Later," he said, "people become tight lipped and very official." ' END EXCERPT The press briefing finally began some time shortly after 9 pm. After some brief statements by public safety officials, 1st assistant Cape Islands DA Michael O'Keefe and Massachusetts State Police Capt. Robert Bird began answering answer reporters' questions. Questions about the plane, the flight, and the items recovered dominated. One reporter with a foreign accent asked if "the debris is being examined for explosives." "Not yet," was the answer. When another reporter asked Captain Byrd, "Is this case being considered a crime scene?", Cape Islands DA O'Keefe HURRIEDLY took control of the microphone to answer quickly and emphatically "No!"..This IN NO WAY SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS ANY INVESTIGATION OTHER THAN TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE DECEASED". What is significant here is that not ONLY does this indicate an official assumption less than 12 hours after the flight's disappearance that all aboard were dead, it ALSO shows that without the slightest supportive hard evidence of any kind and in fact with at least THREE eyewitnesses reporting an AIRBORNE explosion southwest of Philbin Beach around 9:40-9:45 in the EXACT sector of he sky where the flight "went missing", officials had obviously ALREADY "concluded" that nothing criminal or otherwise suspicious had happened to the plane! In other words, the decision had already been made at high levels to spin-doctor the entire event into being the result of pilot error or mechanical failure--as opposed to having been blown out of the sky as it now is apparent it WAS. Interestingly, however, Captain Byrd stated clearly in reference to material evidence of the crash which may come ashore, that "POSSESSION OF THIS EVIDENCE IS AN ARRESTABLE OFFENSE!! This warning means that any person who took possession of any such material evidence would be committing criminal action. It seems likely that at least some of this material evidence WOULD NOT validate the official disinformation accounts of the disaster. The following excerpt from the Letters to the Editor section of the Martha's Vineyard Times clearly refers not only to light pollution form the NEW airport facility on the island but ALSO to increasingly severe light pollution around the WHOLE ISLAND due to a new type of streetlight having been just installed. These salient facts make the likelihood that JFK JR. was unsure of is location, position, direction, altitude and flight path even LESS likely! = Too Much Light at New Airport To the Editor: The Vineyard has taken another step towards becoming Orlando north. Last weekend, we took a late ferry back to the Vineyard after a few weeks away. When we arrived at our house south of the Edgartown/Vineyard Haven Road, turned off the car lights and stepped out of the car, I was astonished to see the sky to the north of us lit up as brightly as the Boston skyline. I drove north to discover that the new airport had apparently been opened in our absence, and there were now 60 new roadway lights in operation! Unlike the old street lights, which had their bulbs up inside a reflector where they would illuminate the ground but be shielded from the sky, these new lights are very bright and completely unshielded. Not only do they direct much of their light upwards, the glare from the bright, unshielded bulbs prevents you from seeing
[CTRL] THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/19/035l-071999-idx.html A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/19/035l-071999-idx.h tml"A Literary Life on Earth/A - A Literary Life on Earth By Martin Morse Wooster Monday, July 19, 1999; Page C05 THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE My Life as an Englishman By Brian W. Aldiss St. Martin's. 465 pp. $32.50 Britain has produced many important science fiction and fantasy writers in the latter half of the 20th century: Arthur C. Clarke, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett. But the writer who has done the most to advance British sf is a lesser-known figure: Brian Aldiss. Aldiss, born in 1925, has been involved in many phases of British science fiction in his 45-year career. In the 1950s, he was one of the first British writers who tried to move the genre away from its pulp roots. In the 1960s, he was at the center of the "New Wave," a movement to make sf more literate and experimental. But while many of his New Wave colleagues saw their careers crash and burn, Aldiss continued to be productive, completing such important works as "The Helliconia Trilogy" (1982-85). He has also produced a substantial amount of sf criticism, most notably "Trillion Year Spree" (1986), a provocative history of the genre. But while Aldiss pursued his science fiction career, he has also written eight other novels. Most science fiction writers (such as Philip K. Dick and Alfred Bester) who have tried to write contemporary novels have failed. But mainstream fiction is like a second language to Aldiss. At one time he specialized in raunchy military comedies like "A Soldier Erect" (1971). He later discovered the world of tortured intellectuals and think-tank types, which provided him with material for his quite interesting (and shamefully neglected) "Squire Quartet" (1980-1994). America, Aldiss writes, sees itself as an optimistic country, but "in Britain the prevailing mood is more one of scepticism. It suits us better." So he presents his life, particularly in his early years, as one in which stiff-upper-lip types keep muddling along. Aldiss grew up in East Dereham, a small Norfolk village. His father helped run the family business, a general store. Like those of many children of the Depression, his early life was one of small pleasures and a great deal of suffering--lengthy and protracted diseases, a hellish, primitive boarding school. It was in the 1930s that Aldiss discovered science fiction, particularly the fiction of A.E. van Vogt. He found such work to be "subversive messages at the time--holding every meaning alien to the received opinions of East Dereham." World War II substantially expanded Aldiss's horizons. Sent to the Indian front, he found that life in the tropics suited him; the lush jungle landscape was almost as alien as an imaginary sf world. "Because everything was new," he writes, "I remained in a state of subdued excitement." Returning home in 1947, Aldiss struggled to launch a literary career. He landed a job in an Oxford bookshop, which gave him the material for his first novel, "The Brightfount Diaries" (1955), as well as exposure to the literary celebrities of the age who were striving to get rid of their review copies. (John Betjeman was courtly, Aldiss recalls, while Evelyn Waugh presented himself as a dyspeptic "minor devil . . . with a smell not of brimstone but an equally noxious mixture of cigars and lavender water.") The last half of "The Twinkling of an Eye" details Aldiss's literary career. It's a chronicle of professional success--steadily rising sales, travel and occasional dalliances with television, theater and Hollywood, including a wasted year toiling for Stanley Kubrick. (Had Kubrick lived, his next project was to be based on an Aldiss short story.) Aldiss also has become increasingly disillusioned with science fiction. In the 1960s and 1970s, he argues, it was "a new kind of art form or maybe anti-art form . . . breaking with tradition, yet strengthened by its own traditions." But he argues that the genre today "flounders like an old whale in a miry sea of commercial fantasy." There's much about Aldiss's life that he has chosen to make obscure. You're never quite sure, for example, what caused his first marriage to collapse. The book would have been strengthened by more details about his work in the science fiction field. But Brian Aldiss is one of the most important sf writers of his generation, and "The Twinkling of an Eye" serves as a capstone to a successful career. © Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company - 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,
[CTRL] VICTIMS OF MASONIC ILL TREATMENT UK ISSUE 30/99
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:539596"VICTIMS OF MASONIC ILL TREATMENT UK ISSUE 30/99 /A - Subject: VICTIMS OF MASONIC ILL TREATMENT UK ISSUE 30/99 From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 24 July 1999 09:49 AM EDT Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VOMIT UK 30/99 Victims Of Masonic Ill-treatment 24 July 1999 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone criticised or maligned in these publications has a guaranteed right of reply. JMF or P2 Lodge UK stands for the hierarchies of the Judaeo/Masonic Faction. The ordinary Mason and Jew are as likely to suffer from the machinations of the JMF as non-Masons and non-Jews are. DECRIMINALISE CANNABIS Lord McCluskey, a senior Scottish judge, has called for new thinking on whether cannabis should be decriminalised. He states that cannabis users waste police time and court time and that prison sentences have little deterrent effect. Occasionally a decent judge rears his head in Scotland but, by and large, they are pretty bad people. Lord McCluskey is unlikely to be one of the Mafia. What he does not understand is that decriminalising cannabis use could kill the cocaine/heroin market. We do have an official hard drugs business. That is another reason why drug dealers receive such harsh sentences. Charlie Kray was prosecuted because he changed from an official supplier of cocaine to an unofficial supplier. We would make all drugs available over the counter with health warnings. Anyone administering drugs to another by deception or force would deserve severe punishment. McCluskey, in 1997, suggested that a well-known Glasgow criminal could have become a judge had his social environment been different. He said that the man was intelligent, witty and good-looking. Hand on heart we must say that we have never known an intelligent, witty and good-looking judge. Lord Denning could not have been described as "good looking". The thing that impresses us about judges is the furtive manner in which they go about their business and then creep away from the bench like thieves in the night. Again hand on heart we would say that litigants would receive fairer judgements from gangsters than from the wigged Mafia. There have been several cases where major drug dealers have been acquitted on technicalities. Could it be that there are many drug dealers who appear to have official approval? In our region there has been an officially approved cocaine network for years. Some people in high places are undoubtedly accepting bribes from the drug barons and some people in high places are allegedly drug barons. Most of the drug money is recycled through the Seychelles. Bernie Ecclsestone visited 10 Downing Street at Christmas in 1997. He was offering donations and was looking for a sympathetic ear. Gebr Hellmann Gmbh of Osnabruk, owners of Hellmann International Forwarders contributed a further £20 million to its UK subsidiary at Christmas 1998. No respectable politician visits the Seychelles. There is always the suspicion of bribery. BELIZE, BLAIR AND COCAINE People in glass houses should not throw stones. Margaret Beckett was off message when she decided to smear Michael Ashcroft, Tory Party Treasurer. Ashcroft is operating in Belize to standards adopted by Gargoyle Blair in the UK. It is being alleged that he his part owner of ships that transport cocaine into Tampa and Miami and that he has arranged for Belize to be a haven for recycled drug money. Blair will see nothing wrong with that. For a number of years the UK authorities have had at least one official drug importer. The drug site is now occupied by H Hearn Son Limited working in partnership with Hellmann Parcel Systems. It has been virtually impossible to link Hellmann International Forwarders in South Africa, UK and USA. Communication with the different offices including the Miami , Florida head office is blocked in Osnabruk, Germany. We believe that the government is benefiting from the illicit drug trade. The main location for recycling drug money or Sierra Leone diamonds and other hot money are the Seychelles. There is so much hot money in the Seychelles that the World Bank is anxious about world currency stability. ALBERT DRYDEN Letter dated 15 July 1999 to VOMIT from CK 0635 A. Dryden, H M Prison Garth, C Wing, Ulnes Walton Lane, LEYLAND, Lancs. PR5 3NE (Edited) ### This is just a line to say that I am OK but it is a long way for my visitors to come. It is 140 miles each way costing them 27 pounds for petrol. Norman is 75 miles away. It is not so bad for him. The jury at my trial said that they had not seen the incident on TV or read about it in the newspapers. My QC found this hard to believe. So do all my supporters. They showed the two videos every day of my trial. The jury took the videos into the room to help them make up their minds. They were out only 23 minutes after a 3-week trial. The judge said in her summing up that I
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[CTRL] A DIARY OF PERVERSION PART 1
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:539564"A DIARY OF PERVERSION PART 1 /A - Subject: A DIARY OF PERVERSION PART 1 From: William [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 24 July 1999 05:50 AM EDT Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A DIARY OF PERVERSION PART ONE My name is Maurice Kellett of 16A The Lyons, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne-Wear, DH5 0HT, England. Telephone (44) 0191 5264555. The statements that I make in this diary are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. FOREWORD. Thirteen years ago I was subject of a battering and immediately afterwards was struck by a car that was deliberately driven at me. The matter went before Houghton-le-Spring Magistrates Court situated in the County of Tyne and Wear. Proceedings there were unlawful. The magistrate who sat was not qualified to act alone. Though another magistrate also sat on the bench at that time, later he said that he had stood down because he was well acquainted with both myself and the man who had battered me. This other magistrate was a frequent visitor to Hetton-le- Hole Masonic Hall and is therefore presumed to be a member of the Freemasons. A police Inspector Luke who was to investigate my complaints, which included the conduct of some policemen, was also a Freemason. I will later publish in greater detail facts regarding these matters. It was as a direct result of these matters that I took the decision to investigate the extent of Masonic membership within both the police and legal profession and later, also the extent of Freemasonry membership within local government. In May of 1996 I was thanked on behalf of the Rt. Hon. Lord Nolan for a dossier that I sent to him. I was informed by letter that the dossier was to be used by the House of Commons Standards in Public Life Committee Enquiry into Freemasonry within the Police and Judiciary. I start this diary with more recent events. Later, I will then publish events starting from thirteen years ago. -- I was a litigant in person for most of the time over four years commencing March 1994. There were three separate actions at issue. They concerned damage to our property, drainage onto our property, and a land ownership dispute. On June 1st 1994 an order was made in the Durham County Court by District Judge Scott-Phillips refusing my opponents application ( Miss Shirley Carr) for consolidation of the three cases under her case number of NE401650 where I was accused of trespass. I was the Plaintiff in the other two cases under numbers DH400950 and DH400898. The cases commenced in March of 1994. I had brief but very damaging legal representation by Nancy Bone Solicitors of Durham City. That firm has now been closed down following the intervention of the Office of the Supervision of Solicitors. Nancy Bone was later struck from the role of solicitors. That firm withheld my files by lien until more than a year after the cases were heard before Recorder John H. Fryer-Spedding at the Newcastle County Court commencing October 21 1996. Nancy Bone Solicitors applied in 1994 for legal aid on my behalf for assistance to obtain an injunction to prevent drainage coming from my neighbours property (Case No. DH400950) . The Northern Area Legal Aid Board ( Eagle Star House, Fenkle Street, Newcastle) refused that application. Their refusal was on the grounds that there was already an injunction in place to prevent the drainage from taking place and that insufficient information had been given in the application. On appeal, I appeared in person before the Legal Aid Board. I made it clear that them that there was no injunction in place and that legal aid was required for assistance in obtaining that injunction. The Legal Aid Board refused the appeal. Their refusal was on the same grounds as per the original application. I was able to obtain a copy of the original application made by Nancy Bone Solicitors to the Legal Aid Board. That application made it very clear that legal aid was being applied for to assist in obtaining an injunction to prevent drainage onto our property. In early February of 1996 I again obtained legal representation. Jacksons Solicitors of Darlington, Co. Durham were the new firm of solicitors representing me. Legal aid was granted for assistance with all three actions. Counsel Michelle Temple was appointed to act on my behalf. My solicitor was Mrs. P. Tench. then of Jacksons Solicitors. For a period of around two years before January 19 1996, my opponent attended the Durham County Court with solicitor Alison Stott, of Alison Stott Solicitors, of Aykley Vale Chambers, Aykley Heads, Durham City. During that time District judges Scott-Phillips and Cuthbertson had given work to Alison Stott to carry out. This work had included the preparation of a draft of undertakings agreed in general principle
[CTRL] Most Leaks and Lies come from White House/Executive Branch
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:539488"Most Leaks and Lies come from White House/Executive Branch /A - Subject: Most Leaks and Lies come from White House/Executive Branch From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E Right) Date: Fri, 23 July 1999 09:06 PM EDT Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Most Leaks and Lies Come from White House/Executive Branch Most leaks come from executive branch, CIA director says By BRAD WRIGHT/CNN FAIR USE http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/22/leaks/ WASHINGTON (CNN 7/22/99) -- CIA Director George Tenet said Thursday a flood of news leaks about sensitive matters are jeopardizing national security -- and 95 percent of the leaks are coming from the executive branch of government. "The nature of the leaking that's going on in this town is unprecedented. It is compromising sources and methods. It is jeopardizing American security and there are people in our government who think they have some free pass to do this for their own pleasure," said Tenet, who was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee at its first public hearing about the bombing of the Chinese Embassy. The CIA director -- who was responding to a comment by Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind., that there had been many stories in the press about intelligence failures related to the bombing -- then pointed a finger of blame. "I would say to all of my colleagues in the executive branch that 95 percent of what leaks comes out of the executive branch of government," he said. "Because some people believe they have some free right to disseminate this information." Sandia National Laboratory last week bought back a supercomputer U.S. buys back computer sold to firm headed by Chinese citizen WASHINGTON (AP7/23/99) - The Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratory last week bought back a supercomputer it had sold as surplus to Korber Jiang, a Chinese citizen who is the principle of EHI Group USA and exports American goods to his home country. Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., called Friday for Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's resignation, saying that the computer could have been used to design nuclear weapons. He's going around the country saying there are no problems in the Department of Energy, that everything is under control, Weldon said in a telephone interview. If there are no problems, then how can this happen? The transaction was first reported by Insight Magazine. MORE White House Fables: From Today's Media Research Center CyberAlert: President Clinton's claim at his Wednesday press conference that he afforded John F. Kennedy Jr. his first chance to visit the White House since 1963 was false, but USA Today and NBC's Today gullibly bought the yarn. CBS's This Morning skipped over Clinton's misstatement and just told viewers JFK Jr. had first returned during the Nixon years and on ABC's Good Morning America Ann Compton rationalized: "President Clinton seemed to think that the visit helped John Kennedy come to terms not only with his own life, but his family's history." None of the broadcast networks or CNN pointed out Clinton's error on Wednesday night, July 21, but both MSNBC and CNBC did, though that didn't stop their sister network's Today show from repeating the false story the next morning. - 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] China - CIA Responsible
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:539356"China - CIA Responsible/A - Subject: China - CIA Responsible From: Ralph McGehee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 July 1999 10:24 AM EDT Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --288992B7261D2E36E277FFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --288992B7261D2E36E277FFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="atentet.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="atentet.txt" DCI Tenet Claims Responsibility DCI Tenet told Congress yesterday that he takes "ultimate responsibility" for the accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade and promised to change the Agency's procedures to ensure that such a mistake cannot happen again. Tenet attributed the error to poor targeting procedures, inadequate review and faulty databases. "It was a major error," Tenet told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. "I cannot minimize the significance of this." The Yugoslav Directorate of Supply and Procurement was the first target "unilaterally proposed and wholly assembled" by CIA. Tenet also gave new details about a mid-level intelligence analyst who challenged the targeting data before the airstrike. Washington Post 7/23/99 A16. I read this article feeling a great deal of irony due to the inability's of the CIA's analysis that have manifested themselves over and over. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a recent annual report discussed the Agency's gross inability's in analyzing political, military and economic information -- what else is there? A recent Admiral Jeremiah report followed up and concluded the CIA needed to be scrubbed from the top to bottom. See http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/jeremiah.html A departing (conservative) case officer recorded the devastating intellectual inability's of the leadership of the CIA's Directorate of Operations. http://www3.theatlantic.com/issues/98feb/cia.htm. A number of high-level analysts left the CIA and wrote of its terrible intelligence. For example see: "Lost Promise: How CIA Analysis Misserves the Nation," by John A. Gentry -- http://www.fas.org/irp/gentry/index.html A former top Soviet affairs analyst, Melvin Goodwin, documents and decries the CIA analytical inability's -- see http://www.us.net/cip/cia.htm Yet from his first days, Tenet ignored the CIA's analytical needs and pushed ahead with his own non-intellectual tack. He called for increased operations and dismayingly overtly! discussed his plans for increased covert actions against China. Tenet has overseen and ignored this gamut of intelligence failures. As he himself notes -- he is ultimately responsible -- he must resign. He does not have the knowledge, ability, or motivation to bring about required reform. Lastly I must record my own criticisms. I have documented the CIA's refusal to report accurately on Vietnam, leading to the deaths of millions of Vietnamese and ten of thousands of Americans and the near collapse of our own society; and, inter alia, the officially documented failure of the CIA's intelligence to note the decline and collapse of the USSR. But contributing to the intelligence failures are the inability's of its Directorate of Operations. We have official testimony re Cuba's DGI running the Agency's entire stable of Cuban double agents, East Germany's STASI than ran hundreds if not thousands of CIA double agents; and, the KGB's known double agents loyal to the USSR who duped the CIA into reporting falsely on the Soviet Union's "super" weapons of mass destruction. Echoing these unbelievable (in the full meaning of that term) failures, is the CIA's dissemination of "intelligence" from a known Chinese double agent that documented the Cox report's conclusions and the negative impact of those on our national security. At my web site I include a number of recommendations on how to improve the CIA's performance -- using many examples taken from my own experience. Making the CIA a good intelligence service is relatively easy, making the CIA reform, especially with the current leadership, is impossible. Ralph McGehee http://come.to/CIABASE --288992B7261D2E36E277FFD0-- - 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] Ford Plant on strike (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- July 23, 1999 Ford Plant in Brazil Still Struck By The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Union leaders on Friday vowed to stay out on strike at the Ford truck plant in Sao Paulo, saying the company's promise to guarantee workers their jobs until year-end was insufficient. Nearly 1,500 workers went on strike Thursday after a newspaper reported that the Ford would shut down its Sao Paulo factory and transfer production to the northeastern state of Bahia. The strike brought the facility in a working-class neighborhood of Sao Paulo to a standstill. It normally produces 120 trucks a day. Ford denied it was planning to move the plant to Bahia but acknowledged it was studying the possibility of transferring it to a less densely populated area in Sao Paulo state. After a meeting with Ford's human resources director, Carlos Augusto Marino, labor leaders said Thursday that an agreement was reached to guarantee jobs for the workers through Dec. 31. That was expected to get the workers' back on their jobs. Eleno Bezerra, secretary general of the Sao Paulo Metalworkers Union, said Ford also promised to keep the truck factory in Sao Paulo state and would give the union a say as to where it will be moved. But on Friday, Carlos Abreu Ortiz, director of the Sao Paulo metal workers union, said the strike would continue until Ford promised to move the workers along with the plant. Ortiz said the union planned to stage protests to call attention to the workers' plight. ___ DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] the humanitarian war (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Serbian town will be polluted for years following NATO strikes MISHA SAVIC PANCEVO, Yugoslavia (AP) - The grass is bleached to a scary pale grey and little Ana has trouble breathing when she plays in the park, weeks after NATO caused environmental havoc by bombing key industrial sites. Pancevo, an industrial town eight kilometres northeast of Belgrade, was the town worst hit during the air raids, and doctors and environmental experts say the after-effects of the bombing will be felt for years - and maybe generations - to come. Huge amounts of chemicals and poisonous fumes have polluted the air, the ground and the water in and around Pancevo. The damage dates back to April when NATO missiles struck Pancevo's three major industrial sites - an oil refinery, a nitrogen fertilizer factory and a chemical plant, releasing hundreds of tonnes of toxic materials that spread over the entire region. Weeks after the bombing ended, a visit to the fertilizer factory still produced a stinging sensation in the nose and throat. A sticky, yellowish fluid, apparently a leaked chemical, stank and slowly solidified under the blazing summer sun near the front gate. "I am afraid to even think what we breathed in, what chemicals got into our bodies," said Tamara Radjenovic, a 32-year-old teacher, as she watched her five-year old daughter Ana play in a park. Every few minutes, the girl came to her mother to rest, gasping for air. "She gets tired so easily, she has dark circles around her eyes. It wasn't like that before the bombs. She is not the child she used to be," Radjenovic said of her daughter with a deep, sorrowful sigh. Local doctors who examined the girl said the symptoms were caused by the chemicals and that there was nothing they could do now. Pancevo's municipal authorities have compiled a day-by-day list of dangerous leaks, fires and explosions since March 24 when the air raids began. The town of 70,000 was hit from the beginning. At least 25,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly from the bombed refinery, burned into the atmosphere, blanketing a wide area with a layer of tar. More than 1,400 tonnes of poisonous vinyl chloride burned and spread noxious fumes when NATO bombs hit a storage tank at Pancevo's Petrohemija factory. The substance, normally used to produce plastics, is carcinogenic, and two per cent of it turns into even more dangerous phosgene when burned. A hundred tonnes of mercury, almost as much sodium hydroxide and tonnes of other chemicals, including nitric acid, burned up or leaked into the Danube River. Those substances almost invariably cause respiratory problems, nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, skin rashes and blisters when inhaled in even the smallest quantities. In one of the worst nights of bombing, instruments measuring pollution in Pancevo showed a vinyl chloride concentration of 0.43 milligrams per cubic metre, or 8,600 times more than recommended maximum levels. Doctors in Pancevo said there were about a hundred cases of acute intoxication, mostly among nightshift workers, security and firemen who were at the sites during the nighttime raids. Three of them have died. Health authorities are preparing a comprehensive report expected to be released later this year. While doctors have been instructed to withhold details, they do acknowledge a sharp increase in patients suffering from pollution-related symptoms. "I had a patient who was treated for infertility last year," said a local gynecologist, insisting on anonymity. "She wanted a baby so much, she was two months pregnant when the bombing began. She got so terrified of possible birth defects that she had an abortion last month." The woman made her decision after a surge of miscarriages in the town in late April, he said. Milan Borna, head of the environmental protection department in Pancevo, said, "The full extent of the damage will show in coming years. We fear that the worst effects may be degenerative changes in future generations." Meanwhile, a 17-member expert team, assembled by the UN Environment Program, arrived in Yugoslavia this week and immediately headed to Pancevo to take samples of water and soil for analysis in two mobile laboratories. A preliminary report is due later this month and a broader one in September. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will then decide on possible follow-up measures. A mission member, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a chief motive for the UN visit was the health of the Danube River which flows through Yugoslavia and into neighbouring Romania and Bulgaria, carrying a share of the toxic chemicals downstream. 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
[CTRL] Tribute to Kris
-Caveat Lector- raises glass Here's to Kris for coming up with the best subject headings I've seen in quite a while! They definitely get the reader to open the article and READ IT! Great job, Kris! drinks, off for refill Tenorlove _ 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
Re: [CTRL] Why some of us fear Clinton?
-Caveat Lector- On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Howard R. Davis III wrote: Mr. Davis writes: Why don't you understand why the "far right" is opposed to Clinton? Are you in favor of "the evil nataional security state"? If not, why are you surprized that others might be fearful of a president who has "sold out" to it? In answer your question: I've been in opposition to the national security state since the time of the Viet Nam War. It represents a threat to the civil liberties of all Americans. But from the outset, the Republican party and members of the Far Right wing have sponsored and supported its continued growth and development out of fear of communism. When the FBI and the CIA were systematically violating the rights of Americans at home, the far right wing of the Republican party remained silent. Why? Because the Republican party was not interested in protecting the civil liberties of progressives. They applauded the Federal government when it carried out a no-holds barred program of persecution of American citizens. Many civil rights workers and war protestors were thrown in jail or they lost their means of earning a livelihood were taken away from them through the Federal government's program of blackmail and intimidation. All of this well-documented, I don't think it needs any further comment. But where was the far right? Well, they were supporting these repressive measures. All of it was justified in the name of the war against communism. Corporate America, the largest contributor to the Republican party, saw the cold war as a golden opportunity to increase its profits by selling the American people on the need to create a national security state. By keeping the economy on a wartime footing, the security state has grown into the behemoth it is today. It hasn't been handouts to the poor that has bankrupted the system. The federal government exists as a tool, a servant of PRIVATE interests. And those interests represent less than one percent of the total population. It has been the liberal wing of the Democratic party that has defended the civil liberties of minorities and political dissenters over the years. In contrast, the far right of the Republican party has argued for the implementation of a police state in America, presumably, to fight communism and "crime." Please look at Colonel Oliver North's statements in support of martial law during the Reagan years. He might have been a "liberal" (however you want to define the term) years ago, but it's pretty obvious he has done nothing to challenge the corporate control of the American political apparatus. Mr. Davis wrote: The post to which you have made the above answer does not, in fact, accuse Clinton of being a "liberal". It accuses him of being a Marxist or a Communist. Its only mention of "liberals" was in questioning their support of him. Further, if (as has been suggested by many on this list) communism was created by the elite as a method of control, then why would they want him to "challenge the corporate control of the American political apparatus". That would get him killed like at least one Kennedy, if not more. William Tunstall responds: Perhaps Bill Clinton and Hilary were Marxists in your youth during the nineteen sixties. If you lived back in that period, you might have more of an understanding of WHY people were interested in revolution. I remember standing in the front yard of my house in Orange, California watching the smoke of Los Angeles rising into the sky during the LA riots. At that time, racism was embedded in the laws of the land, and many Americans were very doubtful that the nation would ever live up to the shining ideals encoded in its public documents. That's why some young people WERE attracted to a variety of different leftist creeds. Eventually, in response to enormous public pressure, the American system did have to accomodate people who had been shut out of the system. Americans of a variety of political persuasions did have the courage to stand up to the government during that period. Of course, there were others who gleefully persecuted them in a variety of different ways. If Bill and Hillary were Marxists in their early years, it wouldn't surprise me. But Bill has always been a political opportunist. Whatever sympathy he might have for the poor and marginalized has been tempered by political ambition. In order to rise to the top of the political establishment, you must serve the economic and political interests of the people the own this place. And when I refer to "owners," I don't mean the moms and dads who might own small businesses, farms or homes... I'm referring to the REAL owners. ...our korporate masters. If you will go back and look at what Clinton has done during the past few years, you will see that he has helped Wall Street increase its wealth; he has fought hard for NAFTA...he's supported the technology transfer to China...you must keep in mind
[CTRL] Fwd: So-called Superstar Attempts To Silence Michael Boren Williams
Greetings from Swiss exile! Yesterday, as I lie in my cubby hole, sick and depressed, I was suddenly dragged (very literally) to Lausanne, in the French-speaking (i.e., civilised) part of Switzerland, to attend the wedding of Phil Collins to a 27-year-old beautiful French-Swiss billionaire heiress by my friend Dana. Dana is black, muscular, nearly seven feet tall and weighs about 225 kg (about 450lbs.). He began life as a cop in the worst part of Chicago, then, after going on to become the bodyguard of Muhammad Ali, Eric Clapton and for many years, Michael Jackson, became the independent producer he remains today. All of Collins's tax-exiled rock star neighbours were there: Eric Clapton, Elton John, Robert Palmer, Tina Turner, David Bowie, and too many others to mention. At the reception at the exclusive Beau Rivage Hotel, Clapton put on some CDs which were broadcast over the huge sound system. After a while, Dana, one of the few men I know today with any guts, went to the CD player, removed the CDs Clapton had put on and put on a copy of my soon-to-be-released "Dancing On The Ocean Floor" CD. Everyone went absolutely wild! They loved it! They were dancing and singing and just really going crazy to the music. Then, seeing how much everyone loved my music, Clapton suddenly stormed over to the CD player, violently removed my CD, and put his back on! He threw my CD at Dana, who grabbed him by his collar, put his fist in his face, looked over his mirrored sunglasses and said: "Don't fuck wid dah GHOSTWRITER, Eric!" I must say it was hilarious, but it was also heartbreaking to see the extent the "big boys" will go to prevent my music from being heard by the public. In the time being, Clapton's former manager, Roger Forrester, is not returning my calls. He had been referred to me by a close friend of his, since he lost Clapton as a client a couple of months ago and is supposed to be looking for a replacement. What better replacement for him than the man who wrote and/or played on his most famous hit songs. Just one more day in the life of a ghostwriter in exile. Cheers, MICHAEL BOREN WILLIAMS http://www.williamsmusic.simplenet.com
Re: [CTRL] Tribute to Kris
-Caveat Lector- snarf;snarf blush;blush Danka. But must confess, most are just as titled, 'cept fro a few now and then.:-) Om K In a message dated 7/25/99 10:50:51 AM, you wrote: raises glass Here's to Kris for coming up with the best subject headings I've seen in quite a while! They definitely get the reader to open the article and READ IT! Great job, Kris! drinks, off for refill Tenorlove 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] fake forests (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) July 17 Trees that never flower herald a silent spring Oliver Tickell and Charles Clover report that GM forests will be devoid of all animal and insect life By OLIVER TICKELL AND CHARLES CLOVER "TERMINATOR" trees, genetically engineered never to flower, could ensure a silent spring in the forests of the future. Such trees will grow faster than before, but will be devoid of the bees, butterflies, moths, birds and squirrels which depend on pollen, seed and nectar, scientists said yesterday. Under plans set out by the biotechnology company Monsanto and New Zealand's Forest Research Agency, the sterile plantations will be engineered to secrete toxic chemicals through their leaves to kill caterpillars and other leaf-eating insects and to resist herbicides, allowing ground flora to be eliminated easily. Scientists from companies and regulatory bodies, such as English Nature, agree that before GM trees can be allowed to grow in the open, they must be made sterile to prevent the contamination of wild species with modified DNA. But environmental groups believe that sterile trees will bring a second "silent spring". The first, in Rachel Carson's book of that name, described the advent of synthetic pesticides, such as DDT. Scientists meeting at the Oxford University Museum this week for an international symposium sponsored by Shell and Monsanto are working on improving the value of trees, by making them grow faster or by producing lignin-free timber to reduce the use of chemicals and energy used in paper-making.They claim that GM trees will have benefits. David Duncan of Monsanto said: "Increasing the productivity of tree plantations safely and sustainably will help meet the world's wood needs without increasing pressure on native forests. " Dr Amy Brunner of Oregon State University is working on ways to prevent flowering in black cottonwood and is being sponsored by interested companies, including Shell and Monsanto, and the US Department of Energy.She said: "You could argue that non- flowering trees would limit wildlife, but these trees are intended only for specialised plantations. We do not want them to replace native forests, but to be planted on bare marginal land of no agricultural value." Dr Jeff Skinner, also of Oregon State University, said that exotic trees could be prevented from growing in places where they did not belong. His work, also on black cottonwood, involves attaching a poison-promoting gene to a "promoter" gene responsible for stimulating flowering so that every time a flower cell began to form it poisoned itself and died. But ecologists are horrified. George McGavin, curator of Entomology at Oxford University Museum, said: "If you replace vast tracts of natural forest with flowerless trees there will be a serious effect on the richness and abundance of insects. "If you put insect resistance in the leaves as well you will end up with nothing but booklice and earwigs. We are talking about vast tracts of land covered with plants that do not support animal life as a sterile means of culturing wood tissue. That is a pretty unattractive vision of the future and one I want no part of." Friends of the Earth says that scientists will have little power to determine how their technology is applied in practice. Sarah Tyack, of Friends of the Earth, said: "The idea that intensively-managed plantations take pressure off natural forests is a myth. What is happening is that natural forest is being cleared to make way for intensive plantations. GM trees will accelerate that process." Hanna Scrase, of the Forestry Stewardship Council, the leading global certification body, said: "Our position is simple. We do not allow GM trees." Martin Mathers of the World Wide Fund for Nature said: "These trees will support even lower levels of biodiversity than conifer monocultures. At least Sitka spruce has nectar and cones that support insects, red squirrels, cross-bills and other birds." The private forestry industry is also uneasy about GM trees. Len Yull, chairman of the Timber Growers' Association, said: "I have yet to see anyone put a convincing case that GM technology would create a sufficiently superior product to achieve a real market advantage, and these things are market and profit driven." ==#== 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
[CTRL] Fwd: China Defiant on Entry Into WTO
In a message dated 7/25/99 1:30:10 PM Central Daylight Time, AOL News writes: Subj:China Defiant on Entry Into WTO Date: 7/25/99 1:30:10 PM Central Daylight Time From: AOL News BCC: Ahab42 China Defiant on Entry Into WTO .c The Associated Press By DEAN VISSER SINGAPORE (AP) - China will only meet conditions to get into the World Trade Organization that are required of other developing countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said Sunday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. ``China would not swallow the bitter fruit in order to get into the WTO,'' Tang told a news conference after lunching with Albright on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia security forum. He said he was expecting Albright to bring up the subject of the WTO. ``She didn't do that,'' Tang said. ``I was also surprised.'' ``China's accession to the WTO is required by China's efforts to reform and open up to the outside world,'' Tang said. ``On the other hand, without China's participation, the WTO is not complete.'' Washington missed a ``precious opportunity'' to seal China's WTO membership during Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's April visit to the United States, when Zhu and President Clinton failed to come to terms on China's admission into the WTO. Clinton said China's offers did not go far enough. ``When Premier Zhu got back to China, things got more difficult because the bombing incident happened shortly afterwards,'' he said, referring to the May 7 NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which killed three people. The United States has said it was an accident, but China remains unsatisfied. Tang said he had concluded bilateral meetings with Japan and Australia on the WTO issue and would pursue it further with other WTO members. Agricultural trade conflicts have been one of the major reasons the United States has withheld support for China's WTO membership. China has restricted imports of agricultural products to protect its own markets, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Daniel Glickman said in June. The United States wants to see freer markets in China, particularly for grains, Glickman said. State control of production and price-setting play too large a part in China's farming sector, he said in a visit to Beijing. AP-NY-07-25-99 1429EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. To edit your profile, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:NewsProfiles"NewsProfiles /A. For all of today's news, go to keyword A HREF="aol://1722:News"News/A. China Defiant on Entry Into WTO .c The Associated Press By DEAN VISSER SINGAPORE (AP) - China will only meet conditions to get into the World Trade Organization that are required of other developing countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said Sunday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. ``China would not swallow the bitter fruit in order to get into the WTO,'' Tang told a news conference after lunching with Albright on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia security forum. He said he was expecting Albright to bring up the subject of the WTO. ``She didn't do that,'' Tang said. ``I was also surprised.'' ``China's accession to the WTO is required by China's efforts to reform and open up to the outside world,'' Tang said. ``On the other hand, without China's participation, the WTO is not complete.'' Washington missed a ``precious opportunity'' to seal China's WTO membership during Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's April visit to the United States, when Zhu and President Clinton failed to come to terms on China's admission into the WTO. Clinton said China's offers did not go far enough. ``When Premier Zhu got back to China, things got more difficult because the bombing incident happened shortly afterwards,'' he said, referring to the May 7 NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which killed three people. The United States has said it was an accident, but China remains unsatisfied. Tang said he had concluded bilateral meetings with Japan and Australia on the WTO issue and would pursue it further with other WTO members. Agricultural trade conflicts have been one of the major reasons the United States has withheld support for China's WTO membership. China has restricted imports of agricultural products to protect its own markets, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Daniel Glickman said in June. The United States wants to see freer markets in China, particularly for grains, Glickman said. State control of production and price-setting play too large a part in China's farming sector, he said in a visit to Beijing. AP-NY-07-25-99 1429EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written
Re: [CTRL] Neo-British Empire of the Crown - 500 Year Chronology http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/prjframe.html
-Caveat Lector- Bravo Lloyd Miller! It's hard to know what is credible in the world of conspiracies. People choose the conspiracies that suit their prejudices. Lloyd Miller is able to maintain a hard critical edge in this environment and warrants more credibility than most. Good job. Joshua2 - Lloyd Miller wrote: -Caveat Lector- In answer to your letter below: I am familiar with "Dr." John Coleman's work. Unfortunately, I read it as it was written for articles first published in the World Economic Review, published by James Warner. There is no reason to think Coleman was an ex-British Intelligence Agent. It was extremely clear then that Coleman was simply cribbing from Lyndon LaRouche and adding a right-wing Nationalist spin. Never-the-less, there is a great deal of truth in Coleman's writing as there is in the writings of LaRouche. However, there is no truth in the Committee of 300 nonsense. Walter Rathenau, the German Jewish Financial Minister for the Weimar Republic and later assassinated by the Nazis, has stated that 300 people control the fate of Europe. This single statement, quite likely true in and of itself, has been confabulated into a "Committee of 300" by Coleman. This does ruling class/conspiracy theory a disservice. More and more folks in the conspiracy exposè movement are discrediting themselves by speaking of a "Committee of 300" in the same breath with well document groups such as the Trilateral Commission, CFR, Bilderbergers, and Royal Institute of International Affairs.almost as bad as otherwise credible folks believing in the "reality" of "Report from Iron Mountain" or the "Protocols of Zion".frustrating! *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/formaddress.html For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text in body: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html Every Diet Has Failed! What Can I do? Click Below to "Ask Dr. Kathleen"! http://www.radiantdiet.com/cgi-bin/slim/deliver.cgi?ask-1364 *** From: benjamin emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Neo-British Empire of the Crown - 500 Year Chronology http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/prjframe.html Hello James Daugherty, Greetings. My name is Ben Emerson and I have just been perusing your article whose title is mentioned in the subject line above. It is very interesting and informative. I have held for a long time that the British have posed a threat to the sovereignty of the USA. I had heard about Committee of 300, British Round Table, Milner's Kindergarten, Rhodes Scholarships, and other British organizations/activities by which they want to reclaim the lost colonies of their Empire, especially the United States of America. I am a patriotic American and would want to help through any legal means this eroding away of US sovereignty. I have long looked for a website that dealt with the various facets of this London-based conspiracy and am glad to have stumbled across your website. I live in Tennessee and am sad to say that Queen Elizabeth II owns land in East Tennesse and horse farms in Kentucky. The British have so many companies with US operations, like British Petroleum, Holiday Inn, Burger King, and US Air/British Airways. It is terrible how the Brits are trying to reclaim their lost American colonies, not so much militarily as economically. I understand that British troops often train at US military bases (such as Fort Bragg, NC) and even are privy to our latest spy technology such as at the FBI headquarters in Quantico, VA. Well, James, in my next message I'll tell you more about myself, including my religious affiliation. It is good to know that there are other people out there aware of this "British invasion" of the USA, especially as orchestrated by the Committee of 300. Have you ever met John Coleman, the author of that book? Please send a message back soon to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care. Thanks. Sincerely, Ben Emerson ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not
[CTRL] U.S. Nuclear Adviser Sent to India
-Caveat Lector- Saturday July 24 2:09 PM ET U.S. Nuclear Adviser Sent to India WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is sending the Energy Department's top arms control official on a six-month mission to India in hopes of bringing India under nuclear nonproliferation accords. Starting Sept. 1, Joan Rohlfing, the department's senior adviser for national security, will join the staff of U.S. Ambassador Richard Celeste in New Delhi, the department said Saturday. ``Ambassador Celeste is working on some very tough nonproliferation issues in the region. I'm pleased to be able to support his effort,'' Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said in announcing the assignment. Neither India nor Pakistan, belligerent neighbors since the partition of South Asia in the late 1940s, has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Each set off a series of nuclear explosions last year. The State Department has pressed strongly this year for India, which set off its first nuclear blast in 1974, to sign the 1968 treaty. Richardson said Rohlfing ``brings great expertise and skills to this important project.'' In the department, her job is to advise Richardson on nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and management of nuclear weapons stockpiles. -- "Those who want to hear the voice of pagan gods in wind or thunder, who want to see the fairies dance in the moonlight, who can believe that faith can move mountains, can follow the thread on the pages of this book. It is a fragile thread; it cannot bear the weight of facts and dates" -Kate Seredy, "The White Stag" ICQ: 9815080 Operator Taliesin_2 of #SacredNemeton on IRC PaganPaths DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] U.S. Buys Back Supercomputer
-Caveat Lector- Friday July 23 6:33 PM ET U.S. Buys Back Supercomputer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratory last week bought back a supercomputer it had sold as surplus to Korber Jiang, a Chinese citizen who is the principle of EHI Group USA and exports American goods to his home country. Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., called Friday for Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's resignation, saying that the computer could have been used ``to design nuclear weapons.'' ``He's going around the country saying there are no problems in the Department of Energy, that everything is under control,'' Weldon said in a telephone interview. ``If there are no problems, then how can this happen?'' Neal Singer, a spokeswoman for Sandia National Laboratories, said that the New Mexico facility sold the Intel Paragon XPS to Korber's one-man company for $30,000 in October. After discovering Korber's nationality, Singer said, the department bought back the computer for $88,000 last week and stored it under guard at Sandia. The spokesman said the difference in cost may have been due to shipping costs incurred by Korber. ``Secretary Richardson has instituted a moratorium on any sales of surplus material that incorporates export control technology until there has been a thorough review of what happened,'' said Energy Department spokeswoman Brooke Anderson. The transaction was first reported by Insight Magazine. -- "Those who want to hear the voice of pagan gods in wind or thunder, who want to see the fairies dance in the moonlight, who can believe that faith can move mountains, can follow the thread on the pages of this book. It is a fragile thread; it cannot bear the weight of facts and dates" -Kate Seredy, "The White Stag" ICQ: 9815080 Operator Taliesin_2 of #SacredNemeton on IRC PaganPaths 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] DOE Security Chief Takes Polygraph
-Caveat Lector- Friday July 23 8:04 AM ET DOE Security Chief Takes Polygraph ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Energy Department's new head of security says requiring nuclear weapons workers to take lie detector tests is no big deal. To prove it, he took one himself. ``I passed it with flying colors,'' Eugene Habiger told reporters hours after taking the test at the department's Albuquerque field office Thursday. He said laboratory workers shouldn't have to do anything he wouldn't do. In June, the Energy Department announced plans to give polygraph tests to some 5,000 workers in sensitive nuclear weapons jobs, part of a broad initiative to beef up security after widely publicized accusations of leaks to the Chinese. Some lab workers objected to the polygraph testing, fearing that errors might incriminate innocent people. Habiger dismissed those concerns, saying the way the tests are being set up, there should be fewer than one error in 1,000. ``This is not a big deal,'' the retired Air Force general said. Habiger, named in June to head security at the department, was in Albuquerque this week to meet with officials at Sandia National Laboratories and the department's operations Office. -- "Those who want to hear the voice of pagan gods in wind or thunder, who want to see the fairies dance in the moonlight, who can believe that faith can move mountains, can follow the thread on the pages of this book. It is a fragile thread; it cannot bear the weight of facts and dates" -Kate Seredy, "The White Stag" ICQ: 9815080 Operator Taliesin_2 of #SacredNemeton on IRC PaganPaths 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] Hill 2K
-Caveat Lector- I am female, from New Hampshire, and I echo John's observations. HELP US NEW YORK! 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] Hill 2K
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 7/25/99 9:24:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: `I just wish Hillary would just dry-up and blow away. Nobody wants to see or hear from her on a national level IF this is the case then the voters in New York will echo your sentiment, sorry to say that she will be the next senator from NY (D). If one can remember, there was an out-cry from the masses regarding her self-inclusion in policy making etc... One of the cries from the public was " Who elected you to any office?" Who elected Nancy Reagan's astrologer??? She 's got a taste for it while being so close to inner workings as the first lady. I'll bet you this was not enough for her , she wants to be top dog, then watch out! God help this country. But we'd all be OK with Pat BuKKKanan, or Gary Bauer, or George Bush Jr. as top guy??? No thanks To get an idea just how power went to her head,just as she was moving into the White House, read the book "Unlimited Access" This was written by an ex-FBI agent who's job it was to screen all new staff coming to work in the WhiteHouse for National Security purposes. READ THE BOOK:"UNLIMITED ACCESS" the author's name escapes me at this time, It's Gary Aldrich, a right-wing kook with a serious ax to grind and an extremist agenda. His book is a joke, his publisher a right-wing hack mill, and his reputation all over the country is mud. Bill DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: Evidence of Conspiracy?
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 5:42 PM - SNETNEWS Mailing List from website (ciajfk.com) Press Release Set of George magazines Ebay # 135474272 To Whom It May Concern: What possessed this writer to purchase set of George magazines? Author Bruce Campbell Adamson purchased an entire set of George Magazines for $300.00. Adamson does not claim a conpiracy in JFK, Jr.'s crash, but says he can prove that the CIA killed our President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Adamson has compelling evidence against Lyndon Baines Johnson, Texas oilmen, Nelson Rockefeller, Henry Luce, Allen Dulles and even George Bush, Sr. Adamson challenges the media to address letters he has between Bush, LBJ and Warren Commissioner and CIA Director Allen Dulles to CIA agent George de Mohrenschildt and his brother long before the assassination. For those unexperienced in the JFK assassination the Warren Commission labeled George de Mohrenschildt as Lee Harvey Oswald's closest friend. Adamson has even tied President Bill Clinton to the JFK Sr. assassination, for his personal adviser Sidney Blumenthal's good friend Edward Jay Epstein was the last person to visit George de Mohrenschildt on March 29,1977 before placing a shotgun in his mouth to clear his conscience. Two weeks earlier Billy Joe Lord filed a complaint against Epstein and his writers for harrassing him with the FBI and suspected them of being CIA. Lord was Oswald's roommate in 1959 when Oswald defected to the Soviet Union. George Bush Jr. employed Billy Joe Lord in his Midland, Texas in 1976 at the time the compaint was filed. It is truly a very very small world. For more information please visit Adamson's website (ciajfk.com) and tap on the "JFK Assassination Timeline" and See Books buttons. Adamson will not climb out onto the branch to say there was a conspiracy in JFK, Jr.'s death, but will leave it to the experts to decide if there was foul play. Sincerely, Bruce Campbell Adamson P.O. Box 1103 Santa Cruz, CA, 95061 (831) 465-9272 - Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/ For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.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] AIDS Destroys Children's Lives In Africa
-Caveat Lector- Yahoo! News Science Headlines Thursday July 22 8:39 AM ET AIDS Destroys Children's Lives In Africa Full Coverage Africa AIDS Epidemic By Rosalind Russell NAIROBI (Reuters) - The AIDS epidemic has devastated the lives of children across Africa leaving eight million as orphans and crushing rates of child survival, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said Thursday. A staggering 48 percent of the world's HIV/AIDS cases are in eastern and southern Africa, and the virus has overtaken war as the number one killer in the region, the agency said at the African launch in Nairobi of its annual ``Progress of Nations'' report. UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director Stephen Lewis told reporters that the devastation the virus had reaped across Africa was a ``modern incarnation of Dante's inferno.'' ``Never has Africa faced such a plague,'' he said. ``One wonders how the continent will cope.'' Lewis said AIDS had killed 1.4 million people in the region in 1998 and the spread of the epidemic was accelerating. By the end of next year, another two million children would be orphaned and the numbers would continue to rise exponentially. The orphans, especially girls, were left shouldering adult responsibilities such as caring for the sick as well as younger brothers and sisters, and were vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and malnutrition, the agency said. Mother-to-child transmission of the HIV virus during pregnancy or through breastfeeding has eroded all the hard won infant and child survival gains of the last 20 years, Lewis said. If the spread of the virus is not contained, AIDS could increase under-five mortality by more than 100 percent in those regions worst affected by the disease. But there are some glimmers of hope. A new drug, nevirapine, still under trial in Uganda, could cut mother-to-child transmission rates by up to 50 percent -- at a cost of just $4 for the full treatment. Other AIDS treatments such as AZT cost hundreds of dollars and are way beyond the means of most Africans. Lewis said UNICEF was excited about the implications of nevirapine, which the agency believed could save millions of lives. Nevertheless, UNICEF said education rather than new treatments was the only effective way to halt the spread of the deadly virus. Lewis urged African leaders to take the lead in breaking the ``conspiracy of silence'' surrounding the disease in a continent where myth and ignorance have fuelled its rampant spread. ``The disease must become an obsession among the leadership,'' he said. ``A leader who fails to speak out against HIV/AIDS fails the people of his nation.'' He also criticised what he said was a ``massive distortion of priorities'' by Western governments which had failed to respond to the crisis. ``It is morally indefensible, morally unconscionable, that the West is prepared to spend upwards of $40 billion to fight a war in the Balkans and less than one percent of that to save the lives of tens of millions of women and children in Africa,'' Lewis said. -- -- Search News Stories Search News Photos Jul 24 | Jul 23 | Jul 22 | Jul 21 | Jul 20 | Jul 19 | Jul 18 | Jul 17 | Jul 16 | Jul 15 Home | Top Stories | Business | Tech | Politics | World | Local | Entertainment | Sports | Science | Health - 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) Tax Cut?
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:31:35 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Tax Cut? Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Friday, July 23, 1999 TAX CUT? These analysts are available for interviews about the tax bill just passed by the House of Representatives and the implications of such legislation: MICHELE McGEOY Michele McGeoy is the CEO of RH Solutions and a member of Responsible Wealth, a national network of affluent Americans working for fairer and more effective economic policies. She said: Wealthy people like me, Ive discovered over the years, tend to find we have friends we never knew existed. My newest friends sit in Congress. They must really like me. With all the problems in the world today, theyre worried that I'm not rich enough... The so-called budget surplus that congressional leaders want to spend on tax breaks is largely the product of past and future cutbacks on everything from Medicare to bridge repair. MATT GARDNER, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.ctj.org A policy analyst with Citizens for Tax Justice, Gardner, said: The House has decided to gut the estate tax, which is only levied on 1.6 percent of the highest-valued estates. And the House made it a priority to substantially reduce tax rates on capital gains; more than 90 percent of the benefit will be enjoyed by the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans. (Capital gains is income from the sale of stock and other property.) And the bill still includes billions in corporate welfare for multinational corporations. DEAN BAKER, www.preamble.org An economist with the Preamble Center, Baker said: The Republicans want to cut capital gains taxes at a time when almost every serious economist in the country thinks the stock market is already hugely overvalued. What is the point of making the bubble even larger? Many of the other tax cuts make about as much economic sense. By eliminating the inheritance tax, are we trying to give people an incentive to die? The claim that these tax cuts will help the economy is ridiculous on its face. The cuts are simply a way to give more money to the wealthy, which is not at the top of most peoples priorities just now. CHUCK COLLINS, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.stw.org Chuck Collins is the co-director of United for a Fair Economy and co-author of "Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap." He said: This is Robin Hood in reverse. Low- and middle-income Americans will lose more than they gain -- through the health, education, and other budget cuts required to pay for these tax windfalls for the already rich... This legislation would only exacerbate income and wealth inequality in the U.S., presently at its greatest point since the 1920s. For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484- AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." --Buddha + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright
[CTRL] OT: LAWLESSNESS AT THE WHITE HOUSE (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- LAWLESSNESS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Editorial By Marvin Lee Recent weeks have yielded unambiguous evidence of crime and abuse of power in the White House. Yet nobody seems to care. First, Judicial Watch unearthed a Treasury report that reveals that the White House orchestrated a politically motivated IRS audit of its client, the Western Journalism Center. The Western Journalism Center has been a long-time critic of the White House. In response to a newspaper ad revealing the botched official investigation into the death of Vince Foster, a California man, Paul Venze, submitted a letter to the White House questioning the tax-exempt status of the organization. The letter was clearly political in nature, otherwise Venze would have submitted it to the IRS. Yet the White House added its clout and power to the letter by forwarding it to the IRS where it received instant priority. An excruciating audit of Joe Farah and his Western Journalism Center ensued. This is a blatant political abuse of the powers of harassment and intimidation of the IRS by the White House, and it is no surprise that the government for three years has tried to keep the documentary evidence of this crime from the Joe Farah and his legal counsel Larry Klayman. Yet, apart from the Wall Street Journal, this super-Nixonian abuse of power has received hardly a mention in the national media. Second is the July 9 testimony by Johnny Chung that his $50,000 donation to Hillary Clinton at the White House was in return for a "wish list" and was directly solicited by aides of the First Lady to repay debts she had at the DNC. Among the items on the "wish list," or quid pro quo, was a visit to the White House Mess -- a wish that was immediately granted. When one of the requests of the wish list, a meeting with the President, was not immediately granted, Mr. Chung complained and he received the goods he had paid for. There cannot be any more obvious evidence of a quid pro quo than that. This is a clear violation of several statutes -- including prohibitions against taking bribes at the White House -- and a selling of tickets to the White House Mess, which is funded by taxpayers. Most troubling of all are the at least four groups monitored by the FBI in their attempt to physically harm Johnny Chung or his family at the time he was a witness against the President and the DNC. Two of the groups where from China and it is reasonable to assume that they were sent by Chinese intelligence. But one incident involved an Italian-American. Now, if he wasn't sent by the Chinese, then who could have sent him? What U.S. interest could have wanted this witness silent? Perhaps the answer lies in Chung's testimony that the day after the FBI traced the license plate of the Italian-American, the Justice Department removed the FBI from the protection of Chung as a witness. And one of the Chinese agents relaying threats to Chung, Robert Luu, claimed that he was close to the "number three man" at the Justice Department. Johnny Chung in his testimony to Judicial Watch also relayed how he sensed that government investigators had no interest in the evidence of crime that he gave them. It is obvious that we would not have reached the current state of lawlessness had it not been for the active cooperation of the Department of Justice and the mainstream media. Does it come as any surprise that Justice Department announced last week that the suspected Los Alamos nuclear secrets spy, Wen Ho Lee, may not be tried for espionage? None of the other suspected spies have been tried for espionage. In any banana republic or third world nation, the people would not have accepted such blatant corruption. Resignations would have been the only outcome. Yet the American people, having slowly been adapted by the media to a state of lawlessness at the White House, no longer have any threshold for outrage. They no longer care. Published in the Jul. 26, 1999 issue of The Washington Weekly Copyright 1999 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com) Reposting permitted with this message intact = Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of
[CTRL] JFK, Jr, Y2K, And The Mindless Media
-Caveat Lector- A Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM Feature Article Cracking the Mainstream Y2K News Process The mainstream news headlines posted over the last week have proven it: the popular U.S. press is purely and simply tabloid. Eight days of headlines about the death of a single person who wasn't even a prominent public figure? Worse yet, the glory heaped upon this person -- post-morten -- brings into question the sanity of those writing the news. Only Matt Drudge dared point out the absurdity when he said: Dan Rather, who choked up on air, summed up the treacle nicely: "From Arlington's eternal flame to a stunned New York street, a nation is not yet ready to let Camelot's crown prince go." Mr. Rather was not unique in spouting such vapid formulations. If there is a newscaster or commentator who hasn't called JFK Jr. a prince, a crowned prince, the last prince of Camelot, America's son or, worse, America's Princess Di, it can only be because he or she didn't get the memo. As Brian Kelly of U.S. News World Report told CNN, when it comes to the Kennedys, "you suspend normal news judgment." From Saturday morning, when news of the plane's disappearance first broke, on through the weekend and every day since, the maudlin drivel has been everywhere, an orgy of vacuousness and preposterous claims. "John Kennedy Jr. was where we all had our eyes for the last 35 years," NBC's Lawrence O'Donnell asserted. TV was the worst offender, pumping out hours of bilge while its reporters waited for actual news. Thus this intro: "On 'World News Tonight' this Monday--the sadness, the fascination, the mystery. Trying to find a small plane and its famous passengers in all that water." Camelot days flashed across the screen like scenes from a Riefenstahl film. On PBS's "NewsHour," Frank Mankiewicz called the assassination of JFK "the central event" of 20th-century America, brushing aside, say, World War II. From the interviews with his fraternity brothers to the psychobabble outside his home, the press seems to have created a new John Kennedy Jr. overnight. In one brief moment he went from being the affable son of a fallen president, an average district attorney and the editor of a failing magazine to . . . a secular savior. Indeed. Y2K Newswire has never witnessed such a mindless abandonment of journalistic responsibility. While a $9 million American supercomputer is being snapped up by a Chinese national for a mere $30,000... and the Communist Chinese government is imprisoning thousands of members of a so-called "religious sect" (which, turns out, is simply a Buddhist group that practices meditation), the attention of the entire nation is directed to the untimely death of a single man. GUESS WHAT'S NOT BEING COVERED? Meanwhile, the nation's attention is being misdirected away from the Year 2000 problem. Senior editors will give you a hundred reasons why: "Readers are tired of Y2K" or "It's a non-event." That's right: the death of one man in a plane crash is the central event of the 20th century. But Y2K? The little computer bug that has the potential to bring down nations, cause nuclear meltdowns around the planet, and threatens banking to such a degree that bank industry leaders scream "foul!" every time another TV ad even hints at people taking out cash? That's right: a non-event. A non-story. BUT JUST WAIT UNTIL PROBLEMS APPEAR Most news organizations are ignoring Y2K now. But just wait until something goes wrong: a riot, a local cash shortage, a terrorist attack, a water treatment plant failure... you name it. The press will be there. Especially if it involves guns. Here's the most-desired story of the mainstream press: a gun-toting Y2K survivalist breaks into Sam's Club to steal six more bags of beans. It has all the elements the press loves to attack: guns, survivalists and desperation for long-term storable food. Generally speaking, the press imagines it is an objective observer. However, with Y2K, this is turning out to be a false assumption. By ignoring the reality of the Y2K problem now, the U.S. press is promoting a false sense of security. Once problems begin, however, the press will magnify the fear by filming -- and airing -- the most desperate scenes you can imagine; even if those are isolated events. With this two-stage approach to Y2K -- ignore it so people don't prepare, then show the panic that occurs because people weren't prepared -- the press is going to be part of the story rather than an observer of the story. And when it's all over, the credibility of the mainstream press will be questioned by the public. After all, it was the news that told them, "Don't worry. Y2K is solved." It was the news, too, that refused to ask a single tough question of those claiming Y2K compliance. Here's an example of what we're talking about: Y2K Newswire is currently in touch with the FAA, requesting documents that either summarize or detail the "independent audits" that recently declared the FAA was 100% Y2K-compliant.
[CTRL] America: A Filthy Police State
-Caveat Lector- Think a police state might be here now? What about that bumper sticker on your vehicle? Is it the next profile? SPRINGFIELD, IL--With the state legislature's passage of a bill last week allowing police officers to cite Led Zeppelin bumper stickers as probable cause for a vehicular search, Illinois became the 13th state to recognize classic-rock-related automobile decorations as grounds for waiver of a warrant. "We've known for years that there was a direct correlation between the presence of a Led Zeppelin bumper sticker and the likelihood of that vehicle containing a controlled substance like marijuana," said DeKalb County Sheriff Ronald Bauer. "However, it wasn't until last Thursday that it was within our power to act on this knowledge to make a drug-possession arrest." Illinois' action comes on the heels of the recent Supreme Court decision that the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure does not require police to obtain a warrant if there is sufficient cause to believe the vehicle contains contraband. Following the top court's ruling, a number of states, including Utah, North Carolina and Wisconsin, moved to specifically name Led Zeppelin bumper stickers as a factor in determining whether to conduct searches. The decision, says Bauer, is supported by extensive data. Illinois state records show that in 1998, there were 362 cases in which a traffic-violation-related search of a Led Zeppelin-logo-adorned vehicle was found to contain illegal drugs or such drug paraphernalia as rolling papers, plastic baggies and metal pipes bearing a row of four cryptic symbols. Yet before the passage of HB 1921, ill-defined definitions of probable cause have meant that an officer acting on this knowledge was entering risky legal territory. "This is exactly what policemen have been asking for for years," said Bauer, who said the new law will precipitate a "considerable increase" in the frequency of drug-related arrests of motorists by Illinois police, especially in rural areas. "It used to be that if we spotted a car with that crazy-looking wizard on it, we had to just drive right past unless the longhairs inside were specifically doing something illegal." Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan applauded passage of the bill. "After the Supreme Court decision, it was just a matter of fine-tuning our interpretation of 'probable cause,'" Ryan said. "We've found that Led Zeppelin bumper stickers--or, for that matter, just the sound of "The Immigrant Song" or "Livin' Lovin' Maid" coming from an open window--is exactly the sort of smoking gun local authorities needed to establish a baseline for assessing that probable cause." Ryan continued: "When it comes right down to it, though, prudent officers have always, to a great degree, relied on common sense. If a vehicle, especially a late-'70s American-made sedan with a vinyl top and some rust, also bears a Led Zeppelin sticker, what are the odds the driver is not in frequent possession of drugs or alcohol?" Preliminary data seems to indicate that this logic is sound. In a Monday-afternoon field test, state troopers detained 100 Peoria-area motorists under the new Criminal Code 861.4/Section 8 (Probable Cause/ZOSO). Nearly 60 percent of the vehicles contained alcohol, drugs or drug paraphernalia, and nearly all contained suspected alcohol or drug abusers. Rockford resident Doug Wojcek, charged Tuesday with possession of a quarter-ounce of marijuana, was among those arrested under the new law. "I was minding my own business when some policeman pulls me over and searches my glove compartment," said Wojcek, 36. "It was just like when Robert Plant gets hassled by the cops in that one song 'Misty Mountain Hop.' Hey, what could I do?" "This is bullshit," he added. "What about the kids with those Nine Inch Nails stickers? No one is going after them." Despite such complaints, Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan spoke out in support of the law and advocated widening its scope. "We might have to add provisions for the search of vehicles bearing the Pink Floyd rainbow-and-black-prism, the Blue Oyster Cult symbol, or maybe even the word Ozzy," said Gov. Ryan, noting that many other states had already made these changes. "We cannot allow this law to become discriminatory in practice. It must serve everyone equally." Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog:
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: oops/spell checker needed/1 more time
-Caveat Lector- Why are these posts being made to the list as attachments? Makes it very hard to respond to, since the text does not get included when one chooses 'reply', but rather remains an attachment A lot of mail readers don't even accept attachments, as a preventive measure against viruses, etc. Anyways The other point I will address is that of witnesses to an AIRBORNE explosive event west-southwest of Philbin Beach. THREE verified witnesses to this explosion are now known to exist, not one--and there is also the person referred to by FOX-TV's Shepherd Smith. And as for the witness cited by your listmember; he IS identified if not named, as a Vineyard Gazette reporter. Without any names, this is still bullshit. 'Verified' by whom? If three witnesses are 'verified', why aren't we being given names? And if none of these people are DIRECTLY stating for the public record what they saw, then I once again point out that this is nothing but heasay, and 3rd hand hearsay at that, and as hearsay is inadmissable as evidence in a court of law. That goes for FOX-TV's Shephard Smith...all we have is him stating what he was told by his producer, who claimed to have been told by a 'friend of the Kennedy's'...again, 3rd hand hearsay, inadmissable in a court of law. One must ask what the agenda is that is so keen on ramming this hearsay down our throats as if it was 'fact'... June ;-) *===* Kite So many things you want to see And as you ask I'll set you free But as you fly You'll touch the sky And touch the heart Within me Fly away. -- Bob Childs *===* *---* revcoal AT connix DOT com *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** 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] Fwd: oops/spell checker needed/1 more time
-Caveat Lector- One must also ask why the same disinformation is being reposted and reposted ad nauseum, verbatim, to this listseems someone is keen on ramming a certain agenda down our throats... June ;-) *---* revcoal AT connix DOT com *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** 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] James Ellroy and L.A. noir (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- "...down these mean streets a man must go..." Raymond Chandler -- Forwarded message by Michael Kaplan COPYRIGHT 1996 Los Angeles Magazine Inc. THE DETECTIVE OFFERED TO PRUNE murder file's most disturbing elements, but James Ellroy waved him away. He wanted to see it all, up close, unedited. He was in a tiny gray office in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, facing a bulging, battered accordion folder with the name "Geneva Hilliker Ellroy" Magic Markered across its front. He hadn't seen his mother since he was 10 years old, more than three decades ago. He hadn't even seen a photograph. After gently removing the disorganized contents, arranging everything in discrete piles, Ellroy journeyed back to Saturday, June 21, 1958. Carbon copies of police reports described the Desert Inn, an El Monte club with motel rooms in back for prostitution and gambling, as the place u here Geneva was seen drinking on the night she was killed. Later, according to witnesses, she turned up at Stan's Drive-In, a local burger joint, where she had coffee, chili and a grilled-cheese sandwich. The next morning, kids playing baseball discovered Geneva's body in some bushes near El Monte's Arroyo High School. The coroner found freshly ejaculated sperm inside her; officers on the scene noted that she'd been strangled with a cotton cord and one of her own stockings. The rest of the file was filled with anonymous tips, false leads and a final dead end. The murder was never solved. Two hours passed in a flash. Only one folder--the one marked "Crime Scene Picts"--was left. Ellroy leaned close, ready to commit every gruesome detail to memory. He scrutinized the artless police shots of his dead mother lying in a pile of leaves, her eyes closed, mouth askew, neck oddly twisted, with an intricately patterned dress hitched up over her thighs. But the photos didn't disturb him. Even the terrible image of Geneva stretched out naked on a morgue slab, her skin pocked with autopsy punctures, failed to rattle his composure. Decades of speculation about his mother's death and the promiscuous lifestyle that caused it had left Ellroy with a hardened exterior. For years after the murder, he and his father routinely referred to her as "that drunken whore." Oddly, the worst shock came when he saw a photo of his mother taken when she was still alive. In his mind, she had been a hot-looking, frisky young woman with a tight body, voluptuous breasts and fiery red hair. But the snapshot in front of him was dated August '57, making her 42 years old, four years younger than he was now, and she looked neither sexy nor beautiful--she looked like a blowsy alcoholic. In another photo, her corpse resembled a sick woman sleeping. Ellroy couldn't believe it was really her. His cold-blooded facade crumbled. He looked down at the tawdry still life and calmly said to himself, "You wanted to know? Now you know. Now, motherfucker, you know." THREE YEARS LATER, AN EBULLIENT JAMES Ellroy occupies a corner table at an El Monte dive called Valenzuela's. He chugs iced coffee and gobbles squid ceviche, reveling in the fact that this restaurant is on the very spot where the Desert Inn once stood. He points out where the bandstand and bar had been and speculates on the exact spot where his mother partied herself to death. Ellroy is dressed in his standard getup--a Hawaiian shirt, baggy khakis, spotless tennis shoes--and his personality matches his shirt: outrageous and attention-getting. He brazenly launches into a distasteful anecdote about a man named Freddie Otash: "You know, the Hollywood private eye who got the goods on Jack Kennedy porking Marilyn Monroe in Peter Lawford's beachfront fuck crib during the fall of 1961. . . " But despite the familiar profanity and the sick humor, James Ellroy is not the same man I met six years ago. He's changed--and he has his mother to thank. After seeing the murder file, Ellroy felt compelled to set aside novel writing and fully explore his own past once and for all. He invested $130,000 of his own money in a thorough investigation of his mother's unsolved murder. He uncovered fresh leads and interviewed new witnesses. The result is a remarkable nonfiction work, My Dark Places, to be published this month by Alfred A. Knopf. Ellroy's writing--his whole life--has been leading him to this book. Every one of his dense, feverish novels has been marked by his mother's death. Clandestine and the best-selling The Black Dahlia include unmistakable portraits of her, while L.A. Confidential, White Jazz and American Tabloid all contain subtle echoes of her sad life. Ellroy compulsively invented and reinvented Geneva because he never really knew much about her--until now. The new book is an intensely detailed confessional, far less manic and hyperbolic than his crime novels, and it will no doubt
Re: [CTRL] America: A Filthy Police State
-Caveat Lector- Maybe they can target the unwashed scum who sport Grateful Dead stickers too! Haven't seen many Led Zep stickers in these parts (Chicago) in years but the G.Dead seem to be on the cars of all sorts of trash, hell once I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac, a little voice inside my head said don't look back Bill. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] America: A Filthy Police State
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[CTRL] RICO Suit Against NBC Kennedy (Rhode Island)?]
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The Flackrabbits have struck in Providence, RI: United States District Court
Case Number 99-353T "Traudt vs. Town of North Providence et.al."...
Posted by Scott Traudt on July 22, 1999 at 13:20:23:
Gun buybacks are going the way of AM radio next week, folks, served up to
like room service courtesy of the Flackrabbits and their friends...
Heres the whole nine yards and the kitchen sink...
You boys and girls ought to get a kick out of seeing Rep. Patrick Kennedy
defend himself against charges of black marketing guns and violating the RICO
statutes...
And NBC gets whacked, too...
Enjoy,
The Head Flackrabbit
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
SCOTT TRAUDT:
Plaintiff, :
:
vs. : Civil Action #
:
TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE, AGENTS JOHN DOES 1-4 OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS, NATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND ITS
AFFILIATE, WJAR-TV CHANNEL 10, EMPLOYEES JERRY AND JENNIFER DOES 1-4 OF
WJAR-TV CHANNEL 10, REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK KENNEDY, AND JAMES AND JOANNE DOES
1-4,
Defendants,
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, Scott Traudt ("Traudt") brings this action for temporary
injunctive relief, permanent injunctive relief, nominal damages, compensatory
damages, and the costs of suit pursuant to 18 USCS 3, 18 USCS Section 4, 18
USCS 921 ("The Gun Control Act of 1968" and "The National Firearms Act of
1934"), 18 USCS 922 ("The Brady Act of 1994"), 18 USCS 1961 ("The Racketeer
Influenced Corrupt Organization Act"), 42 USCS 1983 ("The Civil Rights Act of
1871"), 47 USCS 303 and 309 ("Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs")
and, via the assertion of pendent Rhode Island State Law claims pursuant to
Title 11-47 of the Rhode Island General Laws. Common Law claims are also
asserted.
The Parties
1. Plaintiff Traudt is a citizen of the United States of America who did not
come by his citizenship pursuant to the 16th Amendment to the United States
Constitution. Traudt is a citizen of the State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations ("Rhode Island"). Traudt is a resident of the City of Warwick,
Rhode Island.
2. Defendant Town of North Providence, 2000 Smith St., North Providence, RI
02911, is a municipality sued pursuant to Title 45 of the Rhode Island
General Laws.
3. Defendant John Does 1-4 of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,
380 Westminister Mall, Providence, RI 02903, are sued in their official
capacities as being those agents of the United States Government who had a
duty to act to prevent the violations of federal law to be summarized in the
following, who omitted to act, and who are those individuals Traudt is under
obligation of the federal duty elucidated in 18 USCS Sections 3 and 4 to make
judicial notice of in the misprision of a felony(s).
4. Defendants Jerry and Jennifer Does 1-4 are as yet unknown employees of
the federally regulated (pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission)
and federally licensed television station WJAR-TV 10 operating out of
transmission sites in Cranston and Providence, Rhode Island, and who are
conducting interstate commerce across state lines via the "internet,"
(commonly called "the web"), and who are conducting such business activities
through an as yet unknown internet service provider ("ISP"). WJAR-TV is an
affiliate of a New York Station, defendant National Broadcasting Corporation
("NBC"), 30 Rockefeller Center, NY, NY 10112.
5. Representative Patrick Kennedy ("Kennedy"), 286 Main St., Providence, RI
02860, is a United States Congressman representing the 1st Congressional
District of Rhode Island. Kennedy is sued here in his official capacity.
6. Defendants James and Joanne Does 1-4 are staffers of Kennedy and are sued
in their official capacities as federal employees.
7. Defendant NBC is a New York corporation.
Jurisdiction
8. The violations of federal and state laws alleged by Traudt took place in
Rhode Island, and will take place in Rhode Island, on or about July 31st and
at dates as yet uncertain prior to July 31st.
The acts and omissions to act by defendants require immediate local federal
remedy. NBC is a New York corporation sued because of violations of federal
and state law and also because of its status as an out-of-state legal entity.
Venue
9. There is only one United States District Court for the District of Rhode
Island. There are no alternatives for Traudt, who is compelled pursuant to 18
USCS 3 and 4 to make judicial notice of the misprision of a felony occurring
in his presence or to which he has knowledge before the fact, and that he has
knowledge after the fact.
Facts
10. On or about July 31st, 1999, defendants are seeking to hold an event
entitled a "gun buyback." At this event, which is being run under the
authority and
Re: [CTRL] FW: [apfn] People, please check this out!!!
-Caveat Lector- This a joke. Go to the site, it is obviously a joke. Don't be alarmed! In a message dated 7/24/99 10:29:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is scary. See where technology is taking us now. Go to http://sites.netscape.net/zumaltsp/camera1.html and get a picture of yourself right through your monitor. This is Big Brother at its best or worst. Imagine what they have already seen. Microsoft has developed this technology that dot dithers your screen to act as a camera receptacle. As you will see, the beta web site captures your image just as if you had the computer connected to a video cam. This technology may have been around for months and installed on web sites without our knowledge or permission. If so than those web sites are capturing images of you unawares as you view your monitor. 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: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] Dubba's - 1986: A Life-Changing Year
-Caveat Lector- From: Daniel Hopsicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] the reporter of this pose story, george lardner jr., is a well-known CIA asset. He was, for example, alone with david ferrie until 4 AM on the night he died. I'd have said "died mysteriously," but that would be gilding the lilly. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Weekly Analysis July 26, 1999
___ Visit Stratfor's NEW Middle East Africa Intelligence Center http://www.stratfor.com/meaf/default.htm ___ ALSO ON STRATFOR.COM A Midsummer's View of Japan and China's Economic Status http://www.stratfor.com/asia/specialreports/special34.htm Russia Argues for Debt Forgiveness http://www.stratfor.com/CIS/commentary/c9907242355.htm Iran Warns Against Reactionary Backlash http://www.stratfor.com/MEAF/commentary/c9907242335.htm __ STRATFOR's Global Intelligence Update Weekly Analysis July 26, 1999 China, Falun Gong and the Politics of Economic Depression Summary: China has become obsessed with a couple million middle-aged members of a group that does a lot of strange exercises and whose leader lives in New York. Sensible people - like those at the New York Times - can't understand why the Chinese government cares about Falun Gong when there are so many serious economic problems to worry about. That's a good point, since China is in deepening economic depression (for our latest read on Asia's economy, see http://www.stratfor.com/asia/specialreports/special34.htm ) The reason China is so concerned is because the Chinese know that there is no solution to their economic problems. Therefore, they are bracing for the social and political consequences of long-term economic failure. Beijing understands that in times of misery, seemingly harmless groups can suddenly challenge the regime. The crackdown on Falun Gong expresses Beijing's deep-seated insecurity. If China's economy can't recover, can the regime survive? President Jiang Zemin intends to do whatever is necessary to make certain it can. Analysis: The Chinese government has mounted a massive public attack on the Falun Gong, a quasi-religious group that is reported to involve large numbers of middle- aged people doing to strange exercises. To outsiders, Beijing's obsession with this group appears strange and even bizarre. The New York Times, for example, ran an article today pointing out that with China's economy in deep trouble, there are much more important things to worry about than strange cults. What the Times and other observers fail to understand is that Beijing is obsessed with Falun Gong precisely because it cannot get control of the economy. Beijing knows full well that the economy is in trouble. It also knows that there is little it can do about it. Therefore, Beijing is bracing for the inevitable social consequences of economic depression, an extreme condition under which even innocuous cults can quickly get out of hand. In our view, the internal dynamic of China resembles that of Indonesia more than it does Japan. Although Japan and Indonesia both suffered from similar economic defects, there was real social and political difference between the two countries. Japan's economy was obviously much more developed than Indonesia's, but the more significant difference was that Japan itself was much more socially integrated and stable. It could absorb the consequences of economic failure without being torn apart by social and political tensions. Indonesia, quite apart from its level of economic development, lacked the social integration needed to handle bad times. Thus, the consequences of economic failure had immediate and severe social and political consequences in Indonesia, consequences that could be contained for a longer period of time in Japan. China is politically integrated. It is not socially integrated. It has ethnic, religious, class and regional tensions that Beijing was able to paper over during economic good times. When the economy contracts and the task becomes the distribution of scarcity rather than the management of prosperity, these forces emerge and the state has to struggle to contain them. Now, Beijing is much stronger the Jakarta and has more political tools at its disposal than the Indonesian government had. Nevertheless, it is nowhere near as stable as Japan. China, in the end, is a country with more than a century of experience in revolution and social upheaval. Beijing is exquisitely aware of its vulnerabilities. It is also aware that seemingly nonpolitical movements that do not owe their primary loyalties to the regime can rapidly be transformed into political challenges. At a time when Beijing is dealing with the social consequences of economic decline, the Falun Gong is one of dozens of challenges that China will take seriously. Why is Beijing concerned with Falun Gong when it has more serious economic problems to worry about? The answer is simple. China does not have the ability to do anything about its economic problems without worsening its social problems. Therefore, since it regards its economic problems as a given, it is focusing on the dimension that it can do something about: the socio-political consequences of economic decline. China is dealing with the
[CTRL] Fwd: ECLIPSE UPDATE
ECLIPSE UPDATE: LUNAR - AQUARIUSSOLAR - LEO 7/28/99 8/11/99 JOHN DELANEY212-971-1002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW.BUFFALOBEAT.COM WWW.MEMPHISDATELINE.COM\ARTICLES WWW.THE-EVENT.COM WWW.CREATIVELOAFING.COM\SAVANNAH WWW.CREATIVELOAFING.COM\GREENVILLE WWW.CNCN.COM\NYWORLD http://members.aol.com/godesntrng/lorrislaughs.html Once transiting Chiron in Scorpio turns to Direct Motion during the Full Aquarius Moon/Lunar Eclipse on July 28, 1999, mankind will be forced to make a choice, between either accepting the guidance of the divinity through direct inspiration subjective intuition, or following the bloody trail of blunt, brute logic to its dictatorial, earthbound bitter conclusion. There are two astrological reasons for this dynamic: 1) Transiting Chiron, the centaur planet which rules divination techniques, turns to Direct Motion as the ethereal nebulous transiting Neptune in Retrograde in Aquarius conjuncts the intuitive psychic transiting Moon less than three hours before the Lunar Eclipse; and 2) So-called hard-headed realists will crucify themselves during vicious games of power, brinkmanship bloodthirst during the Fixed Cross throughout August, involving: a) Transiting Saturn in Taurus, the transiting Sun in Leo, transiting Mars in Scorpio transiting Uranus in Retrograde in Aquarius from August 5 to 12, 1999; as well as b) Transiting Jupiter in Taurus square transiting Mercury in Leo square transiting Neptune in Retrograde in Aquarius from August 14 to 18, 1999. The decidedly abstract ostensibly genteel yet ultimately earthbound reality of the stock market must now pay heed to more plainly evident earthbound reality of how the inexorable engines of economic activity affects the man on the street. Incorrigible stock market addicts internet entrepreneurs will continue to play their abstract games of power within the air-conditioned walls of their respective cubicles as two astrological aspects of relatively long duration: 1) Transiting Uranus in Aquarius square transiting Saturn in Taurus from June 23, 1999 to June 1, 2000; and 2) Transiting Neptune in Aquarius square transiting Jupiter in Taurus from July 3 to October 23, 1999; will establish, once for all, the long-term financial landscape surrounding computer hardware, software, operating systems internet-related services. Such players are well aware that power struggles amongst small-time players as well as the Titans focus upon which players will rule the monopoly -- not how to share a limitless market. However, all their profits are on paper all their power is in technology, so they do not play a central role in the drama occuring during the New Leo Moon/Solar Eclipse on August 11, 1999, where unstoppable forces (like police, cars, helicopters, armies, and masses of people) meet immovable objects (like rebels, gangs, barricades, and more masses of people) in scenarios of hostile confrontation dictatorial control. The profound karmic consequences of both the upcoming eclipses the Fixed Cross during August derive from remote past-life historical events of previous civilizations: 1) Transiting Neptune in Retrograde in Aquarius conjunct the Moon less than three hours before the Lunar Eclipse denotes that the events of said Lunar Eclipse involve the consequences of actions taken by both the governing bodies masses of people governed by such bodies at an earlier point in history; and 2) Transiting Chiron, which turns to Direct Motion, conjunct transiting Juno (the asteroid which rules marital fidelity inviolate personal commitment), also turning to Direct Motion, conjunct transiting Urania (the asteroid which rules inspired divine knowledge emanating from the exact calculations necessary for the practice of astrology, mathematics, geometry, geomancy, numerology music), again also turning to Direct Motion, all in Scorpio, (the planetary sign which rules both the African-American race as well as the phenomenon of slavery) powerfully states the karmic reasons for the subjugation of the African-American race into slavery by private industrial farmers in North South America from the 17th to the 19th century, and for the continued economic subjugation of many of the African-American race in North South America following the liberation from legal slavery from the 19th century to the current day, will manifest in tangible epiphanies in mass consciousness; such experiences in mass consciousness will not only take place on an individual level in privacy of dreams, but also, and more importantly, experienced amongst the masses who are all inhibited in both movement action within the confines of the American city. It therefore behooves the astrologically adept to forget the vicissitudes of the stock market altogether to recall the agenda of Minister Louis
[CTRL] [2] EIR on British gold war vs. Africa
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Subject: EIR on British gold war vs. Africa
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 July 1999 04:22 PM EDT
Message-id: 7nfrmf$7oe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
TONY PAPERT: Welcome to "EIR Talks." It's Wednesday, July
21, 1999. My name is Tony Papert. And with us in the studio is
{EIR} economics writer Richard Freeman, and we're honored to have
back on the show, after a long absence, {EIR} Africa editor Linda
de Hoyos.
LINDA DE HOYOS: Hi.
TONY PAPERT: Hi. Rich, I understand that bankers have
started stealing from their own banks on a large scale, at least
we know this across Europe.
RICHARD FREEMAN: Yes, absolutely, Tony. Although I just
wanted to ask you -- did you hear that they caught the Wall
Street rapist?
TONY PAPERT: No, what happened?
RICHARD FREEMAN: Well, what happened, was Judge Myrtle
Pennywhistle dismissed the case, saying that his behavior was
just an example of "irrational exuberance." (Laughter.)
But yes, there's been an operation which Lyndon LaRouche has
called "Operation Skim and Park." And in this operation, Eddie
George, who is the head of the court, which is the Board of
Governors of the Bank of England, has precipitated the sale of
gold so that a bunch of wealthy families -- actually, a bunch of
wealthy investment banks which are in the London Bullion Market
Association -- could steal this gold for their own private
purposes.
And so what you have, is you literally have, in the last
days of the financial system, sort of like the last days of the
Roman Empire, someone going in and looting the temple. Well, in
this case, they're simply looting the gold out of the Bank of
England with Eddie George's participation in this whole
operation.
If I could give you a couple of the details --
TONY PAPERT: Yeah, how does it work?
RICHARD FREEMAN -- to flesh this out. And let me also say
that at the price at which gold is being driven, and yesterday
gold closed at $252.80 an ounce -- $253 an ounce -- it's
impossible, even for an increasing number of mines, to stay in
operation, which means that in addition to stealing the gold,
which is the main part of this "skim-and-park" operation,
there's also the ability to steal the mines themselves, to buy
them up at greatly reduced prices, because the mine operators are
in very, very dire straits.
But what happened was this. On May 7th, the Bank of England
caught everybody by surprise, and said that they were going to
sell 415 metric tons out of 715 metric tons of their gold supply
-- more than half.
At that point, the price of gold was $289 an ounce. It has
since fallen $35 an ounce, plummeting on the news that the Bank
of England was selling this. One fellow who {Executive
Intelligence Review} spoke to, who is an officer at the Gold and
Silver Institute, told us on July 20th, he said "we were
completely astonished that the Bank of England would do this.
They had always been a supporter of gold. The gold market is in
London, where the fix is made every day, this caught us by
complete surprise."
The gold was sold to what's called the London Bullion Market
Association, which are a group of banks. Just to give you a sense
of them. J. Aaron (ph) and Company, which is a gold dealer; Bank
of Nova Scotia-Mocotta; Barclay's Bank; Credit Suisse First
Boston; J.P. Morgan, N.M. Rothschild, which is one of the five
banks that sets the gold fix and so forth; Republic National Bank
of Edmond Safra of New York; Union Bank of Switzerland, Warburg.
So they were the ones who got the gold. They were the only
ones declared eligible for the auction. It didn't go out to the
general public, they got the gold. And they simply siphoned it
off, on behalf of the oligarchy, with the coordination of Eddie
George.
Now, the announcement was May 7th, the auction was actually
on July 6th, and that's when these guys simply took this gold.
What we're looking at, is the possibility that this will simply
keep driving the price down. Let me just say, the Bank of
England, according to the World Gold Council, lost $600 million
on the value of remaining reserves on this gold sale. So the
stories will be --
TONY PAPERT: By depressing the prices.
RICHARD FREEMAN: By depressing the price from what they
actually got when they sold the gold. So the story will go out
that the Bank of England needed to sell the gold, the cover story
was, so that they could have a higher earning instrument, like
buying a U.S. Treasury security with the money they would get
from the gold sale.
Well, they just lost the British people -- not that they
care terribly -- $600 million. This was simply another example of
just parking it and skimming it off by these financial
institutions.
This is
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Subject: EIR on British gold war vs. Africa
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 July 1999 04:22 PM EDT
Message-id: 7nfrmf$7oe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
TONY PAPERT: Welcome to "EIR Talks." It's Wednesday, July
21, 1999. My name is Tony Papert. And with us in the studio is
{EIR} economics writer Richard Freeman, and we're honored to have
back on the show, after a long absence, {EIR} Africa editor Linda
de Hoyos.
LINDA DE HOYOS: Hi.
TONY PAPERT: Hi. Rich, I understand that bankers have
started stealing from their own banks on a large scale, at least
we know this across Europe.
RICHARD FREEMAN: Yes, absolutely, Tony. Although I just
wanted to ask you -- did you hear that they caught the Wall
Street rapist?
TONY PAPERT: No, what happened?
RICHARD FREEMAN: Well, what happened, was Judge Myrtle
Pennywhistle dismissed the case, saying that his behavior was
just an example of "irrational exuberance." (Laughter.)
But yes, there's been an operation which Lyndon LaRouche has
called "Operation Skim and Park." And in this operation, Eddie
George, who is the head of the court, which is the Board of
Governors of the Bank of England, has precipitated the sale of
gold so that a bunch of wealthy families -- actually, a bunch of
wealthy investment banks which are in the London Bullion Market
Association -- could steal this gold for their own private
purposes.
And so what you have, is you literally have, in the last
days of the financial system, sort of like the last days of the
Roman Empire, someone going in and looting the temple. Well, in
this case, they're simply looting the gold out of the Bank of
England with Eddie George's participation in this whole
operation.
If I could give you a couple of the details --
TONY PAPERT: Yeah, how does it work?
RICHARD FREEMAN -- to flesh this out. And let me also say
that at the price at which gold is being driven, and yesterday
gold closed at $252.80 an ounce -- $253 an ounce -- it's
impossible, even for an increasing number of mines, to stay in
operation, which means that in addition to stealing the gold,
which is the main part of this "skim-and-park" operation,
there's also the ability to steal the mines themselves, to buy
them up at greatly reduced prices, because the mine operators are
in very, very dire straits.
But what happened was this. On May 7th, the Bank of England
caught everybody by surprise, and said that they were going to
sell 415 metric tons out of 715 metric tons of their gold supply
-- more than half.
At that point, the price of gold was $289 an ounce. It has
since fallen $35 an ounce, plummeting on the news that the Bank
of England was selling this. One fellow who {Executive
Intelligence Review} spoke to, who is an officer at the Gold and
Silver Institute, told us on July 20th, he said "we were
completely astonished that the Bank of England would do this.
They had always been a supporter of gold. The gold market is in
London, where the fix is made every day, this caught us by
complete surprise."
The gold was sold to what's called the London Bullion Market
Association, which are a group of banks. Just to give you a sense
of them. J. Aaron (ph) and Company, which is a gold dealer; Bank
of Nova Scotia-Mocotta; Barclay's Bank; Credit Suisse First
Boston; J.P. Morgan, N.M. Rothschild, which is one of the five
banks that sets the gold fix and so forth; Republic National Bank
of Edmond Safra of New York; Union Bank of Switzerland, Warburg.
So they were the ones who got the gold. They were the only
ones declared eligible for the auction. It didn't go out to the
general public, they got the gold. And they simply siphoned it
off, on behalf of the oligarchy, with the coordination of Eddie
George.
Now, the announcement was May 7th, the auction was actually
on July 6th, and that's when these guys simply took this gold.
What we're looking at, is the possibility that this will simply
keep driving the price down. Let me just say, the Bank of
England, according to the World Gold Council, lost $600 million
on the value of remaining reserves on this gold sale. So the
stories will be --
TONY PAPERT: By depressing the prices.
RICHARD FREEMAN: By depressing the price from what they
actually got when they sold the gold. So the story will go out
that the Bank of England needed to sell the gold, the cover story
was, so that they could have a higher earning instrument, like
buying a U.S. Treasury security with the money they would get
from the gold sale.
Well, they just lost the British people -- not that they
care terribly -- $600 million. This was simply another example of
just parking it and skimming it off by these financial
institutions.
This is occurring, as
Re: [CTRL] alleged gov't mind control and ritual abuse - part 2
-Caveat Lector- Here's some information, Sincerely, Neil Brick from: http://members.aol.com/SMARTNEWS/Sample-Issue-17.htm The following article comes from a radio interview between Wayne Morris (interviewer) and Claudia Mullen (alleged mind control survivor) on CKLN FM 88.1 Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION - Tape 15A. Details on how to receive this interview will follow the article. Please use caution while reading. It may be triggering. The words "alleged" have been added and are not part of the original transcript. This information comes from "Part 3 of an interview" that Wayne Morris "conducted with Claudia Mullen, an alleged survivor of US government mind control. Claudia describes what she remembers of the alleged mind control experiments at Tulane University in New Orleans that started when she was eight years old. Claudia is alleging that the CIA and U.S. military experimented on her and other children using severe trauma, drugs, electroshock, hypnosis and other methods to control her. She claims she was allegedly trained to sexually please men by the CIA and was allegedly used as a young child and a young woman for sexual entrapment of military and government officials." In this transcript "she talks about how she was used, the doctors involved in the experiments, and the mind control projects she remembers being involved with." In one section, Claudia discusses how she was traumatized by some of the doctors. " Sometimes they would allegedly send me to . . . people (they knew) in the city who were involved in the white supremacy groups . . . sometimes they would send me out to alleged Klan (my bold) meetings and I would have to go to one of them at night and watch things being done to other people and then . . . have things done to me . . . be raped or eaten or whatever . . . you had enough trauma to make you forget whatever you were starting to remember. This would make it go away. Then you would forget this as soon as it happened too. Because nobody wants to remember something like that. One of the mind's defenses I guess when something really horrible happens is to forget it right away, usually. If it's bad enough. And then of course I had the personalities . . . they would come out for the trauma and then they would go back . . . and so Claudia would have no memory of what just happened. My shadows would, but I wouldn't. Unless they would give me the memory, it was as if it never happened to me." Claudia also discussed how dissociation occurred. "They knew that I could dissociate from the beginning, so they just caused me to dissociate even more, because the more you split, the easier it was to hide what they were doing. In other words, you can only split . . . they can't make you split, can't make you dissociate, but they can create the circumstances that they know if you are able to dissociate you will, you will do it. Like the trauma I just described, by sending me out to an alleged Masonic Lodge (my bold) for a party . . . they would send me out and they knew something horrible was going to happen to me. They knew that I would split. That someone would be created to take whatever happened that night, and probably that's all they would do, and then they would go back, and then, you know, go to sleep, become dormant." Then Claudia talked about how the doctors would "cover their tracks" and about the alleged abuse in the Masonic Lodge (my bold). "So they would kind of mimic Satanic rituals to make it seem like that had happened, and if I ever told anybody, they would dismiss it right away . . . To make it seem, if I ever remembered, I would remember first the incest stuff, the stuff at home, and then it would gradually go from that to the ritual stuff. Rituals meaning either Satanic stuff across the lake . . . rituals . . . like the white supremacy groups . . . like the rituals that they do . . . burning the crosses. I mean I actually allegedly saw them kill people, black people. This is like in the early 60's. I allegedly went to a couple of Masonic (my bold) parties at a Lodge which was located right near the research building . . . the research building for animal research in New Orleans, and it is still there as a matter of fact. I have been back there. They allegedly sent me there sometimes, for certain tests, for experiments . . . there was a Masonic Lodge right around the corner from it . . . and they allegedly sent me to a couple of parties there. These people go crazy at these parties. These men, they just get drunk and . . . they pass you around . . . it's horrible what they do. This of course makes it seem like . . . if I remember . . . well, I remember being at this party and these men were hurting me but I don't remember doctors being involved, I don't remember Tulane University being involved, or anybody from Maryland. I allegedly would remember this Masonic Lodge and so that's how they cover
Re: [CTRL] When Is A Conspiracy Not a Conspiracy?
-Caveat Lector- When Is A Conspiracy Not a Conspiracy? When Some Authority Says So KILL YOUR TV 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: RE: [CIA-DRUGS] Washington Post asks GW Bush about COCAINE??
From: "Mike Ruppert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wait till you see the July issue of From The Wilderness and what Terry has to say about the video. Mike Ruppert www.copvcia.com -Original Message- From: David Goldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 8:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] Washington Post asks GW Bush about COCAINE?? From: David Goldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I saw this Drudge headline, I thought.maybe..they were asking GW Bush about what he is aware of on the cocaine trafficking front involving CIA, etcinstead, they ask about his own use. Sort of reminds one of what Barry Seal told Terry Reed in Compromised, about his photographs of Bush boys and drugs. WASHINGTON POST ASKS BUSH ABOUT COCAINE It didn't come from a grocery store tabloid. It didn't come from any of the nation's cable news channels. It didn't break on an "Internet gossip" website. Instead, it was in a Page One, 5,000-word, columns 1-5 above-the-fold scream sensation Sunday special of the WASHINGTON POST. "We need to ask the cocaine question." A question for Texas Governor George W. Bush. POST reporters Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr. finally saw the first of their reports on Bush reach publication over the weekend. The duo had been working on the spread for months. The first report was on Bush's personality -- and his past. The POST interviewed dozens of friends, family and business associates for the series, including Bush's wife, sister and mother. In the report, the WASHINGTON POST used the word "alcoholic" five times; "alcohol" 14 times; "drinking" 20 times. And then it came. POST: "We need to ask the cocaine question. We think you believe that a politician should not let stories fester. So why won't you just deny that you've used cocaine?" BUSH: "I'm not going to talk about what I did years ago. This is a game where they float rumors, force a person to fight off a rumor; then they'll float another rumor. And I'm not going to participate. I saw what happened to my dad with rumors in Washington. I made mistakes. I've asked people to not let the rumors get in the way of the facts. I've told people I've learned from my mistakes -- and I have. And I'm going to leave it at that. " POST: "Do you believe there's a statute of limitations?" BUSH: "There's never a statute of limitations evidently. Particularly when people are spreading gossip and rumors." After all of these years, no one does it better than the WASHINGTON POST. [Even though the WALL STREET JOURNAL's Ellen Pollock did take the first run at the cocaine question a few months back.] Next in the Romano/Lardner Bush series: A Texas Childhood. [And what was in those diapers?] --- ONElist Sponsor ONElist announces "FRIENDS FAMILY!" http://www.onelist.com See homepage for details, including our weekly drawing! --- ONElist Sponsor Having difficulty getting "in synch" with list members? http://www.onelist.com Try ONElist's Shared Calendar to organize events, meetings and more!
[CTRL] Fwd: AMERICA UNDER SIEGE/FBI REPORT-JFK JR CRASH
Recipients: America is under siege as of right now. Jeff Rense's broadcast tonight with Sherman Skolnick, on the contents of the leaked FBI document pinpointing an onboard bomb as the cause of the JFK Jr. plane crash, was temporarily yanked from the net in an UNPRECEDENTED move in the brief history of the Internet. Here is Jeff's reply to message sent o him by NewsHawk after the broadcast failed to come on for over 30 minutes. Apparently deciding that, as Jeff noted in this email to me, this VALIDATES the content of the leaked report, "they" relented at about 8:30 PM and the show is now on. John Quinn NewsHawk Inc. Original Message Subject: Re: Broadcast re JFK Jr./Bomb Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:19:50 -0800 From:xxx To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'They' have cut the show off the net. Validates the material. Guys-- What's up? Where's the JFK Jr broadcast? Is everything smooth? John Quinn
Re: [CTRL] alleged gov't mind control and ritual abuse
-Caveat Lector- Here's some information, Sincerely, Neil Brick The following article came from the testimony at the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments by Claudia Mullen, a survivor of alleged government sponsored mind control and ritual abuse. The words "alleged" are not part of the original text, they are inserted for legal protection. Please use caution while reading this, it may be triggering, especially if you have a similar background. "Statement to Presidential Report on Radiation, Claudia S. Mullen, March 15, 1995. I was born in 1950 and by the age of 7; I thought I was already accustomed to being an abused child. I was wrong. Nothing could have prepared me for what was to follow. Between the years of 1957 and 1984, I (allegedly) became a pawn in a government scheme, whose ultimate goal was mind control and ultimately to create the "perfect spy". All through the use of chemicals, radiation, drugs, hypnosis, electric shock, isolation in large tubs of hot or cold water, sleep deprivation, brainwashing; and verbal, physical and emotional abuse. By the time I was 9, I was also being sexually abused and humiliated as a coercive technique. I was exploited unwittingly for nearly three decades of my life and the only explanations given were: "That the end justifies the means" and "I was serving my country in their bold effort to fight communism". I can only summarize my circumstances by saying, they took an already abused 7 year old child and compounded my suffering beyond belief. The saddest part is- I know for a fact; that I was not alone! There were countless other children in my same situation and there was no one to help usuntil now. I have already submitted as much information as possible; including project names, dates, subproject numbers, names of those people and agencies involved; functions and types of subjects being used. I am able to report this to you in such graphic detail; because of both my photographic memory and the arrogance of the doctors involved, who were certain they would always control my mind and my behavior. The process of recalling these atrocities certainly not an easy task; nor is it without some danger to my self and my family. However, I sincerely hope you will hear me out and have read the backup documents. To methe risk is worth taking. Dr. L. Wilson Greene, who (allegedly) claimed to have received 50 million dollars to his army chemical and radiological corporation, as part of TSD (Technical Science Division) of the CIA; once (allegedly) described to my (alleged) monitor, Dr. Charles Brown, "That children were used as subjects because they were more fun to work with and cheaper too. They needed lower profile subjects than soldiers or government people, so only young willing females will dobesides" he said, "I like scaring them...they and the agency think I'm a God...creating subjects and experiments for whatever deviant purposes SID (Dr. Sidney Gottlieb) and James (Dr. James Hamilton) (allegedly) can think up. In 1958, I was to be (allegedly) tested they told me by some important doctors coming from a place called the "Society" (The Human Ecological Society). I was told to brave and cooperate though the tests might hurt. I was also instructed not to look at anyone's face too hard and to ignore names. This was a secret project and I would be asked a lot of questions; then given "shots, X-rays and a little jolt of electricitybut to be brave and all those things would help me forget". Naturally, as most children do, I did the opposite and remembered as much as I could! A Dr. John Gittenger (allegedly) tested me and Dr. Cameron (allegedly) gave me the shocks and Dr. Greene (allegedly) the X-rays. Then, I was (allegedly) told by Sid (Dr. Gottlieb), "I was ripe for the big A" - meaning artichoke, I learned later.By the time I left to go home, just like every other time from then on, I would recall nothing of my tests or the different doctors. I would only remember what explanations Dr. Robert G. Heath(of Tulane Medical School) (allegedly) gave me for the odd bruises, needle marks, burns on my head and fingers and even the genital soreness. I had no reason to believe otherwise. Already, they had begun to control my mind! By the next year when I turned 9; I was (allegedly) sent to a place in Maryland called Deep Creek Caverns to learn how "to sexually please men". I was (allegedly) taught also how to coerce them into talking about themselves and then I had to prove my accurate recall. Richard Helms, Dr Gottlieb, George White and Morse Allen all (allegedly) planned on entrapping as many officials, agency targets, heads of academic institutions and foundations. Later if the funding started to dwindle or the head of the agency - John McCone(allegedly) decided he could no longer tolerate children being tortured, abused and shot full of biologicals and radiation; then he would be forced to continue the projects at all cost. I was to
[CTRL] Fwd: [Fwd: Re: Broadcast re JFK Jr./Bomb]
Recipients: America is under siege as of right now. Evidence of this is the leaked FBI document stating an onboard bomb caused the JFK Jr. plane crash. Jeff Rense's broadcast tonight with Sherman Skolnick, on the contents of the leaked FBI document pinpointing an onboard bomb as cause of the crash, was temporarily yanked from the net in an UNPRECEDENTED move in the brief history of the Internet. Here is Jeff's reply to message sent o him by NewsHawk after the broadcast failed to come on for over 37 minutes. Apparently deciding that, as Jeff noted in this email to me, this VALIDATES the content of the leaked report, "they" relented at about 8:30 PM and the show is now on. John Quinn NewsHawk Inc. Original Message Subject: Re: Broadcast re JFK Jr./Bomb Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:19:50 -0800 From:xxx To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'They' have cut the show off the net. Validates the material. Guys-- What's up? Where's the JFK Jr broadcast? Is everything smooth? John Quinn
[CTRL] Disarming America: The Paperwork
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I thought you might be interested in this. I have a friend in Florida who
knows I share concern about military and veterans interests, gun control,
civil rights. He received this from a friend of his.
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Over the weekend l went to a pro-gun, pro civil rights rally in Niagara
Falls sponsered by S.C.O.P.E, in their monthly paper was the following
article, this is real scary and should be checked and gotten response to,
from our elected officials...
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?!?!
If someday your children or grandchildren ask you how Liberty died in
America and what happened that caused the demise of the Nation, read this and
you will be able to answer them.
If they ask you why the Citizens have been disarmed, you'll know. If you
want to know why, go to your local library, no matter where you live in the
US. Tell the librarian to show you where the "United States code books" are
shelved. There are 25 books in the set. They are reddish-brown in color.
They are printed by the Government Printing Office in Washington, DC. These
hard-covered books are printed every 8-10 years. They are updated with
annual soft-back supplements each year until a new hard-cover issue comes
out. At the present time, the 1988 hardbacks are on library shelves.
OPEN VOLUME 9. The page numbers are in the center near the middle binding.
The section numbers are along the edges.
TURN TO PAGE 651. Here you will find Public Law 87-297 which calls for the
US to eliminate its armed forces. This law was signed for the US in 1961.
John F. Kennedy signed it and every president since has worked to enact its
provisions. The government knows you will not approve which is why they want
to take away your firearms. {this is title 22 USC section 2551].
TURN TO PAGE 652. Here you will find the definition of what the government
means by "disarmament." The disarmament calls for the elimination of our
armed forces. It also calls for the elimination of weapons of all kinds.
{This is title 22 USC 2552(a)}.
TURN TO PAGE 654. Here you will find it stated as Item (a) "control,
reduction and elimination of armed forces ..." and as Item (d)
"...elimination of armed forces ..." What you need to know is that your
armed forces are being eliminated and relinquished from National control
which, in turn, wipes out our sovereignty as a nation. In two stages, we
will have no more army, no more navy, no more air force. In the third sage,
we shall have a "zero" military. Before Stage I closes, all citizen-owned
guns are to be banned. {This is Title 22 USC Section 2571 (a)}.
Public Law 87-297 is further explained in the State Department Document
called Publication 7277. Your librarian can also furnish you a copy. Also
ask the librarian to get you a copy of "The Blue Print for the Peace Race."
It is a 35-page booklet printed by the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency as Publicatin No. 4 - General Series 3 - Released May of
1962. Publication No. 4 is the unabridged version of State Department
Document 7277.
Both of these booklets explain how our militaryis to be reduced to 2.1
million men. China and the Soviets are to be reduced to that level also. At
this point, we are at Stage I at which time we are to transfer (on a
permanent basis) one-half of our armed forces to be merged with the Russian
and Chinese armies. In Stage II, the remaining one-half of our armed forces
is then turned over to this same Security Council of the United Nations. The
person in charge of the merged armies must, by agreement, always be a
Russian. the world's smaller nations turn 100% of their armies over to the
same under-secretary of the Security, Council in Stage II. President George
bush and Admiral William J. Crowe [have referred] to this process as being
"in transition."
TURN TO PAGE 655. On this page in Volume 9 of the US code, read "Policy
Formation." The directives there (written in 1963 to pacify objectors) are
supposedly to restrain anyone from disarmament, reducing or limiting our
armaments, or taking guns away from the people unless it is pursuant to the
treaty-making power of the president, or if it is authorized by further
legislation by the Congress. {This is Title 22, Section 2573}.
Every couple of years, the House of Representatives votes to appropriate
funds for this ongoing program. Since P.L. 87-297 was first passed into law
in 1961, there have been 18 updates to it - all bad - with no deletions of
these issues that I lay before you now. the Congress knows that the plan
includes the policing of the US by foreign troops. {The world army they are
forming in Europe.} the congress is allowing our military bases to be closed
down, except for those
[CTRL] Royal Tea
-Caveat Lector- From www.morrock.com/homebrew.htm American royalty By SAM WAMMACK TMNS Correspondent July 23, 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr. apparently flew his private plane into the ocean last Friday night -- causing an accident which killed him, his wife, and his sister-in-law. A fatal accident of any kind is always a tragedy, and my sympathy goes out to the families of those three young people. With that said -- where the heck did this idea of "royalty" come from? During five days of near-continuous news coverage, JFK Jr. has repeatedly been called "America's Crown Prince" on television. The government turned out half the Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to continue this expensive search for days -- even though it became obvious after the first few hours that there could have been no survivors. Why the special treatment? JFK Jr. was the son of a president, but he held no public office and he was a private citizen just like you and me. If I sink my bass boat in Tablerock Lake and turn up missing -- will there be admirals and generals giving press conferences, surveillance planes in the air, and Dan Rather waxing poetic on TV for five days? I doubt it. I think a couple of things are going on. First, the press loves the Kennedy family -- they covered for and romanticized JFK Senior's administration, they wanted Robert and then Ted in the White House, and they were going to run JFK Jr. for president in 2008 or so. Now, like Uncle Teddy 30 years ago, JFK Jr. has had an accident and screwed up the plan -- and the press is having a hissy fit. If this plane crash had "only" killed a Nixon daughter or one of Reagan's kids, it wouldn't have gotten much press -- but the newsies just love those Kennedys. Second, though, and more seriously, there seems to be a yearning to establish an aristocratic and "royal" class of people in this country -- and that yearning is being actively fueled by the media. The supermarket tabloids reflect a society that idolizes entertainers and those who are born into or marry wealth and power. We have come to value showmanship and position over substance, and we are forgetting that our greatness was achieved as a republic. Our heroes used to be Abe Lincoln, Davy Crockett, and Babe Ruth -- not Madonna, Elvis, and Princess Diana. The idea of "royalty," a class of people who are our natural leaders by virtue of their birth or marriage, is disgusting and distinctly un-American. That's exactly what this country is NOT about -- and it's the issue for which we fought a long and bloody war with Britain to gain our independence. As another part of this phenomenon, Hillary Clinton seems to feel that she should be a U.S. Senator from New York -- not based upon any personal achievement, but upon her fame as the wife of the President. Amazingly, some of the public and most of the press seem to think that's a fine idea. Our thinking as a nation has obviously changed about such things. Just imagine what would have happened if Mamie Eisenhower or Bess Truman had picked out a state in which they had never lived and tried the same thing -- the press and the voters would have laughed them out of town. Actually, if having, um, "relations" with Bill Clinton is enough to qualify a person for Congress, then there are probably plenty of qualified people around to fill all 535 seats. And a mighty fine bunch of women they would be, too, from the samples I have seen. If anyone doubts what a poor idea "royalty" really is, all you have to do is look at the experiences of other countries. In Russia and France the "royals" got pretty excessive, but when the people of those countries finally grew sick of their aristocracy, they got rid of them quickly, permanently, and fatally. In Great Britain, they just let 'em linger. So far as I can tell, the modern royal family in Britain serves several purposes. They cost British taxpayers a great deal of money, they serve as an example of a superbly dysfunctional family of English rich folks, and they make Americans happy that we kicked George III out of here when we had the chance. I suppose that all the royal tradition, pomp, and ceremony also serves as a reminder to the Brits of the glory of the Empire. You know -- it makes them remember back to the good old days when the British Army was out there bravely taking countries away from barefoot natives all over the world. One commentator said that JFK Jr. was "the closest thing America had to a prince." I hope so, because Martin Luther King had it exactly right -- I would much rather live in a country where all people are judged by the "content of their character" and not by the economic and social situation of their relatives. AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Believe nothing,
[CTRL] Fw: SNET: SLICK Forward: Daniel New
-Caveat Lector- This may have already been posted. If so, sorry for the duplicate. If not, very good read. Amelia - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "undisclosed-recipients:@aol.com"@world.std.com; Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 12:12 AM Subject: SNET: SLICK Forward: Daniel New - SNETNEWS Mailing List © 1999 Daniel New Permission to repost in full is granted. WHY I WILL WASTE NO MORE VOTES ON THE GOP We returned to this country from the mission field in 1989, pleased to see how much progress had been made in the so-called conservative movement. I worked hard in the Republican Party, but quickly found that my county was not unique in its supercilious attitude toward Christians and Constitutionalists.nbsp; It allowed us to work hard on the platform committees, grudgingly tossing us a bone that we might be kept within the fold and our votes might be kept secure. But it never considered, for even a moment, the possibility of standing on that platform. Even Bob Dole in 1996 callously dismissed the outstanding platform given him by countless thousands of hard working precinct workers across the land.. The Party Spirit against which George Washington warned is in control of the Republican Party.nbsp; How many times do we hear its leaders exhort members to, "just vote straight party."nbsp; Such an exercise in blind loyalty is the mindset that made Hitler possible.nbsp; I have never voted straight party in my life, nor will I.nbsp; My vote for the candidate who closest represents my convictions in every election in which I'm privileged to participate is a responsibility I hold dear.nbsp; That candidate is not always a Republican.nbsp; Where it is, I'll continue to support - on a case by case situation. There are still some good guys out there, but they are quite often considered mavericks and unreliable by Republican leadership, shut out from the decision- making process.. The Republican Party gives lip service to "conservatism," then turns a blind eye to its elected representatives in Washington who vote against those very principles time and again.nbsp; The Republican Party is run by prostitutes who believe that victory is everything. Fine.nbsp; In that case, I shall do all in my power to deny them that which they want most - victory. The old scare tactic of, "A vote for a third party is a vote for Gore," will no longer work. If Spotted Owl Gore is elected, it will be because the Republicans offer the voters no candidate of Constitutional principles to oppose Socialist Party "A", and therefore, they deserve to lose. This discipline of withholding my vote from what has become Socialist Party "B" is far from a wasted vote, it is a principled vote of punishment.nbsp; The GOP has it coming, and perhaps, just perhaps one more good licking will cause them to wake up and start forcing their candidates tonbsp; represent the platform that represents an alternative to Socialism and Social Engineering and Marxism.nbsp; If so, then my vote will not have been wasted.nbsp; If not, the party needs to die, and it is our duty to hasten the day. The lesser of two evils is still evil. I exhort my friends to work for the election of candidates of principles, who will work toward a return to Constitutional rule of Law, and who will quickly begin to untangle the globalist chains which are deliberately destroying our national sovereignty. If we do not, then this Republic will die, and then what value is to be found in maintaining political parties which have sold us down the river to the New World Order? I exhort my friends to waste no more votes on the Republican Party at the national level.nbsp; Instead, I exhort them to cast votes of principle, and leave victory in the hands of God.nbsp; Our job is to be obedient to our principles.nbsp; I cannot change the world alone, but I do have ten friends whom I believe I can convince of the necessity of no longer wasting their votes.nbsp; And if enough people do that, then the Republicans may find themselves the Third Party in many states within just a few years!nbsp; Their survival depends on their reaction to large numbers of people who decide that in the year 2000 they will not waste their votes.nbsp; Frankly, having seen what they did with the "revolution" of 1994, I don't think they're smart enough to figure it out. 1999 Daniel New Permission to repost in full is granted. * * * * * * * FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO SLICK You might have noticed a conservative ISP that's being promoted in the last few issues of SLICK. Last July 4, when I was attending a family re-union, I stopped in to see the owner, Al Olson, to find out if he was the real thing. We talked for several hours about the various conservative causes and, of course, computers. I confirmed to my satisfaction that Al is the real thing, and I learned a lot to boot. Take my word for it, he's one of US. It's obviously in all of our best interest to keep our
[CTRL] (Fwd) ZNet Commentary July 26 Edward Herman
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: "Michael Albert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:ZNet Commentary July 26 Edward Herman Date sent: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:11:59 +0100 Here is today's ZNet Commentary Delivery from Edward Herman. The attached file is the same material in nicely formatted html so that you can read it in your browser if you wish. To pass this comment along to friends, relatives, etc. please note that the Commentaries are a premium sent to monthly donors to Z/ZNet and that to learn more about the project folks can consult ZNet (http://www.zmag.org) and specifically the Commentary Page (http://www.zmag.org/Commentaries/donorform.htm). Here then is today's ZNet Commentary... -- RESISTING ILLEGITIMATE AUTHORITY By Edward S. Herman My feeling that the government in Washington represents illegitimate authority ebbs and flows, but it has gathered strength over the past few years, and even months. One reason is the blatant further dollarization of the electoral process, with Bush having raised over $37 million, Gore and Bradley each having lined up substantial Wall Street and Silicon Valley contributors and jousting for more, and candidates who fail to sell themselves to large monied interests dropping out of the competition. The law of the market--"them that pays gits"--clearly and blatantly rules politics. This is plutocracy, not democracy, and trickle-down politics produces trickle-down economic policy, plus other nasties. A second reason for my strong sense of alienation--and one of the nasties--is the multiple bombings and blatant aggressiveness of the U.S. national security state. The last time the U.S. left issued a "Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority" was during the Vietnam War, when the security state was devastating a distant peasant society. Well, for several months in 1999 the security state was leveling one country while intermittently bombing and continuously sanctioning and starving another into submission, after having bombed two other countries in 1998. Without any external force to contain it, the security state, having armed itself to the teeth, threatens and attacks anybody getting out of line, and IT defines the line--which is completely self-serving and devoid of moral force or legality (see Chomsky's forthcoming The New Military Humanism: Lessons From Kosovo [Common Courage], chaps. 2, 6-7). A third reason is anger at the ruling elite's treatment of the poor and other unimportant people and its associated budget priorities. The Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 (in non- Orwellian: The Government Irresponsibility Act of 1996), ending the federal government's commitment to protect the poor, was an act of savagery, pushing large numbers into the market (and street) without any parallel policies of job training, child and health care, and job provision. This took place in a society where the rich are prospering mightily, helped by a massive restructuring of taxes and expenditures to their benefit carried out by plutocratic authorities. Business Week of August 2 reports "staggering" business profits and business "swimming in cash," with "a record $861 billion in retained earnings on their books." But these folks have no cash to spare, and as progressive CEO Michele McGeoy says, congress is "worried that I'm not rich enough," so that the plutocratic agents strive to give her more. With prospective budget surpluses which, as McGeoy says, are "largely the product of past and future cutbacks on everything from Medicare to bridge repair," the plutocratic right is pressing for regressive tax cuts, whereas the plutocratic "left" (Clinton) proposes pumping up Medicare and reducing the national debt. The well-being of the poor and non- elite non-poor, and even the environment and infrastructure, are of little concern to the ruling elite. The public has a different take on help to the poor and investment in the environment and infrastructure. For the past several decades polls have shown that the general public tends to support populist policies and oppose deregulation, mergers, militarism, and free market trade policies. Recent polls show that only 5 percent of the public name tax reduction as top priority, far below education, health care, Social Security, and other matters; and while the plutocrats arrange for tax reductions favoring the elite, 66 percent of the public believes "upper-income people" already pay too little. Political scientist Ben Page has pointed out that there are major "elite-mass gaps," with "ordinary citizens...considerably less enthusiastic than foreign policy elites about the use of force abroad, about economic or (especially) military aid or arms sales, and about free-trade agreements. The average American is much more concerned than foreign policy elites about jobs and income at home." Page also
