[CTRL] Kreeping Kopping
-Caveat Lector- These relate to personal privacy but also to issues relating to 'Freedom of the Press', "Free Speech', and the rights of the citizenry to conduct their lives without undue gov't intrusion. They're also related to the The Strange Case of Ed Moloney (from No Ireland) but pertain specifically to the US of A. From EPIC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 1999 NEW WHITE HOUSE COMPUTER SURVEILLANCE PLAN WOULD POSE UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO PRIVACY WASHINGTON, DC -- The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) today warned that a new Clinton Administration proposal could result in an unprecedented intrusion into the sanctity of private homes and businesses. The White House plan would enable federal and local law enforcement agents to secretly break into private premises and alter computer equipment to collect e-mail messages and other electronic information. As the Washington Post reported today, the administration is circulating draft legislation known as the "Cyberspace Electronic Security Act," the latest White House effort to address the growing use of encryption technology. As described in an August 4 analysis of the legislation obtained by EPIC, the proposal would amend current law to authorize "the alteration of hardware or software that allows plaintext to be obtained even if attempts were made to protect it through encryption." Courts would, for the first time, be able to approve covert police entries into homes and offices for the purposes of making such alterations. "This strikes at the heart of the Bill of Rights," said David L. Sobel, EPIC's General Counsel. "It would be truly ironic if the use of encryption -- which is designed to protect privacy -- gave the police a green light to secretly break into homes." Surreptitious physical entries are extremely rare under existing surveillance laws. Such entries are only made in order to install hidden microphones, an investigative technique approved only 50 times by federal and state judges last year. According to Sobel, "extending this extraordinary power to cases involving computer files would make police break-ins far more common than they are today." The latest administration proposal on computer surveillance comes on the heels of the "FIDNET" initiative, a planned government program that would monitor activity within both federal and private sector computer networks. When the details of that proposal became widely known earlier this month, it met with strong criticism from privacy groups (including EPIC) and members of Congress. EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. EPIC is a project of the Fund for Constitutional Government. EPIC works in association with Privacy International, an international human rights group based in London, UK and is also a member of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, the Internet Free Expression Alliance and the Internet Privacy Coalition. The EPIC website is located at http://www.epic.org - 30 - From www.freedomforum.org/press Reno newspaper, TV station ask judge to bar newsroom searches By The Associated Press 8.19.99 What do you think? Have your say in The Forum. PicturePicture: Christopher Lee...Christopher Lee Merritt listens to questions during a jailhouse interview. Picture RENO, Nev. The issue of county prosecutors who want search warrants to seize material from newsrooms is back before a Washoe District Court judge. The Reno Gazette-Journal and KTVN-TV asked Judge Peter Breen on Aug. 17 to curb the practice. Breen gave no indication when he would rule. The issue stems from an attempt by District Attorney Richard Gammick to seize television footage and reporters' notes following interviews Jan. 6 of Christopher Lee Merritt. Merritt allegedly closed down Interstate 80 west of Reno a few days earlier when he fired shots at cars on the highway. Merritt gave jailhouse interviews to several reporters and Gammick sought to obtain documentation of those interviews. Merritt faces trial later this year on six counts of attempted murder and other charges. "If you're going to go to a business engaged in First Amendment activities, you have to subpoena first, and then use a search warrant as a last resort," KTVN lawyer Bill Magrath told the judge. Magrath and lawyer Phil Bartlett, representing the Gazette-Journal, told Breen a federal law specifically prohibits newsroom searches with a few exceptions, which did not apply in this case. They asked Breen to enter an order requiring the district attorney's office to alert justices of the peace to the existence of the federal law if newsroom search warrants are sought again. Chief Deputy District Attorney Thomas
[CTRL] Fluoride quotes, #1
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart Famous Quotes on Fluorides and Fluoridation part 1/3 "The best way to beat the antifluoride zealots, these health terrorists, is to to fluoridate their water supply." - Dr.Michael Easley, ADA Fluoridation Spokesman, August 7, 1996 "We have told the public that fluoridation works, so we can't go back on that." - F.A. Bull, at the 1951 Dental Health Conference in Washington, D.C. "Ever since the Public Health Service (PHS) endorsed fluoridation in 1950, detractors have charged that PHS and the medical and dental establishment, such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Dental Association (ADA), have suppressed adverse scientific information about its effects. Some of those who generally support fluoridation make similar charges. For example, Zev Remba, the Washington Bureau editor of AGD Impact, the monthly publication of the Academy of General Dentistry, wrote last year that supporters of fluoridation have had an "unwillingness to release any information that would cast fluorides in a negative light," and that organized dentistry has lost "its objectivity - the ability to consider varying viewpoints together with scientific data to reach a sensible conclusion." Hileman B, Fluoridation of Water, Chemical Engineering News, 1988 August 1, 66, pp 26-42 "Most of the world has rejected fluoridation. Only America where it originated, and countries under strong American influence persist in the practice. Denmark banned fluoridation when its National Agency for Environmental Protection, after consulting the widest possible range of scientific sources, pointed out that the long-term effects of low fluoride intakes on certain groups in the population (for example, persons with reduced kidney function), were insufficiently known . Sweden also rejected fluoridation on the recommendation of a special Fluoride Commission, which included among its reasons that: "The combined and long-term environmental effects of fluoride are insufficiently known" . Holland banned fluoridation after a group of medical practitioners presented evidence that it caused reversible neuromuscular and gastrointestinal harm to some individuals in the population . Environmental scientists, as well as many others, tend to doubt fluoridation. In the United States, scientists employed by the Environmental Protection Agency have publicly disavowed support for their employer's pro-fluoridation policies . The orthodox medical establishment, rather weak or even ignorant on environmental issues, persist in their support, as do most dentists, who tend to be almost fanatical about the subject. In English- speaking countries, unfortunately, the medical profession and its allied pharmaceutical lobby (the people who sell fluoride) seem to have more political influence than environmentalists." Dr. John Colquhoun, the former Chief Dental Officer of Auckland, NZ., 1997 "Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, probably because of their capacity to modify the metabolism of cells by chenging the permeability of the cell membrane and by inhibiting certain enzyme systems. The exact mechanism of such actions is obscure." Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept 18, 1943. "Three different studies in Japan, the United States and India examined the dental records of 445,000 children living in areas with increased levels of naturally occurring fluoride (calcium fluoride) in the water. In ALL cases, an INCREASED level of tooth decay was correlated with INCREASED levels of fluoride. Many people believe the propaganda that "fluoridated water 'prevents' tooth decay", YET no laboratory study or epidemiological study supports this claim. On the contrary, a study of 26,405 children in New Zealand found the most decay in children living in areas WITH artificially fluoridated water. " Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol 8 No. 3, 1993 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
[CTRL] Fluoride quotes #3
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart Famous Quotes on Fluorides and Fluoridation part 3/3 "We ought to go slowly. Everybody knows that fluorine and fluorides are very poisonous substances and we use them in enzyme chemistry to poison enzymes, those vital agents in the body. That is the reason things are poisoned; because enzymes are poisoned, and that is why animals and plants die." Mr. James B. Sumner, Director of Enzyme Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Cornell University, and a Nobel Prize winner for his work in the field of enzyme chemistry. "No study in the past three decades has demonstrated any significant dental benefit from fluoridation. The older historical studies, on which claims of dental benefit are based, are so seriously flawed that most independent researchers conclude they should be ignored. In fact, several recent studies, here and abroad, show that fluoridation is correlated with higher caries rates, rather than lower ones." John R. Lee, M.D."The Truth About Fluoridation" "It is known as a scientific fact that fluoride is a deadly poison to enzymes, upon which all life depends." Dr. J.J. Rae, 20-year associate professor of chemistry, and Ph.D. in biochemistry and organics, Univ. of Toronto. "The fluoride ion exerts its toxic effect by inhibiting the action of many enzyme systems." Hugo Theorell, M.D., Nobel Prize winner for his research in the field of enzyme chemistry. "Contrary to what is widely assumed, the toxicity of fluoride is not always related to concentration. Under certain conditions fluoride toxicity actually increases as the concentration decreases. This is what is known as a paradoxical effect." Albert Schatz, Ph.D., M.C.R.S., Professor at the Univ. of Chile and co-discoverer of streptomycin. "The debate should not be the merits of fluoridation of the water supply, which is a public health problem, but rather the ethical aspects of universal fluoridation which creates an untenable situation for those individuals who are intolerant to fluorides. Do we have the moral right to create a situation from which the intolerant individual has no escape? The answer thus becomes very simple. Each individual should be granted the option to choose fluoride prophylaxis depending upon his need and tolerance. You have my permission to state my position and quote me as against universal fluoridation of the water supply." Ben F. Feingold, M.D., Chief Emeritus, Department of Allergy, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco Calif. (Dr. Feingold headed an organization which cares for hyperactive children, which has found, incidentally, that fluoride causes a severe adverse reaction upon the nervous system of hyperactive children. Coincidentally, so-called "Attention-Deficit-Disorder" or "A.D.D." is a common misdiagnosis for hyperactive or overly-enthusiastic children, and for which RITALIN is commonly prescribed. Thus, when a hyperactive child has an adverse reaction to FLUORIDE, he's commonly put on destructive RITALIN or fluoridated PROZAC as a "cure.") "It is of doubtful legality; it offends deep convictions concerning doctoring without consent; it is against the medical tradition of care for the individual; against the function of a public water supply; against sane economics; against the considered opinion of eminent nutritionists, biochemists, physiologists, pharmacologists, allergists, toxicologists; above all, it is against natural caution and common sense." Dr. C. G. Dobbs, Prof. of Microbiology, Univ. of North Wales, Associate Royal College of Science, formerly at King's College, Univ. of London. " Hereford, Texas has been called the TOWN WITHOUT A TOOTH ACHE. This is not true. But the phrase has been used effectively by the people interested in marketing SODIUM FLUORIDE all over the country. ...I believe that fluorine does in a mild way, retard cavities, but I also believe that the damage it does is far greater than any good it may appear to accomplish. It even makes the teeth so brittle and crumbly they can be treated only with difficulty, if at all. The dental investigators who came to our county some fifteen years ago did, in my opinion, make a serious mistake when they gave fluorine the credit for our good teeth, and overlooked the quality of food grown in our rich, well mineralized soil. Every person I found who had no dental caries, consumed much milk. Why use a poison, when correct food will maintain our bodies free from diseases and tooth decay? It is hellish and non-American to put poison in city water supplies and force citizens to drink it." George W. Heard, DDS, 15 March 1954. " ... My contact with fluoridation came about as a result of cancer research. In one project, various chemicals were added to the drinking water of mice susceptible to cancer in order to check the responsibility that some chemicals might delay the onset of the disease or prevent it altogether. Among the
[CTRL] Fluoride quotes #2
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com http://www.ioa.com/~davehart Famous Quotes on Fluorides and Fluoridation part 2/3 " Intelligence was measured in 907 children aged 8-13 years living in areas which differed in the amount of fluoride present in the environment. The Intelligence Quotient of children living in areas with a medium or severe prevalance of fluorosis was slower than that of children living in areas with only slith fluorosis or no fluorosis. The development of intelligence appeared to be adversely affected by fluoride. A high fluoride intake was associated with lower intelligence. The effect of exposure to a high level of fluoride on intelligence may occur at an early stage of development of the embryo and infant when the differentiation of brain nerve cells is occurring, and development is most rapid." A 1995 report published in Fluoride, Vol 20 No. 4, pp.189-192, "Effect of Fluoride Exposure on Intelligence of Children", X.S. Li et al, done in Guizhou, China "In regard to the use of fluosilicic acid as a source of fluorides for fluoridation, this Agency regards such as as AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION TO A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM. BY RECOVERING BY-PRODUCT FLUOSILICIC ACID FROM FERTILIZER MANUFACTURING, WATER AND AIR POLLUTION ARE MINIMIZED, AND WATER UTILITIES HAVE A LOW-COST SOURCE OF FLUORIDE AVAILABLE TO THEM." Rebecca Hammer, EPA Deputy Assistance Administrator for Water, March 30 1983, letter to Leslie A. Russell, D.M.D., Newtonville, Mass.. "I find that people are simply not willing to believe that our government would condone the addition of a compound to the water supply that was not efficacious. This is why in my opinion it has not been possible to convince enough people of conscience to review the fluoride story. You must remember that the National Academy of Science released a report that sort of said fluoridation was OK. They do not know that the members hand-picked for the panel were known to be pro-fluoridation. They were not present when the pathologist from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology stated that any bone or tooth structure that contains fluoride is weak, crumbling and highly undesirable. They were not present when the board calculated that the amount of fluoride ingested daily was far higher than previously believed. They discovered that soft drinks including, Coke, Pepsi and Seven-Up were made by diluting concentrate with fluoridated water. That Kool-Aid, baby formula etc. also would have fluoride. They were informed that these exposures were not considered by EPA when setting the current standard." William L. Marcus, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, Office of Science and Technology,EPA. "In view of the extensive evidence contradicting contrary claims based to a considerable degree on flawed research, mandatory addition of industrial waste fluoride (from the phosphate fertilizer industry) to public water supplies clearly requires careful scrutiny and at present can hardly be seen as justified or desirable." Albert W. Burgstahler, Ph.D.,Professor of Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. "Existing data indicate that subsets of the population may be unusually susceptible to the toxic effects of fluoride and its compounds. These populations include the elderly, people with magnesium deficiency, and people with cardiovascular and kidney problems. ... Poor nutrition increases the incidence and severity of dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis." U.S. Dept. of Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology, December 16, 1991. "Toxicological Profile for Fluorides, Hydrogen Fluoride, and Fluorine(F)". "Recent studies suggest that fluoride may increase the risk of hip fracture. This cohort study compared the incidence of femoral neck fractures in a community with longstanding water fluoridation (to 1 ppm) with the incidence in two communities without water fluoridation (less than 0.3 ppm)."Danielson C et al; Hip fractures and fluoridation in Utah's elderly population. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992 Aug 12; 268:746-8. "In January 1987, experiments performed at the Medical Research Endocrinology Dept., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and the Physics Dept of the Univ. of Ruhana, Sri Lanka, showed that fluoridated water at 1 ppm, when used in cooking in aluminum cookware, concentrated the aluminum up to 600 ppm, whereas water without fluoride did not." (Science News, 131:73) "The plain fact that fluorine is an insidious poison, harmful, toxic and cumulative in its effects, even when ingested in minimal amounts, will remain unchanged no matter how many times it will be repeated in print that fluoridation of the water supply is 'safe'." Ludwig Gross, M.D., former Chief of Veterans Administration Cancer Research, Bronx, NY. "Fluorides are violent poisons to all living tissue because of their precipitation of calcium. They cause fall of blood pressure, respiratory failure,
[CTRL] FW: Associated Press 8/20: Military predicts Y2K chaos
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From: Bob Olsen
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 6:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: {Y2K} Military predicts Y2K chaos
Associated Press, Aug 20, 1999
U.S. military predicts much worse Y2K chaos than White House
does
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. military report predicts widespread
"probable" or "likely" failures in important power and water
systems for many cities in the United States because of the
Year 2000 technology problem, a far more dire assessment
than anything the White House has made.
President Bill Clinton's top Y2K adviser, John Koskinen,
called the conclusions overly pessimistic in the study by
navy and marine base commanders worldwide. He said the
military is assuming major utilities will fail unless proven
otherwise.
The most recent version of the study, updated less than two
weeks ago, predicted "probable" or "likely" partial failures
in electric utilities that serve nearly 60 of roughly 400
navy and marine facilities.
The study predicted "likely" partial electrical failures,
for example, in the new year at bases and offices in
Orlando, Fla.; Gulfport, Miss.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and
nine other small- to mid-size cities.
It also predicted "probable" partial water system failures
in Dallas; Nashville, Tenn.; Houston; Baton Rouge, La.;
Montgomery, Ala.; Tulsa, Okla.; and 59 other cities.
The study forecast likely partial natural-gas failures - in
the middle of winter - in Nashville; Albany, N.Y.; Columbus,
Ohio; Fort Worth, Texas; Pensacola, Fla.; and Charleston,
S.C.
The military report contrasts sharply with predictions from
the White House, which said in its own report just weeks ago
that national electrical failures are "highly unlikely." The
White House report also said disruptions in water service
from the date rollover were "increasingly unlikely."
Koskinen, who vouched for the authenticity of the navy
report, noted nevertheless that all its worst-case
predictions for failures were marked as "interim" or
"partial" assessments.
"It's not nearly as interesting as the world coming to an
end," said Koskinen.
"The way they worked was, until you have information for
contingency planning purposes, you ought to assume there was
a problem."
The Year 2000 problem may occur because some computer
programs, especially older ones, might fail when the date
changes to 2000. Because the programs were written to
recognize only the last two digits of a year, such programs
could read the digits "00" as 1900, potentially causing
problems with financial transactions, airline schedules and
electrical grids.
The navy report was first summarized this week on an
Internet site run by Jim Lord, a Y2K author, who said he
obtained it "from a confidential source of the highest
reliability and integrity."
"The military has to work from the worst case but so do we,"
Lord said Thursday.
"It's reprehensible for them to know this and keep it from
us."
Koskinen said the navy isn't withholding information from
anyone, noting the continually updated report was available
until recently on a Web site maintained by the U.S. Defence
Department.
"The last people in the world the department is going to
keep information from is their own people," Koskinen said.
"In fact, the whole purpose of the exercise is to make sure
they can provide appropriate information to servicemen on
their bases and their families."
© The Canadian Press, 1999
Copyright © 1999 Southam Inc. All rights reserved.
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[CTRL] Warnings cost Pentagon lawyer his job (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- 08/20/99- Updated 12:35 AM ET Warnings cost Pentagon lawyer his job By Edward T. Pound, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The general counsel of the Defense Security Service was removed and transferred to another Pentagon agency after he repeatedly warned superiors they were violating government regulations by taking shortcuts on security background investigations. In a series of interviews, several current and former Defense Department officials said counsel Thomas Willess was moved to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency in September 1998. During the prior two years, they say, Willess cautioned his superiors against relaxing investigative standards for background reviews. They either ignored him or in other cases didn't consult him, officials say. Background reviews are essential to safeguarding government secrets. The security service does about 120,000 reviews each year on employees of the Defense Department and military contractors. The disclosure of Willess' removal takes on added significance in the wake of a draft report done by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. According to government officials, the GAO says top security service managers changed policies and relaxed standards, contrary to regulations and despite objections of other officials. The standards must be followed by agencies doing background checks. They include examining financial and law-enforcement records, verifying citizenship and interviewing neighbors and candidates. The GAO said 92% of the investigations it reviewed did not fully meet the standards. The security service's new managers vow to fix the problems. The GAO report covered the tenures of two directors. Margaret Munson left in March 1998. She was succeeded by Steven Schanzer, who was removed in June amidst major management problems. Both Munson and Schanzer declined comment. In a statement, Willess would say only that he had "taken positions that were not always in lockstep" with them. Current and former officials say Willess argued that the standards couldn't be changed unilaterally. When the agency decided to do many interviews by telephone in an effort to save money, he objected. Willess has never been given a reason for his transfer. He also reports to the Pentagon's Office of General Counsel. He told associates he was called to that office last August and informed of his transfer. The Pentagon declined comment. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Surreptitious Encryption Search Proposal (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- The Honorable Janet Reno Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 IN RE: Surreptitious Encryption Search Proposal Dear Attorney General Reno: Over the past year, proposals by the Administration to sacrifice civil liberties on the altar of law enforcement have bubbled up with frightening regularity. However, none of those proposals represents such a dramatic shift as the Department of Justice's suggestion for special new search warrants allowing agents to enter homes and surreptitiously examine computers and disable encryption. According to reports, you seek to institute an unprecedented and dangerous special search procedure that would apply only to computers. This proposal suffers from serious constitutional flaws. It blatantly violates the Fourth Amendment's requirement of particularity by giving agents open-ended authority to engage in wholesale rummaging through a person's computer after breaking into their home or business. Allowing the warrant to be executed in secret also raises due process issues. As Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act courts have shown, the absence of public disclosure results in a very low rate of denied warrants. Instituting an analogous procedure for domestic searches would likely result in a similar "rubber-stamp" process. Assigning a vastly lower level of legal protection to an entire class of communications also raises significant equal protection questions. Such a system would give those Americans who choose to use or own computers much lower Fourth Amendment protections than those who don't. It makes no sense to pass a law that establishes a de facto presumption of guilt for anyone who keeps a computer in their home or business. This proposal demonstrates how addicted federal law enforcement has become to electronic surveillance. In my opinion, this addiction threatens both civil liberties and the effectiveness of law enforcement. If we continue to encourage agents to investigate exclusively by surveillance, we risk losing the ability to build cases by traditional -- and frequently more effective -- means. Furthermore, we end up placing too much trust in technologies that can easily be countered by sophisticated criminals. I urge you to retract this proposal and not send it to Congress. Frankly, its chances of being anything other than dead on arrival at Capitol Hill are slim to none. In an environment of increasing congressional skepticism toward law enforcement surveillance requests, a suggestion as patently absurd as this one will seriously damage your credibility, and diminish your chances of working with Congress to fine tune widely-supported encryption legislation, such as the S.A.F.E. act. With kind regards, I am, very truly yours, BOB BARR Member of Congress = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
-Caveat Lector- World War Three started via IBM in 1954? http://www.geocities.com/Area51/9357/silent.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] NSA mind control and psyops (http://www.sonic.net/~west/nsamindcontrol.htm)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sonic.net/~west/nsamindcontrol.htm Apparent technology details on how increasing incidents of social violence caused. NSA Initiated Execution to Cover-up in Music: Curt Cobain of the musical group "Nirvana" was another victim of NSA brainwashing and was terminated by NSA. Cobain had started writing clues to the NSA activities into his music to communicate it to his music followers. He referred in music to the NSA as the "Friends inside his head". Once the NSA puts on the highest level of brainwashing pain, the subject expires quickly. Cobain used heroin to numb and otherwise slow the effect of the brainwashing. Musical references of NSA Technology: Talking Heads; a music group popular in the eighties, wrote a song explaining the scientific process of the NSA's brainwashing technology in a song called "Wild Wild Life". The song gave an example of what the audible transmission sounded like at the end of the song (like a tape on fast forward). They mentioned in the song that "They (NSA) talk so fast " and that the musical group had spent "All their time and money " unsuccessfully trying to find a place that the NSA would not be able to harass them. The Talking Heads exposed the technology, gave an example of what it sounds like, scenarios of how the NSA might select you for the brainwashing, and the scope of the electronic surveillance system. 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] Pentagon Papers of Y2K about the coming World Crisis
-Caveat Lector- US Navy withholding doomsday Y2K report and how to respond About the Author Jim Lord is the author of, "A Survival Guide for the Year 2000 Problem: Consumer Solutions for the Worst Technical Blunder in History" a practical, 270 page guide to preparation for the Year 2000 Computer Crisis. He has written nearly ninety articles on Y2K. He is also the co-editor with James Talmage Stevens of the "Journal of Personal Freedom", a newsletter which provides practical guidance in the restoration of Liberty through preparedness and self-reliance. Mr. Lord has advised Congressional staffers, The Congressional Research Service, the Department of Defense, the Center for Security Policy, and the US Taxpayer's Alliance, and is a Y2K Research Associate at George Washington University. He has appeared on more than 200 radio talk shows as well as Fox News, ABC NightLine, the Discovery Channel, C-Span and PAX TV. He appeared on the same speaking agenda with Nobel prizewinner Milton Friedman and Lady Margaret Thatcher at the Blanchard Investor Conference in New Orleans. He has debated Y2K with Harry Browne, recent Libertarian Party presidential candidate and Gary North, a prominent Y2K expert and writer. He has been a featured speaker at the World Future Society, the Conservative Caucus, many investor conferences, numerous Y2K community preparedness seminars, and at the Eris Society in Aspen, Colorado. Mr. Lord is a retired Naval Officer with 24 years active service who came up through the enlisted ranks. His career was spent in the electronics field, including a tour as the Electronics Maintenance Officer on an aircraft carrier. At age 33, he earned a degree in Business, graduating with honors from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Following his military career, Mr. Lord was involved in shipbuilding, communication systems design, satellite systems, software engineering, training and marketing. This experience included nine years in the software industry. He also taught business courses at the college level for several years. From: jean hudon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean Hudon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Pentagon Papers of Y2K about the coming World Crisis - you may forward thisto your local media Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 1:36 AM Hello again everyone Yesterday I read this astounding US Navy report below about how badly many US cities will fare during the coming Y2K Crisis -- not to mention most of the rest of the world -- and I thought to myself that this wouldn't find its way into the news like so many other Internet-circulated reports about this unreported reality in the mainstream media -- which have been eerily silent on this issue this summer as you may have noticed. Well I was wrong. At least one major TV network -- on CTV evening news - in Canada reported it. Now it remains to be seen if the other newsmedia will wake up and just do their job... I don't want to sound like a prophet of doom, but I firmly believe this is going to be a major test of people's resilience and ability to cooperate in the face of utter adversity - and in the midst of winter here in the Northern hemisphere. This planetary technological crash down will burst open the gates of massive changes and it can turn out real bad of real good depending on how we each react and adapt to it all - and depending on how well-prepared we are or not. For sure, the Zeus-like elite who decreed that this problem would occur -- most likely the Y2K bug has been deliberately planned back in the mid 80's when a computer expert warned the US authorities about the consequences of this computer mis-conceived programming shortfall and then the FBI decided that nothing would be done about it (according to the Time Magazine) and that was it -- and they would very much like massive chaos and rioting and looting to ensue to enable them to come forward like "saviours" with the martial law and a cunning plan to implant a micro-chip into the hand of everyone on Earth to track and monitor each of us and impose their complete domination and enslaving of the world population - more on this issue real soon. But!... if it turns out that people remain calm and generously help each others instead (as occured everywhere in Quebec during the month-long electricity failure following the major Ice storm a couple years ago that tore down thousands of utility poles and electric transmission lines) and don't fall into the trap of the elite-trained agents provocateurs who will certainly attempt to stir troubles, like rioting and looting, to "justify" the military take-over of all US urban centers and the suspension of all normal rules of law through the declaration of the martial law, then their plans will fail and we will all remain free. And since it is time to bring this Y2K issue back to the forefront, I'll soon send you the material I had prepared months ago on this. But first let's begin with this breaking news...
[CTRL] Clinton's New Proposal] (fwd)
http://www.flash.net/~lidman/ = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = From: Nicole Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Call your Congressperson! Clinton wants access to our PC's. I know, this is a onelist for guns, but this is very important. (From the St. Louis Post) Feds seek authority to secretly crack personal computer codes WASHINGTON (AP) -- Law enforcers would have the authority to secretly crack the security codes of crime suspects' home and office personal computers, under a Clinton administration plan reported today in The Washington Post. The Justice Department has drafted legislation that, if approved by Congress, would allow federal agents to obtain search warrants from a judge to enter private property, search through computers for passwords and override encryption programs. According to an Aug. 4 department memo that lays out the proposal, encryption software for scrambling computer files "is increasingly used as a means to facilitate criminal activity, such as drug trafficking, terrorism, white-collar crime and the distribution of child pornography.'' Under the measure, investigators would obtain sealed search warrants signed by a judge as a prelude to getting further court permission to wiretap, extract information from computers or conduct further searches. Privacy advocates have objected to the plan, dubbed the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act by the Justice Department. "They have taken the cyberspace issues and are using it as justification for invading the home,'' James Dempsey, an attorney for the Center for Democracy and Technology, told the Post. Peter Swire, the White House's chief counselor for privacy, told the newspaper the administration supports encryption as a way to provide privacy for computer users. "But it has to be implemented in a way that's consistent with other values, such as law enforcement,'' Swire said. "In this whole issue we have to strike the right balance.'' The administration has for years been seeking a law to require computer makers to include a so-called Clipper Chip in their products that would give police a "back door'' into computers despite any encryption software they may contain. In a backlash, More than 250 members of Congress have signed on as co-sponsors to legislation that would prohibit mandating such back-door devices on computers. AP-CS-08-20-99 0612EDT *** Nic __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com --- ONElist Sponsor ONElist users: YOU can win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Check out the FRIENDS FAMILY program to find out how. For details, go to http://www.onelist.com/info/onereachsplash3.html "I'd rather be judged by 12, than carried by 6"
[CTRL] China's nuclear threat to US (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/20/pageone Sydney Morning Herald Friday, August 20, 1999 China's nuclear threat to US By DAVID LAGUE, Herald Correspondent in Beijing China warned yesterday that it was ready to fight over Taiwan and that its nuclear weapons could "deal with" aircraft carriers if the United States dared to interfere. A hard-hitting editorial in the official Global Times newspaper, a subsidiary of the Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, said the US and other Western countries were mistaken if they believed China lacked the ability or will to use force in a dispute over Taiwan. "If the US makes the wrong calculation on its abacus and goes on interfering in China's domestic affairs, it will eventually draw fire against itself," it said. China has launched a furious propaganda barrage and a campaign of psychological warfare since Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui called on July 9 for the two sides to deal with each other on a "state-to-state" basis, a move Beijing interpreted as a step toward independence. The ruling Communist Party in Beijing regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has threatened to use force if it declares independence. Despite increasingly bellicose threats from the mainland, some analysts believe the People's Liberation Army lacks the means to make any serious challenge to Taiwan, particularly if the US was drawn into any conflict. They also argue that the economic and diplomatic costs to China of aggression across the Taiwan Strait would dramatically outweigh any gains. But the Global Times editorial said this reasoning was dangerously flawed and it reminded the US that it had failed to subdue China in the Korean and Vietnam wars. "We will not choose to use force until the last moment but China will not retreat because of external forces interference," the paper said. "Theoretically, military power includes hardware and software. As to hardware, China's neutron bomb can deal with aircraft carriers easily and medium- and short-range missiles will be useful too." The paper also said the US would be disadvantaged by long supply lines. In a move likely to further infuriate Beijing, Mr Lee has added his voice to calls for Taiwan to be included under a proposed anti-missile defence shield that the US and Tokyo this week agreed to begin developing. Mr Lee said the system "not only responds to current needs but, even more, it fulfils the nation's long-term development interests", according to a statement released in Taipei on Wednesday after a senior officials' meeting. Senior Chinese leaders have already condemned suggestions that Taiwan be included in any anti-missile defence system as interference in China's internal affairs. Experts believe it could take 10 years to develop and field the defence system but it would be symbolically important for Taiwan and reinforce fears in Beijing that peaceful reunification remains a long-term prospect if it happens at all. Senior US officials have said that Taiwan has yet to make a formal request to be included in the system. PLA missiles based in southern China opposite Taiwan could be one of the major threats facing the island if Beijing did decide that a military strike was needed to rein in Taipei. This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] U.S. Wasn't Sure Plant Had Nerve gas Role (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- U.S. Wasn't Sure Plant Had Nerve Gas Role Before Sudan Strike, CIA Urged More Tests By Vernon Loeb Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 21, 1999; Page A01 One month before the United States bombed the El Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, CIA analysts said more testing would be needed before they could firmly conclude that the plant was producing a key component of deadly VX nerve gas, as the Clinton administration maintained on the night of the strike. The bombing, one year ago this week, has led to a lawsuit by the plant's owner, an embarrassing series of retractions by top U.S. officials, and an increasingly pressing question: Just how certain does the government need to be before it uses force against a suspected terrorist group overseas? The Clinton administration continues to defend the airstrike, which killed a night watchman and destroyed the pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan's capital. But senior officials now concede that the plant did, in fact, make some medicines. They also acknowledge that it may not have manufactured chemical weapons -- at least at the time of the bombing. President Clinton ordered the missile strike in retaliation for Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden's alleged role as the mastermind in the terrorist bombing of two U.S. embassies on Aug. 7, 1998. The twin truck bombs in Kenya and Tanzania killed more than 200 people, including 12 Americans. To strike back, U.S. Navy ships fired 13 Tomahawk cruise missiles at El Shifa and 66 missiles at bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan. The attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of bin Laden's key operatives at one of the camps. Since the attack, senior administration officials have stood behind what they continue to describe as a "compelling" piece of evidence: a soil sample, secretly obtained near the El Shifa site by a CIA operative, that was found to contain a high concentration of EMPTA, a chemical that does not occur in nature and has no use except in making nerve gas. "Nothing that we've learned subsequent to the attacks has led anybody to [conclude], if they had to do it over again, that they would make a different decision," one senior administration official said this week. However, in a three-page analytical paper written late last July, well before the embassy bombings or the retaliatory targeting of El Shifa, CIA analysts raised questions about what conclusions could safely be drawn from the soil sample. According to officials familiar with the paper, the CIA analysts considered the presence of EMPTA to be a virtually sure-fire indicator that the plant had something to do with chemical weapons. But they could not be sure whether the plant actually manufactured VX or merely served as a warehouse or transshipment point for chemicals used in making nerve gas. Nor could they be sure how recently that activity might have occurred. The paper, which was reviewed at senior levels in the CIA and disseminated to the National Security Council staff, recommended covert efforts to obtain more soil samples to try to answer those questions. Intelligence officials also said in interviews this week that even if El Shifa did make nerve gas, they cannot explain why a high concentration of EMPTA would have been present in the soil outside the plant. EMPTA is a viscous substance that is not volatile enough to vaporize, and the plant's drainage system is unlikely to have deposited effluent in surface soil on its periphery. That uncertainty, the officials said, is another reason why CIA analysts recommended additional soil sampling at the site last July. Still, the intelligence officials played down the importance of that recommendation and said CIA Director George J. Tenet did not mention any need for further testing when he presented senior policymakers with a "mosaic" of intelligence to support the targeting of El Shifa at a White House briefing on Aug. 17, 1998,
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Saturday #1
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990821a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : Neither Mork nor Mindy were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Woman kills eclipse baby. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) A Romanian woman killed a baby born during the Aug. 11 eclipse, fearing ancient superstitions that the child would grow up cursed. The 31-year-old woman from a remote hamlet admitted throwing the infant down an outdoor toilet shortly after giving birth in her home. Neighbors in the northern Romanian village of Strahotin said the woman was "fearful of rumors that monsters are born during the eclipse." http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560792157-e7d : Were you born during an eclipse? Are you monstrous, cursed, special, gold- plated, magickal, alien, supernatural? Should you have been killed? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tonga may get jump on millennium. TAVEUNI, Fiji (AP) The small Polynesian kingdom of Tonga hopes to do one better than neighboring island rivals for millennium business by adopting daylight saving time. They need the money. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560795352-926 : Do you want to be the first human to see the New Millennium? How much cash will you spend to achieve that goal? Do the voices in your head insist? Hmm? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Satellite navigation tool in trouble. (AP) - For those who rely on the high-tech Global Positioning System to find their way around, this weekend has plenty of potential drama. The satellite-based navigation devices in use all over the world could malfunction when the system resets its clocks - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560788144-84a # Don't rely on GPS. (BBC) Sailors and pilots are being urged to check their satellite navigation equipment this weekend for a millennium-style glitch. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_426000/426081.stm : Are you almost as tired of GPS rollover stories as you are of eclipse and millennium stories? Have you replaced your GPS gear? Do you still use LORAN? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # How to Give a Cat a Colonic: Another HOAX. A new virus hoax warns users about an email message with the subject: "HOW TO GIVE A CAT A COLONIC, DO NOT OPEN IT" This warning is a hoax; do not to distribute it to others. http://www.trend.com/vinfo/hoaxes/cat_colonic.htm : Would you execute a file describing feline enemas? Have you ever given a cat an enema? Would/did you write any cat enema viruses? Do ETs help you? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Catholic bishop on trial in Rwanda. KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - A Roman Catholic bishop in Rwanda went on trial on charges of failing to offer sanctuary to victims of the 1994 genocide. Augustin Misago, bishop of the diocese of Gigonkoro in southwestern Rwanda, is the highest-ranking Rwandan cleric to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560793507-1e1 : Does your belief subsystem promote/condone/accept genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes against anyone? Do you promote cultural genocide? Where?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Deathtrap cities keep growing. (BBC) As more people flock to cities, the impact of disasters inevitably worsens. Stink of civilization: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_426000/426035.stm @ Links: The Worldwatch Institute: http://www.worldwatch.org/ @ UN Centre for Human Settlements: http://www.unhabitat.org/ @ Natural Disaster Reduction: http://www.idndr.org/ : What's your favorite urban deathtrap? How're ya gonna keep'em down on the farm, after they've seen Recife? Do urban sinks result from genocidal plots? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Museum celebrates computers. SAN DIEGO (AP) From vacuum tubes paper tape to Atari Pong and Apple IIs, the Computer Museum of America slithers down technology lane. The collection of more than 200 pieces spans a century of computing from a 1900 circular slide rule that looks like a pocket watch, to an IBM 360 mainframe computer from the 1960s that's about the size of three gym lockers. The nonprofit museum's newest addition is a 22-year-old MITS Altair 8800b, donated by a patent lawyer who won a contest for having the oldest personal computer still in use. He was too cheap to upgrade til now: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560786364-0ac # And: Computer museum at a glance, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560783034-48e : Shouldn't ancient Napier's Bones logarithms be on display here too? D'ya know that these were developed to calculate when Armageddon would occur? Do you use computational devices to prognosticate The End? Got an answer yet? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ Freemasons: satanism,
Re: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Friday #3
-Caveat Lector- One Less Missing Link. Bones from the Ethiopian desert prove that human ancestors walked the earth 4.4 million years ago. I still say that modern man is the missing link between apes human beings. snort __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Re: [SC] Re: Kansas Board of Education vote on Evolution
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Bob Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 99-08-20 02:03:34 EDT, Keachie writes: These critters have much more in common in their DNA than do say any of them and horses. You're walking on the beach. You see something glittering in the sand. You dig carefully and discover a shiny, solid gold pocket watch. You snap open the lid to reveal a beautifully crafted face, with gold hands ticking across black roman numeral lettering. What can you assume about the watch? Do you think that the sand and other minerals swirled together over millions of years, and finally, com- pletely by chance, "evolved" into a watch? Or do you assume that someone crafted the watch from metals and glass, and "created" it according to an intelligent design? Weighing the probabilities in your mind, you come to the logical conclusion that an intelligent being crafted it, organizing it from the elements. This argument has been dealt with endlessly in the past. 1) Lifeforms ain't watches. 2) We can easily observe the presence of watchmakers; creators aren't so easily discerned, only inferred, and can't be tested for. 3) Watches have just the necessary mechanical parts to perform their intended function, plus possibly a few decorative flourishes. Homo Sapiens and other lifeforms have all sorts of non- and dys-functional features that make sense in an evolutionary context since they don't necessarily kill-off a creature before it reproduces, but that in a creationist context suggest total incompetence on a creator's part. 4) Evolution can be observed in any microbiology lab. Researchers have shown that the chemical and organizational bases of life can be replicated in the lab - 'creators' aren't NEEDED to explain the origin of life. Abiogenesis and evolutionary theories WORK as explanations of observed phenomena - creationism doesn't. 5) You'll believe whatever you want to believe. 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] Congress: America's Criminal Class - Part V
-Caveat Lector- I received Part 2, 3 5, where can I locate Parts 1 4? DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Friday #3
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # How We Became Human: The evolution of Homo sapiens wasn't a steady march from primitivism to perfection. Instead, as new- found fossils reveal, it was a turbulent tale, full of false starts and repeated failures, before the appearance of cultur- ally complex, technologically savvy creatures like us: That's yesterdays news; what's up next? What will our successor be like? Is she around already? Ah, now we get into the paradox-laden realm of "future evolution". Since evolution is [among other things] "the survival of changes over time"; and since the future hasn't happened yet; then there is no way to determine just what changes will occur. But we CAN note that various stages of evolution apply: 1) Chemical evolution - The fitting-together of elements into the hydrocarbons, polymers, proteins that give rise to life; 2) Biological evolution - The fitting-together of DNA into a wide range of life-forms, including we more-or-less hairy primates; 3) Social evolution - The fitting-together of humanoid individuals into groups, allowing the survival of individuals who couldn't exist on their own, but who have valuable skills for the group; 4) Cultural evolution - The fitting-together of technological specialists - farmers, toolmakers, engineers, workers - resulting in immensely more productivity than individuals or small groups; 5) Directed evolution - The fitting-together of information biochemical genetic technologies to build humans to order, engineered for any environment we may encounter. We've gone through stages 1-4 and have entered stage 5. As we expand thru the universe we'll build more and more diverse forms of 'humans', any of which may be successful in surviving in various niches and who thus may be thought of as "our successor". What'll they look/act/think like? Depends on where you are, eh? 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: Bush's Drug Furor Shows Clinton Changed 'the Game'
You once recently told me to forward good posts to you IF/WHEN my limit had been reached. Well, brother man, here's one (even though this DID NOT WORK THE LAST FEW TIMES I DID SO). Best, Mike = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 06:41:11 -0400 From: "L-Soft list server at America Online (1.8d)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Spitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rejected posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The distribution of your message dated Sat, 21 Aug 1999 03:41:08 -0700 (MST) with subject "Bush's Drug Furor Shows Clinton Changed 'the Game' (fwd)" has been rejected because you have exceeded the daily per-user message limit for the CTRL list. Other than the list owner, no one is allowed to post more than 7 messages per day. Please resend your message at a later time if you still want it to be posted to the list. Rejected message (206 lines) - Received: from mx0-smtp.goodnet.com (envy.goodnet.com [207.98.129.151]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA23494 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 06:41:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from goodnet.com (goodnet.com [207.98.129.1]) by mx0-smtp.goodnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA08906 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 03:41:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 03:41:08 -0700 (MST) From: MICHAEL SPITZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bush's Drug Furor Shows Clinton Changed 'the Game' (fwd) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by listserv.aol.com id GAA23495 Analysis Bush's Drug Furor Shows Clinton Changed 'the Game' By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 21, 1999; Page A01 A decade ago, the kind of turbulence that hit Texas Gov. George W. Bush's campaign this week might have threatened to knock a candidate out of the presidential race. For better or worse, President Clinton has changed the rules. Bush's highflying campaign was brought to earth over the question of whether he has ever used illegal drugs, and even some supporters believe he will be hurt by this week's events. Whether the damage is serious or long-lasting was not clear yesterday -- and the candidate quickly shifted back to his pre-turbulence posture of vowing not to answer questions on the issue. The episode revealed a campaign that, however smoothly it was operating, could be knocked off stride by one ingenious and unanticipated question. But it also showed how a decade of scandal politics -- and the example of Clinton -- have taught politicians not to crumble when the first crisis hits a campaign. There once was a familiar pattern when political scandal erupted: the media feeding frenzy, the campaign deathwatch and the inevitable scene in a hotel ballroom where a contrite or defiant candidate withdrew from the race. That was the way it played out in 1987 when Gary Hart was hit with allegations of marital infidelity. But after a 1992 campaign in which Clinton weathered questions about infidelity, the draft and smoking marijuana, and then the past year in which he survived the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, that old pattern has been replaced by something new. "You can keep your head down and plow through it," said Republican strategist Ralph Reed, a Bush adviser, "and after you have, you're a stronger candidate because people see you're not going to be knocked out by it." Bush took a calculated risk by reopening the issue of when, if ever, he has used drugs. It is that the public will forgive mistakes of the distant past if they are convince a politician has learned from them -- and will not repeat them. "I think that ultimately voters will have a sense that the governor has
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Saturday #2 - SkeptiBriefs
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990821b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : Only a few narcissists were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Secret Military Information. Do you know what hanger number the real Alien craft parts are stored at Wright Patterson AFB ? They have been stored in building 50 51 up until the mid 1970's. http://caus.org/mc082199.htm @ Failed Polygraph Yields Unexpected Benefit. The recently leaked Top Secret MJ-12 UFO documents from Mr. Timothy Cooper have undergone a series of authentication tests. What do you believe? http://caus.org/pn082199.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # GAS PUMPS PLUG INTO THE NET: hi-tech "gas pump of the future." Gas pumps run by BP Amoco PLC are getting wired: The firm announced that it will use a Windows-CE-based system to link pumps to the Internet. The "Millennium Dispenser," developed by Radiant Systems, uses the Windows CE operating system to access the Internet for traffic updates, weather reports and more. http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/20/gasnet.ptech.idg/index.html # LOOK, MA! NO COMPUTER! SBC Communications is about to roll out the latest gadget: a US$180 machine that does email, email, and nothing but email. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/21353.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ CYBERMIND. Discussing "the philosophical and psychological implications of subjectivity in cyberspace," Cybermind is an ambitious elist, with Serious Thinkers thinking Serious Thoughts. Among the issues addressed, according to the online charter, are the emergence and/or disappearance of the body in cyberspace, phenomenology of the terminal screen, sex/gender/sexuality theory electronic subjectivity, and (uh-oh) psychoanalysis of lurking. What's that famous quote? "Gaze too long into the abyss, and the abyss also gazes into you." Something like that. For a slightly creepy meta- freakout, send e-mail to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with a message body of: subscribe cybermind [your name and e-mail here] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Into the Big Blue Yonder. A few years ago, IBM's vaunted Research division went through a stormy upheaval. But the labs have bounced back, and the future looks bright. (TechReview) "What's more, the rise of the Internet and the fusion of communications and computers play perfectly into decades of research raw computing power, storage, chips, displays, speech recogni- tion, 'data mining' and electronic security that few companies, if any, can match." http://www.techreview.com/articles/july99/buderi.htm @ Links: IBM Research home page: http://www.research.ibm.com/ @ IBM Research facilities worldwide: http://www.research.ibm.com/worldwide/ @ Semiconductor research: http://www.research.ibm.com/topics/serious/chip/ @ Human-computer interactions: www.research.ibm.com/topics/innovate/hci/ @ Deep-computing projects: http://www.research.ibm.com/topics/deep/scalable/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Biometrics Breaks Into Prisons. Sophisticated technology allows inmates to be ID'd by scanning their irises or taking their voice prints. Corrections officials say this is more reliable than fingerprinting, but privacy advo- cates worry. http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21362.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Jack Parsons The Curious Origins of The American Space Program. Starts as a lighthearted look at JPL the origins of the "Space program" with a little OTO Scientology thrown in for good measure - probably inspired by the Discordian offshoot "Church of the SubGenius" - careful 'cuz it'll try to sneak some sense in under the radar while it keeps you entertained and off balanced with a "Gravity's Rainbow" meets Douglas Adams sort of sense/ nonsense stutterstep. Hard-R http://zolatimes.com/JparArt/JackParsons.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BONDAGE AND DOMINANCE AND SM DISCUSSIONS. Eloquent, articulate, well- versed, and an occasional sidetrack of "niggling etymological issues," the postings in this newsgroup may not excite you, but it is pretty funny when the adolescent finger-pointing gets going. I am frightened of the Capture and Chloroform threads. news:soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Black Box Crooks Finger Buyers. Scads of people who bought illegal cable descramblers on the Web may soon get unexpected - and unwanted - visits from the cops. http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/21370.html # Porn Shop Raided by Mounties. Thursday, Net porn-and-casino firm Starnet was merrily planning its move onto the Nasdaq. Friday, it got nailed by Canadian cops. http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/21376.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ British monarchy Jews of Amsterdam, Bank of England, CFR, RIIA. "The doctrine of British-Israelism and
[CTRL] OEN 8/21/99
-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 From Stock Market Crashes of 1998 1999 by Ravi Batra The speculative bubble burst open in Japan in 1990, but it continued to expand in the United States and most other countries, and turned into a global bubble. Even though stock markets in Asia and Latin America crashed at the end of 1997, the bubble was not yet pierced; it had been deflated somewhat, but not punctured. This is because the United States, the world's locomotive and the largest economy, experienced only a slight decline in its share markets. The Dow hovered around 7,800, which was below its August peak but still more than nine times its low point in 1982. Western Europe, Canada, and Australia also suffered only minor drops in share prices. Thus the global bubble continued to flourish as 1997 came to a close. Although Japan had already suffered a sever-year stagnation, it was still a part of the international bubble economy, which it had helped to build through its trade surpluses and reckless lending to Korea and the baby tigers. The global bubble had localized balloons in various nations, with the US balloon still the largest in the world. Europe's bubble was next in size. Japan's balloon was small relative to what it had been at the end of 1989, but it was still filled with hot speculative air. Japan's banks were saddled with numerous bad loans, domestic as well as foreign, although share and land prices had indeed collapsed. = US Economy US Trade Deficit Widens to $24.6 Billion in June US economy, stock market fueled by borrowed money NEW YORK - The U.S. trade deficit widened far more than had been expected in June, the government reported Thursday, expanding to a record $24.6 billion and underlining the role of American consumers as buyers of last resort for exports from weaker economies. While U.S. exports rose to $78.4 billion from $78.0 billion in May, led by automobiles and car parts, food and industrial supplies, the almost 4 percent gain in imports was much larger. The $103 billion in imports was spread across several categories, analysts noted, including automobiles, computers, clothing, manufactured goods and organic chemicals. Much of this reflected demand from individual consumers, who have been on a buying spree. ''If you look at the year-on-year percentage increase in consumer goods for the first half of this year, it is 8.2 percent larger than the same period last year,'' said Takanobu Igarashi, senior economist at Sanwa Bank. ''If you want to stop or slow this trend,'' he added, ''you have to slow the growth in domestic demand.'' There are several reasons the United States might wish to curb the yawning trade deficit, among them fear of a protectionist backlash. Some domestic industries, notably steel and agriculture, have complained of unfair pricing by foreign competitors, and the government is moving toward restricting imports. The issue presents a political problem in Washington, which is not eager to alienate its constituents but which also does not want to encourage trade barriers. There also is a question of economics. The U.S. economy has been the main engine of global growth in the past two years. But rising levels of consumer debt and dwindling savings could lead to a crisis if the stock market's outsized gains of the last four years were to reverse, reducing Americans' wealth. Finally, the trade deficit itself contains the seeds of a financial crisis. ''A trade deficit is only a problem if you can't finance it,'' said Carl Weinberg, chief economist of High Frequency Economics in Valhalla, New York. So far, he said, there has been scant evidence that foreign investors are unwilling to buy such American assets as stocks and bonds, although there have been signs of an outflow of funds from Wall Street to the faster-growing Tokyo stock market. The trade data weighed on the dollar, exacerbating its recent slide against the yen. Late in the day, the dollar was at 111.47 yen, down from 111.91 yen Wednesday. The euro strengthened to $1.0641 from $1.0528 The dollar has been falling against the Japanese currency since mid-May, when it stood at more than 124 yen. Since then, the Nikkei 225-stock average in Tokyo is up about 10 percent, while the Dow Jones industrial average has barely changed. At the close Thursday, the U.S. blue-chip average was down 27.54 points at 10,963.84. Bonds were little changed, benefiting from money flowing out of the stock market but suffering from the weakness of the dollar. The 30-year Treasury issue ended at a yield of 6.03 percent, up from 5.99 percent late Wednesday. In June, the merchandise trade deficit with Japan widened to $6.3 billion from $5.3 billion in May Mr. Weinberg said the market reaction to the trade data in particular and the relative attractions of Japanese and U.S. investments in general were
[CTRL] Justice Dept. Pushes For Power to Unlock PC Security Systems - Covert Acts Could Target Homes, Offices
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-08/20/144l-082099-idx.h tml"Justice Dept. Pushes For Power to Unlock PC Sec /A - Justice Dept. Pushes For Power to Unlock PC Security Systems Covert Acts Could Target Homes, Offices By Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August 20, 1999; Page A01 The Justice Department wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to obtain search warrants to secretly enter suspects' homes or offices and disable security on personal computers as a prelude to a wiretap or further search, according to documents and interviews with Clinton administration officials. In a request set to go to Capitol Hill, Justice officials will ask lawmakers to authorize covert action in response to the growing use of software programs that encrypt, or scramble, computer files, making them inaccessible to anyone who does not have a special code or "key," according to an Aug. 4 memo by the department that describes the plan. Justice officials worry that such software "is increasingly used as a means to facilitate criminal activity, such as drug trafficking, terrorism, white-collar crime, and the distribution of child pornography," according to the memo, which has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget and other agencies. Legislation drafted by the department, called the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act, would enable investigators to get a sealed warrant signed by a judge permitting them to enter private property, search through computers for passwords and install devices that override encryption programs, the Justice memo shows. The law would expand existing search warrant powers to allow agents to penetrate personal computers for the purpose of disabling encryption. To extract information from the computer, agents would still be required to get additional authorization from a court. The proposal is the latest twist in an intense, years-long debate between the government and computer users who want to protect their privacy by encrypting documents. Although Justice officials say their proposal is "consistent with constitutional principles," the idea has alarmed civil libertarians and members of Congress. "They have taken the cyberspace issue and are using it as justification for invading the home," said James Dempsey, senior staff counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology, an advocacy group in the District that tracks privacy issues. Police rarely use covert entry to pave the way for electronic surveillance. For example, federal law enforcement agencies obtained court approval just 34 times last year under eavesdropping statutes to install microphones, according to the 1998 wiretap report issued by the Administrative Office of the Unites States Courts. David L. Sobel, general counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, predicted the number of secret break-ins by police would soar if the proposal is adopted because personal computers offer such a tantalizing source of evidence for investigators -- including memos, diaries, e-mail, bank records and a wealth of other data. "Traditionally, the concept of 'black bag' jobs, or surreptitious entries, have been reserved for foreign intelligence," Sobel said. "Do we really want to alter the standard for physical entry?" The proposal follows unsuccessful efforts by FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and other Justice officials to secure laws requiring computers or software to include "back doors" that would enable investigators to sidestep encryption. Those proposals, most notably one called Clipper Chip, have been criticized by civil libertarians and have received little support in Congress. In a snub of the administration, more than 250 members of Congress have co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit the government from mandating "back doors" into computer systems. "We want to help law enforcement deal with the new technologies. But we want to do it in ways that protect the privacy rights of law-abiding citizens," said Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.), who originally sponsored the legislation, known as the Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act. Goodlatte said the Justice Department's proposal might upset the "very finely tuned balance" between law enforcement power and civil liberties. But Justice Department officials say there is an increasingly urgent need for FBI agents and other federal investigators to get around encryption and other security programs. "We've already begun to encounter [encryption's] harmful effects," said Justice spokeswoman Gretchen Michael. "What we've seen to date is just the tip of the iceberg." The proposed law also would clarify how state and federal authorities can seek court orders to obtain software encryption "keys" that suspects might give to others for safekeeping. Although few people share such keys now, officials anticipate that they will do so more often in the future. Administration officials
[CTRL] SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT (May '99 update release)
-Caveat Lector- from; http://cryptome.org/dst-1.htm A HREF="http://cryptome.org/dst-1.htm"Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk /A -- Tthis just portion of part one of a four part paper. Rest at site. --"Nowadays almost all economic information is exchanged through electronic means (telephone, fax, e-mail). In addition, all digital telecommunication devices and switches have enhanced wiretapping capabilities. As a conclusion we have to consider privacy protection in a global international networked society. And when we speak about electronic protection and privacy in the exchange of economic information, we actually speak for electronic commerce over the Internet." -- Om K - 20 August 1999 Source: Hardcopy of 61 pages. Thanks to Sten Linnarsson. This is part 1 of 4 of "Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of Abuse of Economic Information (an appraisal of technologies of political control)." Part 2: "The legality of the interception of electronic communications: A concise survey of the principal legal issues and instruments under international, European and national law," by Prof. Chris Elliott: http://cryptome.org/dst-2.htm Part 3: "Encryption and cryptosystems in electronic surveillance: a survey of the technology assessment issues," by Dr. Franck Leprévost: http://cryptome.org/dst-3.htm Part 4: "The state of the art in Communications Intelligence (COMINT) of automated processing for intelligence purposes of intercepted broadband multi-language leased or common carrier systems, and its applicability to COMINT targeting and selection, including speech recognition," by Duncan Campbell: http://www.iptvreports.mcmail.com/stoa_cover.htm EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT STOA DEVELOPMENT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND RISK OF ABUSE OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION (An appraisal of technologies of political control) Part 1/4 The perception of economic risks arising from the potential vulnerability of electronic commercial media to interception Survey of opinions of experts Interim Study Working document for the STOA Panel Luxembourg, May 1999 PE 168.184/Int.St./part 1/4 Directorate General for Research Cataloguing data: Title: Part 1/4 of: DEVELOPMENT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND RISK OF ABUSE OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION (An appraisal of technologies of political control) Workplan Ref.: EP/IV/B/STOA/98/1401 Publisher: European Parliament Directorate General for Research Directorate A The STOA Programme Author: Mr Nikos BOGONIKOLOS - ZEUS E.E.I.G. Editor: Mr Dick HOLDSWORTH, Head of STOA Unit Date: May 1999 PE number: PE 168. 184/Int.St./1/4 This document is a working Document for the 'STOA Panel'. It is not an official publication of STOA. This document does not necessarily represent the views of the European Parliament. CONTENTS PART A: OPTIONS Introduction General overview of the outcome of the survey (interim stage) Views on privacy collected from the survey General privacy issue The market for privacy The role of industry The need for European legislation Options for action on surveillance and privacy PART B: ARGUMENTS AND EVIDENCE General Examples of Abuse of Economic Information PART C: TECHNICAL FILE 1. INTRODUCTION Surveillance and Privacy Dataveillance Techniques Risks Inherent in Data Surveillance Controls 2. SURVEILLANCE: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES - Current technologies 1. Visual Surveillance 2. Audio Surveillance 3. Phone Tapping and Encryption 4. Voice and Word Pattern Recognition 5. Proximity Smart Cards 6. Transmitter Location 7. E-mail at Workplace 8. Electronic Databases 9. The Internet 3. THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND COLLECTION OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION 3.1 CALEA System 3.2 ECHELON Connection 3.3 Inhabitant identification Schemes 4. THE NATURE OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION SELECTED BY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS A. From telecommunication systems B. From new information technologies (Internet) C. Some examples of data collection on the Internet 5. PROTECTION FROM ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE A. Encryption (Cryptography) Private sector initiatives B. Key - recovery Encryption and the global information infrastructure Key-Recovery: Requirements and proposals 6. SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS IN LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONTEXT A. Privacy regulation Multinational data protection measures Data protection directive in Europe Privacy regulation in the United States B. Protection of Privacy in the telecommunications sector C. Cryptography Cryptography policy in USA Cryptography policy guidelines from OECD E. U. cryptography policy Other
[CTRL] Fwd: [2] Star Signs and the Labyrinth.
Star Signs and the Labyrinth: SUPERBUILDING FROM THE EGYPTIANS In their first article, Patrick Geryl and Gino Ratinckx showed us how they found the labyrinth with the help of star signs. Now they tell us more details about their findings and this legendary gigantic construction. According to old manuscripts it is the largest man made building ever. By Patrick Geryl and Gino Ratinckx You cannot only find there are more then 3000 rooms but also the tombs of the fourteen first pharaoh's and the 'Circle of Gold' (an enormous room completely in gold). When they are right, The Hall of Records' must be there! Bauval, and Hancock, take note! Many are searching for a 'Hall of Records' at Giza or not far from it. Either beneath the Great Sphinx or under the Great Pyramid itself is concealed a 'Hall of Records' in which is preserved the entire knowledge of a lost civilisation. In it you can find the secrets of all profound science (knowledge of all history and astronomy, maps of the earth, etc). But is it? Is this the right place to look at? Not according to old manuscripts. 25 years ago the French Egyptologist Albert Slosman translated that the 'Hall of Records' is in the Labyrinth! He wrote 10 books about his findings. Unfortunately they weren't translated into English. That's where our adventure started. When putting the map of the Nile alongside the map of the Milky Way there clearly is a visual resemblance. Several important stars from the Milky Way correspond with places where temples and pyramids have been built. The data came from the astronomical centre. The Old Egyptians kept the positions of stars and planets there. Together, these data formed specific geometrical combinations of which the major harmonic laws were deduced. Diodrus of Sicily confirms this search for living in harmony on earth with the consent of the heavens. The following is written in chapter 89 of his first book: nowhere else can be found such an exact observation of the positions and the movements of stars and planets as with the Egyptians. They possess all observations, which they made year after year, going back to incredible ancient times!" This confirms the high priests being "Masters of Mathematics and Numbers", and this from time immemorial. With these astronomical data and based on their "Mathematical Celestial Combinations", they were able to make predictions on planetary movement, their rotation time and many other stellar phenomena, and all this without effort. The story starts thousands of years ago. Exhausted from a war which had lasted for millennia it was decided to unite the followers of Seth and Horus. It was then that it was decided to build an astronomical centre. The year: 4608 BC, when the area of the Bull began, 365 years after the enormous work was completed. On the day that God had predestinated for this event, Athothis would officially declare the unification of Egypt. Some research tells us that the first day of Thot was 19 July 4243 BC. From then on, the Sothic era began, in addition to the classical Egyptian calendar. Undoubtedly there was a deeper significance in all this. This was not only the celebration of the unification, but also of certain cycles of sun, moon and stars. Next to these two calendars they also used a moon-calendar, counting alternately 29 and 30 days, and fitting in a cycle of precisely 25 years of 365 days. The French researcher Schwaller de Lubicz noted that this time span matched 309 moon-periods. He calculated; 25 x 365 = 9125 days 9125 / 309 = 29.5307 days per moon-period. This result is of extreme accuracy. The modern astronomy uses a moon period of 29.53059 days, a difference of only one second! This Egyptian calendar can be considered - and rightly so - as a wonder of precision. Let's return now to the unification of Egypt. At the bank of the Nile a public worship took place. Two high priests addressed the Nile and spoke: "Your Heavenly sources enable us to live, because they allow our lands to be flooded every year." To the public they said: "From now on you will live in harmony with God's laws and orders, because they will grant you life on earth as well as in heaven. Fertilise the earth for your work and in turn it will provide you with cereals!" To the heads of both fractions they swore: "Your authority remains the symbol of all your actions because the way you govern will determine the happiness of your people." With their hands raised to heaven, they spoke to God: "Oh Lord of eternity, You who knows everything! May Your law and orders rule from this day on and may our lives be trouble-free. May our children follow our example. May Your heavenly wisdom, which You offered us by means of the "Mathematical Celestial Combinations", fill us all and inspire us to restrain from evil actions which could provoke your anger." It was after this memorable day that the construction of a large astronomic centre began. Its name was "Circle of Gold" and it contained two
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Bush's Drug Furor Shows Clinton Changed 'the Game'
-Caveat Lector- Previous post stated: But after a 1992 campaign in which Clinton weathered questions about infidelity, the draft and smoking marijuana, and then the past year in which he survived the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, that old pattern has been replaced by something new. "You can keep your head down and plow through it," said Republican strategist Ralph Reed, a Bush adviser, "and after you have, you're a stronger candidate because people see you're not going to be knocked out by it." Is this the same Ralph Reed who headed the Christian Coalition for several years? What kind of Christian is he if he's not concerned about drug use? And wasn't Pat Robertson involved in British Israel? Linda from: http://www.tialliance.org/tia/press/050796.html Ralph Reed's Change of Heart Challenged by TIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 1996 CONTACT: Communications Director 202-639-6370 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7) -- The Interfaith Alliance today challenged Christian Coalition Executive Director Ralph Reed to match his words with his actions to demonstrate he means what he writes in his new book. Reed calls on religious conservatives to "love our enemies", extending even to the Christian Coalition's well established political targets such as gays and President Clinton. "As hard as he may try, Ralph Reed can't have it both ways. If he is truly intent on turning towards tolerance and civility, we applaud him. But his first step should not be to write a book about the tactics of unnamed religious conservatives. He needs to examine his own tactics; specifically to distance himself from the well documented extreme language of his very own boss, Pat Robertson. Anything less leaves his writings suspect," said Rev Dr. Albert Pennybacker, Chairman of The Interfaith Alliance. "While Ralph Reed seeks to attract mainstream Americans with the bait of tolerance and civility, his boss, Pat Robertson continues to indoctrinate his political troops with the incendiary language of hate prejudice and fear," said Rev. Dr. Albert Pennybacker. "Such talk has no place in America. While Reed takes a 'holier than thou' stance on bashing others in his book, Robertson's fundraising mail is filled with diatribes similar to the extreme rhetoric Reed says he condemns." The Interfaith Alliance is a non-profit organization with 49 chapters in 23 states organized to provide the mainstream religious community with a voice against those who use religion to push an extreme political agenda. The Interfaith Alliance has members from more than 30 different faith communities who have come together to promote the positive role of religion in American public life as a healing and constructive force. "Ralph Reed has been walking a political tightrope that is beginning to fray," said Jill Hanauer, Executive Director of The Interfaith Alliance. "It's amazing that the same person who compares his organization's tactics to guerrilla warfare can then summon the nerve to claim a sudden election year conversion to a new covenant of civility." == from: http://www.news-observer.com/daily/1997/10/11/nc01.html Reed recently stepped down as executive director of the Christian Coalition to launch an Atlanta-based political consulting firm to assist conservative candidates in 1998 and 2000. = 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: UNDERNEWS Aug 21
UNDERNEWS Sam Smith August 21, 1999 The Progressive Review 1739 Conn. Ave. NW Washington DC 20009 202-232-5544 Fax: 202-234-6222 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] INDEX: http://prorev.com RECENT UNDERNEWS: http://prorev.com/indexa.htm TODAY'S HEADLINE NEWS: http://prorev.com/altnews.htm THE REVIEW FORUM: http://prorev.com/letters.com DONATIONS AND ORDER FORM: http://prorev.com/order3.htm UNSUBSCRIBE: Reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. For a free subscription to our e-mail updates send your postal address with zip code. Copyright 1999, The Progressive Review. Matter not independently copyrighted may be reprinted provided TPR is paid your normal reprint fees, if any, and is given proper credit. Because of its quantity, TPR's mail is not always answered, but it is always read. The editor is cheered or remorseful as appropriate and posts some of the more interesting messages at http://prorev.com/letters.htm -- K BLACK BAG WORD If a youthful George W. Bush had been tried according to George W. Bush's own unforgiving drug policy, he might well has been sent away to a maximum security prison for anywhere from ten years to life. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are now doing hard time around the country -- for stays measured in decades if not entire life-spans -- because of their youthful dabblings in the white stuff. -- Mark Anderson, Jan Jose Metro BATTLE OF THE EPIGONS Wonder whether what has GWB really worried are reports of a videotape that allegedly shows him along with his brother Jeb at a certain Florida airport in the 1980s engaged in a certain youthfully indiscreet transaction after meeting a plane that just flew in from Mena, Arkansas? YOUR VOTE IS NO BETTER THAN THE MACHINE THAT COUNTS IT The Louisiana elections commissioner, Jerry Fowler, has been indicted on charges that he made millions of dollars through kickbacks and money laundering. Reports AP: "In one instance, a New Jersey investment firm in which Fowler had a financial interest, Independent Voting Machine Service Co., was sent $900,000 by Election Services Inc. of Alabama, one of the firms awarded a contract by Fowler A legislative audit issued earlier this month found that Independent Voting Machine Service Co. and Election Services Inc., got a total of $15.4 million from the elections department from 1991 through 1998 for equipment and services that could have been made for less than half the price paid The audit said Fowler bought 3,200 reconditioned mechanical machines without seeking competitive bids required by law." Undernews: Forget the alleged kickbacks and the money laundering; consider the machines. Some years back Ronnie Dugger warned in the New Yorker of the dangers involved in computerized voting machines including the fact that the jurisdictions that buy them can't even look at the programs used to count the votes. Unfortunately, the issue has received hardly any attention since. In the Louisiana case, was it only machines that were up for grabs? Do you know where your vote is? JUST POLITICS STEPHANIE KIRCH, APBNEWS: A retired dentist who is a candidate for mayor is behind bars today following his arrest on a charge of threatening to kill the incumbent. Deputy Chief Walter Watkins said 55-year-old Dr. Ray Desmarais made a series of telephone calls to 911 operators Sunday, and that when two officers arrived at his home to investigate, he told police that "he wanted to kill Mayor Bill Evers." APB NEWS http://www.prorev.com/apbnews.com Number of persons who have been executed by Texas under the administration of George Bush: 99 "I hope to show Hispanics that Republicans do have a heart, but I also want to send a message to people from around the country as to how to pick up the Hispanic vote" - GWB STUPID POLITICIAN TRICKS Salt Lake City has outlawed skateboarding downtown, drum circles in Liberty Park, swearing on Main Street between North Temple and South Temple, resting on sidewalk planters or driving too frequently through downtown. WONDER WHERE THE REST WERE BORN Newsweek in a report on latino culture stated that 57.9% of all Puerto Ricans were born in this country. LOCAL SINGLE PAYER GROUPS MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] VERMONT: Vermont Consumers Campaign for Health http://www.sover.net/~rbd/index.html WASHINGTON http://users.tss.net/~hcnmast/ If you have a state group focussed on single-payer health care, let us know and we will add it to our link list DRUG BUSTS The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against a rural Oklahoma school district that administers drug tests to all students who wish to participate in extracurricular activities. Other school districts have employed mandatory drug-testing, but many of the activities in the Tecumseh School District are tied to the student's classes. Students who refuse to submit to the urine test for
Re: [CTRL] Congress: America's Criminal Class - Part V
-Caveat Lector- On 21 Aug 99, at 9:45, AOL User wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > I received Part 2, 3 5, where can I locate Parts 1 4? > Congress: America's Criminal Class: Part I http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1- 081699.htm Congress: America;s Criminal Class - Part IV http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081999/criminalclass4- 081999.htm You'll have to type in the parts of the URL's that appear on the second line. Kathleen "One way to really destroy the evidence carried by the corpse is to let a nincompoop do the autopsy." -- Anonymous This signature was made by SigChanger. You can find SigChanger at: http://huizen.dds.nl/~phranc/ 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] Sex Slaves In Australia!
-Caveat Lector- Our secret slave trade By MARK FORBES Hundreds of foreign prostitutes are trapped in Australia as sex slaves, being bought and sold while illegally working in local brothels, an Insight investigation has found. The industry generates more than $50 million a year, with up to 500 foreign prostitutes estimated to be in Australia at any one time. Posing as an interested buyer, Insight was offered women on bonded contracts for between $8000 and $15,000 for three months. The investigation also identified the man believed to be the largest people trader in Australia, Sunny Liu, who has imported an estimated 1000 prostitutes. The Australian Federal Police has requested details of the individuals identified by Insight. Estimates by the Australian Institute of Criminology put the annual earnings from illegal foreign prostitutes at more than $50 million, although some police believe it is worth far more. The federal Justice Minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone, said the material uncovered justified her support of anti-sex slavery legislation just passed through Parliament. Intelligence had indicated an increase in the trade, she said. ``This is targeted at the dealers, the ones who enslave,'' Senator Vanstone said. Under the new laws, conducting ``sexual slavery'' will be punishable by 25 years' imprisonment. A second offence of sexual servitude, when an individual is effectively denied their freedom, has a 15-year maximum penalty. Senator Vanstone said she would urge law enforcement agencies to pursue those behind the trade ``to the full''. The director of End Child Prostitution Pornography and Trafficking, Ms Bernadette McMenamin called on the federal police to establish a national unit to tackle the trafficking and trading of women and children. ``This is a huge problem and unless there are resources dedicated to it the new legislation will have limited value,'' Ms McMenamin said. Many of the women are sold into virtual slavery, always imprisoned in a brothel or overcrowded safe house. They cannot earn any money until they have repaid a ``contract'' of $40,000 or more. One Sydney brothel-keeper, Ms Gael MacPherson, told Insight that she was approached weekly by people offering illegal workers. An unknown Asian man knocked on her brothel's door with a mini-van with eight women inside. ``He said, `you open, you need girls','' Ms MacPherson said. Another operator, in discussions witnessed by Insight, was offered Malaysian prostitutes for $8000 each for three months. The trader, a supposedly reputable businessman also said he had a shipment of ``very young, very fresh'' girls coming from Vietnam. Chinese ``beauty queens'' were also offered by another dealer for $15,000 each. A federal police spokeswoman, Ms Tracey Dickerson, said police would be interested in pursuing Insight's research. ``We would want to assess the material for investigation,'' she said. Mr Robert Gilder, a federal agent and a former member of a federal police taskforce on sex slavery, said the trade was well-entrenched in most capital cities. He estimated that between 250 and 500 women were involved at any time. ``It's very lucrative. Women earn $100 an hour, but they get nothing until they pay off their debt to their organisers.'' Most of the women came to Australia on tourist or student visas and normally worked a six-month ``tour of duty''. ``They live in appalling conditions,'' Mr Gilder said. ``They are forced to work 12 hours a day or more, seven days a week.'' 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] DOJ wants to bug PCs
-Caveat Lector- Report: DOJ wants to bug PCs Feds seek to arm crime fighters with new powers to break into private premises and disable PC security. By Reuters August 20, 1999 4:42 AM PT WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is seeking new powers to break into private premises and disable security precautions on personal computers as a prelude to a wiretap or further search, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The department wanted to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get search warrants that would let them monitor suspects' computerized records after break-ins, said the paper, citing documents and interviews with Clinton administration officials. "In a request set to go to Capitol Hill, Justice officials will ask lawmakers to authorize covert action in response to the growing use of software programs that encrypt, or scramble, computer files," the report said. Such encryption makes computers inaccessible to anyone who lacks a special code or "key." Justice officials worry that such software "is increasingly used as a means to facilitate criminal activity, such as drug trafficking, terrorism, white-collar crime and the distribution of child pornography," the Post quoted an Aug. 4 memo by the department as saying. Under the proposed "Cyberspace Electronic Security Act," investigators armed with a sealed warrant could comb computers for passwords and install devices that override encryption programs, the Post reported, citing the Justice memo. To pull information from a targeted computer, agents would still be required to get additional authorization from a court, the paper said. Justice officials were not immediately available for comment. The proposal is the latest in a years-long tug-of-war between the government and computer users who want to protect their privacy by encrypting documents. While Justice officials said their plan was consistent with constitutional principles, the idea alarmed civil libertarians and privacy advocates. "They have taken the cyberspace issue and are using it as justification for invading the home," said Jack Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology , an advocacy group in Washington that tracks privacy issues. Stiff opposition expected David Sobel, general counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, said in an e-mail early Friday that the proposal "strikes at the heart of the Bill of Rights." Surreptitious physical entries are relatively rare under existing surveillance laws. Such entries are made only to install hidden microphones, an investigative technique approved only 50 times by federal and state judges last year. According to Sobel, "extending this extraordinary power to cases involving computer files would make police break-ins far more common than they are today." The proposal followed unsuccessful efforts by FBI Director Louis Freeh and other Justice officials to secure laws requiring built-in "back doors" so investigators could pierce powerful encryption programs said to be a boon to criminals. -- "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] Furor rising over PC wiretap plan
-Caveat Lector- Saturday August 21 12:20 PM EDT Furor rising over PC wiretap plan Maria Seminerio, ZDNet A U.S. Department of Justice proposal to make it easier for police to break into homes and access computers is drawing a furious reaction from civil libertarians and high-tech industry trade groups. The draft legislation, for which the DOJ hopes to find a sponsor in Congress, is dubbed the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act. The law would make it easier for law enforcement officials to obtain from judges a now-rarely-used authorization to break into a suspect's home and plant a hidden listening device. But in this case, the computer equivalent of the "listening device" is the authorization for investigators to disable data-scrambling encryption programs on PCs. (In order to actually copy data from the computer, police would still need a separate warrant from a judge.) "(The proposal) strikes at the heart of the Bill of Rights," said David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Noting that judges in all federal and state courts combined only issued 50 warrants for so-called "surreptitious physical entries" last year, Sobel said extending such authorization to cases involving computer files "would make police break-ins far more common than they are now." 'Booby-trap your computer' The proposal would "basically allow investigators to booby-trap your computer ahead of time" by disabling encryption, he said. The proposal was most likely spurred by the frustration investigators have experienced when finding encrypted data on computers used by suspected drug dealers and other criminals, he added. DOJ officials did not respond to requests for interviews Friday. But in a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Acting Asst. Attorney General Jon Jennings said the new law would aid investigators when information needs to be deciphered "in a timely manner." "While under existing law, law enforcement is provided with different means to collect evidence of illegal activity, these means are rendered wholly insufficient when encryption is used," wrote Jennings in the letter. "In the context of law enforcement operations, stopping a terrorist attack or seeking to recover a kidnapped child, time is of the essence and may mean the difference between success and catastrophic failure. "While existing means of obtaining evidence would remain applicable in a fully-encrypted world, the failure to provide law enforcement with the necessary ability to obtain the plain-text version of the evidence makes existing authorities useless," he wrote. EPIC: Congress will go 'ballistic' Noting that the proposal would need to find a sponsor in Congress and then be passed into law before it could take effect, EPIC's Sobel said it could encounter resistance by lawmakers. "I think people in Congress are going to go ballistic over this, particularly since it's coming right on the heels of the FIDNET" controversy, he said. FIDNET -- the controversial proposal to monitor government and some private networks for hacking activity -- came to light earlier this summer and remains in limbo. Barry Steinhardt, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has often misused its powers in the past, and could do so again under the DOJ proposal. "There's every reason to believe they're not just going to look at the Mob using the powers sought under the proposal," Steinhardt said. "They'll use this power to interfere with protected speech." Also condemning the plan were the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Americans for Computer Privacy. Clinton admin: Big brother? The plan is "an unprecedented attempt by the Clinton administration to impose 'big brother' monitoring powers over American citizens," ACP officials said in a statement. "The fact is that current laws provide law enforcement broad powers to obtain information." "This is another attempt by law enforcement to do an end-run (around encryption)," said Ed Black, president of the CCIA. "It offers a real temptation for investigators to overreach and overextend" the current limits on searches and seizures, he said. "Anybody's vulnerable," Black added. "(This) resembles something the KGB would propose." -- "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,
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Banking aka laundering
From: Jamie Shafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] New York Post August 21, 1999 BANK MADE KILLING ON MOB By AL GUART The Bank of New York raked in up to $240 million a month in fees as its crime-ridden counterparts in Russia used the bank to loot depositors and launder billions, documents show. BNY is at the center of an international money laundering probe in which officials allegedly funneled billions to off-shore accounts at the behest of banks controlled by the Russian mob. The well-regarded bank raked in huge profits by charging at least one crime-plagued Russian bank, Inkombank, a whopping $56 per money wire transfer - as much as six times higher than a standard rate, documents obtained by The Post show. For example, BNY made 3,131 money transfers for Inkombank in November 1993 totaling $1.8 billion. The following month, the bank moved $2.1 billion in 3,079 transactions. In the first three months of 1995, BNY made $720 million transferring funds on behalf of Inkombank, according to an internal memo written to BNY president Thomas Renyi. "Inkombank is our largest generator of fee income and they are now the largest clearing bank in Russia for domestic transactions," the memo said. An April 1996 letter, written to Fed chairman Alan Greenspan to help Inkombank set up a satellite office in the city, revealed that the bank made 250 payments to BNY each day. "In Russia, our bank is the leading clearer of U.S. dollar payments as well as a major processor of credit," the letter stated. "Needless to say, this is a very important and profitable relationship for our bank." That letter was penned by BNY senior vice president Natasha Gurfinkel Kagalovsky, who is at the heart of the burgeoning scandal. "Having worked with all of the top banks in Russia, there is no question that Inkombank is one of the most stable, sophisticated and technologically advanced commercial banks in Russia," she wrote. The letter was written after Russian banking authorities issued a scathing 200-page audit revealing the bank appeared to be engaged in criminal activity, and recommended severely curtailing its activities. The report was widely publicized, but did not stop BNY from continuing to do business until Inkombank folded last October, claiming $1.5 billion in losses. Meanwhile, BNY will be slapped with a massive class-action lawsuit in the next few weeks for "aiding and abetting" Russian organized crime in ripping off shareholders and depositors of up to 100 Russian banks, lawyer Emmanuel Zeltser said. "Everybody knew for years what was going on," Zeltser said. --- ONElist Sponsor ONElist: home to the world's liveliest email communities.
[CTRL] Clinton fails to name IRS oversight board
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/19990820_xex_clint on_fail.shtml THE POWER TO DESTROY Clinton fails to name IRS oversight board Deadline for appointments was last January By Stephan Archer © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com President Clinton failed to appoint members to an Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board mandated by Congress in 1998, WorldNetDaily has learned. The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 became law on July 22 of last year giving the president six months to appoint members to the Oversight Board, according to Trent Duffey, spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee. The six-month deadline was Jan. 22 of this year. "They (the White House) were supposed to pick an independent oversight board six months after enactment, and it's now over a year," said Duffey. "They opposed the creation of an independent oversight board from the very beginning. Only with great stubbornness by (Rep. Bill) Archer and (Sen. William) Roth were we able to keep that in the final law. They have yet to forward any names." Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a key architect of the 1998 IRS Reform law, believes the president's failure to appoint members to the board is a cause for concern. Commenting on the passing of the one-year anniversary of the I RS reform enactment, Portman said, "The administration's continued failure to follow the law and nominate members for the Oversight Board should be a source of concern to all taxpayers. Over the years, the IRS has been re markably resistant to change. The Oversight Board is needed to ensure the IRS is held accountable for its actions, taxpayers are treated fairly and the reforms are sustained over time." The purpose of the board, as stated in the U.S. Code, is to hold regular meetings making sure the IRS is following the spirit and letter of the law. "In general, the Oversight Board shall oversee the Internal Revenue Service in its administration, management, conduct, direction, and supervision of the execution and application of the internal revenue laws or related s tatutes and tax conventions to which the United States is a party," the U.S. Code reads. Commenting once again on the law, Duffey said, "It was designed to make the IRS more responsive to taxpayers. Supposedly, they're doing better. Audits are down. No one is ever completely satisfied with these people -- no one likes tax collectors -- even going back to the Bible." Although the numbers of audits may be down, this "relief" comes late for the many organizations and individuals who have endured audits -- especially those that suspect the motivations may be political. One such audit was that of the Western Journalism Center, the parent company of WorldNetDaily. In 1996, during the audit, IRS agent Thomas Cederquist announced the case was political and the decision about the organizatio n's fate would be made at the national level. Most recently, WorldNetDaily, through a Freedom of Information Act request, received documents from the Treasury Department tracing a 1994 letter that had been sent from Paul Venze, a Los Angeles-area resident, to the White House. Venze, in the letter, expressed concern that Western Journalism Center, a non-profit organization, was violating its non-profit status by publishing investigative reports concerning the death of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster. The letter, the FOIA documents show, was sent from the White House to the IRS, and soon after, the audit began. The 1998 law passed by Congress included a provision making it a crime for the president or vice president to request -- directly or indirectly -- an IRS audit. The bill was a direct response to the furor of political audits raised by the Western Journalism Center's revelations in 1996. Whether or not the White House violated the law in its earlier audits will be up to the courts to decide. Western Journalism Center is pressing a $10 million lawsuit against IRS and executive branch officials. But there is no doubt in Duffey's mind the White House is derelict in its responsibility regarding the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. "It's defied the letter of the law absolutely," Duffey said Kathleen "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom." -- Supreme Court Justice William Orville Douglas 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.
[CTRL] Voting Survey
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[CTRL] Computer for Sale
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this. It's just a favor for a friend.
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[CTRL] All public Officeholders should be drug tested!
-Caveat Lector- Also, all candidates for public office should undergo a drug test at the time they file to run for office. The test should be administered by the federal thugs in the bureauacy of the War on Drugs; a supplemental budget appropiation should be passed by the House to provide the funds for the test. All present thugs in the federal government should submit to a drug test before the primary season commences. The remains of our Founding Fathers should be examined for trace elements of cocaine, etc. This testing should include all members of the Border Patrol, as well as all members of the military burearucy. lol Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] WALL STREET JOURNAL Stonewall, Mr. Bush
-Caveat Lector- The allegation should not go away-just G.W. Bush! How anyone with the least amount of intelligence can seriosly consider him to lead this country is beyond me. If he is elected President, what you'll see is this country go to hell even more than now. Why? Old GW would have many a pay back to take care of. Clinton sold-out our military to China, can you imagine what the hell this spoiled-brat will do once in office? I implore all voters to really think about this guy,we, as a nation can not afford to have a thieving(remember the SLs he got hundreds of millions from,and NEVER PAID BACK!) coke sniffing liar in the White House,-AGAIN! One is enough for this country to put up with, do we have to be embarressed and laughed at again by the rest of the world?! Please, please let's use our heads this time. If you don't like the current candidates, then write-in one on your ballot, you have that right! Show this country that we've had enough of these incompetent so-called leaders. Our Constitution has been slowly taken away from us, little by little,. so the average person does not notice. Elect GW, and I guarantee you, a lot more will disappear over the four years he's in office. Remember, he's got plenty of pay-back to take care of, AT OUR EXPENSE! Think really hard about it-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] Humor: IF NOAH LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES, TODAY......
-Caveat Lector- IF NOAH LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES, TODAY.. And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, "In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed. But I want you to save the righteous people and two of every kind of living thing onthe earth. Therefore, I am commanding you to build an Ark." In a flash of lightening, God delivered the specifications for an Ark. In fear and trembling, Noah took the plans and agreed to build the Ark. "Remember" said the Lord, "You must complete the Ark and bring everything aboard in one year. Exactly one year later, fierce storm cloud covered the earth and all the seas of the earth went into a tumult. The Lord saw Noah was sitting in his front yard weeping. "Noah,"He shouted. "Where is the Ark?" "Lord, please forgive me! cried Noah. "I did my best, but there were big problems. First, I had to get a permit for construction and your plans did not comply with the codes. I had to hire an engineering firm and redraw the plans. Then I got into a fight with OSHA over whether or not the Ark needed a fire sprinkler system and flotation devices. Then my neighbor objected, claiming I was violating zoning ordinances by building the Ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance from the city planning commission. I had problems getting enough wood for the Ark, because there was a ban on cutting trees to protect the SpottedOwl. I finally convinced the U.S. Forest Service that I needed the wood to save the owls. However, the Fish and Wildlife Service won't let me catch any owls. So, no owls. The carpenters formed a union and went out on strike. I had to negotiate a settlement with the National Labor. Now I have 16 carpenters on the Ark, but still no owls. When I started rounding up the other animals, got sued by an animal rights group. They objected to me only taking two of each kind aboard. Just when I got the suit dismissed, the EPA notified me that I could not complete the Ark without filing an environmental impact statement on your proposed flood. They didn't take very kindly to the idea that they had no jurisdiction over the conduct of the Creator of the universe. Then the Army Engineers demanded a map of the proposed new flood plain. I sent them a globe. Right now, I am trying to resolve a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that I am practicing discrimination by not taking godless, unbelieving people aboard! The IRS has seized my assets, claiming that I'm building the Ark in preparation to flee the country to avoid paying taxes. I just got a notice from the state that I owe them some kind of user tax and failed to register the Ark as a "recreational water craft." Finally, the ACLU got the courts to issue an injunction against further construction of the Ark, saying that since God is flooding the earth, it is a religious event and therefore unconstitutional. I really don't think I can finish the Ark for another 5 or 6 years!" Noah wailed. The sky began to clear, the sun began to shine and the seas began to calm. A rainbow arched across the sky. Noah looked up hopefully. "You mean you are not going to destroy the earth Lord?" "No," said the Lord sadly. "I don't have to. The government already has." 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] China's silent invasion
-Caveat Lector- This is just one of many pay-backs Clinton owes to the Chinese for the hundreds of millions they pumped into his re-election campaign. He already gave them our nuclear secrets and technology. Now it's time to let them bring in whatever it is to Mexico, but under military guard? This begs the question," what warrants this type of escort?" If Clinton was not already aware of its contents, and not in the Chinese' back pocket, he would, or should take the same course of action JFK did when we did not like what the Russians had brought to Cuba. Does everyone get the point?! 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
Re: [CTRL] China's silent invasion
-Caveat Lector- Or this is exactly what Clinton wants; this gives him the excuse he needs to invoke martial law, and put his Executive Orders into practice. Go to one of the web sites detailing his E.O.s, and see how much power they allow him. They practically give him dictatorial powers over the nation and its citizens. Read these E.O.s, you'll be shocked at what this guy(Clinton) has signed into law! 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
Re: [CTRL] how would inforian deal with you
Many thanks, I will do it right now. Lydia T. M. Ribeiro[EMAIL PROTECTED]"nada é mais estranho que a verdade."
Re: [CTRL] Oil Slick
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-08-21 01:11:31 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richardson is urging other oil producers to link into the Baku-Ceyhan route. These are reported to include Chevron and Texaco Whether Congress is "Democratic" or "Republican," whether Gore or Bush is president, the US will still be a government OF Big Oil, BY Big Oil, FOR Big Oil. America will go down in history ONLY for having had the best form of government MONEY could buy. 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] China Warns US: Hands Off Taiwan
-Caveat Lector- Clinton will never raise a hand against China! After all, they put him in the White House. If he does double-cross China, after what they did for him prior to his being re-elected, then watch for some serious repercutions toward Clinton. Remember, JFK and RFK both bit the hands that fed them prior to to ' 60 election. Then again, it's just speculation on my part. 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
Re: [CTRL] China's silent invasion
-Caveat Lector- They weren't helpless during the Cuban Missle Crisis. Something was done about it! 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
Re: [CTRL] All public Officeholders should be drug tested!
-Caveat Lector- A few years ago the Georgia legislature in a fit of self righteousness voted in a law requiring all candidates for state office to be tested for drugs. A friend of mine, Walker Chandler, was running for Lt. Governor at the time and objected to the law. He took the test, but filed a law suit (he's a lawyer) in Federal Court. It took several years, but he eventually won at the Supreme Court. I think the vote was almost unanimous. So, I don't think that your suggestion would pass Constitutional muster. Howard Davis -- From: Bard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] All public Officeholders should be drug tested! Date: Sat, Aug 21, 1999, 2:56 PM -Caveat Lector- Also, all candidates for public office should undergo a drug test at the time they file to run for office. The test should be administered by the federal thugs in the bureauacy of the War on Drugs; a supplemental budget appropiation should be passed by the House to provide the funds for the test. All present thugs in the federal government should submit to a drug test before the primary season commences. The remains of our Founding Fathers should be examined for trace elements of cocaine, etc. This testing should include all members of the Border Patrol, as well as all members of the military burearucy. lol Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om 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] WALL STREET JOURNAL Stonewall, Mr. Bush
-Caveat Lector- Please, please let's use our heads this time. If you don't like the current candidates, then write-in one on your ballot, you have that right! It's been a long time since I saw anything other than a computerized voting machine. Not much chance for a write-in there. Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Dutch used septic tanks residue in animal feed
-Caveat Lector- Dutch used septic tanks residue in animal feed THE HAGUE, Aug 21 (AFP) - Residue from septic tanks were used in the making of animal feeds in the Netherlands until recently, the health ministry revealed Saturday. Health Minister Else Borst has decided as a precautionary measure to ban such practices following the revelation and condemnation of similar practices in France, the ministry said. But it said the refuse used in making the feeds had not presented any health hazard because they had been heated for at least 20 minutes at a temperature of 133 degrees Celsius (207 Fahrenheit) and submitted to a pressure of three bars. "All germs were thus killed," a spokesman said. A special enquiry following the French disclosures had revealed that remains of excrement had also been used in animal foodstuffs in the Netherlands. Borst and her colleague agriculture state secretary Geesje Faber are expected to provide further information to Parliament in the next few days. Earlier this month, the European Commission in Brussels urgently asked France for clarification of reports that toilet sewage was being used in French factories making pig and poultry feed. EU agriculture director-general Guy Legras referred to what he called alarming information in the German media and in France concerning alleged "grave anomalies" in French knackers' yards producing meat meal. France replied saying malfunctions found at the end of 1998 and beginning of 1999 had ceased, and "checks have allowed the situation to be remedied." The French practice had been revealed by the German television channel ARD, which claimed that several French plants had for some years included sewage in meal they produced for pigs and poultry. The TV programme Monitor said at least five plants in the centre of France and in the western province of Brittany were involved. It gave as its source an internal DGCCRF report. The sewage, mainly from toilet excrement, could present serious health hazards via the food chain, Monitor said. A German expert with the department for environmental medicine at university clinic in Freiburg in southwest Germany was quoted in the TV program as saying such detritus could damage all organic systems including the brain, heart, muscles and nerves. The sewage could contain heavy metals, dioxin or resistant bacteria, according to the expert, Franz Daschner. -- --- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml --- DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] L.A. County is ready to BAN GUN SHOWS!!!!!
-Caveat Lector- The battle for SB-15 the "handgun ban" is still raging. Contact your assemblyman and senator NOW! Use our politician locator at the web site www.calnra.pl.html In other news L.A. County is ready to BAN GUN SHOWS! Gun Owners in So. Cal. need to voice opinion fast. County Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday Aug 24 Here's the info and contacts including email addresses. Go Get em! The LA Times, in collusion with the Zev Yaroslavsky of the LA County Board of Supervisors (BOS), Chief Parks of the LAPD, Sheriff Baca of the LASO, and HCI (all avowed gun prohibitionists) are putting on a full court press to cancel future Great Western Gun Shows and promote all and any forms of Gun Prohibition. This has been the biggest, most coordinated onslaught I have ever seen by the Times, and they (a.k.a. Pravda West) have a really, really bad track record already. The Woodland Hills Jewish Center Shooting was the spark that seemed to start this barrage of propaganda; LA Police chief Parks came out in an LA Times in an impossible-to-miss editorial Sunday the Assault Weapons, Saturday Night Specials and Gun Shows must be banned for public safety. Then Monday, the "Great Western Gun Show Under Scrutiny" article was on the Times' front page (right under the picture of the weeping mother and sisters' of the slain Woodland Hills postal worker at his funeral), then yesterday on the front page of the Metro (Section B), another hit piece on the gun show and the BOS "duty" to close them (Yaroslavsky states gun shows are "America's dirty little secret"), and today a double header (two long anti-gun articles) on the front page of the Metro section. This is an amazingly well coordinated effort by what I see as the fascist relationship of the media and the Liberal Element of our Government to shape public policy by slanted, extremely one-sided reporting with the sole intent of creating law to violate and abolish civil rights. No doubt the rest of the so-called "news" media will be joining in soon. Obviously, if they succeed here, it will be going Nationwide on short order. In the following I have included a search on "gun" of articles in the LA Times for the month of August. I have also included a few of those articles in their Entirety. Get your barf bag ready... (refer to web site) I am urging you to follow-up and send a fax to the LA County Board of Supervisors. I talked to Antonovich's staff this afternoon, and he said that Molina (D) and Brathwaite-Burke might be persuaded to abstain, and Knabe needs to be lobbied hard to hold fast on our side (he has gone in both directions on our issues before). People to come and speak ( his office will make parking arrangements saves you at least $9 - if you call in advance to 213-974- ) meets at 9:30 a.m., in the Board's Hearing Rm (381B Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 2) Faxes against the ban - fax to Co Sup Exec. Office at 213-633-5100 - address to the Board of Supervisors, and the office will copy and distribute to all members. 3) Letters against the ban (hurry - mail is slow) - mail toL.A. County Board of Supervisors 383 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 974-1411 4) Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joanne Sturges Executive Officer Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors 383 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 974-1411 Fax (213) 633-5100 Fax (213) 620-0636 [EMAIL PROTECTED] District #1 Supervisor: GLORIA MOLINA 869 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 974-4111 Fax: (213) 613-1739 Internet address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District #2 Supervisor: YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE 869 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 974- Fax: (213) 680-3283 Internet address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District #3 Supervisor: ZEV YAROSLAVSKY 869 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 974- Fax: (213) 625-7360 Internet address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District #4 Supervisor:
[CTRL] Hungry Lobbyists Gnawing Away At Democracy
-Caveat Lector- Hungry Lobbyists Gnawing Away At Democracy Filed August 19, 1999 Imagine my surprise last week when I read an article about lobbying as an indicator of a healthy democracy. The picture of health turned out to be Mexico, where the end of one-party rule has led to an outburst of lobbying. South of the border all this activity is seen as a barometer of greater democratic openness. But if that's how it feels at the dawn of democracy, back in the States it must be twilight. The founding democratic principle of ``one man, one vote'' has been replaced by the new math of special interests: thousands of lobbyists plus multi-millions of dollars equals access and influence out of the reach of ordinary citizens. From 1997 to 1999, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, the number of registered lobbyists in Washington grew by a whopping 37 percent to more than 20,000, while the amount of money spent reached $1.42 billion. Crunch the numbers and it works out to roughly 38 lobbyists for each member of Congress. It's no wonder the last few years have produced a succession of designer giveaways, like the one specially crafted by Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) for Nordstrom, headquartered in her district, which would provide department stores with tax-exempt subsidies from mall developers. One hundred thirty-eight of Washington's registered lobbyists are former members of Congress, two-thirds of whom left the Hill after 1990. Democrats? Republicans? It really doesn't matter. As legendary lobbyist J.D. Williams once said, ``I'm prepared for anything except a Communist takeover -- and I could get ready for that in 24 hours.'' Exiting pols are, in growing numbers, going through Capitol Hill's revolving door, quickly reappearing as glad-handing, arm-twisting lobbyists. Under current law, former members of Congress cannot directly lobby their colleagues for one year after leaving office, although they can set up their lobbying shops and start peddling their influence. When Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) recently tried to make it a two-year ban, you would have thought he was taking on God, country and Mom's apple pie. ``The speaker is opposed to it,'' said Denny Hastert's spokesman. ``In his view, it is unfair to members and staff.'' This is one area where bipartisanship reigns. ``Our leadership will be against it,'' echoed Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.). The truth is that former members can get plenty done long before their year on the sidelines is up. Look at ex-congressman Bob Livingston, who took that short stroll from Capitol Hill to K Street in March and is already using the expertise and power he amassed as chairman of the Appropriations Committee to recruit clients for his Livingston Group -- among them defense contractors seeking some of the taxpayer dollars Livingston used to dole out. So Livingston is on the go, building his client list, organizing trade shows to lobby Congress and schmoozing over golf with erstwhile colleagues like Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.). ``The pay is a little better,'' Livingston concedes. ``I'm eating in all kinds of restaurants I'd never heard of before.'' On the other side of the aisle, former New York congressman Thomas Downey, who was defeated in 1992, is well into the lucrative game. Last year alone, his firm collected $1.8 million in lobbying fees from 47 clients. They will all be well positioned should his pal Al Gore become president. Of course, politicians never admit that their votes are on the trading block. ``I am involved in so many issues,'' said Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), ``I could almost not accept a contribution from anybody.'' But the lobbyists who influence senators are not just anybody. They are players in the same political game, just fielding different positions. And if you keep your eye on the legislative scoreboard, you'll see just what All-Stars they are. For instance, last year, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) introduced a one-year pilot program requiring meatpackers to reveal the prices they pay for livestock. But lobbyists hired by the American Meat Institute -- including heavyweights like former House Minority Leader Bob Michel, former Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter and former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour -- sprang into action and persuaded lawmakers to kill the provision. Lobbyists don't always get their way, but even in their failures we get a picture of the magnitude of the abuse. In 1997, Barbour was hired by Big Tobacco to help shepherd through Congress its $368 billion settlement with state attorneys general. The deal fell through, but in the process Barbour managed to convince his GOP cronies to give the industry a $50 (ital) billion (unital) tax break. This Beltway bounty was slipped into the final conference report, away from prying eyes. And it would have become law had Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) not blown the whistle. Once the tax ploy was exposed in broad daylight, there was no one willing to defend
[CTRL] Going to war to save 2nd Amendment
-Caveat Lector- From: Rich Walden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear armed Americans, Advertising Creative Director, Jim Houck, working with the Lawyers Second Amendment Society (LSAS, www.rightguide.com/Links/lsas.htm), has formed a non-profit corporation for the sole purpose of giving all American firearms owners, big and small, a way to strike back and strike back hard against the Rights Killers. After repeated attempts to work with NRA and GOA, Mr. Houck made the decision, along with the LSAS, to form an elite commando-style organization in order to bypass bureaucracy and time-consuming political red tape and get into the fight. The NRA and GOA have a role in this fight and are doing all they can and are to be credited with such. But there is an overwhelming need for an operational group which can strike fast, strike hard and strike without fear of political reprisal. This is such a group. Every dollar received will go into extremely aggressive advertising, TV, print, radio, outdoor and guerilla, with a single purpose, to destroy those who are tampering with 2nd Amendment freedom. This campaign will not be apologetic, it will not play fair, it will hit below the belt whenever the opportunity presents itself, it will not take prisoners. In short, it will be very aggressive and very effective. There are some people out there who would like to get into the fight, but for career reasons or political reasons cannot. Here is your chance. There are many who would like to get into the fight, but have no way of doing so. Now you can take a swing directly at the teeth of people like Chuck Schumer, impeached-President Bill Clinton, Sarah Brady, you name it. The campaign will be created and managed by Creative Director, Jim Houck, a career advertising professional who has done work for bluechip clients like Toyota, DIESEL Jeans, Mitusibishi, Procter Gamble, Sony, The Miami Heat Professional Basketball Team and Sunglass Hut International, to name a few. The company has been created by and will be managed by attorney Dan Schultz of the LSAS. Creative campaigns are in progress and will be operational as soon as a budget has been amassed and media buys can be made. Please make copies and forward to all concerned parties. Send your checks (NO CASH, WE'RE PLAYING BY THE BOOK AND EXPECT AUDITS AND CLAIMS OF THEFT FROM THE RIGHTS KILLERS) immediately to: LAWYERS SECOND AMENDMENT SOCIETY PMB 447 2118 WILSHIRE BLVD. SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 In the memo section of your check write 'Operation We the People'. As you may have noticed, we have purposely located in the heart of enemy territory. Already I have been asked what my response will be to those who question my advertising on the grounds of political correctness. Considering that 'political correctness2' is a ten dollar way of saying 'censorship', my official response is, screw'em. Going to war, Jim Houck Creative Director, Los Angeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL FIREARMS OWNERS 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] VOICE Of The GRUNT Newsletter, 1999-08-18-B
-Caveat Lector- VOICE Of The GRUNT Newsletter, 1999-08-18-B === ARTICLE 6 ~~ A SON GRADUATES FROM THE USAFA ~~ SUMMARY: A Canadian citizen comments on his son's graduation at USAFA. ** Retransmitted from the Calgary Canada Herald without comment. BY: David Bly, Calgary Herald, COLORADO SPRINGS - The day Bill Clinton came to the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, I stood, cameras in hand, near a wall upon which was engraved the academy's code of honor: "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does." If only the U.S. president would wander past that wall, I thought. A photo like that could ensure me a comfortable retirement. Clinton and I were at the academy this month for the graduation of the Class of 1999, he as commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces, and I as the father of one of the 944 graduates. As my wife, Janet, is a U.S. citizen, my children have their choice of citizenship. Our son Brandon, wanting a career in aviation, applied to the air force academy because there is no comparable opportunity anywhere in the world. He graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering, was commissioned as an air force officer and will begin training as a jet pilot next spring. Graduation from any university is an achievement worth celebrating. At the USAFA, it's the culmination of four grueling years of study, training and discipline. Some don't make it for physical, academic or emotional reasons. A few decide, after two years, they would rather choose another path. Some are expelled for violating the honor code. The USAFA rates high academically, but its aim is more than academics strives to develop moral and ethical leadership. As cadets pursue their degrees of choice, they are being trained to become air force officers. Integrity and a high standard of conduct are expected. We were not excited about the presidential visit. For us, it was an annoyance. Brandon's commissioning ceremony had to be moved to 5:45 p.m., because Clinton wanted to use the building where the commissioning was scheduled. Later, we had to be in our stadium seats two hours before the graduation, because of security. For others, it was an insult I heard of retired air force officers who boycotted the graduation, because they felt Clinton's participation, given Monica Lewinsky and other scandals, detracted from the dignity of the event. The air force academy is a military base, but it is also a popular tourist spot. Each day at noon, busloads of tourists arrive to watch 4,000 cadets line up and march to lunch in an elaborate parade that leaves the cadets only 15 minutes to eat. On the day Clinton came to town, some areas were closed as security was beefed up. Access was limited to those invited to the graduation. It would not have been a safe day to go skulking through the academy's forests with bird-watching binoculars. As the stadium filled, helicopters pounded the air overhead. Entrance was through metal detectors. Handbags were searched. Snipers in battle dress patrolled the top tiers of the stadium. Sprinkled throughout the crowd were secret-service agents, easy to spot because they wore dark suits, sunglasses and earpieces. They spoke into their sleeves a lot and scanned the crowds constantly. There was nothing secret about them. Clinton's imminent entrance was announced. We stood. And we stood. Eight minutes later, the president of the United States of America walked on to the football field and toward the podium. No explanation was given for why he kept 30,000 people waiting on their feet in the sun. As he walked under the crossed sabres of the honor guard, the applause was restrained and polite, but not enthusiastic. Around me, I heard comments about respecting the office, if not the man. No one jeered, but no one cheered. As I watched the newly minted second lieutenants stand to salute their commander in chief, I wondered how many of them were thinking what I was thinking: "If Bill Clinton had been a cadet here, he would have been kicked out for lying and cheating." Actually, he probably wouldn't have qualified for admission. To enter the academy, an applicant must first be nominated by a member of Congress. This year, 8,800 applied for nomination and 2,148 qualified. Of those, 1,275 received appointments to the academy. They were chosen on the basis of such criteria as academics, athletics, citizenship and leadership. And moral character. If Clinton was aware of the lukewarm reception, he didn't show it. He cracked his jokes, defended his actions in the Balkans and took personal credit for saving democracy as we know it. As he announced he was sending 7,000 more troops to the Balkans, I heard more muttered comments about sending troops to a foreign country to distract attention from personal problems at home. His manner was
[CTRL] VOICE Of The GRUNT Newsletter, 1999-08-18-A
-Caveat Lector- * ** VOICE OF THE GRUNT ** ** 18 August 1999 ** * TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES Hack's Column The Way It Was And The Way It Is 1 Mac Notes 2 From The Field: Qual Day - Rifle Range - 160/240 3 Superbowl On A Passing Game 4 "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." 5 A Son Graduates From The USAFA 6 Medal of Honor: *Shields, Marvin G., CM3C, USN, Seabee Team 11047 Dong Xoai, RVN, 10 June 1965 Commentary: Military Goes By The Book, But It's A Novel 8 *Denotes a posthumous award === ARTICLE 1 ~ THE WAY IT WAS AND THE WAY IT IS ~ By David H. Hackworth, 17 August 1999 "Never point a weapon at someone unless you intend to kill 'em," roared Sergeant Allen. He slapped my M-1 rifle so hard the butt slammed me in the jaw. Then, with me shouting "I'm a dumb-ass recruit," he ran me until I keeled over. I never forgot that lesson nor, like most recruits who met up with him, did I ever forget his name. Or the lessons he taught or the discipline he instilled. His "STAY ALERT, STAY ALIVE" mantra saved my life dozens of times over the next 25 years. My jaw still tingles whenever I think of him. Later, when I became a sergeant, I passed his wisdom on to the men who served with me in Italy during Round One of the Balkan War and during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. And I'm sure his savvy saved many a young grunts life during those years, too. Sergeant Allen was my Basic Training platoon sergeant in the spring of 1946. When he shaped up 15-year-old Recruit Hackworth along with 40 other sad sacks, he gave new meaning to the words stress, yell, and cajole. He demanded exactness 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If we were less than perfect, there'd be push ups, squat jumps, midnight details like cleaning the inside of a toilet bowel with a razor blade or shining the barracks floor with a small piece of cotton and shoe polish until your fingertips bled. Sergeant Allen -- 53 years later, I still wouldn't dare call him anything but Sergeant -- was not a sadistic monster. He'd seen the elephant and knew what it took to keep men alive. He had just come back from kill-or-be-killed environments -- Africa, Sicily and Italy -- and had seen too many peach-faced kids turned into purple mush because a sergeant hadn't been tough enough. During my basic training, the only officers I saw were on payday and on the firing range. NCOs were gods, and they ran the show. Now things have changed -- not for the better. The officers and sociologists have taken over, and few have ever led a squad in combat. These kinder gentler folks have gotten their learning from books and lectures, and few have a clue about what's needed to survive. No way can their "Consideration for others" training help a soldier drive a bayonet in his opponent's gut or give him the sharp reaction needed when a sergeant yells "Knock out that machine gun." I regularly talk with dozens of Army Drill sergeants, and they tell me this new, politically correct approach is creating an Army that's marshmallow soft. Here's what they're saying: "Road marches are now conducted at 4 kilometers an hour. My seven-year-old hikes faster. No wonder our new privates can't hump a twelve-miler when they get to a line unit." "A sergeant was marching his platoon and he shouted at them to get in step. The brigade CO (a full colonel) locked his heels together and read him the riot act for yelling at the privates." "The philosophy here is that the only stress the private should have is between himself and the task. If we can't create artificial stress, we're setting ourselves up for colossal failure." "We have a new Sgt. Major and he told the privates if they think the Drill Sergeant is being too hard on them to bypass the chain of command, come see him and he'll take care of it." "Drill Sergeants are not allowed to make the privates do pushups, or run on FILL DAY (first day): a no-stress fill. There's almost no training on Saturday so the privates can take it easy." "We have to let the trainees go to concerts, a mandatory mall visit in their 6th week of training, and we have to cancel a day of training so they can participate in the monthly retirement ceremony. Should I mention the mandatory museum visit during their 2nd weekend of training? All of this to reduce 'stress.' Yes, Sir, we're training some warriors over here." The new Army Chief of Staff better talk to his Drill Sergeants without any officers around and get the straight skinny. Or invest heavily in body bags and white flags.
[CTRL] Al-Shifa
-Caveat Lector- From FAIR FAIR Fairness Accuracy In Reporting 130 W. 25th Street New York, NY 10001 WILL THE MEDIA REMEMBER AL-SHIFA? Embassy Bombings Commemorated Without Mention of Factory Attack August 17, 1999 Contact: Seth Ackerman This month marks the anniversary of the August 7, 1998 terrorist attacks on American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which claimed the lives of 224 people, including 12 Americans. The anniversary has received substantial media attention, including stories on NBC's Sunday Today (8/8/99), ABC's World News Saturday (8/7/99), CBS's Evening News (8/7/99), and the Washington Post (8/8/99), the New York Times (8/7/99), and Los Angeles Times (8/7/99). But virtually absent from this coverage has been any mention of the U.S. response which followed those attacks: the cruise missile raids launched two weeks later by President Clinton against camps in Afghanistan and against the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan. Although U.S. officials originally claimed the Sudanese factory was involved in the production of chemical weapons and had links to accused terrorist Osama bin Laden, those assertionsalong with many of the subsequent, shifting allegations offered in the days following the attackhave turned out to be inaccurate. To date, the U.S. has presented no convincing evidence directly linking the factory to either bin Laden or chemical weapons. But it should be noted that even if the U.S. could offer credible evidence that the Al-Shifa plant made chemical weapons, or that it was linked to bin Laden, the missile strike would almost certainly still be a violation of the United Nations charter and a serious contravention of international law. The Charter permits countries to use force only in "self-defense" against an "armed attack"an attack which, according to the accepted legal standard, must be so imminent as to leave "no choice of means, and no moment of deliberation." August 20 will mark the anniversary of the Al-Shifa attack. With the notable exceptions of the Washington Post and U.S. News World Report, which recently ran informative articles about the Al-Shifa case (Washington Post, 7/25/99; U.S. News World Report, 8/16-23/99), the mainstream media have paid little attention to the Al Shifa case. FAIR encourages journalists to use the anniversary of the cruise missile attacks as an opportunity to review the evidence upon which the Sudan attack was based, and the legality of the attacks on both Sudan and Afghanistan. Media outlets should look back in their reporting not only on crimes committed against the U.S., but also on possible crimes committed by the U.S. - --- For more information on the media's response to the Al-Shifa attack, please read "Media in Cruise Control." In These Times MEDIA CRITIC: Media in Cruise Control By Jeff Cohen and Seth Ackerman In the wake of U.S. military strikes abroad, mainstream media coverage tends to follow a traditional script. International law, if mentioned at all, is treated as mere platitude, not as a specific body of precedent. After the recent cruise missile attacks on a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant and Afghan paramilitary camps, for example, few reporters inquired into what "self-defense" actually means in international law. (See "Inalienable Right," below.) Civilian casualties of U.S. attacks--if shown at all in the mainstream media--appear briefly and after warnings that the footage is likely part of a propaganda campaign. In contrast to U.S. victims of foreign terrorists, we rarely learn the names of civilian victims or hear their families' reactions to the attack. True to script, Sudanese civilian victims made only cameo appearances in American media. And only because of the media-hyped sex scandal raging around Bill Clinton did some mainstream reporters diverge from the traditional script to question the President's political motives (a la Wag the Dog). It's refreshing to see Washington reporters finally asking such questions--queries rarely raised when past presidents capitalized politically on military adventures. Another departure from script, though slow in coming in U.S. media, was the questioning of the Clinton administration's evidence for targeting the Sudan factory. Within two days of the attack, the European press was quoting factory managers, among others, to puncture the initial U.S. claim that the Sudan plant was a terrorist-funded nerve gas factory with no civilian purpose. In fact, terror suspect Osama bin Laden had no discernable link to the plant, which produced much of Sudan's medicine. Perhaps slowed by the U.S. media mantra that Sudanese openness to plant inspection was a propaganda ploy, it took the New York Times more than a week to clearly report that U.S. justifications had been "inaccurate, misleading or
[CTRL] all we have left is the Vote ...
-Caveat Lector- Let Freedom ring ... again in 11/2000. if we don't use it folks, then we deserve our continued enslavement. if you know of another "way out", please advise forthwith. it's you people who aren't voting or voting for demo/repub thugs that's enslaving us all. the status quo is sucking us dry!!! compare the individual tax rates folks; 1950/90 lol Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Dictatorship of Debt
-Caveat Lector- From www.oneworld.com/ni/issue312/keynote.htm Third World debt enriches the powerful at the expense of the world's poor majority. David Ransom calls for a new beginning. Had someone in any way typical of the Uruguayan population ever actually asked for a loan from the international bank in Montevideo where I once worked, Im quite certain they would never have got it. The mere look of them would have been enough. A part-time clerk wants an advance! A labourer with no collateral expects credit! A woman from the barrios seeks an unsecured loan! A gaucho (cowboy) with just a horse to his name needs to borrow! From the bank? Contemptuous ridicule would have been unconfined which is doubtless why I never saw such a person step through the door. So quite how it happened that by 1990 every single man, woman and child in Uruguay had become liable for debts equivalent to their entire annual income without even asking for them, let alone receiving any of the cash is at first sight something of a mystery. Take a closer look, however, and youll find that the explanation is simple. In 1973 there was a military coup in Uruguay and it ushered in a very nasty little dictatorship that for a while imprisoned proportionally more people than anywhere else on earth. The Uruguayan economy had gone belly-up and powerful people who owed large sums of money to international banks were facing ruin. So the generals decreed that it was in the national interest to bail them out by borrowing from exactly the same banks, only this time in the name of the Uruguayan people. The banks were desperate to lend. The Organization of Oil Producing and Exporting Countries (OPEC) had just agreed a sharp oil-price hike and as a result were collecting a vast extra income of dollars which they deposited with the banks. So large was the quantity of these petrodollars that the banks didnt know quite how to recycle them at their usual levels of profit. Dictatorships that could exact repayments from their cowering populations with relative ease must have seemed like a pretty good bet for a secure and handsome return. Picture: A bed of nails behind the bank in Mumbai PAUL SMITH / PANOS PICTURES This combination of dictatorship, foreign loans and the transfer of private liabilities on to public backs was not confined to Uruguay. For 20 years, between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s, despotism pervaded Latin America and employed an ingenious variety of scams wherever it went. Sometimes the money was borrowed for grandiose projects, sometimes it was simply filched, usually both and always in the interests of political power that had quite openly been usurped. Similar, too, was the experience across Africa and Asia. From Mobutu in Zaire to Suharto in Indonesia and Marcos in the Philippines, tawdry despots with powerful friends and large appetites for personal wealth were financed with enthusiasm by the international banking fraternity. Indeed, it seemed to work so well that the credit lines became almost limitless particularly if the governments in question were fighting on the right side of the Cold War and buying large quantities of armaments from Northern suppliers. Third World debt rose from less than $100 billion in 1970 to some $600 billion in 1980. Eventually, however, governments began to run into financial trouble themselves. The loans they had raised and squandered on daft projects or salted away in private bank accounts became so large that their subject countries ran out of foreign exchange and tax revenues with which to pay them back. There was a real danger of default. When this was being considered by Mexico in 1982 the American Government stepped in to protect the interests of the US private banks that held most of the Mexican debt. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank were instructed to step in alongside the US Government and bail out the private banks. The transfer of private debt into public liability was thereby complete and the Third World debt crisis had begun. Picture: Do as you're told: a billboard in Accra, Ghana, issues the instructions. RON GILING / STILL PICTURES Private banks were now free to move on to fresh pastures, like booming Southeast Asia and China. Where, of course, exactly the same thing would eventually happen all over again. Ironic that this, the most colossal of all nationalizations, should have passed by unremarked and at a time when privatization was an article of economic faith. Odd, too, that unlike earlier nationalizations intended in theory at least to increase public control over private interests, this one had precisely the opposite effect. It subjected the people of these countries to a dictatorship so complete that eventually dictators themselves became redundant. All of this rested on a crude threat. Unless debtor governments agreed to certain
[CTRL] No matter how many generations removed,we are still brothers and sisters.
-Caveat Lector- http://icons.co.za/africa/zulu.htm These clans grew like enlarged families, with leadership following down through the original male line. (the only problem is: when the Slaves were freed by the White Man, the White Man turned around and used their thugs to enslave us all; but we weren't too concerned because "they" offered us 'Security' that out Rights would not be infringed.) Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Injections International
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.igc.org/igc/pn/hl/99081724338/hl3.html Originally posted in IGC member conference: ai.news Date: August 12, 1999 Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /* Written 3:43 AM Aug 12, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in ai.news */ /* -- "USA/PHILIPPINES: World leader in le" -- */ * News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * News Service 151/99 AI INDEX: ACT 50/06/99 12 August 1999 USA/Philippines World leader in lethal injections sets deadly example The scheduled killings of eight people in the USA and Philippines during the next seven days are linked by a deadly connection extending beyond the calculated cruelty of executions and their affront to human dignity, Amnesty International said today. The fingerprints of the USA -- world leader in killing prisoners by lethal injection -- mark the executions carried out in the Philippines, Amnesty International said. We are witnessing the deadly fruits of an international working relationship between an old hand and a newcomer. As part of his governments plans to resume executions after a 20-year gap, the then Philippines prisons chief, Vicente Vinarao, reportedly visited several US states in 1997 to learn from their experience of lethal injection. After witnessing an execution in Texas he was later quoted as saying that his own executioners would probably be sent to the United States for training. There have also been unconfirmed reports indicating that the Philippines authorities may have imported lethal injection equipment from the USA. But even if they did not import the technology, they have certainly imported the technique. Four men face death by lethal injection in the Philippines between 16 and 18 August. The USA has executed four prisoners in the past week. By 18 August it plans to have killed four more by lethal injection in Texas and Virginia. The USAs increasing resort to judicial killings -- against the global trend and often in violation of international standards -- is setting an appalling example for the rest of the world, Amnesty International continued To in any way assist another country in learning how best to execute prisoners renders null and void repeated US claims to be the worlds leading force for human rights. The mode of execution in the Philippines was changed by Congress from electrocution to lethal injection in February 1996. Five men have been put to death since the country resumed executions in February 1999 with the killing of Leo Echegaray. One of them, Eduardo Agbayani, was executed in June for the rape of his daughter, who had pleaded for his life to be spared. President Estrada decided to grant him clemency, but the phone call to the death chamber came minutes too late. We deeply regret that President Estrada has not used the cruel debacle of that execution to lead the Philippines away from state killing, Amnesty International said. Instead, he is set to almost double his countrys judicial death toll within the next few days. At least one person is sentenced to death every day in the Philippines, where the death penalty is mandatory for a high number of offences. This happens despite persistent reports that suspects in criminal cases have been tortured in custody before their trial to extract confessions. Worldwide appeals for clemency continue to flood into US and Philippines officials. While there have been links between executions in the Philippines and US at an official level, a connection also runs through the abolitionist community. In 1998, members of the Journey of Hope, a US organization of murder victims and death row inmates relatives, travelled to the Philippines to campaign against the resumption of executions. Among them was Lois Robison, whose son Larry is scheduled to die in Texas on 17 August. As with any execution, the killing of Larry Robison will only create more victims, Amnesty International said. Rather than offering any constructive solutions to violent crime, his killing will be a final brutal act in a failure of crime prevention. Larry Robison was diagnosed as a chronic paranoid schizophrenic three years before his crime, but the Texas mental health care services repeatedly said that they did not have the resources to treat him unless he turned violent. Texas has had no such hesitation in devoting massive resources to its own brutal response to Larry Robisons crime, Amnesty International continued. By the time he is led to the execution chamber, it will have cost the state more than two million dollars to get him there. Larry Robison is set to become the 98th person executed in Texas under George W. Bushs governorship. The Governors 99th execution is scheduled for the following day. Governor Bush is currently campaigning to become the USAs next President under the flag of compassionate conservatism. The imminent execution of
Re: [CTRL] Kreeping Kopping
-Caveat Lector- This has been going on for quite some time and is getting ready to breakcertain large players are holding the goods over clnton administrations head for purposes of coercion and special treatment...others are going to leak anyway. This can only be called retroactive legislation, as so much is today, to cover up PAST illegal activities by legislating for them in supposed futuristic scenarios. Alamaine Ratliff wrote: -Caveat Lector- These relate to personal privacy but also to issues relating to 'Freedom of the Press', "Free Speech', and the rights of the citizenry to conduct their lives without undue gov't intrusion. They're also related to the The Strange Case of Ed Moloney (from No Ireland) but pertain specifically to the US of A. From EPIC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 1999 NEW WHITE HOUSE COMPUTER SURVEILLANCE PLAN WOULD POSE UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO PRIVACY WASHINGTON, DC -- The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) today warned that a new Clinton Administration proposal could result in an unprecedented intrusion into the sanctity of private homes and businesses. The White House plan would enable federal and local law enforcement agents to secretly break into private premises and alter computer equipment to collect e-mail messages and other electronic information. As the Washington Post reported today, t 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] A response to NSA Tech:mind control article
-Original Message-From: gene johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: David Crockett Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 5:37 PMSubject: Re: NSA Tech: mind control article David Crockett Williams wrote: Heavy survey use during times of war, economic strife and political elections. War against drugs. Used to identify investments that have high yield to support clandestine operations. Used to direct field agents... The following was sent to me by Will Filer [EMAIL PROTECTED] on July 27, 1999. It offers a new explanation for government mind control. Thank you for sending me this post. I responded to it when it first came out. Will Filer is a pseudonym for Dick Farley and several other contributors to disinformation in the UFO, alien presence, and mindcontrol domains. He was associated with the Brother Blue Lodge web site that was loaded with the most blatant propaganda I have seen, including the Cathy O'Brian 'sex robot' disinformation farce. Cloudrider is Brother Farley's Net handle. He has no background in the hard sciences, and has been jealously harassing me and other scientists since we have been posting in the MC domain. The trick to the type of propaganda in the NSA-info post is to mix a few facts, a few easy to believe items, and then to insert fear-evoking infeasible sci-fi type propositions. Most lay persons have an extremely difficult time discriminating the facts from the disinformation. Much of this type of activity is designed to put pressure on the government to not classify defense-related projects. I am for openness WORLDWIDE, but until that can be brought about it is in your and my interests as US citizens not to have any high-tech device technology fall into rogue and terrorist hands. Simultaneously, we must be hypervigilant toward an use of devices on our fellow US citizens. Part of hypervigilance is to be able to discriminate what are symptoms of brain system dysregulation that occur from stress, sleep loss, mid-life crises, drug abuse, etc. from what are symptoms of non-lethal weapons device use on humans. I am working 14 hour days seven days/week on that effort with regular harassment and attacks from persons that don't appear to be able to understand the importance of that type of information or have other agendas, some of which are unethical at best, and perhaps even criminal. I have discovered that some persons operating Net groups in the mindcontrol domain are encouraging persons that they know are suffering from mental illness to protest to the government as persons being subjected to non-lethal weapons device. Further, some of these Net operators actively dissuade these persons from seeking medical treatment that could likely reduce their suffering and chronic brain damage. I see that behavior as highly unethical. Will has stated to me that he is a former consultant to the U.S. National Security Agency and asked me to post this information immediately. He also believes he is in immediate danger because of this information. This type of disinformation is posted to MC-L about every 6 months. The previous one of this type that was similar was posted last New Years Eve . Actually, no consultant to the NSA would have system level information of this simulated type in the first place, David. Thomas and Rense hype this stuff regularly in a more subtle manner than a Limbaugh or a Liddy might do, for example. Hi tech disinformation draws on well written science fiction and often makes allusion to that genre. With the proliferation of Hollywood special effects ladened movies and futuristic TV sci-fi dramas about robots, cyborg, brain implants, even normally thoughtful persons are subject to disinformation operations. Also, there is a general tendency of scientific illiteracy in the US population that adds to the susceptibility. If there are any particular techniques mentioned in the Will Filer document that seem likely to be in functional operation to you or others you know, I would be more that pleased to present my view. There is so much disinformation on the Net now that I am getting much practice. It is not hard for paid professional and retired political operatives to overwhelm the Net groups with disinformation and propaganda. For an interesting example, suppose that you were to post that YOU, DCW are the reembodied Second Coming of the Christ ready to emerge as a millennium Global Savior. Challenge me to prove you are not. Would not that be an endless task!! You could say that you had implants from all of the Adepts and Masters of the Ages. You could speak of the enlightenment epiphanies of your youth and of you contacts with Masters from other lands. You could claim a secret Remote Viewing implant that allows for multiplex global envisioning. Since you have some visionary skills already, a few wise acts of knowledge would
[CTRL] Nature of Fascism
-Caveat Lector- From USA: The Nature of Fascism Originally posted in IGC member conference: peoplestrib Date: August 12, 1999 Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /* Written 6:17 PM Aug 12, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in peoplestrib */ /* -- "08-99 What is the nature of fascism" -- */ * * People's Tribune/Tribuno del Pueblo (Online Edition) Vol. 26 No. 8/ August, 1999 P.O. Box 3524, Chicago, IL 60654 http://www.lrna.org * * 4. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF FASCISM TODAY? By Bob Lee [Editor's note: The following article on the nature of fascism today is based on a section of a recent report to the National Committee of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America. The report was adopted by the committee in Chicago in April.] Fascism today is the political expression of the concentration of wealth and the spread of poverty based on [the replacement of labor by] electronics. It is the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie unrestricted by trappings of bourgeois democracy. There are objective and subjective sides to the development of fascism. The objective side The unprecedented concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few "megacorporations" and billionaires is the objective foundation for the drive toward fascism and a fascist state. Under the conditions of widespread ownership of property, bourgeois democracy provides the best state form for capitalism to flourish and grow. Under today's conditions, the capitalists cannot allow decisions about their wealth and property to be placed in the hands of a growing class of people with no tie to private property or the capitalist system. A new kind of state and society is needed that will allow the capitalists to expand markets and maximize profits under the conditions of globalization. An expanded apparatus of repression and particularly the increasing role of the military combine with the growing power of the corporations to lay the objective basis for fascism. The dilemma that the U.S. faces in the world today forms part of the objective basis for the drive toward fascism. We can see that the developing world economy and the beginnings of the formation of a world bourgeoisie are coming into conflict with and undermining the dominance of the U.S. in the world. Any solution the U.S. pursues will force it to crack down at home and aggressively impose its will on the world stage. There is no doubt that the U.S. dominates world finance capital, that it controls the array of multinational organizations pushing "free trade" in all corners of the globe, and that it has the military and economic power to impose an economic Pax Americana over the rest of the world. For the U.S. government, implementing national policy means economic globalization under the hegemony of the U.S. At the same time, globalization is undermining that hegemony. While this challenge to U.S. dominance is in its beginning stages and the U.S. is still obviously and extremely powerful, a profound shift is taking place, if still underground, in the world's power relations. One of the many, if more significant signposts in this process is the introduction of the Euro and the economic unification of Europe. Politically, the U.S. cannot simply impose its will as it could in the past, and is increasingly driven to war to do so. Objectively, the U.S. has no way out. Neither militarization and war, nor freer markets and continued expansion of neo-liberal policies, nor protectionism and economic nationalism can solve the dilemma posed by globalization. Every path leads to greater polarization, massive discontent and alienation, and the further development of the proletariat. Of course, the U.S. will not simply give up and get out of the game. Simply because the objective basis is set for the global economy and a world bourgeoisie does not mean that the subjective forces will stop fighting for their interests or what they perceive their interests to be. It will mean, however, that fascism will grow out of the process to implement whatever solution or combination of solutions the U.S. pursues to protect and maintain its position in the world. The subjective side The objective conditions set the parameters, but it's people who make history. To accomplish what they need, the capitalists and the forces they command must rely on the subjective side of the process. The capitalists are not trying to win the American people to fascism per se. Rather, they are cultivating a morality and an ideology among the American people that will tolerate the form of rule the capitalists need. What is the subjective side of the motion toward fascism today? There are the hard-core, openly fascist elements such
Re: [CTRL] DOJ wants to bug PCs
-Caveat Lector- On 21 Aug 99, at 13:31, Shane A. Saylor, Eccentric Ba wrote: Feds seek to arm crime fighters with new powers to break into private premises and disable PC security. If this goes through, those of us who want to continue to have some modicum of privacy will have to buy laptops and carry them with us. Kathleen "The best government is the one that charges you the least blackmail for leaving you alone." - Thomas Rudmose-Brown 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] Feds raid Bank of New York in money laundering probe
-Caveat Lector- Feds raid Bank of New York in money laundering probe Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press NEW YORK (August 21, 1999 6:46 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Federal investigators reportedly raided the Wall Street office of the Bank of New York in a probe of a major international money-laundering scheme that authorities say involves the Russian mob. During Friday's raid, investigators seized the files of Natasha Gurfinkel Kagalovsky, a senior vice president who supervised the bank's East European division, a source close to the bank told The New York Times in Saturday's editions. She and a bank vice president in London, Lucy Edwards, were suspended on Wednesday. Both women are married to Russian businessmen. British authorities also searched Edwards' home and office. Her husband, Peter Berlin, had authority over some accounts at the bank. Neither she nor her husband has been accused of any wrongdoing. However, investigators told the Times that the couple may be involved in one of the largest money-laundering operations ever conducted in the United States. As much as $10 billion allegedly was laundered through the bank in what investigators say is an operation run by Russian organized crime, the Times reported. Some $4.2 billion passed through a single account in more than 10,000 transactions between October and March, the newspaper said, citing unidentified investigators. The Bank of New York Co. is the nation's 15th largest. In a statement, the bank said it "has been cooperating with the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in the confidential investigation of the use of bank facilities to transfer funds from Russia to other countries." No funds were lost and there were no allegations of wrongdoing by the bank, according to the statement. The bank declined to provide further details. Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.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] Going to war to save 2nd Amendment
-Caveat Lector- I love it. I love it . I love it. I just love to see these guys spin their wheels. I would gladly contribute to this organization because they will guaranty the eventual repeal of the second amendment, an amendment long overdue for repeal. Buy the way, gun worshipers, the repeal of the second amendment isn't even necessary to take away your toys. Every state has the authority to ban guns. You won't even need to deal with the Supreme Court. If this becomes a hot political issue, it will serve the politicians in an election year. That's all. Guns can and most likely will be banned state by state. Most likely several states will choose to keep guns and liberalize gun laws. This seems fair. After a while we will all see whose rhetoric is real. As a devout Darwinist, I believe that the gun owning states will dramatically improve the human gene pool by thinning out the gun owning population. On the other hand, we may wind up with an all criminal population in the gun restricted areas after which they will have to turn their attention to the surviving gun owners in neighboring states. It's a win, win situation. Joshua2 = Bill Richer wrote: -Caveat Lector- From: Rich Walden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear armed Americans, Advertising Creative Director, Jim Houck, working with the Lawyers Second Amendment Society (LSAS, www.rightguide.com/Links/lsas.htm), has formed a non-profit corporation for the sole purpose of giving all American firearms owners, big and small, a way to strike back and strike back hard against the Rights Killers. After repeated attempts to work with NRA and GOA, Mr. Houck made the decision, along with the LSAS, to form an elite commando-style organization in order to bypass bureaucracy and time-consuming political red tape and get into the fight. The NRA and GOA have a role in this fight and are doing all they can and are to be credited with such. But there is an overwhelming need for an operational group which can strike fast, strike hard and strike without fear of political reprisal. This is such a group. Every dollar received will go into extremely aggressive advertising, TV, print, radio, outdoor and guerilla, with a single purpose, to destroy those who are tampering with 2nd Amendment freedom. This campaign will not be apologetic, it will not play fair, it will hit below the belt whenever the opportunity presents itself, it will not take prisoners. In short, it will be very aggressive and very effective. There are some people out there who would like to get into the fight, but for career reasons or political reasons cannot. Here is your chance. There are many who would like to get into the fight, but have no way of doing so. Now you can take a swing directly at the teeth of people like Chuck Schumer, impeached-President Bill Clinton, Sarah Brady, you name it. The campaign will be created and managed by Creative Director, Jim Houck, a career advertising professional who has done work for bluechip clients like Toyota, DIESEL Jeans, Mitusibishi, Procter Gamble, Sony, The Miami Heat Professional Basketball Team and Sunglass Hut International, to name a few. The company has been created by and will be managed by attorney Dan Schultz of the LSAS. Creative campaigns are in progress and will be operational as soon as a budget has been amassed and media buys can be made. Please make copies and forward to all concerned parties. Send your checks (NO CASH, WE'RE PLAYING BY THE BOOK AND EXPECT AUDITS AND CLAIMS OF THEFT FROM THE RIGHTS KILLERS) immediately to: LAWYERS SECOND AMENDMENT SOCIETY PMB 447 2118 WILSHIRE BLVD. SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 In the memo section of your check write 'Operation We the People'. As you may have noticed, we have purposely located in the heart of enemy territory. Already I have been asked what my response will be to those who question my advertising on the grounds of political correctness. Considering that 'political correctness2' is a ten dollar way of saying 'censorship', my official response is, screw'em. Going to war, Jim Houck Creative Director, Los Angeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL FIREARMS OWNERS 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
Re: [CTRL] all we have left is the Vote ...
-Caveat Lector- Bard wrote: -Caveat Lector- Let Freedom ring ... again in 11/2000. if we don't use it folks, then we deserve our continued enslavement. if you know of another "way out", please advise forthwith. it's you people who aren't voting or voting for demo/repub thugs that's enslaving us all. the status quo is sucking us dry!!! compare the individual tax rates folks; 1950/90 lol Bard Every time you vote... You cut your own throat. ( Unless you're rich.) Joshua2 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Secret Quest for Accommodation (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB
-Caveat Lector- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB18/index.html KENNEDY AND CASTRO: THE SECRET QUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION An Electronic Briefing Book by Peter Kornbluh Introduction In 1963, the Kennedy administration and the government of Fidel Castro began a series of communications designed to lead to a possible rapprochement. The U.S. objective was to move Castro out of the Soviet orbit using what NSC memoranda described as "the sweet approach;" in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Castro appeared more interested in a modus vivendi with Washington. In secret talks with the first U.S. intermediary, James Donovan, in the spring of 1963, Castro inquired about how, given the acrimonious conflict between the two nations, the U.S. and Cuba would actually initiate moving toward a new era of better relations. As Donovan told his CIA debriefers: "So I said to him, do you know how porcupines make love? and he said no. And I said, well, the answer is 'very carefully.' And that is how you and the United States would have to get into this." The documents posted here a among those used in Peter Kornbluh's new article, "Kennedy and Castro: the Secret Quest for Accommodation," appearing in the new issue of Cigar Aficionado. A number of them were originally found in a file named "Cuban Contacts," declassified through a mandatory declassification review request to the John F. Kennedy Library. Using the documents, Kornbluh has been able to provide the fullest historical account to date of how Washington and Havana cautiously and carefully moved toward a dialogue on better relations. Thirty-seven years later, with current U.S. policy toward Cuba beginning to take small but significant steps toward change, this history carries an immediate relevance for U.S.-Cuban ties. Documents Document 1: NSC, "Mr. Donovan's Trip to Cuba," March 4, 1963: McGeorge Bundy's deputy, Gordon Chase, wrote this memo after a conversation with Bundy on President Kennedy's thoughts about negotiations with Castro. Kennedy is reacting to recommendations by State Department official Robert Hurwitch on U.S. "non-negotiable demands" on Cuba. Kennedy takes the position that the "breaking of Sino/Soviet ties" should not be a "non-negotiable point." He has told his NSC advisor that "We should start thinking along more flexible lines." Document 2: NSC, "The Cuban Problem," April 21, 1963: This Options Paper, drafted by Bundy, presents a number of contingency plans for action against Cuba. It also lists the option of moving "in the direction of gradual development of some form of accommodation with Castro." Document 3: CIA, "Interview of U.S. Newswoman with Fidel Castro Indicating Possible Interest in Rapprochement with the United States," May 1, 1963: After her lengthy interview with Fidel Castro, Lisa Howard was debriefed by the CIA when she returned to the U.S. She emphasized his interest in better relations with Washington, and offered to play the role of diplomatic intermediary between the two countries. The notation "PSAW" in the top right-hand corner of the document signifies that the memorandum was read by President Kennedy. Document 4: CIA, "Reported Desire of the Cuban Government for Rapprochement with the United States," June 5, 1963: In this memorandum, the CIA transmitted more than a half dozen intelligence reports indicating that Castro was interested mending the U.S.-Cuban conflict and establishing normal ties. Document 5: CIA, Notes on Special Group Meeting on Cuba, June 6, 1963. These CIA notes briefly record a high level discussion of the merits of communicating with Castro. Document 6: UN, Memorandum on Cuba, September 18, 1963: William Attwood, deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, wrote this memo for Adlai Stevenson and other U.S. officials, requesting authorization to make secret contact with Cuba's UN Ambassador Carlos Lechuga. The White House granted permission, and the first discussion took place at the New York apartment of ABC News Anchorwoman, Lisa Howard. Document 7: NSC, "Some Arguments Against Accommodation--A Rebuttal," November 12, 1963: NSC official Gordon Chase drafted this memorandum in order to present arguments in favor of improved relations. The memo was drafted as the first major meeting between high level Cuban and U.S. officials to discuss better relations was being organized; that meeting was aborted by the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Document 8: White House, Talks with Cuba, November 19, 1963: Gordon Chase reported in this memo on the discussions between Attwood and Castro's aide de camp, Dr. Rene Vallejo, on a meeting in Cuba or New York. Document 9: CIA, Alleged Contacts Between Castro and American Government, March 4, 1964: drawing on sources inside Castro's government, the CIA reported the Cuban reaction to the secret talks with the Kennedy administration. Document 10:
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Saturday #3
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990821c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No fretful Malthusians reproduced during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # State comic books lampoon Chinese meditation sect. The government describes its campaign against the group as a "political struggle" and accuses Falun Gong founder Li of plotting against the Communist Party. http://www.nando.net/noframes/story/0,2107,84138-132934-928600-0,00.html : Have you plotted against the Communist Party lately? Has the Communist Party plotted against you? Have either of you plotted against anyone else? Are your plots comical? Does your belief system communicate with comix?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # China 'arrests church leaders' - Worship is allowed but not behind closed doors. (BBC) 8 Christian leaders have been arrested in the central Chinese province of Henan for holding an illegal gathering. Cops raided a house in the city of Wugang and took away eight Protestant "home church" leaders. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_426000/426840.stm @ Links: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ @ Amnesty International China: http://www.amnesty-usa.org/asa/china/ : Should/have/will the leaders of your belief system be busted? Should/have/ will your belief system take capture the leaders of other belief systems? Do you wage war on other belief systems? Is yours a dominant heresy? Of what?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # AFT finds plot to bomb utilities during Y2K scare. Albuquerque (AT) US and Canadian authorities are probing a New Mexico connection in a strange plot to cash in on the Y2K scare by blowing up utility systems. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms has filed charges on a 50-year-old Canuck man who solicited an American citizen to bomb and disrupt various energy systems in the US and Canada. http://abqtrib.com/news/082099_bomber.shtml : What utility systems would you most like to bomb? How can you profit? Do the voices in your head provoke Armageddon? Do CIA mind-control rays direct your bombings? Why would the CIA want to promote Y2K scares? Or why not??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Communist shrine defies demolition. (BBC) An attempt by the Bulgarian authorities to demolish the most prominent symbol of the country's communist past has ended in failure. Can't keep a good icon down: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_427000/427068.stm @ Georgi Dimitrov: http://www.bulgaria.com/history/rulers/dimitrov.html : Does your belief system build sturdy shrines? Should your sacred sites be demolished? Can they be? Are you protected by higher powers, aliens, robots? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ 10,000 Mummies Found In Egypt- Many Covered In Gold. "They lay as though expecting us. Lined up in rows, heads toward the aisle and faces up, they waited for the laborers to lift the protective plastic sheets that a few months ago they did not need. Now they stretched impassively on... sand- stone shelves as we stomped discourteously into their forever- disrupted home. Yet they bore it gracefully. Their crumbling gilded face masks (and sometimes, just crumbling faces) betrayed no embarrassment as we photogra- phed them with flash cameras, and talked about them like objects in lang- uages that did not even exist during their former lives. And then we left, as clumsily as we came. http://www.projectduat.com/bahareya-mummies/ @ Also: David Icke's Bestseller: 'The Biggest Secret' - Excerpt: http://www.sightings.com/ufo4/icke.htm @ Egyptologist Responds To David Icke's August 11 Giza Update: http://www.sightings.com/ufo4/response.htm : Have you mummified many humans, animals, aliens, robots, deities, demons? Do you enjoy mummification? Is it a job, a calling, a hobby, a necessity?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The Single Factor Fallacy. Did Bill Clinton's childhood trauma cause the Lewinsky affair? A brain scientist explains why that's the wrong question to ask. http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es244_master.html?alert : Were you traumatized in your youth? Were you abducted by aliens? Do mind- controllers direct y'r actions? Does y'r implant misfire? What's y'r excuse? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ @ Nasa Discovery Program: http://discovery.nasa.gov/ @ Museum of Unnatural History: http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm @ The Human Brain: A Mystery to Itself: http://library.advanced.org/26463/ @ Krakatoa blows: http://www.irfamedia.com/lampung/krakatau.htm @ America's Jazz Heritage: http://www.si.edu/ajazzh/ @ Pink Alien: http://www.colinstevenson.free-online.co.uk/warning.htm $ The Greatest Story Never Told * Opening the Seven Seals of Revelations * 2 Books that implant new religion memes:
[CTRL] Fw: George and Corruption
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Sam Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 7:12 PM Subject: George and Corruption Corruption in Texas Government; State $ to Big Contributors Bush's administration has been marked by the large amounts of state controlled money flowing to men who have either contributed large amounts to Bush's campaign, or who have made Junior personally rich through sweet insider business deals, or both. For example, the University of Texas' Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) invests $1.7 billion of state money. Bush's cronies dominate this board, and in return investment funds controlled by these very cronies or their friends have received $457 million of that investment pool. There may even be more, but this obscure group -- created under Bush -- cloaks its operations in a thick veil of secrecy. UTIMCO's chairman, Tom Hicks, now owns the Texas Rangers; his purchase of the team made Governor Bush a very rich man. Furthermore, Hicks and his brother gave $146,000 to the Bush campaign. In return, $252 million of the invested money went to funds run by Hicks' business associates or friends, according to the Houston Chronicle. Hicks even insisted that UTIMCO increase by $10 million an investment with a fund that he had an indirect financial interest in, but UTIMCO staff halted funding after they discovered the conflict. In another example, Larry Paul Manley, Bush's director of the Department of Housing until he resigned in January 1999, is under police investigation for steering federal tax credits to cronies. Texas' top auditor discovered in 1997 that 60% of department contracts went to Manley's former colleagues at local savings and loans, but refused to make the findings public until long after the criminal probes began. Another key player in the Bush world is Richard Rainwater, the billionaire Texas investor who made Bush Jr.'s original involvement in the Texas Rangers deal possible. That's the deal that made Jr. rich, of course. Bush had several other personal investments in Rainwater controlled companies. But Rainwater has received much from Bush and the state of Texas' treasury, too. For example, the state teacher retirement fund sold three office buildings to Rainwater's real estate company at bargain prices, and without bids in 2 of the cases. The fund invested $90 million in the Frost Bank Plaza in Austin, and sold it to Rainwater's Crescent Real Estate for $35 million. Bush signed a law that will give his former baseball team co-owners -- including Rainwater -- a $10 million bonus payment when a new Dallas arena is built. Bush also proposed a cap on business real estate taxes that would have saved Rainwater millions on his various properties (but it lost in the legislature). And UTIMCO, described above, has invested $20 million in Rainwater companies. Bush may or may not have violated state ethics laws with all of this big money backscratching, but there is no doubt that he and these businessman are operating corruptly -- funneling large amounts of state money to the businessmen's companies, and large amounts of their personal and business money into George Bush Jr.'s pocket and political campaigns. Sources Avoided the Vietnam War Just like Dan Quayle and Steve Forbes, two other politically-connected rich kids, Bush Junior joined his home state's National Guard. It's not clear how he got past the waiting list, but his dad was a U.S. Congressman at the time, and his grandfather was a famous U.S. Senator. Instead of going to Vietnam, he flew cool jet planes around Texas, valiantly defending us against the Mexican air force. His political connections got him a sweet deal -- they not only got him into the National Guard, and got him the last (rare) training slot for pilots despite the fact that he scored the lowest allowable score - 25/100 - on a pilot's aptitude test, but he was assigned to fly an older plane (the F102) which was being phased out at the time, which meant that he had no chance at all of going to Vietnam. On this issue, too, Bush has weaseled in a manner eerily reminiscent of Bill Clinton. He claims that he joined the guard to fly planes, just like his dad. But George Bush, Senior, a genuine war hero, joined the Navy, not the National Guard. Both the Navy and Air Force had plenty of openings when Bush Jr. joined, but he chose the stateside Guard. Furthermore, his enlistment form had a check box to indicate whether you volunteered to go the Vietnam or not. His was checked NO, but now he claims that the clerks there often filled that part out and checked NO for you. Once he joined, Bush was promoted to First Lieutenant in just 4 months, a very short time, and was given several months off to work on a political campaign. He was also released 6 months early to work on another campaign. Insider Business Deals Bush Jr. has made a lot of money off of three business deals. In each one, his
[CTRL] Villiage Voice: Truthless on TWA800 (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- THE VILLAGE VOICE August 4-10, 1999 Letters, Truthless I read Robert Davey's "The FBI and Flight 800" [July 20] with a great deal of interest. Three difficult years have passed since the crash. During this time, my family has grieved over the death of our beautiful 16-year-old daughter. Since the first week after the crash, I have been convinced that the explosion was caused by a missile, probably friendly fire. All that I have observed since that time has strengthened this conviction. Why would Clinton, in an executive order, remove whistleblower protection from the Navy Seal units involved in the recovery? Why would the Navy insist that it had no assets in the area carrying arms that could have downed a plane, and then subsequently admit that it had three submarines on maneuvers nearby? Why would the NTSB change its explanation of the 12-second line from the recovered black box? The data in that line may indicate that an external explosion occurred. The NTSB gave multiple versions of why it should not be included. Why was a written statement from the most experienced eyewitness never taken by the FBI? Why were he and I both tailed when I met with him at a restaurant on Long Island? He was a pilot with combat experience who was in the air in a helicopter about 10 miles away at the time, who saw the explosion, and was the first to arrive at the crash site. He told me that he saw a vapor trail with a red streak in the middle, which is characteristic of a missile. All I have are questions. All I want is the truth. Donald Nibert Montoursville, Pennsylvania = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Re: [SC] Re: Kansas Board of Education vote onEvolution
-Caveat Lector- The geological near-miracle of fossilization is a very rare occurence in itself, it hardly ever happens, and it is just a measure of the true age of the Earth, that has become so littered with fossils over the eons that we cannot even sort them out. After death a vast percentage, a majority percentage, of the bio-material left by Life simply turns to humous. Thats the usual rotting process. There are campfires of man here in Florida that are only 8-10 thousand years old but posess NO bio effluvia whatsoever, except charcoal to show there was a fire, and of course the stone tools and weapons that are relatively indelible. Most skeletons and all flesh go back to the dirt soup. Ah tis a thin and grimy layer we inhabitALL fossils are extremely rare. Durable fossilization occurs by replacement of organic cell structures with silica usually. Silica in solution, enough to precipitate crystallization, is a backwater happenstance. I'm saying the conditions by which fossils form are always very special. I am familiar with The Tampa Formation, a fossil reef from 20 (or so) million years ago...a pup. Still, the agate geodes are awesome and when you see the God that lives throughout the whole universe, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, where things like that happen as BYPRODUCTS, it is a humbling thing. Way better than the tripe thats been pedaled for our time here so far. People that can't feel that have been robbed of their most precious asset, and will be back here quick, believe me, because they are on a long unlit journey to their nirvana, and have some ways to go. Light Does Happen though. Good Luck. Of course the fossil record is going to seem incomplete to beings that cannot get their noses out of their belly buttons long enough to realize their lifespans are mere micromicromicroseconds against the backdrop of true infinity. Be The Earth. It Is You. Darwins strength is that he unified something, a feat that even Einstein couldn't duplicate in physics, and of course that unification of Charles Darwins has had far reaching effects here at humanity. Fungus spores migrate out of the atmosphere and are blown off by the solar winds. Their coverings are the hardest known biological material in this world. It is supposed they can even withstand the rigors of space. They are network travelers. With that basic code the dirt grows from mushrooms to this in a half billion years or so...pretty quick. And its EVERYWHERE. It IS Alive. And it Builds. Light reacts photochemically with matter. There is a vast and hardly understood order inherent in this. Many fossils are totally, totally, inaccessible. Most biomaterial Did Not Fossilize. A lot that did fossilize fell prey to erosion. Oh Well. Bill Gallagher Bob Stokes wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-08-20 02:03:34 EDT, Keachie writes: These critters have much more in common in their DNA than do say any of them and horses. You're walking on the beach. You see something glittering in the sand. You dig carefully and discover a shiny, solid gold pocket watch. You snap open the lid to reveal a beautifully crafted face, with gold hands ticking across black roman numeral lettering. What can you assume about the watch? Do you think that the sand and other minerals swirled together over millions of years, and finally, completely by chance, "evolved" into a watch? Or do you assume that someone crafted the watch from metals and glass, and "created" it according to an intelligent design? Weighing the probabilities in your mind, you come to the logical conclusion that an intelligent being crafted it, organizing it from the elements. The Fossil Horse Series One of the first "proofs" of evolution readily cited is the so called fossil horse series. It is a progression of transitional species which led up to the modern day horse. However, as evidence, it is merely a product of evolutionary theory put forth to prove evolutionary theory. It is nothing more than a futile exercise in circular reasoning. This conclusion arises from the numerous crucial flaws in it. First and foremost is the fact that a complete series of fossils in the correct evolutionary order does not exist anywhere in the world.1 Further, instead of the single series depicted in the chart in textbooks, more than 20 different genealogical trees have been invented, in order to desperately stretch the theory over conflicting evidence.2 The "evidence" has been garnered spanning geologically isolated regions. The series starts in North America, jumps suddenly to Europe, and then back to America.1 The sequence in the series which presents transitional forms between small, many-toed forms and large, one-toed forms, has absolutely no fossil record evidence.3 The earliest member of the horse evolution series, Eohippus, has completely no connection, by any sort of link, to its presumed ancestors, the
[CTRL] [Fwd: The Conspiracy Was Strong]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: The Conspiracy Was Strong Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:03:50 -0400 From: "Timothy Aho" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Watch Unto Prayer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The WatchmenFrom: Watch Unto Prayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://watch.pair.com/pray.htmlDate: August 20, 1999 THE CONSPIRACY WAS STRONG by Barbara Aho And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. II Sam15:12a "Worrying Connections" was the subject of an article written by Andrew Gould to expose the improper connections between certain Hebrew Roots and Revival ministries. Mr. Gould's article and other anti-HRM material were removed some time ago from the websites of various Discernment ministries subsequent to a threat of litigation from Messengers of Messiah Ministries. Watch Unto Prayer was also named in this threat; however it was never our intention to issue a retraction nor to withdraw our material from the Internet, as demanded by Peter Michas. That these Discernment ministries would so easily capitulate and then berate our attempt to expose this major heretical cult is unfortunate, but not altogether surprising. As I have interacted with these ministries, I have pondered many "worrying connections" within their own ranks. Having confronted those whom I knew personally, but to no avail, I believe that the Christians who follow them have a right to the following information. "And we beseech you brethren, to know them which labour among you..." (I Th. 5:12) THE DISCERNMENT CONFERENCE In June of 1997, I attended a Discernment Conference in East Lansing, Michigan, which was organized by Jewel van der Merwe of Discernment Ministries and Sarah Leslie of the Christian Conscience. The speakers at this conference included Dean Gotcher, Nancy Flint, Russ Bellant, Berit Kjos, Cynthia Weatherly, Sarah Leslie and Jewel van der Merwe. Ed Tarkowski had been scheduled as a speaker but was unable to attend. Gary Kah, author of "En Route to Global Occupation" and other books on the New World Order, gave an informal talk after the conference. Upon my return from East Lansing, I wrote and circulated a report titled "The Unitarian Creed." Being at a loss to explain why this experience occurred at a Discernment Conference, I simply described my encounter with a Unitarian minister who introduced himself and wished to persuade me to the Unitarian doctrines that the Holy Spirit is an emanation rather than a person and that Jesus was a human son of God in the same way believers are sons of God. Sir Anthony F. Buzzard also explained that he had left the formerly Unitarian Worldwide Church of God after that denomination embraced orthodox doctrine in 1994 and affiliated with the Church of God General Conference which maintains the Unitarian doctrine. The CGGC headquarters and college, Atlanta Bible College, where Sir Anthony is on staff, are located in Morrow, GA, a suburb of Atlanta. Sir Anthony had given me his card and contacted me via e-mail soon after the conference, wishing to discuss further reasons why the New Testament gives no clear statement of Jesus' divinity or of the person of the Holy Spirit. When I looked up the web page of Anthony Buzzard's Restoration Fellowship, I was astonished to discover that this British gentleman had been nominated in 1996 for the Templeton Prize. This $1,000,000 "Prize for Progress in Religion" is given annually by New Age financier John Templeton at the World Parliament of Religions, which has included among the distinguished recipients Billy Graham, Bill Bright, Chuck Colson, Mother Teresa, Cardinal Suenens and various Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim leaders. This honor is advertised in Anthony Buzzard's Profile. I might have reasoned that Sir Anthony Buzzard was simply using the Discernment Ministries as a Christian cover for his globalist agenda, however this conference was "By Invitation Only" and no one could have been present without the approval of the organizers. I therefore spoke to Sarah Leslie thinking that there must have been some mistake in the process of selecting conferees. She replied that Jewel van der Merwe had invited him. When I expressed my alarm to Jewel that someone with Anthony's credentials had been invited to a Discernment Conference, she thanked me for being nice to him and explained that he is "confused." Still disturbed about this experience one year later, I wrote to Sarah via e-mail and received the following reply: From: Lynn D. Leslie Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 11:38 AM To: Timothy Aho Subject: Re: More Thoughts... I do not know Anthony Buzzard other than having been introduced to him via Jewel. At that time I firmly cautioned her that this man was an apostate and to
[CTRL] [Fwd: The Conspiracy Was Strong] part 2
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: The Conspiracy Was Strong Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:03:50 -0400 From: "Timothy Aho" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Watch Unto Prayer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The WatchmenFrom: Watch Unto Prayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://watch.pair.com/pray.htmlDate: August 20, 1999 THE CONSPIRACY WAS STRONG Part 2 by Barbara Aho And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. II Sam15:12a Patrick Blackett Professor Patrick Blackett, an ex-naval officer and nuclear physicist, had received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948. In 1932, Blackett identified the electron with a positive charge, a discovery which built upon the former breakthroughs in physics, splitting of the atom and discovery of the neutron. These three discoveries laid the foundation for the development of nuclear weapons. In 1939, Blackett initiated the technique of Operational Research, which was discussed at length in Carroll Quigley's Tragedy and Hope as Blackett's application of a British philosophical doctrine called "rationalization" to the unpleasant realities of war. The concept of "rationalization" had appeared at the end of the 19th Century, at the same time the Rhodes-Milner secret eugenics society was formed. As in so many other innovations, the introduction of rationalization into war was begun by the British and then taken over on an enormous scale, by the Americans. Its origin is usually attributed to the efforts of Professor P. M. S. Blackett (Nobel Prize 1948) to apply radar to antiaircraft guns. From there Blackett took the technique into antisubmarine defense whence it spread, under the name 'Operational Research' into many aspects of the War effort. In its original form, the Anti-Aircraft Command Research Group, known as "Blackett's Circus,"...was a mixed-team approach to operational problems, emphasizing an objective, analytical, and quantitative method. As Blackett wrote in 1941, "The scientist can encourage numerical thinking on operational matters, and so can help to avoid running the war on gusts of emotion.". . . Rationalization of behavior, as represented in Operations Research, and the application of science to new weapons, as practiced by the English-speaking countries, were in sharp contrast with the methods of waging war used by the Tripartite aggressors. Hitler fought the war by basing his hopes on inspiration (his own) and will power (usually, refusal to retreat an inch); Mussolini tried to fight his war on rhetoric and slogans; the Japanese tried to gain victory by self-sacrifice and willingness to die. All three irrational methods were obsolete as compared with the Anglo-American method of rationalization and science. First news of the success of Operations Research in Britain was brought to the United States by President Conant in 1940 and was formally introduced by Vannevar Bush [Freemason, BA], as chairman of the New Weapons Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in 1942." (pp. 838, 842) * * * To say that Sir Anthony Wass Buzzard had connections in high places would be an enormous understatement. Sir Anthony W. Buzzard was also a knight in Her Majesty, the Queen of England's empire. This distinction is also indicated by the title of "Sir" which precedes Anthony F. Buzzard, whose honors additionally include nomination for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1996. Sir John Marks Templeton, the founder of the Prize, won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University and was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1987 for his philanthropic efforts, which included his endowment of Templeton College, Oxford. On the staff of the Templeton Foundation are a high percentage of Oxford University graduates, including Executive Director and Senior Vice President Dr. Charles L. Harper, Jr. THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD Due to his involvement with the Discernment Ministries, which purport to expose the New World Order, Sir Anthony F. Buzzard seemed to warrant further investigation. A logical place to begin was the Worldwide Church of God in which he formerly held membership and employment for some time. The Worldwide Church of God was founded by Herbert W. Armstrong in 1934 as "The World Tomorrow" radio program with a magazine called The Plain Truth. The WCG was led by Herbert Armstrong and his son, Garner Ted Armstrong, prior to its transformation into an Evangelical denomination after highly publicized exposure of criminal and immoral activities. Sir Anthony had informed me that he separated from the WCG when the denomination embraced orthodox doctrine and
Re: [CTRL] A CONSOLIDATION OF SRA AND FALSE MEMORY DATA - part 1
-Caveat Lector-
excerpts from http://www.iccom.com/usrwww/jlquan/consldra.doc
A CONSOLIDATION OF SRA
AND FALSE MEMORY DATA
JAMES QUAN November 1996
Portland, Oregon
A recent poll showed that 9% of Americans, a sizable minority, aren't even
sure the Holocaust ever happened and that 2% feel certain it did not occur
(Kagay, 1994). In this light, we can accept that a much larger percentage of
people won't believe SRA occurs, regardless of evidence.
...one network does exist to maintain the estimated $3 billion dollar per
year child porn market in the U.S. alone (Raschke, 1990). It is therefore of
considerable importance to examine the correlation between the consistent
claims of photography and consistent claims of ritual abuse and the
significant overlap in accounts. The fact that photography is one of the
most common elements cited in SRA accounts, aside from corroboration is
sufficient cause to delay a broad dismissal of cult networking.
A larger system of cults also seems likely from evidence described in the
survey by Young, et al (1990). Patient photographs of alleged cult members
were shown to other patients from a similar geographic region. Four patients
independently identified, by name and cult roles, the individuals in the
photographs. Neither group of patients were in contact with the other during
their treatment when these independent identifications were made. Although
not the central theme of his paper, Summit (1994) describes similar
independent corroboration from children for a larger cult network in the Los
Angeles area (described later).
it is more than sufficient for 93% of the professionals who have personal
experience with those making such disclosures to conclude ritual abuse exists.
Even though all of this digging was outside of the building, with no attempt
to cut through the slab floor of the preschool itself, the officials declared
there were no tunnels on the site, hence the tunnels were and still are
commonly cited by skeptics as non-existent.
1) Tunnels. Nevertheless, five years later (in 1990) McMartin parents hired
an archaeologist, Gary Stickel, Ph.D., to bring some closure to the
persistent, consistent reports of tunnels. In contrast to the D.A.'s limited
survey, Dr. Stickel and his crew did cut through the concrete slab in several
places and found spaces beneath the building that had been filled in with
dirt after the investigation opened, verified by an unearthed plastic Walt
Disney bag with a copyright mark of 1982. The tunnel floorplan matched that
of the children's pre-dig descriptions including the location of tree roots
"that brushed your face", a pipe across the tunnel ceiling ("I liked to stop
and swing on the pipe"), a slight arch underneath the foundation wall between
two classrooms--worn smooth only where the tunnel passed underneath it, the
"secret room" approximately the same dimensions described by the children,
and four large containers (two enameled iron pots, a crockery jar, and a cast
iron cauldron) placed vertically and side by side directly underneath the
foundation arch and halfway up the loose fill dirt, and much more. This not
only confirms the children's claims of the tunnels, but also lends strong
credence to mischief, for if there had been no wrong-doing in these spaces,
there would have been no need to fill them in near the time of the
investigation.
The best representation of findings would come from a first hand account.
Dr. Roland Summit personally examined the tunnels and later wrote the
article, "The Dark Tunnels of McMartin" (Summit, 1994).
The internal consistency present in current reports of SRA is astounding.
The following table compares these extensive similarities in two surveys
performed by two separate entities--one of child ritual abuse survivors and
the other of adult ritual abuse survivors--samples of each of the two surveys
were separated geographically
Children: Pamela Hudson, MSW, has over 35 years of experience working in
mental health, both in-patient and out-patient. She began encountering child
ritual abuse cases in the 1980's. In 1988, she conducted a telephone survey
of one set of Parents from each of 10 daycare cases and the non-offending
parent of two brothers from a coven case--for a total of 12 children
representing 11 locations--on the East Coast, Texas, and up and down the West
Coast. No parent knew beforehand that she would be calling, and therefore no
one had an opportunity to compare responses before her call (Hudson, 1990).
She spoke only to the parents, not the children. Please see her book for
more detail on the survey and on each case. (Hudson, 1991). The children
surveyed attended the following day cares:
1. McMartin Preschool, Manhattan Beach, CA
2. West Point Child Development Center, NJ
3. Parent in a Coven, CA
4. Alabama child in day care, CA
5. Babysitter case, Manhattan Beach, CA
6. East Valley YMCA, El Paso, TX
7. Day care center in Campbell, CA
8. Gallup Christian Day
Re: [CTRL] A CONSOLIDATION OF SRA AND FALSE MEMORY DATA - Part 2
-Caveat Lector- excerpts from http://www.iccom.com/usrwww/jlquan/consldra.doc A CONSOLIDATION OF SRA AND FALSE MEMORY DATA JAMES QUAN November 1996 Portland, Oregon The most significant evidence for recovered memories consists of: Linda Meyer Williams, Ph.D. of the Family Violence Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire conducted a follow-up study 17 years later on 129 women hospitalized as children for sexual abuse and found that 38 percent did not recall the experiences documented in their hospital records 17 years earlier. (Williams, 1993). Dr. Pope contends that these results resemble other non-disclosure findings from both a similar prior survey conducted by Femina colleagues (1990) and in Federal Government investigations in the 60's and 70's, in which people elect not to tell about various life events of which they were in fact conscious. Thus he holds that all 38 percent of these women did know of their abuse, but elected not to disclose this incident which had prompted a hospital admission 17 years earlier. However, in Williams' experiment, significant time was taken to establish only the highest rapport with each woman before interviewing, to counter this very contention, yet it is not clear whether Femina, et al took the same time and care to develop such a rapport with their sample who did admit their knowledge of the initially non-disclosed abuse during a second "clarification interview" when they were confronted with their documented histories. Further, and discordant with Pope's position, is that out of a subsample of the 23 women who received the highest credibility rating by the interviewer, and with documented medical evidence of genital injury, Williams found 52 percent did not report the abuse. It seems that those in the highest credibility group would have disclosed more often rather than less often if non-disclosure accounted for all 38 percent. Finally, and to counter Pope's statement that "a 38 percent non-disclosure rate for an embarrassing event that had occurred 17 years earlier is consistent with what one would predict," Dr. Williams points out that of the women who elected not to tell, 68 percent told the interviewer about other sexual assaults. Yet it is not clear how many in Femina's study disclosed other sexual assaults, as did in Williams' participants. Judith Herman, M.D. conducted a study of 53 women in group therapy (groups are often cited as a source of false memories), all of whom recovered amnesic memories of abuse, found 74% were able to find corroboration from family members, pornographic photos, or diaries. (Herman Schatzow, 1987). Further, Herman notes that denial signifies little. Research with known pedophiles has illustrated that they often exhibit a cognitive distortion; they often deny the offense until corroboration is presented at which time, if they admit it, will then often minimize or rationalize their behavior (Horn, 1993). n David Calof (1993) answers the key objections of proponents of the False Memory movement and explains in his article that therapist-induced suggestion is by far the exception to recovered memory. 1) In his article, Calof tells the initially unbelievable stories of two of his over 400 clients during his 20 years as a clinician who have recovered memories of sexual abuse and were able to corroborate them apart from the denying, but eventually confessing offenders (Calof, 1993). 2) Calof describes his initial skepticism -- 6 years of disbelieving his first SRA client's memories. He later corroborated the case by two others, one an eye-witness and the other a victim of the same perpetrators 15 years later in the same small town (Calof, 1994). Perhaps most significant on the topic of false memory is that the very title "False Memory Syndrome" was coined by the co-founder of the FMS Foundation, Dr. Ralph Underwager, a psychologist and director of the Institute for Psychological Therapies in Northfield, MN. In addition to resigning from his position in the Foundation for his indifference and/or approval of "adult-child sexual relations" in an interview printed in the winter 1993 issue of Paidika, a pro-pedophilia Dutch Journal, eight states have investigated him for his performance as a professional expert witness. Via his "expertise," he was instrumental in the acquittal of, among others, an Australian daycare in which approximately 20 children were allegedly abused. In this case, he successfully barred the testimonies of the 4 to 8 year old child victims due to their "inability to form an opinion of right and wrong." He also disqualified blatant medical evidence from the trial, which included such injuries as anal tearing. When he was later interviewed by the Australian equivalent of 60 Minutes, he denied having made the statements they quoted him as making. The interviewer then presented the court transcripts, at which time Dr. Underwager ended the interview and said to the interviewer,
[CTRL] The U.N. Plan for Your Mental Health
Title: For Educational and Informational purposes only, Not for Commercial use. The UN Plan for Your Mental Healthby Berit Kjos "We believe that mental health is just as important as physical health maybe even more so." Donna Shalala, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) "Mental health refers to how a person thinks, feels, and acts when faced with life's situations."National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network "The challenge to humanity is to adopt new ways of thinking, new ways of acting, new ways of organizing itself in society in short, new ways of living."Our Creative Diversity, UNESCO Don't be deceived by nice sounding labels such as Healthy Start, Healthy People, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities, and Healthy Cities. These and other "local" campaigns for public and mental health follow a global blueprint. They all fit into a worldwide system of health management and surveillance led by the World Health Organization, a UN special agency that equates faith with hate and truth with intolerance., 1 The goal is conditioning the masses to willingly conform to new "universal" values, environmental guidelines, and a global management system. Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon-General and Assistant Secretary for Health, gave a progress report at a National Healthy People Consortium in November 1998 "We have a clear blueprint in place," he announced. "Currently, 47 states are actively involved in Healthy People 2000 and 'Healthy City and Healthy Community' initiatives are being pursued throughout the country. Hundreds of national organizations have reviewed the Year 2000 objectives and have adopted them as their own."Dr. Satcher then drew the connection between Healthy Start,2 Healthy People, mental health and the World Health Organization:"Every child should be given the opportunity for a healthy start... No priority yet has generated as much interest and enthusiasm as this one on mental health..." "...our efforts will be focused on maintaining a system of global health surveillance..."Healthy People 2010 is the United States' contribution to the World Health Organization's call to the nations of the world to renew their commitment to health for all" 3 A Colorado law gives us a glimpse of what we might expect once this system is fully in place. It suggests that Christian child-raising could be considered "emotional abuse ...or a substantial risk..." and gives the Social Services the authority to prosecute Christian parents for child abuse.4 To protect Christian families, conservatives pressed the legislature to add an exemption to the proposed bill, it declared that:"Emotional abuse shall not be construed to include religious instruction."But this exemption was deleted before SB 97-218, titled "Children's Services", became effective on July 1, 1997. Now, every Colorado family that trains its children to follow God risks breaking the law and facing the fury of an anti-Christian Child Protection Service. How could this be happening in America? A NEW WAY OF THINKING. In a 1996 speech at The National Children's Mental Health Initiative, Donna Shalala, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), said:"From fully immunizing children by age two... to stopping domestic violence, we're working to improve the lives of young people from the cradle to young adulthood. And a strong part of our vision is the mental health of children. We believe that mental health is just as important as physical health ...maybe even more so..." 5 As head of the DHHS, Shalala helped organize The National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN). Ponder its definition for mental health:"Mental health refers to how a person thinks, feels, and acts when faced with life's situations. It is how people look at themselves, their lives, and the other people in their lives ...and explore choices." 6 Do you wonder what Dr. Shalala and her network of health planners would consider good thinking? Or bad thinking? This definition doesn't tell us. How do they want people "to look at themselves" or "explore choices"? The answer is clear when you study UNESCO's psycho-social strategies for conforming the minds of our children to its anti-Christian world view. But without background information, these ambiguous, open-ended phrases hide the true intentions. However, Dr. Shalala and other self-proclaimed "change agents" do tell us that the old ways "a person thinks, feels, and acts" must change. They don't fit the new global ideology or the consensus process. According to Professor Benjamin Bloom, called the Father of OBE, the new "purpose of education and the schools is to change the thoughts, feelings and actions of students."7 So it's not surprising that UNESCO's Commission on Culture and Development in its report, Our Creative
[CTRL] Local Agenda 21-The U.N. Plan for Your Community
Title: Local Agenda 21 The U.N. Plan for Your Community By Berit Kjos "...current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing - are not sustainable. A shift is necessary. which will require a vast strengthening of the multilateral system, including the United Nations..." 1 Maurice Strong , opening speech at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development To many well-meaning people Agenda 21 sounds good. This U.N. document, drafted for the purpose of creating "sustainable societies" and saving the earth from environmental catastrophes, has been welcomed by nations around the world. Political, cultural, and media leaders have embraced its alluring visions of social justice and a healthy planet. Relatively few are willing to consider the contrary facts and colossal costs. After all, what could be wrong with preserving resources for the next generation? Why not limit consumption and reduce energy use? Why not abolish poverty and establish a global welfare system to train parents, monitor intolerance, and meet all our needs? Why not save the planet by trading cars for bikes, an open market for "self-sustaining communities," and single dwellings for dense "human settlements" (located on transit lines) where everyone would dialogue, share common ground, and be equal? The answer is simple. Marxist economics has never worked. Socialism produces poverty, not prosperity. Collectivism creates oppression, not freedom. Trusting environmental "scientists" who depend on government funding and must produce politically useful "information" will lead to economic and social disaster. 3 Even so, local and national leaders around the world are following the UN blueprint for global management and "sustainable communities," and President Clinton is leading the way. A letter I received from The President's Council on Sustainable Development states that - In April 1997, President Clinton asked the council to advise him on: next steps in building a new environmental management system for the 21st century... and policies that foster U.S. leadership on sustainable development internationally. The council was also charged to ensure that social equity issues are fully integrated ... (Emphasis added) Many of our representatives are backing his plan. In a 1997 letter congratulating the Local Agenda 21 Advisory Board in Santa Cruz for completing their Action Plan, Congressman Sam Farr wrote, The Local Agenda 21 Action Plan not only has local significance, it also will have regional and national impacts. As you know, the President's Council on Sustainable Development is beginning Phase III of its work with an emphasis on sustainable communities.4 (emphasis added) This agenda may already be driving your communityís"development", so be alert to the clues. Notice buzzwords such as"visioning," "partners," and"stakeholders." Know how to resist the consensus process. Ask questions, but donít always trust the answers. Remember, political activists, like self-proclaimed education"change agents", have put expediency above integrity. As North Carolina school superintendent Jim Causby said at a 1994 international model school conference, "We have actually been given a course in how not to tell the truth.You've had that course in public relations where you learn to put the best spin on things."5 To recognize and resist this unconstitutional shadow government of laws and regulations being imposed on our nation without congressional approval, take a closer look at its history and nature. Agenda 21 This global contract binds governments around the world to the UN plan for changing the ways we live, eat, learn, and communicate - all under the noble banner of saving the earth. Its regulations would severely limit water, electricity, and transportation - even deny human access to our most treasured wilderness areas. If implemented, it would manage and monitor all lands and people. No one would be free from the watchful eye of the new global tracking and information system This agenda for the 21st Century was signed by 179 nations at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Among other things, it called for a Global Biodiversity Assessment of the state of the planet. Prepared by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), this GBA armed UN leaders with the "information" and "science" they needed to validate their global management system. Its doomsday predictions were designed to excuse radical population reduction, oppressive lifestyle regulations, and a coercive return to earth-centered religions as the basis for environmental values and self-sustaining human settlements. The GBA concluded on page 763 that "the root causes of the loss of biodiversity are embedded in the way
[CTRL] Executive Order 13132 the foundation for a global management system
Title: Re-Inventing Federalism How Executive Order 13132 lays the foundation for a global management system by Andrew and Berit Kjos www.crossroad.to President Clintons latest Executive Order on Federalism tips the original balance between state and national governments in his favor. His clever wording and occasional confirmations of the old Constitutional views may silence critics for a moment. But dont be deceived. His veiled language hides misleading assertions that replace the wise caution of our founders with the seditious plans of our power-hungry president. Much of Executive Order 13132 is simply a clever rewrite of President Reagans 1987 Executive Order 12612, also titled Federalism. It was revoked by President Clinton for an obvious reason: Reagan generally affirmed our founders wise intentions. Clinton alters the basic principles of federalism and paves the way for a new kind of government. Its no secret that Clinton, like Englands Prime Minister Tony Blair and other European leaders, envisions a Third Way (Notice the US-UK flag at this website) of governing people and land in the 21st Century. To finish what he has effectively begun, he cannot be encumbered by the traditional balance between state and national powers. So he rewrites the rules, paving the way to a global management system that would rule by - national-and-international standards federal regulations (based on UN guidelines for sustainable development)consultation or facilitated dialogue and an illusion of consensus No wonder the word "standards" is mentioned six times, "national standards" are mentioned three times, and "consult" or "consultation" occur 11 times. Like "partnerships" and "consensus," these words are vital to the new management system. When the "consultation" is driven by a federal agenda, the consensus process will surely be ruled by the stronger member of the new State-Nation partnership. When the latter partner also wields the purse-strings, the true meaning of American federalism quickly fades into the mist of forgotten history. (See Memory of the World.) "GUIDING PRINCIPLES" THEN AND NOW. To better understand Clintons goal, lets compare his first executive order on Federalism, #13083, with the corresponding Executive Order 12612, signed by President Reagan in 1987. In his Section 2, President Reagan listed nine Fundamental Federalism Principles. These principles are important, because they provide a legal framework for everything that follows.1 Reagans list included these four principles: "(a) Federalism is rooted in the knowledge that our political liberties are best assured by limiting the size and scope of the national government." "(e) In most areas of governmental concern, the States uniquely possess the constitutional authority, the resources, and the competence to discern the sentiments of the people and to govern accordingly. In Thomas Jefferson's words, the States are 'the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies.'" "(g) Acts of the national government . . . . that exceed the enumerated powers of that government under the Constitution violate the principle of federalism established by the Framers." "(i) In the absence of clear constitutional or statutory authority, the presumption of sovereignty should rest with the individual State. Uncertainties regarding the legitimate authority of the national government should be resolved against regulation at the national level." President Clintons recent Executive Order 13132 contains a similar list of principles. His Section 2, titled "Fundamental Federalism Principles" like Reagans above, begins with this introduction: "In formulating and implementing policies that have federalism implications, [federal] agencies shall be guided by the following fundamental federalism principles:" In his first EO on Federalism (signed in 1998), Clinton deleted (g) and (i) above. You can see why. They clash with his plans. His demand that federal fingers guide our values, health plans, child-raising, education, community involvement, workforce training, transportation, land use, and a myriad of other activities illustrate his panoramic vision for federal control.2 Recently, since Congressional pressure forced him to revise his 1998 version (#13083), he put the two deleted principles back into EO 13132. But principle (i) along with (a) and (e), were significantly altered. Compare Reagans version with Clintons revision below: "(a) Federalism is rooted in the belief that issues that are not national in scope or significance are most appropriately addressed by the level of government closest to the people." Clinton deleted Reagans warning that "political liberties are best assured by limiting the size and scope of the national government." Softening the language and avoiding
[CTRL] Key studies on Fluoridation (JADA, AMA, EPA, FDA)
Title: Summary of Key Studies The Pasteur Institute and the Nobel Institute oppose fluoridation.They have caused fluoride to be banned in their countries, France and Sweden, respectively JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) links hip fractures and fluoridationReports published in 1990, 1992 and 1992 stated that there was a link between hip fractures in the elderly and water fluoridated at 1 ppm. (the so-called "optimal dose"). JADA (Journal of the American Dental Association) admits the often stated "optimal" intake level of 1 ppm (part per million) has yet to be determined scientifically. AMA (American Medical Association) refuses to say that fluoridation is harmless and "has not carried out any research work, either long term or short term, regarding the possibility of any side effects." - Assistant Director of AMA JADA (Journal of the American Dental Association) - states dentists make 17% more PROFIT in fluoridated areas as opposed to non-fluoridated areas. 1972, 84;355-367 California Dept of Health Services - Dental costs are higher in fluoridated communities Fluoridation is approved by voters by less than 25%.Procter Gamble, the makers of Crest toothpase state, "In 1980, 41 fluoridation referenda were held in the United States; fluoridation was disapproved in 33 of these and approved in only 8." Sodium Fluoride contains Arsenic LeadAccording to an Allied Chemical Data Sheet sent to cities interested in fluoridating their water supplies. EPA lists fluoride as a contaminant. International Acadamey of Oral Medicine and Toxicology - has classified fluoride as un unapproved dental medicament due to its high toxicity. EPA Scientists Take Stand Against FluoridationJuly 1997. The EPA scientists, engineers and attorneys who assess the scientific data for Safe Drinking Water Act standards and other EPA regulations have gone on record against the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water. FDA - considers fluoride an unapproved drug for which there is no proof of safety or effectiveness. Former NIH (National Inst. of Health) scientist opposed to fluorideDr. Patrick, Harvard Ph.D., states Fluoride is capable of a very wide variety of harmful effects, even at low doses. Significant increase in bone cancerA 1992 N.J. Dept. of Health study indicated a significant increase in osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in young men who drank fluoridated water. Three year old child dies due to fluoride treatment.$750,000 was awarded a family in New York for the fluoride-related death. "A significant increase in cancer mortality in the fluoridated cities." a 28 year study concludesA time-trend study of Dr. Burk and Dr. Yiamouyiannis, which compared cancer mortality in ten cities which fluoridated their water systems with ten cities which did not fluoridate. Houston sued over fluoridation - and loses based on scientific dataCourt rules "That the artificial fluoridation of public water supplies, such as is contemplated by [Houston] City Ordinance No. 80-2530, may cause or may contribute to the cause of cancer, genetic damage, intolerant reactions, and chronic toxicity, including dental mottling, in man; that the said artificial fluoridation may aggravate malnutrition and existing illnesses in man; and that the value of said artificial fluoridation is in doubt as to the reduction of tooth decay in man." Why have 32 cities rejected fluoridation since 1996? What do they know? City warns residents about Fluoridated waterNatick Mass. - March 1998 When people open their next town water bills, they will notice a warning about fluoridation. The town recommends pregnant women, parents of children under 3, and people sensitive to fluoride consult their doctors. ADA (American Dental Association) study suggests too much Toothpaste Causes Fluorosis.A study published in the December Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) shows that children who use too much toothpaste are at a significant risk for dental Fluorosis. Judge reinstates EPA scientist who recommends ELIMINATING FLUORIDE from water supplies.Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has ordered the reinstatement of Dr. William Marcus, a Senior Toxicologist with the EPA, who was fired by the Environmental Protection Agency after he opposed the use of fluoride in drinking water. Mr. Reich ratified a Dec. 3, 1992, ruling by Judge David
[CTRL] [Fwd: The Stranger]
-Caveat Lector- Chris Page wrote: Subject: THE STRANGER Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:31:07 -0600 From: spiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: (Recipient list suppressed) Chris wrote: It really is worth reading Mark L. Santelman wrote: Forgive me, but this perspective is worth sending. Mark THE STRANGER A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later. As I grew up I never questioned his place in our family. Mom taught me to love the Word of God, and Dad taught me to obey it. But the stranger was our storyteller. He could weave the most fascinating tales. Adventures, mysteries, and comedies were daily conversations. He could hold our whole family spellbound for hours each evening. He was like a friend to the whole family. He took Dad, Bill, and me to our first major league baseball game. He was always encouraging us to see the movies and he even made arrangements to introduce us to several movie stars. The stranger was an incessant talker. Dad didn't seem to mind, but sometimes Mom would quietly get up - while the rest of us were enthralled with one of his stories of faraway places - go to her room, read her Bible, and pray. I wonder now if she ever prayed that the stranger would leave. You see, my dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions. But this stranger never felt an obligation to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our house-not from us, from our friends, or adults. Our longtime visitor, however, used occasional four letter words that burned my ears and made Dad squirm. To my knowledge the stranger was never confronted. My Dad was a teetotaler who didn't permit alcohol in his home - not even for cooking. But the stranger felt like we needed exposure and enlightened us to other ways of life. He offered us beer and other alcoholic beverages often. He made cigarettes look tasty, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished. He talked freely (too much too freely) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing. I know now that my early concepts of the man/woman relationship were influenced by the stranger. As I look back, I believe it was the grace of God that the stranger did not influence us more. Time after time he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked and never asked to leave. More than thirty years have passed since the stranger moved in with the young family on Morningside Drive. But if I were to walk into my parents den today, you would still see him sitting over in a corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We always just called him . . . 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] Egyptologist Responds To David Icke's August 11 Giza Update
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.sightings.com/ufo4/response.htm A HREF="http://www.sightings.com/ufo4/response.htm"SIGHTINGS/A - SIGHTINGS Egyptologist Responds To David Icke's August 11 Giza Update From Amargi Hillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director, Project Duat - Cairo, Egypt The New Hall of Records WWW Live from Egypt! http://www.projectduat.com/hall-of-records/ 8-15-99 LATEST UPDATE FROM DAVID ICKE AT GIZA, EGYPT, AUGUST 11TH "Arizona Wilder has claimed on this website that the Illuminati were planning key sacrificial rituals in the Great Pyramid at Giza during the solar elcipse today, August 11th." AH: The hotels are full of groups coming here to do rituals in the pyramid during these eclipses. Also the same during the equinoxes and solstices. There was no blood rituals going on. No murders at the pyramid. "I had many people contact me to say this was impossible because the pyramid would be full of tourists at that time." AH: No it is very possible for groups to do their rituals here with tourists around. Groups doing rituals with the tourists present is extremely common. You know why? The group, prior to entering, is too locked into their ritual 'opening a stargate' type of fantasy to think about the reality of what goes on here. So they end up inside the pyramid to do their rituals and suddenly tourists start coming in. "I was at the public entrance to the Great Pyramid myself today and I intended to go in during the eclipse to see what would happen. At one o'clock in the afternoon, around an hour and forty minutes before the eclipse reached it's peak over Giza, the inside of the pyramid was CLOSED to the public. " AH: I was in the pyramid most of the night. Went back to the flat to do some work. I was at the Sphinx to take photos for the Project Duat website at this time Icke mentions. Then headed up to the Great Pyramid later to do the same. Yes, the pyramid was closed... but I didn't have any trouble getting inside, although no more tickets were being sold. I simply know the watchmen and what it takes to get in. But considering that I help the watchman's son pass his English exam. "Inside... standard run-of-the-mill newage group. No doubt opening up the next dimension for all of us. But somehow life goes on as normal after they leave." An Arab guide I had with me who has lived and worked at the pyramids for 70 years, said he was bewildered at what was happening. It was new to him." AH: Who was this... Hakim? Don't confuse "bewildered" with "not telling the tourist before-hand hoping to score the business somehow". "I was later told that just THREE weeks ago a new policy was imposed in which only 150 people a day are allowed inside and once that number have gone in, no more are allowed inside." AH: The monuments go through a hard-time with this vast amount of tourists. Many like to blame Egypt. I don't see too much Arabic graffiti carved into the walls or rocks. Mostly English. Even a group doing rituals with candles will leave the wax on the floors. Or fill the chambers with insence. A while back I found empty KFC fast food containers in the Tomb of Osiris. Does Osiris eat at KFC? I know that watchmen and workers are eating kofta, fuul, tamayaa, koshery... etc... Egyptian food, not touristic priced fast food. "What a coincidence that this number was reached at one o'clock today and the last people left the pyramid at 2.10pm, half an hour before the eclipse reached it's peak here." AH: Limit of 300 people per day. 150 in the morning... 150 in the afternoon. Although some people still like to think there is secret stuff going on and people are not allowed to go in, I think 300 is far from nothing. And what about at night? Permission is still available for groups to go into the pyramid for night-time meditations. But you say that access was closed early? Are you considering the following: - 150 or 300 is a small amount of tourists. These tickets can get bought up pretty quickly considering the amount of groups that want to be here during these special days. After that... no more tickets sold. The little booth is closed. Two more watchmen added and the ticket man either goes home or back to the office. I recall once going to a movie in California and the tickets were all sold out. A conspiracy no doubt, eh? - Ticket prices are 20 LE (approx $5) for foreigners. 1 LE for Egyptians. Now consider this logic, for it is reality. If there is a limit on the amount of tickets sold for day access to the pyramid... what does this mean for tour companies who are dealing with bus loads of groups? They haul the groups up there and no tickets are available. So what is stopping Mr. Tour Leader from going to the ticket office first thing in the morning and buying 50 tickets to ensure his group will get in? Why not buy the whole lot of tickets even if your group is small? Then you get private access without the
[CTRL] Fwd: GPS systems may fail this weekend (fwd)
You recently advised me to forward rejected posts to you for posting? Best, Mike = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:18:56 -0400 From: "L-Soft list server at America Online (1.8d)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Spitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rejected posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The distribution of your message dated Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:18:53 -0700 (MST) with subject "GPS systems may fail this weekend (fwd)" has been rejected because you have exceeded the daily per-user message limit for the CTRL list. Other than the list owner, no one is allowed to post more than 7 messages per day. Please resend your message at a later time if you still want it to be posted to the list. Rejected message (45 lines) -- Received: from mx0-smtp.goodnet.com (envy.goodnet.com [207.98.129.151]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04842 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:18:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from goodnet.com (goodnet.com [207.98.129.1]) by mx0-smtp.goodnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA27025; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:18:55 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:18:53 -0700 (MST) From: MICHAEL SPITZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GPS systems may fail this weekend (fwd) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In a foretaste of the worst fears of Y2K scaremongers, authorities expect massive failures of navigation equipment that uses the Global Positioning System, or GPS, at midnight, this Saturday, August 21. Hardest hit could be light aircraft flyers and sailboat operators, they say. Though it may seem like it's millennium-related, this problem actually has nothing to do with Y2K http://www.exn.ca/html/templates/htmlpage.cfm?ID=19990820-52Parent=Science A HREF="http://www.exn.ca/html/templates/htmlpage.cfm?ID=19990820-52Parent=Scie nce"Click here: GPS systems may fail this weekend/A = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. =
[CTRL] Fwd: Aldrich Says Everyone Needs to Speak Up
You recently advised me to forward rejected posts to you for posting? Best, Mike = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:29:29 -0400 From: "L-Soft list server at America Online (1.8d)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Michael Spitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rejected posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The distribution of your message dated Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:29:22 -0700 (MST) with subject "Aldrich Says Everyone Needs to Speak Up --Insight Magazine (fwd)" has been rejected because you have exceeded the daily per-user message limit for the CTRL list. Other than the list owner, no one is allowed to post more than 7 messages per day. Please resend your message at a later time if you still want it to be posted to the list. Rejected message (248 lines) - Received: from mx0-smtp.goodnet.com (envy.goodnet.com [207.98.129.151]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07407 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:29:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from goodnet.com (goodnet.com [207.98.129.1]) by mx0-smtp.goodnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA27989 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:29:24 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:29:22 -0700 (MST) From: MICHAEL SPITZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Aldrich Says Everyone Needs to Speak Up --Insight Magazine (fwd) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Aldrich Says Everyone Needs to Speak Up By Stephen Goode Former FBI agent Gary Aldrich has founded an organization dedicated to protecting whistle-blowers, fighting political correctness and preserving First Amendment freedoms. Three years ago Gary Aldrich published Unlimited Access, a book about the extraordinary behavior and serious breaches of security he witnessed while doing background checks on White House personnel as an FBI agent inside the presidential mansion. Unlimited Access was on the New York Times best-seller list for 20 weeks and has to date sold more than 500,000 copies. . . . . These days Aldrich is president of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Rights, a group he founded to help whistle-blowers and to be a leader in the battle against political correctness. Aldrich enjoyed his 26 years in the FBI, but gave it all up to write and publish his book on the Clinton White House. His big concern today is that Americans are too cowed by the politically correct to speak what's really on their minds. The Patrick Henry Center's mission, says Aldrich in the center's News Bulletin is "to bring truth back into style and fight the PC police." . . . . Insight: How did you happen to name your foundation after Patrick Henry? . . . . Gary Aldrich: Actually the answer is pretty easy. In December 1995, when I thought I had an interest in writing a book about the Clinton White House and determined I could do it, I still had this nagging question I needed to answer: Why me? How could I be so presumptuous that I could write a book about the president of the United States and get away with it? . . . . As it happened, my son had some school work he had to complete which required us to go to Colonial Williamsburg. While I was down there, I was going through some of the material available on the Founders and found some very interesting information on Patrick Henry. . . . . Like everyone else, my knowledge of Henry was his speech at St. John's Church, "Give me liberty or give me death!" I knew he was a patriot and a brave man, but I had no idea of the depth of his participation in the founding. Five times governor of Virginia. He, George Mason and a few others were instrumental in assuring we had our Bill of Rights. . . . . He and others said, "We've just got rid of one monarchy and we're not about to install another!" Patrick Henry had the courage to speak his beliefs as he saw fit, and we need more of that. . . . . Insight: In a recent issue of the Patrick Henry Center's News Bulletin, you quote what Confucius said 2,500 years ago when he was asked what he would first do to change a corrupt government: "It would certainly be to correct language. If language is not correct, what is said is not what is meant; what ought to be done remains undone; morals deteriorate; justice will go astray; and the people will stand about in hopeless
[CTRL] NWO Gloalist info/links
Title: The Global Perspective Continually today, in the restructuring (transformation) of America, we hear the phrase "global economy". The word global means worldwide comprehensive, universal. The word economy refers to the system of arrangement or mode of operation or functioning of something. In correlation with global, such would denote a worldwide system of governance a world government, or as some refer to it, a one-world government. American citizens, becoming increasingly concerned about the move away from our Constitution and Bill of Rights via treaties that undermine American sovereignty, have been labelled "conspiracy theorists", the "black helicopter crowd", "right wing religious fanatics", so on and so forth. But are they? Or do they know something that the majority of Americans should know, but would rather not know, because to know would require that they become involved. The "information super highway," has provided quick and easy access to all sorts of documents, and all sorts of websites. The information is there for the reading. The price of freedom has always been vigilance on the part of the individual, for a well-informed people cannot be easily deceived. In that vein, it would behoove Americans to start reading, for by their words shall ye know them. The links below are links to treaties that supercede our United States Constitution or are being considered by our Congress for ratification, and documents which define the transformation of American society that Americans are seeing happen right now and at a rapidly increasing rate under the mantra of "restructuring". If you have a globalist website that you would like to share with others, please email me the URL. Additions will be at my discretion. Links: Academy for Education Development (Connection to Washington State)Agenda 21 Mirror site Association to Unite the Democracies Awakening EarthCommission on Global Governance Communications for a Sustainable Future Education for All Forum (UNESCO)Futurist Worldwide Web Links The Global Mellennium ProjectGreenpeace International International Association of FacilitatorsNew Horizons for Learning Related World Government LinksGreen Gross International (Mikhail Gorbachev)Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Mirror site Robert Muller Schools International Coordinating CenterSierra Club United Nations (homepage) United Nations System of Organizations (Official website locator for the UN)United Nations Children's FundUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child United Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations; Sustainable DevelopmentWorld Bank World Constitution and Parliament Association/Global Ratifcation and Elections NetworkWorld Future Society World Peace 2000 Network Exposing the Agenda of the Globalists Doomsday Every Day: Sustainable Economics, Sustainable Tyranny (Jacqueline R. Kasun; The Independent Institute)Berit Kjos The Women's International Media Group, Inc. (Joan Veon) Dave Hartleyhttp://www.Asheville-Computer.comhttp://www.ioa.com/~davehart
[CTRL] Global Governance / Maurice Strong
Title: The Commission on Global Governance The Commission's website is now keyword searchable: Search for: Number of documents found: 50. Click on a document to view it, or submit another search. Search Results Document Title Articles and Speeches by the Co-Chairs and Commission Members Annan - first six weeks Maurice Strong - Op Ed article UN Reform - Commission on Global Governance -- UN Reform page Short biographies of the Commission Co-Chairs and members Annan at National Press Club Ingvar Carlsson at the European Forum, Berlin Adele Simmons and Chicago Tribune, United States debt to United Nations Group of 16 and support for UN Reform Jan Pronk's speech at the Social Summit Summary of Proposals - Commission on Global Governance Ramphal Gives Atlee Address Paper for United Nations - Between Sovereignty and Global Governance Wangari Maathai in Beijing Aurelio Pecci Lecture We the Peoples - Ramphal in San Francisco Carlsson Chapter on Global Economic Governance Making Co-operation Work in a Global Context Ingvar Carlsson speaks to heads of UN Agencies - Vienna 1995 Foreword to Our Global Neighbourhood Ramphal speaks to the G77 on reform UN Reform - final section of Chapter 5 The Role of the IMF BLAMING THE STORM ON THE SHIP TIME FOR A NEW ORDER IN WORLD AFFAIRS The Way Forward - Ramphal in Iceland Environment and Finance UNREFORM Four Ramphal on Globalisation in UNESCO publication Ramphal to the Federalists in San Francisco Ramphal at WFUNA Reforming the United Nations -- fifth part of Chapter 5 of Our Global Neighbourhood UN Reform - second part of the CGG's proposals Ingvar Carlsson in Foreign Policy Economic Interdependence - Text 1 Text of a A Call to Action Migration and Poverty Statements, speeches, articles by the Co-Chairs and members of the CGG Ramphal at Cambridge Economic Security Council Strengthening the Rule of Law Basic Vision - heading Ramphal in Westminster Hall for 50th Anniversary of first meeting of the UN GA Reactions and Responses to the Commission's work - Update Chapter Two - Values Chapter Two - Values Peace and Security Agenda for the United Nations Promoting Security - Chapter Three Chapter One - Full text Chapter One - Full text Listing of all documents on this website: The Commission on Global Governance Contents of Our Global Neighbourhood Foreword to Our Global Neighbourhood Chapter One - Full text Contents of Chapters One and Two -- links to each section Chapter Two - Values Promoting Security - Chapter Three Details of Chapter 3 - promoting security Economic Interdependence - Text 1 Economic Security Council Contents of Chapter Four The Role of the IMF Migration and Poverty Environment and Finance Reform the United Nations UN Reform - second part of the CGG's proposals UN Reform - Contents UN Reform - final section of Chapter 5 UNREFORM Four Reforming the United Nations -- fifth part of Chapter 5 of Our Global Neighbourhood Strengthening the Rule of Law Summary of Proposals - Commission on Global Governance Statements, speeches, articles by the Co-Chairs and members of the CGG UK campaign for global democracy Commission on Global Governance UN Reform - Commission on Global Governance -- UN Reform page Group of 16 and support for UN Reform UN Reform links Annan at National Press Club Annan - first six weeks Kofi Annan's acceptance speech to the General Assembly [20 Mar 1997] GA/9228 : ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PROPOSES INCREASE IN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP TO 24 BY ADDING 5 PERMANENT, 4 NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS GA President on Security Council Reform Ramphal Gives Atlee Address Maurice Strong - Op Ed article Peter Sutherland on Better Economic Management TIME FOR A NEW ORDER IN WORLD AFFAIRS Ramphal in Westminster Hall for 50th Anniversary of first meeting of the UN GA Ingvar Carlsson
[CTRL] The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave.
-Caveat Lector- from: http://mercury.spaceports.com/~persewen/table_of_contents.htm A HREF="http://mercury.spaceports.com/~persewen/table_of_contents.htm"Table_of_ contents/A - Da whole book at site. Om K - The webmaster of Illuminati News presents: The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave. by Cisco Wheeler and Fritz Springmeier Under Construction TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . THE 12 MAJOR SCIENCES OF MONARCH MIND-CONTROL I. THE SELECTION PREPARATION OF THE VICTIM A. Genetics dissociative abilities B. Availability C. Physical Mental requirements D. List of organizations carrying out programming B. 4 foundational steps for programming F. STEP 1. Spiritual requirements, Moon Child ceremonies, traumatization in vitro G. STEP 2. Trauma by premature birth H. STEP 3. Love bombing/love bonding I. STEP 4. Severing the "core" of the mind J. Further considerations II. THE TRAUMATIZATION TORTURE OF THE VICTIM ... A. A site for torture of children, NOTS China Lake B. What trauma does, the creation of PTSD DID (MPD) C. How the torture is carried out, types of trauma D. How MPD works E. The Core F. The Anchoring Experience III. THE USE OF DRUGS A. A list of drugs used B. A brief history of use C. Applications for drugs to control a slave IV. THE USE OF HYPNOSIS ... A. Dissociation, trance, its historical use B. How to program with hypnosis C. How to boost creativity of victim with hypnosis D. Keeping the mind dissociative E. Keeping the mind in a programming state F. Hypnotic triggers cues G. Hypnosis in programs other uses V. THE SKILL OF LYING, THE ART OF DECEIT A. Overview B. The use of fiction C. The use of lies externally, incl. covers and fronts D. The use of internal deceptions, incl. the art of hiding things in a system VI. THE USE OF ELECTRICITY ELECTRONICS . A. For torture B. For memory deletion C. For implanting thoughts D. Electronic communication control VII. ENGINEERING STRUCTURING OF AN MPD SYSTEM A. Structuring of MPD worlds B. The creation of roles C. Building in layered defenses D. Building backup systems VIII. BODY MANIPULATION PROGRAMMING A. Scarring the brain stem B. Split brain work C. Medical technologies D. Histamines E. The use of body programs IX. MIND MANIPULATION BY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROGRAMMING METHODS: BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVATION NLP .. A. Observing a satanic family conditioning their children B. Behavior modification, obedience training C. Isolation D. Repetition E. Psychological motivators, md. pride/needs/wants F. Neuro-linguistic programming G. The inversion of pain pleasure X. SPIRITUAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES, POSSESSION TRANCES, ETC ... A. Using spiritual principles against a person B. How the Monarch program miniturizes what is done on a large scale C. Dehumanization D. Fear E. The use of guilt, shame, ridicule anger F. Teaching that the master is God G. Portals, Focal Points H. Vows oaths I. The use of demon possession, layering in, etc. J. The use of "angel" alters K. The misuse of Scripture L. Theta programming XI. INTERNAL CONTROLS A. Teaching occult philosophies ideologies B. Internal computers C. Internal hierarchies XII. EXTERNAL CONTROLS A. Monitoring (Asset control) B. The art of blackmail C. Bribes D. The Control of the Milieu E. Bonding twinning F. Peer pressure Appendix I -- The Programmers Appendix II -- The programming Sites Bibliography Index Mail me GUEST BOOK [ Sign my GuestBook ] - [ Read my GuestBook ] [ GuestBook by TheGuestBook.com ] Back to Index Page - 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] The Origins of the Illuminati
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.islandnet.com/~persewen/origins.htm A HREF="http://www.islandnet.com/~persewen/origins.htm"The_Origins_of_the_Illum inati/A - The Origins of the Illuminati Not much has been said about the origins of the Illuminati. Some researchers trace the origins back to the Bavarian Illuminati in the 1700's, but this secret organization goes way back. The Illuminati can be traced back at least 4000 years, but the first Order wasn't fully established until the Babylonian era, around 1000 B.C. So around 4000 years ago the original Brotherhood was infiltratedHowever, the plans were made already during the Sumerian era, in Mesopotamia, which is the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (Iraq), under the reign of King Ur-Nammu. This was during the Third Dynasty of Ur, around 2112-2004 B.C. The reign of king Ur was to establish which Brotherhood would come into rulership, and the wars took place, which resulted in the erection of Babylon the Great. Then, during the Babylonian era, three Brotherhoods were established, still fighting. They were: The White Order (The White Brotherhood). This branch was operating from Greece. The Green Brotherhood (The Green Dragon), operated, and is still operating, in Asia, which should not be confused with the Green Glove of Russia, which is the Russian Brotherhood. The origins before they were established in coded color Brotherhoods, the Brotherhood was called the Cult of the Snake, which later in Greece took its form as the Cult of Aesclapios. The Yellow Brotherhood, which had its seat in old Egypt. The Green Brotherhood and the Yellow eventually merged into one, to what today is called The Green Dragon. In the Babylonian era, the bloodline of the Green Dragon was split in four directions and was thus thinned. The bloodline of the White Order on the other hand, has been kept in a straight line from father to son from the time of King Ur-Nammu, without being broken at all. Most interesting of the three is therefore the White Brotherhood, which seems to be totally unknown to researchers. It's a very secretive order, not mentioned at all today. They were the ones who delianated the path of which civilizations and societies were to take in the creation of their One World Dominated Realm, which hence created and produced the Greek alphabet, politics (the way it is used up to this very day), theosophy, philosophy (including the "great" philosophers Plato, Socrates etc), government, military, education, religion, segregated hierarchies and the Arian dream, used by Hitler and the Elite. In other words, they are the source to the civilization we have today in the Western World. It's interesting how this fact has been hidden, as we look at it, most of the Western World today operates on the same principles used by the old Greeks. Ever since the beginning, it has been very important that the bloodline is kept clean to keep the occult power, meaning that each generation must bring to birth at least one son - preferably more than one, as we shall see. To be able to enter the White Brotherhood you had to have a master's degree on all various subjects that were related to secret teachings, and many of the subjects were beyond the reach of the rest of society. ONLY men from the right bloodline were allowed to enter. This means in practice, that to be accepted, you had to be educated for 40 years(!). The same principle is in practice today. Therefore it was important to give birth to as many sons as possible - if one failed their degree, another one might pass. This also explains why the Western civilization operates the way it does today and one more bit of the puzzle is laid. The White Brotherhood laid the grounds for the New World Order, passed it on to the secret societies, and the "Work of the Ages" have continued ever since ... Back to Index Sources: Deep research into various Greek archieves Published: Aug 14 1999 - 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
[CTRL] Alien Programming Scripts
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.islandnet.com/~persewen/aliens.htm A HREF="http://www.islandnet.com/~persewen/aliens.htm"Alien_programming_script /A - ALIEN PROGRAMMING SCRIPTS There are numerous scripts for the Alien programming. Recent novels and Hollywood movies provide a non-ending pool of programming resources for the Programmers. Visual reality headgear and other high-tech methods can easily be incorporated into an "alien abduction" theme. The following are samples of some of the people who the author Fritz has spent time with, who on one level knew they needed help, but didnt know just what they felt uneasy about. PERSON 1. Had been abducted by "aliens" since she was a small child. Different types of "aliens" took her. Her mother worked for the CIA at Area 51. Her mother was abusive to her. One of her best friends is a Monarch slave. When the "aliens" come a bright light appears and then they abduct her. The "aliens" she works with the most look exactly like people, and in their handwriting show severe abuse. These benevolent aliens have taken her fetusus several times. She has time-travelled to "their planet." She is dissociative. The government authorities are constantly monitoring and tracking her, and have made an effort to besmudge her record, so that it appears like she is looney tunes. This is the type of cases that this books co-author has spent time working with. Doesnt this sound more like human mind-control than real aliens? PERSON 2. This person hears aliens within his head (which when described sounds like a case of MPD (DID). The "aliens" would take him and force him to have homosexual activities even though he didnt want to participate. But that was O.K. to him, because they were a superior race and if these benevolent "aliens" which are so far advanced beyond us, want to have sex with him, that is their perogative. This person has a lot of depression. This person wonders why the authorities seem to keep track of him. PERSON 3. This person worked at Area 51. Has a photographic memory throughout his entire MPD system. He realizes that he is MPD. His best friend claims to be an alien, a god of sorts, and is known by both this person Fritz to be part of Naval Intelligence. This best friend acts more like a handler than an alien, and this Area 51 worker gives his best friend total alligiance. This man has all kinds of "alien" type stories, which sound in many cases like programming. This person admits that his family is Illuminati, and the front alters say he has "watched Illuminati rituals as an adult, but hasnt participated". He shows signs of severe abuse. He is afraid to talk about trauma-based mind-control, but loves to talk about aliens. In fact, all three of the persons discus sed on this page shied away from talking about Monarch mind-control, as if it were something not important, but they all love to talk about aliens. And the list of interesting people like this could go on. When Mind-controlled slaves who have alien programming are being abducted by the intelligence agencies for their use and for programming here are some of the details of how and what occurs: A bright light is shined into their house. They have been hypnotically conditioned to view this light as a Flying Saucer, whether it is a helicopter or something else. As the NWO does have Flying Saucers, sometimes the real thing is used. Men in Black (just like in SRA cases) are often associated with the abductions. And the slaves frequently speak about "shadows in the mind." The slaves are taken to rooms where examining tables with white sheets and X-ray machines, Headgear and medical equipment is in place. (The ali en equipment has gotten more high-tech over the last 40 years. The "aliens" wear suits that are full of occult symbology. The people are restrained with clamps and electrical shock and energy is used on them. They are told that they are receiving information. They are given tracking implants and other implants. All of the 3 above persons, receive information from the "aliens" regularly. Almost all of the elements of Monarch trauma-based mind-control appear in these abduction accounts, especially in the psychological features of the victim. The victims of "alien" abduction programming feel suicidal after they talk too much. They have headaches, sleep difficulties, nightmares, obsessive thoughts, a fear of hypnosis, trapped feelings, and paranoia. During their abductions the "aliens" use drugs, thought transfers, and painful medical procedures. The "aliens" use language that parallels the messages given to SRA victims, just change the language from "Satan is in charge" to the "Aliens are in charge". Cattle mutilations where the blood has been drain are associated with abductions. There is documented accounts where cattle mutilations have been connected to Satanic cults using helicopters. The victims of "aliens" are forced to be impregnated and then the fetus is repeatedly taken. The
[CTRL] MENA INTERMOUNTAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
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