Re: [CTRL] Fw: Re: [CTRL] Fw: [CTRL] MH: Dubya's a real name-caller
-Caveat Lector- However, AmiLady (In the spirit of your Bushy man) , BRUCE MCCALL of The New York Times is not a comedian that I am aware of. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/weekinreview/18MCCA.html Regards, Steve On 19 Feb 01, at 2:04, Amelia wrote: Steve, All those two writers do is make jokes. They are not Miami Herald staffers. ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] NYT: Newsweek: He's our nicknamer in chief
-Caveat Lector- In a sense, Bush is using cognitive dissonance, a mind control technique which causes sensory overload due to too many confusing sensory inputs. The next few weeks should be very telling. Watch the Bush and it's many branches. Steve ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] NYT: A Message in Eroding Glacial Ice: Humans Are Turning Up the Heat
-Caveat Lector- February 19, 2001 A Message in Eroding Glacial Ice: Humans Are Turning Up the Heat The New York Times By ANDREW C. REVKIN The icecap atop Mount Kilimanjaro, which for thousands of years has floated like a cool beacon over the shimmering plain of Tanzania, is retreating at such a pace that it will disappear in less than 15 years, according to new studies. The vanishing of the seemingly perpetual snows of Kilimanjaro that inspired Ernest Hemingway, echoed by similar trends on ice-capped peaks from Peru to Tibet, is one of the clearest signs that a global warming trend in the last 50 years may have exceeded typical climate shifts and is at least partly caused by gases released by human activities, a variety of scientists say. Measurements taken over the last year on Kilimanjaro show that its glaciers are not only retreating but also rapidly thinning, with one spot having lost a yard of thickness since last February, said Dr. Lonnie G. Thompson, a senior research scientist at the Byrd Polar Research Center of Ohio State University. Altogether, he said, the mountain has lost 82 percent of the icecap it had when it was first carefully surveyed, in 1912. Given that the retreat started a century ago, Dr. Thompson said, it is likely that some natural changes were affecting the glacier before it felt any effect from the large, recent rise in carbon dioxide and other heat- trapping greenhouse gases from smokestacks and tailpipes. And, he noted, glaciers have grown and retreated in pulses for tens of thousands of years. But the pace of change measured now goes beyond anything in recent centuries. "There may be a natural part of it, but there's something else being superimposed on top of it," Dr. Thompson said. "And it matches so many other lines of evidence of warming. Whether you're talking about bore- hole temperatures, shrinking Arctic sea ice, or glaciers, they're telling the same story." Dr. Thompson presented the fresh data yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco. Other recent reports of changes under way in the natural world, like gaps in sea ice at the North Pole or shifts in animal populations, can still be ascribed to other factors, many scientists say, but many add that having such a rapid erosion of glaciers in so many places is harder to explain except by global warming. The retreat of mountain glaciers has been seen from Montana to Mount Everest to the Swiss Alps. In the Alps, scientists have estimated that by 2025 glaciers will have lost 90 percent of the volume of ice that was there a century ago. (Only Scandinavia seems to be bucking the trend, apparently because shifting storm tracks in Europe are dumping more snow there.) But the melting is generally quickest in and near the tropics, Dr. Thompson said, with some ancient glaciers in the Andes and the ice on Kilimanjaro melting fastest of all. Separate studies of air temperature in the tropics, made using high- flying balloons, have shown a steady rise of about 15 feet a year in the altitude at which air routinely stays below the freezing point. Dr. Thompson said that other changes could also be contributing to the glacial shrinkage, but the rising warm zone is probably the biggest influence. Trying to stay ahead of the widespread melting, Dr. Thompson and a team of scientists have been hurriedly traveling around the tropics to extract cores of ice from a variety of glaciers containing a record of thousands of years of climate shifts. The data may help predict future trends. The four-inch-thick ice cylinders are being stored in a deep-frozen archive at Ohio State, he said, so that as new technologies are developed for reading chemical clues in bubbles and water in ancient ice, there will still be something to examine. The sad fact, he said, is that in a matter of years, anyone wanting to study the glaciers of Africa or Peru will probably have to travel to Columbus, Ohio, to do so. Dr. Richard B. Alley, a professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, said the melting trend and the link at least partly to human influence is "depressing," not only because of the loss of data but also because of the remarkable changes under way to such familiar landscapes. "What is a snowcap worth to us?" he said. "I don't know about you, but I like the snows of Kilimanjaro." The accelerating loss of mountain glaciers is also described in a scientific report on the impact of global warming, which is being released today in Geneva by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an influential network of scientists advising world governments under the auspices of the United Nations. The melting is likely to threaten water supplies in places like Peru and Nepal, the report says, and could also lead to devastating flash floods. Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa, may provide the most vivid image of the change in glaciers, but, Dr. Thompson
[CTRL] DAWN: Kabul agrees to extradite Osama to Saudi Arabia
-Caveat Lector- http://www.dawn.com/2001/02/19/top5.htm Monday, February 19, 2001 24 Ziqa'ad 1421 Kabul agrees to extradite Osama to Saudi Arabia By Rauf Klasra ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Afghanistan has agreed to extradite Osama bin Laden to his home country Saudi Arabia for trial on charges of terrorism, Dawn learnt from authoritative sources here on Sunday. The offer to shift the Saudi dissident, who has been stripped of his citizenship, was made by Afghan supreme ruler Mulla Mohammad Omar to Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider during his recent visit to Afghanistan. Mr Haider had met the Afghan ruler in Kandahar to request the Taliban government to hand over those Pakistani nationals who had taken refuge in the war-torn country to escape justice. A high-level source said that the issue of Osama's extradition to a third country for trial was not raised by Pakistan. "We never raised the Osama issue; it was raised by no less a person than Mulla Omar during the talks," the source added. "Mulla Omar had proposed handing over of Osama to Saudi Arabia for trial." The source said Mulla Omar had told the Pakistan side that if Saudi Arabia was not willing to accept Osama, because of political repercussion in the country, Kabul was ready to shift the Saudi dissident to "another Muslim country". "The Amir-ul-Momineen ( Mulla Omar) did not disclose the name of the third country," the source added. Washington had earlier asked Pakistan to use its influence with the Taliban regime and convince them to extradite Osama either to the US or to another country where justice can be done. He is accused of masterminding twin US embassy bombing in Africa in 1998 and is among the 10 most wanted men in the US. Although Pakistan apparently refuses to mediate between the Taliban and the US, some concrete evidence suggests that Pakistan is actively involved in mediation to settle the Osama issue, which has brought a lot of miseries to both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The source said Mr Haider was surprised when Mulla Omar offered to extradite Osama to Saudi Arabia. The UN slapped sanctions last month to force the Taliban to hand over Osama. Diplomatic sources believe that the UN sanctions have started taking their toll and it was for this reason that Mulla Omar had offered to hand over Osama to Saudi Arabia for trial. A Muslim diplomat toldDawnthat the third Muslim country, referred to by Mulla Omar, could be the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He said that the unscheduled visit of UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to Pakistan on Friday should be seen in the background of Mulla Omar's offer. UAE is the only third country after Islamabad and Riyadh, which recognises the Taliban regime. The diplomat said Pakistan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia were jointly discussing the pros and cons of trying Osama in Saudi Arabia or in a third Muslim country ( which could be the UAE)."They are likely to request Washington to accept the new offer made by Mulla Omar," the diplomat added. He , however, feared that Saudi Arabia or the UAE could ill-afford to hold Osama's trial as it could spark violence and destabilise monarchies in these countries. " There is a strong possibility that these countries would jointly approach the Taliban to hand over the 58-year-old Osama directly to some neutral western country like Switzerland to hold the trial of the Saudi dissident on the pattern of Lockerbie trial of two Libyans. The source termed Mulla Omar's offer a significant shift in the policy of Taliban, who had been refusing to extradite Osama, saying that there was no evidence available against him. The Afghan government had also announced that it would face the UN sanctions, saying that such curbs could not force it to change its policy. The Taliban claim that Osama is being closely watched and is not allowed to launch any operation from Afghanistan. The trial of four associates of Osama, who have pleaded not guilty, has already begun in a New York court. Of 18 others, who have been indicted, one has pleaded guilty. © The DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2001 = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always
[CTRL] Some thoughts on the Arch Bishop Cardinal Mahoney problelm
-Caveat Lector- To those on the list who are interested in the problem of Cardinal Mahoney writing a letter to the President asking for a pardon for a convicted drug dealer. We know that the Cardinal wrote the letter asking for the pardon, and then publicly stated that he wished he hadn't broken a long standing policy of his not write that kind of a letter. It has been alleged that Cardinal Mahoney is a member of the AmCatholic Church whose aim is the destruction of the Roman Catholic Church. It has been further alleged that Cardinal Mahoney has been seen taking part in rituals that are satanic in nature, i.e., saying mass using tacos and beer in place of the host and wine. It has also been alleged that the Cardinal is a communist or best a socialist and because of this and all the above, he has lost his church facilities and is no longer a true priest/bishop of the church. All this may be true and probably is true. But we still don't know what the drive force was behind his writing the letter requesting a pardon for the dupe dealer. Bill H A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Some thoughts on the Arch Bishop Cardinal Mahoney problelm
-Caveat Lector- Bill, do you have any sources for these allegations? This sounds like anti-Catholic disinformation. Thanks in advance. Tenorlove __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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: Non pc speech protected?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.massnews.com/marsin.htm http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a8d9b824e06.htm The Massachusetts News Christian Students Must Be Allowed to Say Homosexuality Is a Sin Court Decision Will Have Profound Impact in Massachusetts February 16, 2001 A decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia about freedom of speech will have a profound impact in Massachusetts, says Boston's constitutional lawyer Chester Darling. A three-judge panel held on Wednesday that Christian students must be allowed to say that homosexuality is a sin and to speak out on other moral issues. "We've been limiting free speech for a long time in Massachusetts, but this unconstitutional practice will not continue," Darling predicted. "Our terrible attitude was exhibited in its worst light last month," Darling said, "when the mayor of Newton said that he would fight with those parents who disapprove of school policies about homosexuality 'until their voices are no longer heard.' "They must stop that type of bigotry," Darling said, "an if they don't, we will be happy to have a court instruct them." Parent Challenges Schools The suit in the Philadelphia court was about an anti-harassment policy in schools at State College, Pennsylvania. It was challenged by a parent as soon as it was implemented because his children feared, according to the court, that "they were likely to be punished under the Policy for speaking out about their religious beliefs, engaging in symbolic activities reflecting those beliefs, and distributing religious literature." The Court of Appeals reversed a lower court which had dismissed the parent's suit. The court ruling said the school district went too far when it prohibited harassment based on everything from race and sexual orientation to "other personal characteristics,'' including clothing, appearance and social skills. Experts said the ruling could force hundreds of school districts to reassess their own policies to ensure they comply with the ruling, the Associated Press has reported. While the court acknowledged the district has a compelling interest in promoting a safe and conducive learning environment, it said officials failed to explain why it anticipated disruption ``from the broad swath of student speech prohibited under the policy.'' Judge Samuel A. Alito wrote that the policy, enacted in August 1999, ``appears to cover substantially more speech than could be prohibited'' under existing U.S. Supreme Court precedents. A school may categorically ban ``lewd, vulgar or profane language'' and may regulate speech to meet a ``legitimate pedagogical concern,'' he wrote. But other speech may be limited ``only if it would substantially disrupt school operations or interfere with the rights of others.'' ``They believe, and their religion teaches," the parent about his children, "that homosexuality is a sin. Plaintiffs further believe that they have a right to speak out about the sinful nature and harmful effects of homosexuality.'' The parent argued that rules were already in place that prohibited violence and other physical harassment. ``What this policy was about is the content of somebody's speech,'' he said, ``and it chilled the First Amendment rights of every child in that school, every teacher, every visitor.'' The appeals court ruling overturned a lower court. The U.S. District Court had rejected the parent's suit, saying harassing speech has never been protected under the free speech protection of the First Amendment. Superintendent Patricia Best told the Associated Press she was disappointed with the decision, but had not had a chance to review it with other district officials or with the district's attorneys. She said she didn't know whether the district would appeal. One expert told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the ruling could have a sweeping impact. ``I don't know how many school districts have policies as broad as State College's, but it is probably a significant number,'' said Michael I. Levin, a lawyer for the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. Excerpts from Opinion The court said, "In short, we see little basis for the District Court's sweeping assertion that 'harassment' -- at least when it consists of speech targeted solely on the basis of its expressive content - 'has never been considered to be protected activity under the First Amendment.' Such a categorical rule is without precedent in the decisions of the Supreme Court or this Court, and it belies the very real tension between anti-harassment laws and the Constitution's guarantee of freedom of speech. We do not suggest, of course, that no application of anti-harassment law to expressive speech can survive First Amendment scrutiny..We simply
Re: [CTRL] NYT: A Message in Eroding Glacial Ice: Humans Are Turning Up the H...
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/19/2001 6:27:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The icecap atop Mount Kilimanjaro, which for thousands of years has floated like a cool beacon over the shimmering plain of Tanzania, is retreating at such a pace that it will disappear in less than 15 years, according to new studies. The vanishing of the seemingly perpetual snows of Kilimanjaro that inspired Ernest Hemingway, echoed by similar trends on ice-capped peaks from Peru to Tibet, is one of the clearest signs that a global warming trend in the last 50 years may have exceeded typical climate shifts and is at least partly caused by gases released by human activities, a variety of scientists say. This can't be true. The Bush family says we don't have "global warming." So of course, we do not have global warming. Who are these misguided people who keep reporting this thing. Probably just trash being put out by Clinton. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] MH: Dubya's a real name-caller
-Caveat Lector- On 18 Feb 01, at 17:23, MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: While other Washington leaders have been similarly charmed, on occasion Bush's folksy, loosey-goosey style has backfired. Earlier this month, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy stormed out of a bipartisan meeting on education policy after the new president referred to him as ``Chappy.'' This is, of course, a reference to Chappaquidick...lest we forget. And it is certainly not refreshing, It is part of the Republicans highly successful and utterly relentless program of the Politics of Personal Destruction. There are now ugly allegations against a highly respected black aide to Sheldon Silver--in NY State. A young Republican worker in the state capitol has accused him of "sexual harassment." She would not file criminal charges, but has gone to civil court. Of course, the Dems hold control of the NY State legislature and have been unshakeable. And if the Reps can't do it with aboveboard politics, they will, as usual, go for the groin. The aide will likely be found blameless, but the shame and unpleasantness will stick--which is, of course, all that matters. sno0wl A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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: InsightMag.com - Holy Role Models
Think Jesse Jackson deserves Holy Role Model? Or Al Sharpton, both are self ordained are they not - except after long years in disguise I guess Jackson did get some kind of "honorary" title making him a "honorary" preacher if you call that despicable thief worhy of any title at all, even Mr. The story here re Miracle of Fatima where the life of the Pope was spared - how many times has somebody tried to murder the pope - for there is a secret society who follows the path of the roseultimate goal is to murder the Pope but he must be slain, in the open sight of others and fall in the open fieldlike JFK did (see Ezekial 38 and 39.and Daniel with the three high priests and 3 presidents) So the Cardinal might be trying for Sainthood - this man (Mahoney) pushed for immigration and it is said Los Angelos is now the Banana Republic's Capitol.so who should be in charge of this mob? 7 million illegan aliens from Mexico and that is a lot of votes, right? No wonder the Republicans are wooing these potential voters.and sing praises to the cheap labor it brings to this country - we can now all eat in fast food places and wonder if the employees will wash their hands when leaving the rest room - or how about that Tyson Chicken that is frozen and thawed and re frozen and I imagine that stuff is radiated good. Nice story about Miracle Number II at Fatima and when the Pope met with his would be assassin - I imagine he found out who really was behind that plot - saylike the black from Berkley California who murdered King Faisal in 1968 who said "I hate Zionists". Ah must not hate the sodomists or the zionists or the snow birds.for these birds all flock togetherie. Marc Rich perhaps? Saba advertisement advertisement Holy Role Models By Michael Rust [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a world in which authentic heroes often are replaced with icons from the cult of celebrity, modern-day saints have a renewed appeal that says something important about us. As the world enters the third millennium of Christianity, it turns out that saints are anything but archaic even in the United States. During the last two decades, Pope John Paul II has elevated people to sainthood at a record-breaking pace and shows no sign of letting up as his pontificate moves into its twilight. At the same time, non-Catholics are joining Catholics in embracing heroic religious figures of both the distant and recent past as an antidote to the celebrity-choked culture of secular society. Indeed, in the era of Monica Lewinsky, the concept of sainthood has a definite countercultural appeal even to those who do not officially recognize the Roman Catholic Church's calendar of saints. "There's so much cruddy stuff you see about humanity, in the White House and everywhere," Methodist pastor James Howell tells Insight. "So much so that the adjective 'human' is now equal to doing embarrassing things 'I'm only human.'" Saints, says Howell, the author of Servants, Misfits and Martyrs, "exemplify that there's another view of being human." Of course, sometimes the humanity of saints has been posthumously overlooked. "So often saints are people who cause a lot of trouble when they're alive and challenge people and are a sign of contradiction," Robert Ellsberg, author of All Saints, tells Insight. "After their death they are equipped with a halo and put in a stained-glass window and held up for reverence." Ellsberg, whose 1998 award-wining book includes reflections on a number of non-Catholic heroes of the soul as well as traditional Catholic saints, says those who earned the title of sanctity "were ordinary human beings who simply took their faith very seriously. They took seriously the challenges of their moment in history; they took seriously the needs of their neighbors and took seriously a private intuition of holiness or mystery and beauty or truth." Of course, that sounds quite foreign to much of the current culture. "The idea of heroically standing up for something when it costs you, even if it's not your life if it costs you financially or brings ridicule from your friends even that seems alien because we're just so caught up in being successful and being popular," says Howell. "The price for that is superficiality, and if you're superficial you're not standing up for anything." Yet many fight through this cultural morass. When researching her book, Jude: A Pilgrimage to the Saint of Last Resort, veteran journalist Liz Trotta was surprised to find so much devotion to the patron saint of hopeless causes among younger people seemingly enveloped in an often-nihilistic age of postmodernity. "Of course, young people are searching so much for anything they can get their hands on just to stop being numb if you know what I mean," says Trotta. And, in fact, many do. Perhaps that is one reason for the current pope's reverence for the ancient church tradition of honoring men and women who fought the good fight and kept the faith. On
Re: [CTRL] MH: Dubya's a real name-caller
-Caveat Lector- On 19 Feb 2001, at 9:44, Marilyn Wright wrote: -Caveat Lector- On 18 Feb 01, at 17:23, MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: While other Washington leaders have been similarly charmed, on occasion Bush's folksy, loosey-goosey style has backfired. Earlier this month, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy stormed out of a bipartisan meeting on education policy after the new president referred to him as ``Chappy.'' This is, of course, a reference to Chappaquidick...lest we forget. And it is certainly not refreshing, It is part of the Republicans highly successful and utterly relentless program of the Politics of Personal Destruction. There are now ugly allegations against a highly respected black aide to Sheldon Silver--in NY State. A young Republican worker in the state capitol has accused him of "sexual harassment." Gosh, I didn't know Anita Hill was a Republican! -- If we were directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we would soon want for bread. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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: RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Former President Found Guilty Of Sodomy
CLINTON would feel right at home here for it seems this former President has so much in common with our "former" President Clinton would make America in his image - his AIDS/HIV blood he sold to Canada ;makes him a number one serial killer... We look at Africa and see why they consider homosexuals a threat to their society; only they are a lttle late for in 20 years over one third of Africa will die from AIDS and they want to spread this disease to white children, in America. Our white children should be carefully taught to keep away from homosexuals as if their lives depended upon this - for it does. Seems all the genocidal ideas come from this Old Testament - do they not? Clinton would do well to move to South Africa but then the Rhodes Round Table bunch has moved out and left their legacy - death by AIDS...yes Clinton would be right at home in South Africa ...if it were not for that slight flaw in his character - the desire for performing in acts of sodomy. Saba IPS news reports appear daily in English, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. To subscribe, please contact us at: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America. RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Former President Found Guilty Of Sodomy By Lewis Machipisa HARARE, Nov 26 (IPS) - Former Zimbabwe President Canaan Banana was on Thursday found guilty on all eleven counts of 'sodomy, indecent assault and unnatural act' by the High Court in the capital Harare. Banana, who was President Robert Mugabe's moral figure-head, was found guilty on two charges of sodomy, seven of indecent assault and two of committing unnatural acts. He will be sentenced on Dec 10. Sodomy is illegal in Zimbabwe, while homosexuality practice carries a mandatory prison sentence. A warrant of arrest has already been issued for the former cleric, who has fled to neighbouring Botswana ahead of Thursday's judgment. Zimbabwean officials say they will try to have him extradited. The 62-year-old former Methodist clergyman has been staying in the outskirts of the Botswanan capital of Gaborone, for the past four days where unconfirmed reports said he is seeking political asylum, on the ground that there has been excessive political pressure on the courts during his trial. He did not use his Zimbabwean passport as it is still in the custody of the High Court. Press reports in Zimbabwe said the authorities in Botswana confirmed Thursday that Banana had entered the country, but that they do not know his whereabouts. Botswana foreign ministry spokesperson Mufpaq Moorad said the ministry was informed of Banana's presence in the country by Anglican Bishop of Botswana, Walter Makhulu. ''We understand from Bishop Makhulu that he (Banana) was here two or three days ago and that he was planning to move on. The bishop said he was fearing for his life in Zimbabwe,'' Moorad said. Botswana police are looking for the fugitive ex-president, he said. Banana, who has all along denied his alleged homosexual inclinations, is alleged to have used his position as president between 1980 and 1987 to force men -- aides, bodyguards and a gardener -- into submitting to sex with him. After he left the presidency, he was alleged to have sexually molested a job- seeker he met on the streets. The once respected former head of state, international trouble-shooter, theologian, author, soccer player and family man used to boast that ''he was the last court of appeal'' when threatened by his victims that they would sue him. It took a murder for the complaints to become public. In August 1995 Jefta Dube, who had served as Banana's aide-de-camp, shot dead a fellow policeman who had repeatedly called him Banana's homosexual wife. Dube admitted the murder but said in mitigation that he had been repeatedly raped by former head of state. During the course of the trial, the court heard how Banana once squeezed his aide-de-camp and kissed him. As he left, Banana patted Dube's bottom, saying, ''This is the food of the elders.'' I Banana's conviction will further push Zimbabwe's small but vocal homosexuals into hiding as resentment towards them looks set to intensify. President Mugabe has described gays and lesbians as ''worse off than dogs and pigs'' and stated that gays would remain a miserable lot for a long time.(END/IPS/lm/mn/98) Here Mugabe is wrong for in 20 years no more gays as AIDS solves one problem for him..looks like this same game plan already i progress in USA, for many, many people who once ignored Gay Rights now lears to hate this evil influence for they are targeting the children of America..ie Rosie O'Donnell in her little Cat and Hat Suit and on Sesame Street targeting the childrenthis lesbian has adopted several children and one it is said, is so very very accident prone? Look at this pigs eyes sometime...she laughs a loud, and is loud and smiles a lot - but she has eyes of a pigall she needs is a ring through her snout for better identification.
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___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! * * * * * * * IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "UNTIL THE WORLD IS TOLD OTHERWISE" MID-EAST REALITIES - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 2/18: President Bush Jr didn't seem so confident the other day as he told the world of the newly increased bombing of Iraq. But he made it clear that "until the world is told otherwise" the Americans are convinced they run the world and it is up to them to decide whom to bomb, whom to favor, whom to take out, whom to reward. "Hey world, 'What We Say Goes', and I'm the President, yes I am." For important background information: http://www.MiddleEast.Org/iraq.htm LOCKED IN AN ORWELLIAN ETERNAL WAR By Robert Fisk [The Independent, UK, 18 February 2001]: In George Orwell's 1984, Oceania -- in which Britain is "Airstrip One" -- is engaged in eternal war with Eastasia. Victories are constantly announced by the British government. Our battle with Eastasia, over the years, has become routine. In George Bush's 2001, the West is engaged in eternal war with Iraq. The "degrading" of Iraq's forces is constantly announced by the American and British governments. And on Friday, the mission of the planes, which have been bombing Iraq for 10 years, was officially announced by the American President as "routine". As in 1984, the characters in 2001 do not change. In 1991, defence secretary Dick Cheney and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Colin Powell were urging the bombers on to Baghdad with the backing of President George Bush. In 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney and secretary of state Colin Powell are urging the bombers on to Baghdad with the backing of President George Bush Jr. In 1991, the Beast of Baghdad was Saddam Hussein. In 2001, the Beast of Baghdad is Saddam Hussein. And woe betide us if we feel like Winston Smith, eternally feeding old newspaper cuttings into the oven. Bin those clippings about how we "defanged" Saddam in 1991. Forget the UN arms inspectors who would eliminate forever Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction". Make no complaint about the half-million Iraqi children who have died under UN sanctions. Destroy all reference to the New World Order. We are engaging -- an Orwellian cracker this, from the Pentagon on Friday night -- in "protective retaliation". And by yesterday morning, a military "expert" was on our very own BBC -- its defence correspondent, Andrew Gilligan, no less -- to announce that Iraq had acquired 30 surface-to-air missiles from Serbia and Ukraine to boost its military might. Really? Is this true? We in the West impose sanctions on Iraq so strict that we prevent the import of lead for schoolchildren's pencils lest it be put to military use; yet we cannot stop the Iraqis lugging anti-aircraft missiles over their border. When we started bombing in the no-fly-zones in the aftermath of the Gulf War 10 years ago, we did so in retaliation because the Iraqis shot at our planes, just as we supposedly did this weekend. When we fired 200 cruise missiles into Iraq just over two years ago, President Clinton -- a brief interlude in the war between the Saddam and Bush families -- told us that Saddam has "disarmed the (UN) inspectors". Tony Blair, agonising about the lives of British forces involved (all 14 pilots) told us -- a real Orwell masterpiece -- "we must act because we must". So what Newspeak do our masters produce for us this weekend? Why, our own Foreign Secretary Robin Cook tells us that Saddam -- not sanctions -- are to blame for all those Iraqi deaths. It was the same Mr Cook who has repeatedly and truthfully told us during this eternal war that Saddam has used gas "against his own people" -- without mentioning the other truth: that he did so during an aggressive war with Iran in which we enthusiastically supported Saddam. So tell Winston Smith to burn all articles about a village called Halabja if they inconveniently mention Iran. Iraq's state television yesterday announces "an attack by American aggressors". The forces of Oceania, it seems, killed a woman and wounded 11 civilians in the Eastasian capital of Baghdad. Oceania insists the attacks were aimed at "sites well away from civilian areas". The planes were "well within the 33rd parallel" -- the limit of the self-appointed Oceanian no-fly zones -- and used "standoff" missiles to hit their targets. When President Clinton faced the worst of the Lewinsky scandal, he bombed Afghanistan and Sudan. When he faced impeachment in 1998, he bombed Iraq.. Faced with an
[CTRL] Fwd: GOP News Views - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT Since we were traveling back to Las Vegas from the CPAC conference yesterday, this morning's GOP News Views was rather skimpy. So here's a special mid-day supplement to make up for it. Defending the Indefensible Hip-hip-hooray for Bill Clinton. The guy just won't leave the stage ... keeping the spotlight off all the other Democrats around the nation. On Sunday, he kept the pardon story alive ... and actually fueled it further ... by publishing an op/ed in the New York Times defending his decision to let fugitive tax-cheat Marc Rich off the hook. And he did it in typical Clinton style. First, he laid out the legal case that the Constitution granted him the right to make such a pardon. But of course, this is just a diversion. NO ONE is saying the president didn't have the *authority* to make the pardon ... only that it was, well, stupid. Bubba then falls back on the old "everybody does it defense," listing a number of controversial pardons granted by previous presidents ... as though that somehow makes his stinkeroo OK. He then tries to cloud the argument with statistics, rattling off how many pardons had been issued in the past by Presidents Reagan, Carter, Bush and Ford. But again, this has absolutely no relevance to the Rich pardon itself. Next the "Lyin' King" tries to cloak himself in GOP armor by claiming ... falsely, of course ... that the case for the Rich pardon was reviewed and advocated "by three distinguished Republican attorneys." That claim was exposed as 100% USDA-prime BS within a mere 24 hours. This guy will say anything. We're then treated to one of his patented denials. "The suggestion that I granted the pardons because Mr. Rich's former wife, Denise, made political contributions and contributed to the Clinton library foundation is utterly false," the ex-president's ghost-writer writes. "There was absolutely no quid pro quo." Right. And he didn't have sex with "that woman," either. Maybe it all depends on your definition of "quid pro quo." Finally, what Clinton scandal would be complete without poor old Bill casting himself as the victim? "I am accustomed to the rough and tumble of politics," he concludes, "but the accusations made against me in this case have been particularly painful because for eight years I worked hard to make good decisions for the American people." How pathetic. I'm with Newt Gingrich on this one. I hope Bill Clinton never leaves the stage. He's a magnet for sleaze and scandal ... and every day he's in the spotlight is good for our side and bad for their side. He's truly an American embarrassment ... only now, the Democrats and the media are finally being forced to admit it. Glad he's on their side. - Chuck Muth, Editor We Feel Your Pain (Ha-Ha) "Democrats increasingly complain that the scandals and criminal investigations dogging former President Bill Clinton are diverting media and public attention from the party's agenda. ... 'He's taking attention away from us and what we're trying to do. There is only so much time on the nightly news, and it is going to Clinton instead of our leadership and the Democratic offensive against the Bush agenda,' a Democratic political consultant said." - Washington Times, 2/18/01 * Another Cesspool Pardon "One of Bill Clinton's 140 last-day pardons went to the only government official ever convicted of leaking national secrets to the media - over the strong objection of the CIA. Clinton's pardon of Samuel Morison was done over a CIA objection that was characterized by one senior intelligence official as, 'Hell no,' The Washington Post reported. ... Morison worked at the Naval Intelligence Support Center as a specialist in Soviet amphibious and mine-laying vessels in 1984 - and moonlighted as a contributing writer for Jane's Fighting Ships - when he snatched three classified photos from a colleague's desk and leaked them to Jane's." - New York Post, 2/18/01 * Pardon Could Derail Hispanic Wannabes "President Clinton's pardon of Carlos Vignali Jr. could prove trouble for two Los Angeles mayoral candidates who interceded for the convicted cocaine dealer. U.S. Rep. Xavier Bacerra, D-Los Angeles, and former State Assembly speaker Antonio Villaraigosa both want to become the city's first Hispanic mayor in more than a century and are among six candidates in California's April 10 primary. " ... Vignali was freed January 20 after serving six years of a 15-year term for his role in a drug ring that stretched from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and delivered more than 800 pounds of cocaine. Villaraigosa and Becerra took campaign donations from Vignali's father, Haracio Carlos Vignali, who owns parking lots near the downtown Staples Center arena..." - Associated Press, 2/19/01 * Brother ... Can You Spare Another
[CTRL] Integrative Dream Narration
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.mondovista.com/beldo.dreams.html Click Here: A HREF="http://www.mondovista.com/beldo.dreams.html" http://www.mondovista.com/beldo.dreams/A Jaye C. Beldo is a writer, intuitive counselor and spiritual anarchist. He can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A new tool has been developed to get a better view of the mysterious underworld where our dreams play out their dramas. It's called "IDN" (Integrative Dream Narration) and it has participants convinced that the sum of the parts is greater than the total. Visionary writer, Jaye C. Beldo, describes the process for ViewZone. In most of the groups that I've participated in throughout my life, whether educational, political, artistic, professional and even ones based on mere conviviality, the undermining elements of factionalism, ego conflicts, and various other differences have interfered with achieving a lasting sense of genuine conspiracy. Originating in the shadow sides of our psyches and hidden by our facile personas, these factors serve to discourage healthy and effective group functioning on many levels, in terms of achieving consensus, creating viable solutions to problems and gaining clarity of visionary goals/objectives for the group. Why, in spite of sharing common interests, political, socioeconomic and humanitarian values, are we unconsciously antagonistic towards the groups we choose to be a part of? What kinds of subjective reluctance do we harbor in fully contributing ourselves to the group consciousness? James Hillman observes that, "the Self is the interiorization of community" . Yet what exactly prevents us from reaching the Self, the ultimate core of the psyche and experiencing truly universal communion with others? My experiences with persistent group dysfunction prompted me to develop "Integrative Dream Narration"(IDN). I first tried IDN on a class of art students who, along with myself included, could not fully cooperate with one another in a way conducive to our spiritual, artistic and intellectual well being. I had each participant write a dream synopsis on a note card, emphasizing to use symbolic, transformative dreams concerning wholeness, i.e., getting in contact with the Self (meaning the ultimate core or nucleus of the psyche). I then combined the dreams to create a collective story in which all could listen to and participate in since each individual dream contributed to the cohesiveness of the narration. The inherent fluidity of dreams became much more apparent for I did not have to struggle to synthesize the dreams for they all seemed to coalesce on their own accord like tributaries flowing naturally into a river and then into the communal ocean. Instead of assuming the role of an improviser or story teller, I was more like a mediator of the unconscious mind of the group. When I finished the story, class members sat in peaceful silence. The narration had evoked a shared consciousness amongst us. We all seemed to be open to one another and breathing together in the true sense of conspiracy. We experienced what the Greeks meant by agreement: symphonein, meaning: to resonate together. No one was prompted to speak right away. The silence was not an uncomfortable one. We all enjoyed this feeling of being fully present, instead of just pretending to be together under the guise of a shared interest. None of us, it seemed, needed to follow the impulses of our egos to rationalize and explain the experience away. During the rest of the class, we were able to come to a consensus as to how the remainder of the semester would be navigated and actually came up with a syllabus which all agreed upon. We experienced what the Greeks meant by agreement: symphonein, meaning: to resonate together. I have since employed Integrative Dream Narration to enhance the integrity of many different collectives, from musical, spiritual to political, with very effective, although never predictable results. Many of the resistances we have towards surrendering to a group consciousness, resistances deeply rooted in fear, loosen up and a newfound integrity is created. The word, "Integrity" has its etymological meaning in: "entire, untouched, unmarred, an original state." What has so thwarted the success of many different groups, I feel, has been the inability to recognize such a sense of entirety and originality that is always present, if only subliminally. Alcheringa or dream time, for example, the Australian Aborigines considered to be the original state of the world prior to the arrival of human beings. The world in its unmarred entirety. IDN serves to facilitate a contact with primordial community, encouraging an experience of inter relatedness that helps to diminish many anxieties and isolating/alienating effects that are deliberately promoted in consumerist societies where the power of authority is abused through MMIC. A holistic communication, both in speaking, listening and feeling becomes possible once the
[CTRL] joe arpaio uk tv prog
-Caveat Lector- this is a tv prog on tonight in the uk on channel 5- thought it might be of interest to someone. i haven't heard of him before- is he well known in the states? 20:00 The Toughest Sheriff in the West Documentary about the uncompromising Mayor of Arizona, Joe Arpaio. The consequences of his law-and-order agenda include prisoners living in tents acquired from Korea, generating their own electricity by pedalling exercise bikes. This year, he is up for re-election after eight uncontested years A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Women Urged to Run for U.S. Presidency
-Caveat Lector- Saturday February 17 10:21 PM ET Women Urged to Run for U.S. Presidency WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a move timed to coincide with Monday's President's Day holiday, a new political group is urging Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and more than 100 other women governors, lawmakers and business leaders to consider a run for the White House in 2004. American Women Presidents, formed in March 2000 to fight for getting a woman elected U.S. president, said a woman candidate had a real chance of being elected in 2004 after years of mostly symbolic campaigns. ``Now women have the opportunity to run for the presidency and win!'' said the group's president, Mosemarie Boyd, in a press release issued on Saturday. ``And now is the time to start planning for a successful campaign in 2004.'' American Women Presidents drew headlines last August when it first offered former White House intern Monica Lewinsky a job as its corporate vice president and then withdrew the offer under pressure from various women's groups. Many women have run for the top U.S. political office, led in 1872 by Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president, and including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, a Maine Republican, who ran in 1964; Rep. Shirley Chisholm, a New York Democrat, in 1972; Rep. Patricia Schroeder, a Colorado Democrat, in 1988; and former Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole in 2000. American Women Presidents lobbied hard in 2000 for the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to select a female vice presidential candidate. It also endorsed and made financial contributions to all 11 Republican and Democratic women gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidates in 2000. In a letter to the former first lady, the group urged now New York Sen. Clinton to reconsider her stated intention not to run for the White House in 2004. ``We hope you will reconsider this important decision and we look forward to working with you,'' the group said. The group also sent a letter to Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who has publicly discussed a possible presidential bid. ``We were very excited last year when you publicly stated your intention to run for the presidency and we look forward to working with you when you decide to begin your campaign,'' the group said. __ EcoNews Service - Always online for Ecology, Consciousness Universe Exopolitics. EcoNews http://www.ecologynews.com/ Prague http://mujweb.cz/www/ecologynews/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Vancouver, BC V6M 1V8 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- oh... i thought The Onion didn't come out 'til wednesday, weird. - Original Message - From: "DIG alfred webre" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:09 PM Subject: [CTRL] Women Urged to Run for U.S. Presidency -Caveat Lector- American Women Presidents drew headlines last August when it first offered former White House intern Monica Lewinsky a job as its corporate vice president and then withdrew the offer under pressure from various women's groups. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Some thoughts on the Arch Bishop Cardinal Mahoney problelm
-Caveat Lector- On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Bill Howard wrote: It has been further alleged that Cardinal Mahoney has been seen taking part in rituals that are satanic in nature, i.e., saying mass using tacos and beer in place of the host and wine. Lol! Altho hilarious, and albeit Satanic infiltrators and/or traitors have almost certainly secured high positions within the Church (possibly the highest), I wouldn't bet on tacos having ever been served at the Vatican...LOL! Good stuff, Bill! LOL! = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Chamish: Jerusalem Post Deletes [Chamish'es] Radio Interview (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:39:58 +0200 From: Barry Chamish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Post Deletes Interview JERUSALEM POST DELETES RADIO INTERVIEW by Barry Chamish Josh Wander, the gutsy Jerusalem Post Radio interviewer, who's conversation with me was placed on the Weekender section of the Post's radio page last Thursday, just called to say that, "Our interview was taken off the site. The order came from higher-ups." In that interview, I traced Ariel Sharon's ties to the Council On Foreign Relations and promised listeners that there would be no change of policy with the new prime minister, only a change of style. Oslo would continue and its promulgators, Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres would lead the cabinet as before. "I think what got them angry, "explained Wander, "were your accusations against Henry Kissinger. I heard he's on the Post board." That wouldn't surprise me since the chairman of this board is CFR hotshot Conrad Black. In the past few days I have received a torrent of mail about the interview. Typical was this comment from Australia; "Israel has a true free media. In Australia they ban opinions against the CFR and other hidden governors." Wander noted, "I know, it's like the Rabin assassination, you were hushed up." Was the interview deleted because I used salacious language or made false accusations? My correspondence hints at nothing of the kind. Here is a letter from an editor of the ZNS press service; Hi Barry: Shalom, and "todah rabah" for the link to your "Jerusalem Post" radio interview. I found it fascinating for several reasons. First, it was gratifying to me to hear you expose the CFR. You did a magnificent job, especially considering the limited time available to you on that show. You were superb! Second, you packed more meat and potatoes into the few minutes available to you than any other guest I've heard on radio. Your presentation was very, very well organized, it never flagged, and you articulated your points clearly. Third, your familiarity with the past 50 years or so of international political history was readily apparent. You came across to me as a extremely intelligent, mature, level-headed, and dedicated scholar-journalist. I salute you! Again, many thanks for pointing me to your radio interview. Hearing your voice and delivery style helped me think of you more as a real person, a friend of mine in Israel. If you know Rabbi Marvin Antelman, and if you could visit him, he could show you his copy of my recent book, "Money -- Ye shall have honest weights and measures." To find out more about "Money," visit: http://www.principiapub.com "Money" blows the whistle on the CFR but does so only indirectly. Shalom. Best wishes, Jim Ewart So I'm hushed up, meanwhile, Sharon is determined to place two totally corrupt politicos in his cabinet. Barak will soon face the music for approving an election financing scam involving fleecing foreign donors through phoney charitable funds which lined his back pocket, and Peres's central role in murdering Yitzhak Rabin will soon become the country's scandal of the century. And meanwhile, eight young men and women are murdered in a bus atrocity and Hizbullah murders a soldier on patrol and our government exacts precisely no revenge. And meanwhile, Arafat flies to Spain and Morocco last week, followed by a snap visit to Israel by Spain's prime minister and our government hides the fact that its decisions are being determined through Spain and the Vatican. And meanwhile I am being fed information which I cannot yet confirm but which you're going to get anyway. I'm told Clinton's Marc Rich pardon is leading in a most unpleasant direction for him. Certain people tracing the extent of his bribes have uncovered tantalizing hints that Clinton was about to receive a huge chunk of money from an Arab oil account if he succeeded in getting Israel out of Judea and Samaria and East Jerusalem before the end of his term. And on Dec. 31/2000, the first conference on the Rabin assassination was held in Jerusalem. I am told the event terrified our security establishment so much that they decided to create a diversion so big, that it would sabotage the conference. The incident was the murder of Binyamin Kahane and his wife Talya. That's what I was told. And now, for doing my best to save my dying nation, the Jerusalem Post has deleted their radio interview with me. If you think that is unfair, their complaints dept. can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Look what that interview uncovered. Thanks to the courage of Josh Wander, solid proof of Sharon's CFR connections emerged. Read this beauty: http://www.foreignrelations.org/public/pubs/Sharon_1-24-01_Vid.html General Meeting Videoconference from Tel Aviv to New York and Washington, DC Wednesday, January
[CTRL] Fw: SURRENDER ME TO THE HAGUE!
After the criminal last-week arrest of Mr. Dragoljub Milanovic, the former general director of Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS) and member of the leadership of SPS, demonstrations in Belgrade were held four times (in front of Parliament of Serbia, Central Prison, City Court, Government of Serbia and Ministry of Justice). The series will be continued next week - with biggest mass rally expected on Wednesday, 21st February at 2:30 p.m. in front of the Government of Serbia. The rally will also raise the voice against the Amnesty Lows (republican one adopted last week, and federal one in procedure of adoption in Federal Parliament), that have to pardon all Albanian terrorists, who are still brutally killing innocent civilians in Kosovo and Southern Serbia. These are still demonstrations against the NATO aggression and NATO quislings! Any form of public support or expression of solidarity is welcomed! The article below was originally published in Yugoslav daily "24 casa" (24 Hours) http://www.24casa.co.yu/, a week before the arrest of Mr. Milanovic. It is written by an engineer, one of the senior technicians in RTS (most of the 16 victims of NATO criminal bombing of RTSon 23rd April 1999 were from technical staff, because the target was TV "Master", technical heart of any broadcasting TV and clearly seen from the sky due to its radiation, wherever it might be placed). What transpired in 1999 SURRENDER ME TO THE HAGUE! I hereby admit I was informed that RTS building in Aberdareva Street will be bombed I, Slobodan Dragicevic, B. Sc. Eng., employed with the Serbia Broadcasting Corporation (RTS) admit voluntarily, without duress and of sound body and mind that NATO Alliance informed me they will bomb organization I am employed with as follows: building in Aberadreva Street, Belgrade, broadcasting stations Avala, Jastrebac, Crveni Cot, Iriski Venac and others. Mentioned Alliance of the Western democratic countries also informed me that it is going to bomb hospitals, trains, housing buildings, bridges and other civilian structures. At the same time, I declare that NATO countries also informed of the above all these who absolutely believe that mentioned countries are capable of doing what they say they will, that they do not shrink from any evil if it would serve their purpose. Sources of the information Hereby, I also voluntarily denounce the channels above mentioned information were delivered to me: Works of Mr. Noam Chomsky, "What America Wants?", "Year 501: The Conquest Continues", "Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies"; Raff Epersons book "Introduction Into Theory of Conspiracy"; Works of Dostoyevski, Tolstoy, Chosich, Nyegosh, Evgeni Zamyatin, George Orwel and other writers; Knowledge of global history confirming that Western countries are the origin of eternal evil; Memoirs of Guderian, Zukov, Mannheim, Churchill and other world renown personalities; Current global and internal policies winding down to forcing the happiness upon these who are even not conscious they are not happy, until told by the democrats, with the weapons, if necessary. Experiences from the wars in Bosnia where broadcasting stations of the Radio-television of the Republic of Srpska were bombed with more eagerness then military objectives, because, truth is more lethal then bombs. Experiences from the war in Iraq. They were not able to compel Iraq to surrender until started bombing civilian targets, and then they destroyed Iraqi Army after reaching agreement on their withdrawal from the combat positions. Experiences of all the countries that tried to confront them Other sources. What Else I Learned From the mentioned sources of information I have learned the following; Democratic countries of the West are populated by the barbarian peoples. Ever since they created early strong communities and started building ships, they are navigating the seas, plundering, killing and taking into slavery naïve indigenous population. That was called discovery of the world, as if peoples living there did not know about themselves and needed to be told they are discovered. In the modern world, terminology has changed, and the same actions of the Western countries are now termed "struggle for democracy and human rights". Within the last 501 years all the evil that transpired at the planet originated from the West. In the 20th century, at the soil of Central and South America, USA executed over 90 military interventions, with numerous victims, destroying all who dared to confront them. Persons ruling the West, and now almost all the world with the exception of Cuba, China, Iraq and Libya have no any scruples nor any moral norms. They do not trust in God, though they are avowing their fate. Even though they represent only one sixth of humankind, developed
Re: [CTRL] Elites ubber alles: Wouldn't you know it... j2
-Caveat Lector- flw wrote: -Caveat Lector- Sydney Morning Herald February 17, 2001 Sub civilian was top Republican By Michael Millett, Herald Correspondent in Tokyo Japan has sent an envoy to the United States to demand a full explanation for the sinking of a Japanese trawler by a US nuclear submarine, as news reports confirmed that at least one member of a guest party on board was a senior Republican Party figure. Yes, this is true. The civilian who worked the periscope was a Republican. Not only was he a Republican...he was also legally blind. The sub commander had no choice but to permit the blind Republican to operate he periscope...he didn't want to violate the Americans with Disability Act. flw Damn their eyes! J2 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] China Daily-UN has a mission to build new world order
http://www.chinadaily.net/cndy/history/2001/02/d4-1un.215.html UN has a mission to build new world order In the past century, the United Nations (UN) has accomplished a lot and proved itself to be an irreplaceable international organization. However, it faces great challenges in the new century in both handling international affairs and deepening its own internal reforms, because the world has changed dramatically since it was founded in the middle of the last century. Political multipolarization and economic globalization will remain the main trends of the new century. The narrowing of the gap between the strength of different countries has contributed much to the multipolarization trend. These trends will help to relax tensions in international relations, safeguarding world peace and pushing forward the global economy. However, as the trends increasingly weaken the influences of hegemonism and power politics, sharp conflicts will occur between old hegemonists and the world's rising nations. This will be a major challenge for the UN. Another challenge is the increasingly strong ethnic fragmentation tendency in many multi-ethnic countries. Fragmentation activities are often backed and even plotted by certain Western countries, in the name of "protecting human rights" and "humanitarianism." Western intervention only makes the tendency ferment, rather than curbs the chaos in these countries. Meanwhile, the UN wants to eliminate the gap between the rich and the poor, and promote prosperity in all countries. Economic globalization has ushered in profound changes in people's lives. It makes global competition even more fierce and will increase international conflicts over economic interests. Economic globalization also makes some global problems more serious, such as transnational crimes, drug trafficking and environmental deterioration. At present, the fruits of globalization are mainly enjoyed by a few developed countries. Most of the world's macroeconomic policies are formed by rich countries. Obviously, the UN has a huge responsibility to ensure all nations, and not just a few, benefit from globalization. Some Western countries have agreed to donate some of their gains from economic globalization to their poorer cousins. But their aid to developing countries should not be seen as a gift. It is really a duty because they have enjoyed the main fruits of globalization. The gulf between the South and the North will be even wider if the UN fails to build a fair and just international economic order. Although last year's UN millennium summit drafted a blueprint for the UN's work in the new century, it did not put forward clear goals and principles about establishing new global political and economic orders. Most developing countries wish to build a fair international order where all countries, big or small, will be equal. However, the US-led Western world aims to play a leading role in global issues by strengthening their military alliances and implementing Western values around the world. Contradictions over the international order, the world's most fundamental issue, will influence the UN's development in the future. Moreover, disputes over the purposes and principles of the UN Charter will continue in the long-term. It is generally accepted by developing countries that the principles of the UN Charter, such as respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity, the peaceful settlement of international rifts, and non-interference into other country's internal affairs, are the foundation for world peace and safety. However, some Western countries claim that these principles are outdated and trumpet their own theories, such as the neo-interventionism of the former US President Clinton, to justify their desire to meddle in other countries' internal affairs. Since 1999, Western diplomats have frequently peddled ideologies such as "priority of human rights over sovereignty" and "human rights are boundless" in UN meetings. They maintain that protecting human rights is the priority of all UN missions. This logic is not strictly in keeping with the UN Charter and is unacceptable to developing countries. The UN Charter defines safeguarding world peace and safety, developing international friendship and promoting international co-operation as the fundamental tasks of the organization. Protection of human rights is included in the Charter, but is by no means the UN's key mission. Some Western countries try to seek legal ground for their interference in other countries' internal affairs under the excuse of "human rights." But in fact they have sidestepped the UN, taking military action to deal with some regional armed conflicts, despite the UN Charter's stipulation that regional organizations should not take any peacekeeping steps before getting a mandate from the UN Security Council. Peacekeeping activity in Kosovo, which is completely controlled by the US-led NATO, is an example. To some extent, the role of the UN will
[CTRL] How War and Globalization Support American Business
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/bombs.htm How War and Globalization Support American Business… As Billions Flow to Oil and Defense Companies Bombing Of Baghdad Staves Off Financial Uncertainty by Michel Chossudovsky [2-19-2001] Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, author of The Globalization of Poverty, second edition, Common Courage Press, 2001. On Friday February 16th, spurred on by the dot-com implosion and the climactic downfall of Nortel Networks Corporation, the World's leader in fiber optics, the value of high tech stocks plummeted on Wall Street in turbulent trading. The NASDAQ stock index declined by more than five percent to a record low. But it could have been much worse. Did the bombing of Baghdad pull Wall Street out of danger? In fact it did more than that. It put billions of dollars into the deep pockets of Defense contractors and oil companies. WARNINGS FROM WALL STREET In the days leading up to the February 16 near-meltdown, stock market analysts had warned of a worst-case scenario. High tech stocks were heavily overvalued. But that day at 1.00pm, a few hours before trading closed on the New York Stock Exchange, American and British warplanes bombed Baghdad in what the Pentagon described as "a routine mission of self-defense." Routine self defense? The US media applauded. And on Wall Street, brokers did more than applaud; they gasped with relief. For in a cruel irony, the bombing raids had saved the day. As one British financial analyst noted with contempt: "..the American market didn't collapse. It didn't plummet. Indeed, the fall was less than one per cent. This was a routine day - unless you happened to live in Baghdad."1 Meanwhile, with telecom and computer stocks in the doldrums, financial and defense analysts had been working hard to rebuild "confidence in the stock market": "Makers of the nation's warfare technologies along with Wall Street analysts and industry consultants spent a week bragging about new opportunities and the likelihood of changes to Pentagon policy that would foster growth after 15 years of strained budgets. What's more, defense and aerospace stocks ended on a high note, climbing amid a broad market slump as 24 U.S. and British warplanes struck Iraqi military targets using various long-range, precision-guided weapons."2 In the last hours of trading on the 16th, defense stocks spiraled; oil and energy stocks boomed following news that Iraq's oil industry might be impaired. The value of Exxon, Chevron and Texaco stocks shot up. Harken Energy Corporation --in which George W. Bush served as company director and corporate consultant before entering politics-- gained 5.4% by the end of trading. Harken Energy happens to be a key player in Colombian oil (with a multi-billion dollar US military aid package under "Plan Colombia" on hand to protect its investments). Harken Energy CEO Mikel Faulkner is a former business associate of George W. FINANCIAL MELTDOWN The February 16th meltdown was already being predicted at the close of trading on the 15th. Business analysts on the evening news said that a major "correction" in the value of high tech stocks was "inevitable". The financial press had previously hinted that the US defense industry could also take a beating if the new Bush Administration were to curtail military procurement. A few days earlier, Lockheed Martin (LMT) --America's largest defense contractor-- had announced major cuts in its satellite division due to "flat demand" in the commercial satellite market. A company spokesman had reassured Wall Street that Lockheed "was moving in the right direction" by shifting financial resources out of its troubled commercial (that is, civilian) undertakings into the lucrative production of advanced weapon systems. For weeks, defense contractors had been actively lobbying the new Administration. On Tuesday February 12th, President Bush promised to hike defense spending based on "a comprehensive review of the military." According to The New York Times (12 February 2001), George W. Bush said: "he planned to break with Pentagon orthodoxy and create 'a new architecture for the defense of America and our allies,' investing in new technologies and weapons systems rather than making 'marginal improvements' for systems in which America's arms industry has invested billions of dollars." On the 14th, he confirmed "a $2.6 billion increase in the Pentagon's budget as a 'down payment' on new-weapons research and development."3 And two days later Baghdad was bombed by the US Air Force. The raids were a signal to Wall Street that Bush's promise "to revitalize the nation's defense" should be taken seriously. Had the Bush administration decided otherwise, Lockheed Martin's listing on the New York Stock exchange might well have experienced the same fate as that of Nortel. In fact, while (civilian) high tech stocks (quoted on the NASDAQ) had
[CTRL] Black voters believe they were denied
-Caveat Lector- Black voters believe they were denied While the truth might never be known, the perception that many were disenfranchised in November is a strongly held one. By ADAM C. SMITH and JOUNICE NEALY St. Petersburg Times, February 18, 2001 Despite the pending civil rights lawsuits, official inquiries and hundreds of sworn statements gathered by the NAACP, no one might ever know whether African-Americans really faced widespread infringement of their voting rights in November. But a Times poll of black voters shows just how firmly that belief has taken hold. More than eight in 10 black voters in Florida believe blacks' ballots were disproportionately rejected or not counted during last year's election. One in three said they or someone they know personally was denied fair access to voting in November. The deep suspicions come from people like 69-year-old Lillie Jackson of Miami who tried to vote for Al Gore. When she punched the pin through the punch-card ballot, it appeared the hole was in the wrong place, not by Gore's slot. A poll worker let her try once more, and the same thing happened. She still suspects her vote for Gore was never counted in the machine tally. Then there's Lori Pitts, 37, of Jacksonville, who before Election Day had called the elections office to verify she was registered. She went to the precinct where she had always voted and was told she needed to vote elsewhere because she had recently moved. They sent her to another precinct, where no one could find her name on the voter list. She headed to the downtown elections office to straighten out the problem, but the polls closed by the time she arrived. "I went around the world in a day and still got nothing," said Pitts, who never filed a complaint. Robert Little, a 38-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident, had no problem until he tried to vote. The punch-card ballots, he said, were very tough to punch through. He had difficulty with them, and so did a number of elderly voters he saw. "I think they did it on purpose, so the Republicans can get back in office," said Little, who voted for Gore. Leighwynn Howell, an associate pastor in his church and a Pinellas County correctional officer, has little doubt what decided the presidential election: "It was Jeb Bush and his cronies." "It was predicted a month before the election that everything hinged on Florida. Isn't it amazing that so many blacks went to the polls, and then it turned out so many of their votes weren't counted?" In follow-up telephone interviews, many of the people participating in the poll offered anecdotes of voting problems that could just as easily be explained as random confusion amid massive voter turnout, rather than intentional obstacles placed in front of voters. Some recounted difficulties they had heard happened to friends of friends or heard through the media. "The wings of the media may be flying this story, but that really doesn't matter," said Rob Schroth, the Washington D.C.-based pollster who conducted the poll for the Times. "A large percentage of African-American registered voters believe it to be true, which in the world of politics has always been more important than fact. In this case, it's a perception very strongly held." The complaints about voting rights infringement began streaming into civil rights groups well before polls closed Nov. 7. There were reports of intimidating law enforcement officers near predominantly black polling places, about people being turned away from the polls, being refused assistance with their ballots, or being incorrectly pegged as felons ineligible to vote. Various election analyses have helped fuel the suspicions about systematic disenfranchisement of minority voters. Large urban counties with big black populations tended to have problematic punch-card ballot systems; majority white precincts were more likely to have extra equipment available to help straighten out questions about voters left off of voter lists; thousands of voters, many of them black, were wrongly removed from voting lists because of a faulty program aimed at purging convicted felons from voter rolls. Ballots rejected for not showing a presidential vote or showing too many disproportionately fell in predominantly black precincts. In Duval County, for instance, an estimated 50 percent to 60 percent of the 26,000 discarded ballots came from black neighborhoods. "In Duval County, the votes that weren't counted were mostly black voters. That's fact," said Mary Graham of Jacksonville. "I grew up in segregation, and I know what the right to vote means. People died for it. Something happened in Florida that's not right." - About the Poll The St. Petersburg Times poll of African-American voters in Florida was conducted Feb. 3-5 by Schroth Associates, a Washington polling firm that works primarily for corporate clients but also for both Democratic and Republican candidates. The telephone survey of 600 registered voters has a
[CTRL] [radtimes] # 163
-Caveat Lector- [radtimes] # 163 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- How to assist RadTimes-- (See ** at end.) --- Contents: --Hospitals Nurse Workforce Shrinking --Barr would restore U.S. license to kill --The Narrow Separation of Press and State --The Largest Spy Agency Falls Behind --Some practical advice on protecting your identity online --Robots predicted to take over on the battlefield --Far from terrorism, ELF engages in selfless acts to protect future === Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001 Hospitals Nurse Workforce Shrinking http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/1110/2-14-2001/20010214091223450.html WASHINGTON (AP) _ Health experts are warning Congress that the nation's pool of registered nurses will shrink in the next 20 years _ leaving a boom of retirees without skilled caregivers. "When you visit your father after a coronary bypass or your mother in an Alzheimer's unit, you expect a competent nurse to be there," Linda Hodges, a nursing college dean from Arkansas, told the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions subcommittee on aging issues at a Tuesday hearing. The hearing on how much the federal government should pay for recruiting or keeping nurses came as the Health and Human Services Department prepared to release new figures Wednesday on the nursing work force. Preliminary data show the nursing work force has risen, but it is also growing older. And fewer nurses are entering the profession below the age of 30 and fewer are earning advanced degrees and training. Figures provided by the Senate on Tuesday shows out of 2.7 million licensed registered nurses, 2.2 million were employed as nurses in 2000. That is compared with the 2.5 million licensed to practice, and 2.1 million employed in the 1996 government survey, conducted by the department's Bureau of Health Professions. From 1996 to 2000, the average age of registered nurses has risen from 44.3 to 45.2, the Health Department figures show. Federal officials and nursing groups agree the nation will experience an acute shortage of registered nurses starting in 2010, when today's nurses start to retire. But age isn't the only factor. Experts said at the Senate hearing: Mid-career departures are cutting into the talent pool. Fewer young people are taking up the profession. And the 94 percent of women in nursing are increasingly finding doors opening in business, law and other male-dominated careers. "Nurses tell me they feel undervalued, overworked, and underpaid," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Senate panel. Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark., who chairs the subcommittee, said senators would introduce a plan in the next few weeks that would include grants for nursing scholarships and training programs. In the meantime, witnesses said, the need for specialized care is already eating into local and state budgets. Last November, nursing shortages forced Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to leave 10 percent of its surgical beds unfilled, delaying or canceling some surgeries. Health care needs are too unpredictable for hospitals not to be prepared with enough staff, said Brandon Melton, who oversees hiring for the Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives system of 120 not-for-profit health centers. "We have no control over flu outbreaks, highway accidents, or the scores of other emergencies that erupt on a daily basis," he said. Witnesses called for an increased federal role. On the Net: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee: http://www.senate.gov/labor/107Hearings/107hearings.htm Health Resources and Services Administration: http://www.hrsa.gov/ === Barr would restore U.S. license to kill http://www.washtimes.com/world/default-200129212114.htm By Tom Carter THE WASHINGTON TIMES Moammar, Saddam, Fidel: Watch your backs. Rep. Bob Barr, Georgia Republican, has introduced legislation that would restore the president's license to order a hit on a foreign leader, if that individual were deemed a threat to U.S. personnel or national security. "The United States already takes actions clearly designed to remove foreign leaders. In the 1980s, we took actions clearly designed to remove [Libyan President] Moammar Gadhafi," said Mr. Barr, in his office yesterday. "People may pretend that we don't do these things, but these are precisely the type of actions that we sometimes take. It is better policy to be more honest and recognize the president does and should have this authority." Most observers say that Congress is unlikely to do much with Mr. Barr's bill. "The House leadership from
[CTRL] Political Infighting Weakens Myanmar 19 February 2001
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Political Infighting Weakens Myanmar 19 February 2001 Summary Lt. Gen. Tin Oo, Secretary 2 of Myanmarâs State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and chief of staff of the army, died in a helicopter crash Feb. 19. Tin Ooâs death is likely to accelerate the factional struggle within the SPDC, as the more liberal factions see an opportunity to acquire some of the conservativesâ waning power. The political infighting threatens not only Yangonâs stability, but also threatens already strained relations with Myanmarâs neighbor Thailand. Analysis Lt. Gen. Tin Oo, Secretary 2 in Myanmarâs State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and chief of staff of the army, died in a helicopter crash Feb. 19. According to official state media, the crash resulted from inclement weather. Earlier reports from Myanmar and Thailand, however, have cited the cause of the crash as engine failure or an attack by ethnic rebels. Tin Oo, No. 4 in the SPDC hierarchy, was responsible for military operations and economic affairs. He advocated a strong response to Myanmarâs numerous ethnic and political opposition groups and reportedly survived three assassination attempts in the last five years. His death will likely stir an internal power struggle within the SPDC between hard-line leaders and a competing pragmatic faction. The internal political strife threatens not only Yangonâs stability, but will further strain relations with Myanmarâs neighbor Thailand. For several years, the SPDC leadership has been embroiled in an internal power struggle over who will replace the aging chairman, Sr. Gen. Than Shwe. At the center of the battle are SPDC Vice Chairman and army Commander in Chief Gen. Maung Aye and SPDC Secretary 1 and Chief of the Directorate of Defense Services Intelligence Khin Nyunt, the respective No.2 and No. 3 within the ruling council. Maung Aye holds the support of the armed forces, and as vice chairman stands to inherit the leadership role from Than Shwe. The more pragmatic Khin Nyunt, who has less support from the military, instead has been instrumental in arranging peace deals with various ethnic rebel factions and promotes a more moderate and economically open Yangon. Tin Oo, a hard-line element in the SPDC, was rumored to be Maung Ayeâs choice for SPDC vice chairman, supplanting Khin Nyunt in the ruling junta. Sources in Myanmar say that Khin Nyunt has long wanted Tin Oo dead, suggesting previous assassination attempts were part of the internal power struggle. With Tin Oo gone, both Maung Aye and Khin Nyunt will move to fill the vacuum with their own supporters. While the competition heats up inside Yangon, relations with neighboring Thailand may suffer. Bangkok and Yangon share a contentious relationship, due largely to Myanmarâs ethnic armies and drug cartels along the border. During the term of former Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, Bangkok pulled back from contact with Yangon, sending relations into an even deeper spiral. Thailandâs new Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, elected Feb. 9, has pledged to reopen the stalled contact with Yangon. On the same weekend that Thaksin was elected, however, clashes between the Myanmar army and Thai army broke out around the Thai border town of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai province. The fighting, a spillover from Myanmarâs annual spring offensive against ethnic Shan rebels, left at least 19 dead on both sides of the border, according to The Associated Press. While the fighting subsided after three days, a war of words between the neighbors continued to intensify. Thailand accused Myanmar of violating its territory and shelling civilians in an artillery barrage. Thaksin, who had earlier suggested his first official foreign visit would be to Yangon, criticized Myanmar for allowing some ethnic minority groups on the border to produce drugs. Thaksin added that if diplomatic means proved insufficient to solve the long-standing border issue, âWe will have to deal with it in our own way, and this is an assertive policy,â according to the Times of India. For its part, Yangon repeated allegations that the Thai military supports the ethnic Shan rebels, giving them sanctuary and even supplying them with landmines and other explosives. Official Myanmar media said Thailand was suspected of reinvigorating a 50-year-old concept of âGreater Thai Policy,â which called for the annexation of parts of Laos, Myanmar and China. With increasing numbers of troops on both sides of the border, the situation remains tense. On Feb. 19, Thai Cabinet members, including the foreign minister and defense minister, emphasized they no longer had plans for any official visits to Yangon. For its part, Yangon played up fears of a Thai military coup, releasing an editorial in the official New Light of Myanmar that politicians and military officers in Thailand were stirring
[CTRL] Clinton stirs fresh debate with defense of Rich pardon
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Clinton stirs fresh debate with defense of Rich pardon Defense of fugitive financier has Republicans in an uproar By MICHAEL HEDGES Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Former President Clinton's first detailed defense of the pardon of financier Marc Rich raised new questions Sunday from Republicans involved in the fugitive's case. Far from putting the controversy to rest, the explanation "raises more questions than it answers," said New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who originally prosecuted Rich. In a lengthy opinion piece published in the New York Times, Clinton denied he issued the pardons because of payments by Rich's ex-wife to his library project, his wife's Senate campaign and the Democratic Party. Clinton said he acted "in the best interest of justice." "The suggestion that I granted the pardons because Mr. Rich's former wife, Denise, made political contributions and contributed to the Clinton library foundation is utterly false," he wrote. "There was absolutely no quid pro quo." But one of the reasons Clinton listed for granting the pardon touched off a fresh controversy. Clinton said the case for the pardon was "reviewed and advocated ... by three distinguished Republican attorneys: Leonard Garment, a former Nixon White House official, William Bradford Reynolds, a former high-ranking official in the Reagan Justice Department, and Lewis Libby, now Vice President (Dick) Cheney's chief of staff." But the three men emphatically denied they "reviewed and advocated" the Rich pardon. "It is absolutely false that I knew about and endorsed the idea of a pardon," Garment said in a separate Times article. Reynolds said, "I was astounded. I have had no communications with the Clinton administration or the president ... having to do with the effort to obtain the pardon at any time." A Cheney spokeswoman said, "The assertion that Mr. Libby had anything to do with President Clinton's pardon is nonsense." Following those denials, former White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told ABC-TV's This Week that Clinton made a mistake to include them. "It is incorrect to say that they were part of the pardon application," Lockhart conceded. But Lockhart said it was earlier work by the three, who served as Rich attorneys at different times, "that persuaded the president that he ought to grant the pardon." An editor's note in today's Times said, "During the press run, Clinton's office asked that the reference to `applications' be changed to `the case for the pardons' to try to clarify Clinton's point." The revision, the Times said, was meant to refer to the principle that Lockhart spoke of. New York U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, a Clinton appointee, announced last week she had opened a criminal investigation into the pardon to determine whether Rich had bought it. Rich, along with business partner Pincus Green, fled the United States in 1983, shortly before being indicted in the largest tax-fraud case in American history. Rich was charged with 50 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, income-tax evasion and illegal oil trading with Iran. The Rich pardon touched off criticism after it was revealed his former wife donated more than $1 million to Democratic campaigns, more than $100,000 to Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate race, and $450,000 as a first payment on a donation to the Clinton library. The controversy deepened as it was revealed Clinton granted the pardon without input from the federal prosecutors in New York, or from the U.S. Justice Department. In his Sunday article, Clinton said he had several reasons for pardoning Rich, including that other oil companies doing similar deals were not charged criminally but "were instead sued civilly by the government." Clinton also said he had important foreign-policy reasons for giving Rich clemency. "Many present and former high-ranking Israeli officials of both major political parties and leaders of the Jewish communities in America and Europe urged the pardon of Mr. Rich because of his contributions and services to Israeli charitable causes," Clinton wrote. Previously, Clinton said that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the man who recently defeated him, Ariel Sharon, both sought the pardon. Giuliani, who led the investigation of Rich when he was U.S. attorney in New York's southern district, said on Fox News Sunday that Clinton's letter left out the fact that Rich was trading with Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. Giuliani said Clinton's claim that Rich should have been charged in civil court rather than criminally was wrong. "Marc Rich ran away for 17 years. These charges included trading with Iran during the hostage crisis, energy violations, a number of other frauds," Giuliani said. Clinton's explanation of the pardon also left some Democrats, who have been critical of the former president's actions since leaving office,
[CTRL] Heritage memo calls Clinton's late executive orders 'improper, illegal'
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Heritage memo calls Clinton's late executive orders 'improper, illegal' By Donald Lambro THE WASHINGTON TIMES A legal memorandum prepared for President Bush accuses Bill Clinton of having abused his presidential powers to issue executive orders, many of which are described as illegal, improper or political. Top Stories In a 24-page review of Mr. Clinton's numerous executive orders and federal regulatory rule-making, a senior legal analyst for the Heritage Foundation sharply questioned the legality of many of the outgoing president's actions and urged Mr. Bush to revoke or revise them.. Todd F. Gaziano, who wrote the lengthy legal memorandum, said Mr. Clinton aggressively used executive decrees "in situations where he failed to achieve a legislative objective. Moreover, he repeatedly flaunted his executive order power to curry favor with narrow or partisan special interests." A review of Mr. Clinton's orders showed that "a disproportionate number of these executive directives were either illegal or issued in the furtherance of an improper policy or political objective," said the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times. Its findings, which are to be made public today, will be submitted to the White House. "A president who abuses his executive order authority undermines the constitutional separation of powers and may even violate it," the memorandum said. "History will show that President Clinton abused his authority in a variety of ways and that his disrespect for the rule of law was unprecedented. Given this pattern, no one should be surprised that Clinton sometimes abused his executive authority as well," the memo said. Many of the abuses by Mr. Clinton were in his use of executive orders under the Antiquities Act of 1906, which he used to create seven national monuments comprising a million acres of land, as well as in directives in other areas of foreign, defense, environmental policy, regulatory review and civil rights, the memo said. Congress considered legislation to prevent abuses of executive orders but ran into stiff opposition from the Clinton administration. However, the memo said it would be "a mistake to try to restrict a president's lawful and proper executive order authority because of one abusive president." "Because few reforms can be imposed on a president over his veto, it makes sense for Congress to work with the new president on such reforms rather than overreact to the abuses of the last president," the memo said. The hundreds of executive orders that Mr. Clinton signed in the closing months and weeks of his presidency sparked substantial controversy, and the Heritage analysis said much of the criticism was justified. One of the most sweeping orders Mr. Clinton signed on Dec. 4 created the largest protected area in the United States, covering an 84 million-acre ecosystem around Hawaii that will be off-limits to oil exploration and will limit commercial fishing. In another sweeping action on Jan. 9, the Environmental Protection Agency approved regulations to protect tens of thousands of acres of wetlands, marshes, swamps and bogs. All presidents have used executive orders under authority that in most cases Congress has given them, but in Mr. Clinton's case, "a baser motive seemed to prevail in the use of executive power," the memo said. Mr. Clinton, it added, pushed his authority beyond legal limits. Every president since Harry S. Truman was "generally more careful to stay within their constitutional and statutory grants of authority in the exercise of their executive order authority â until the administration of President Clinton," Mr. Gaziano wrote. "Although the number of illegal executive orders issued by Clinton does not constitute a large percentage of his total 364, the pattern of illegal orders, often without any claim of statutory or constitutional authority, was still striking," he said. The memo said the "clearest example of Clinton's lawlessness" was when he signed his " 'striker replacement' executive order" in 1993 after Congress refused to change labor law to prohibit businesses from permanently replacing workers who were on strike. The executive order was unanimously overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals. One of the most "outrageous" orders signed by Mr. Clinton, under the Antiquities Act, was the establishment of the 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, the memo said. When President Carter used this act, in most cases the areas covered only a small amount of land. Mr. Clinton's order created this landmark area "with insufficient public participation and arguably without adequate due process," Mr. Gaziano said. While Mr. Clinton's sweeping use of the Antiquities Act is now facing legal challenge in court, the Heritage analysis
[CTRL] Poll Names America's Best Presidents
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Monday February 19 12:01 AM ET Poll Names America's Best Presidents By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans mentioned Ronald Reagan (news - web sites), John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln most often when asked in a poll whom they regarded as the greatest president of the United States. Those three former presidents were followed by Bill Clinton, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, George Washington and Jimmy Carter, grouped together slightly behind the top three in the Gallup Poll. Others mentioned were George H.W. Bush, father of the current president, Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower. Others were mentioned by a combined 5 percent. Reagan was mentioned by 18 percent, Kennedy by 16 percent and Lincoln by 14 percent in the poll of 529 adults taken Feb. 9-11. The poll had an error margin of 5 percentage points. A year ago, Kennedy and Lincoln were mentioned most often, and Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt were slightly behind them. Two years ago, Lincoln was first, and Reagan, Kennedy, Clinton and Washington were grouped right behind him. When people were asked whether they would prefer to see George Washington or Abraham Lincoln as president today, six in 10 said Lincoln and just under three in 10 said Washington. Gallup released the poll data for President's Day, which is celebrated Monday. The holiday was originally celebrated on Feb. 22 each year on the birthday of Washington, the nation's first president. But, in 1968, Congress decided to make it a three-day weekend, setting the holiday marking the first president's birthday as the third Monday in February. In 1971 President Nixon issued a proclamation declaring the holiday Presidents Day in order to also honor Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb. 12. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] India Fires at Pakistani Planes
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! India Fires at Pakistani Planes By Binoo Joshi Associated Press Writer Monday, Feb. 19, 2001; 12:27 p.m. EST JAMMU, India ââ Indian army gunners fired at two Pakistani reconnaissance planes intruding into India's air space in Jammu-Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Army sources said one plane was believed to have been shot down, and that there was "an explosion followed by smoke from the other side." In New Delhi, an Indian Air Force source said the planes entered Indian territory around 2:30 p.m. local time. The source said the planes are believed to have been low-flying Mushaq trainer aircraft on a reconnaissance mission. Indian ground troops spotted them and opened fire, forcing them to return, the air force officer said. The Indian military was looking for wreckage in the area but it appeared that they had crossed over into Pakistani territory, the sources said. In Pakistan, army spokesman Col. Saulat Raza refused to comment. Pakistan's air force said it had no knowledge of the incident. Indian guns engaged the aircraft in the Chhamb Sector, said Col. S.P.K. Singh, the northern command army spokesman. The area is about 35 miles northwest of Jammu, the state's winter capital. India was lodging a complaint with Pakistan over the incident, the spokesman said. In the past, both India and Pakistan have alleged violations of air space against each other, but Monday's incident was the first in more than a year. The worst air clash occurred in August 1999 when Indian fighter planes shot down a Pakistani surveillance aircraft, the French-built Atlantic-I, over Kori Creek, a boggy expanse in the western Kutch peninsula. Sixteen Pakistani servicemen were killed. A day later, Pakistani troops fired a surface-to-air missile toward three Indian military helicopters flying journalists over the marshy border region. In a separate development, Kashmiri militants killed 15 Indian soldiers and wounded several others in an overnight attack on an army convoy in troubled Kashmir, rebels said Monday. Islamic guerrillas belonging to the Pakistan-based Al Badar Mujahedeen group reportedly ambushed the military convoy with rockets, automatic assault rifles and grenades. The attack occurred in Badgam in Indian Kashmir, they said. A statement issued by the group in Islamabad said rebels and Indian troops waged a bitter gunbattle for several hours. One rebel was killed. India accuses Pakistan of fomenting violence on its Kashmir territory and of backing Islamic militants waging a 12-year secessionist uprising. Pakistan denies the charge. Both countries lay claim to a united Kashmir, which was divided between the two uneasy neighbors after British rule of the region ended in 1947. The two neighbors, who both now possess nuclear weapons, have twice gone to war over Kashmir. Pakistan, meanwhile, condemned India of what it called launching a "campaign of terror and repression" in Kashmir. Scores of peaceful civilians, including children, have been killed and wounded by Indian army last week, Pakistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Pakistan also condemns the detention of Kashmiri separatist politicians and demands their immediate release, it said. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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
[CTRL] Bacteria could eliminate e-coli
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Bacteria could eliminate e-coli By Clive Cookson in San Francisco Published: February 18 2001 21:44GMT | Last Updated: February 18 2001 22:48GMT A lethal form of food poisoning could be eliminated by feeding cattle with "friendly bacteria" that eradicate harmful germs from the animals' gut, the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was told on Sunday. The approach could help prevent serious food poisoning from the dangerous 0157 strain of e-coli bacterium, which lives in cattle and is the main cause of food poisoning from eating undercooked beef products. An outbreak killed 21 people in Scotland in 1996. But the germs also cause illness in people who are exposed to cattle manure on farms. Experiments at the University of Georgia have shown success in removing the 0157 strain of e-coli bacterium - which causes 100,000 cases of serious food-borne illness in the US each year - by giving cattle probiotic cultures of other e-coli strains that are harmless to people and animals. "In most animals, these friendly bacteria have killed all the 0157 bacteria by germ warfare inside the gastrointestinal tract within two weeks," said Michael Doyle, director of the university's Centre for Food Safety. "People have to remember that animals often lie on their manure, which clings to their hair and hides," said Professor Doyle. "A recent outbreak in Pennsylvania where children were infected by e-coli was associated with a farm visit." The traditional method of vaccinating animals to prevent them carrying 0157 did not prevent the cattle shedding the bacteria in faeces, he said. "Our new probiotic treatment shows great promise." *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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., Israel in Missile Exercise
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Monday February 19 9:50 AM ET U.S., Israel in Missile Exercise By DINA KRAFT, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Patriot anti-missile missiles will be launched in the course of a five-day joint Israeli and American military exercise that began in a stretch of desert in southern Israel on Monday. The same type of missile was used against Iraqi Scuds fired at Israel during the Persian Gulf War in 1991. The Israeli army said the exercise was planned more than a year ago and was not related to the U.S. and British airstrikes Friday on Iraq. According to U.S. Maj. Martin Downie, the live missiles will be fired close to drones serving as artificial targets. The missiles will not aim at the drones, but an area nearby. The teams will then measure for accuracy. During the Gulf War, the Patriot missiles deployed in Israel proved ineffectual against 39 Iraqi Scuds fired at Israel. The communications and training phase of the U.S.-Israeli exercise, called Juniper Cobra, began Feb. 6. At the time, the cruiser U.S.S. Porter was stationed off Israel. The ship carries radar capable of detecting missiles. ``It (the exercise) has been extremely successful,'' Downie said. ``In general we understand each other's procedures a lot better now.'' *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] MH: Dubya's a real name-caller
-Caveat Lector- Someone is badly mixed up here. Literally the WHOLE world knows who goes 'for the groin' and it ain't the Repubs. Yes, that 'shame and unpleasantness' will stick-for time and ETERNITY! --- On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:44:46 -0500 Marilyn Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Caveat Lector- On 18 Feb 01, at 17:23, MICHAEL SPITZER wrote: While other Washington leaders have been similarly charmed, on occasion Bush's folksy, loosey-goosey style has backfired. Earlier this month, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy stormed out of a bipartisan meeting on education policy after the new president referred to him as ``Chappy.'' This is, of course, a reference to Chappaquidick...lest we forget. And it is certainly not refreshing, It is part of the Republicans highly successful and utterly relentless program of the Politics of Personal Destruction. There are now ugly allegations against a highly respected black aide to Sheldon Silver--in NY State. A young Republican worker in the state capitol has accused him of "sexual harassment." She would not file criminal charges, but has gone to civil court. Of course, the Dems hold control of the NY State legislature and have been unshakeable. And if the Reps can't do it with aboveboard politics, they will, as usual, go for the groin. The aide will likely be found blameless, but the shame and unpleasantness will stick--which is, of course, all that matters. sno0wl A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Mind control: what's to come...
-Caveat Lector- From Mind control-l: POSTSCRIPT - WHAT'S TO COME "Keep in mind another very significant factor; the Montauk Project appears to have splintered, with certain aspects such as the interdimensional/time operations and some of the mind manipulation programs being merged or subsumed into HAARP, and other elements of the Project continuing on as shown by the resurgence (indeed, if they ever ceased!) of the hard core,"Montauk Boys", psychosexual abuse-coupled-with-psychotronic--EM/RF mindcontrol activities-which result in dissociative, multiple personality conditions in the targeted subjects, with the alternate personalities being heavily programmed. There are statements from certain knowledgeable individuals and some outward indications to support same, that such mind control activities-directly linked to the methods and agendas of the Phoenix/Montauk Project-are being implemented in the subterranean installation beneath the grounds of the old Navy submarine base on Fort Pond Bay in Montauk. As I've described, my personal experiences at this location and admittedly subjective analyses of these experiences has led me to conclude that there are some very peculiar surface conditions as well as a noticeably strange "vibe" in the area which would tend to give additional credence to such claims. Claims have also been made that such unwitting agents of the secret "New World Order" government, with thoroughly programmed alternate identities --many of these also implanted with biologically-based micro transceivers for monitoring, programming and triggering/activation of previous programming-may number close to ten million in the United States alone, with more being inducted and initiated daily. If such numbers are anywhere near correct there is in effect a very dangerous, secret, "sleeper" army which theoretically at least can be called upon by the covert government at any time and deployed to do what would very likely be the most horrific and gruesome tasks imaginable. This doesn't sound very good to me, and one must hope fervently that one way or another the programming starts to break down and disintegrate for most of these unfortunate people. A more widespread acknowledgement of the actual existence of these wretched operations and certainly a more open and public discussion of the entire topic and its ramifications by our society (media) would be one way to help dissolve the psychological barriers within us that prevent an understanding of the severity of the problem; and most especially those psychological barriers within these "targeted" individuals that prevent conscious awareness on the part of the main, true personality of the means used to shatter their psyches and the resulting alternate, programmed personalities. In other words, overcoming the phenomenon by which any actual concrete, conscious memories of the events surrounding the psychosexual abuse and EM/RF-assisted programming are erased or blanked out of the subjects' minds. Members of contemporary society, in particular young people, are subjected to a good deal of overt mind manipulation programming by means of the fluff and mind candy disseminated by the mass entertainment corporations and major news media conglomerates; most certainly many of the video and computer games aimed so heavily at children and teenagers have a significant "programming" impact upon participants as well. In addition to that the entire population is to a degree subject to subliminal transmissions , some coupled to commercial broadcasting and others not. Perhaps the best way to sum all of this up right now is to say that those who cherish, support and will defend human freedom and the right of humanity to fulfill its most positive, most life-affirming, most inclusive, most expansive, most compassionate and most loving destiny: take heed, and take action now, in any way you can, to counteract the influences of those people who wield the technologies described in this report in pursuit of the aims and agendas noted. The general global situation-in terms of global economics oppression), ecology/environment (pollution), quality of life and scarcity of resources issues, and additionally the overall "human predicament" in terms of personal fulfillment, higher awareness, human rights, and in terms of having any worthwhile future at all on this planet to hand our children-in many ways have surely never been more precarious: a massive shift of consciousness, and thus of "reality" itself-as shown by premier quantum mathematician /physicist and Phoenix/Montauk Project principal Jan Von Neumann-has never been more urgently needed. "World Of The Strange" Gives John Quinn a very big thank you for his continuing works..." = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion
Re: [CTRL] mcmartin interview
-Caveat Lector- Dear LIst, Below please find an interview with one of the people involved in mcmartin. Sincerely, Neil Brick this is also at http://members.aol.com/smartnews/Sample-Issue-37.htm McMartin Preschool Story "In 1983, hundreds of kids disclosed to their parents and therapists that they were abused at the prestigious McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California. Seven people were arrest and charged with hundreds of counts of child sexual abuse, setting off the longest and most expensive trial in U.S. History (7 years)."(http://members.cruzio.com/~ratf/McMartIntro.html) Additional resources on this trial and related issues are located after this article. The following interview was between Neil Brick, editor of SMART and Jackie MacGauley, mother of one of the alleged survivors of abuse at the McMartin Preschool. All accusations are alleged. Do you have any proof and references that the children at McMartin were abused? We were in court for 7 years. Still the longest trial in U.S. history. My daughter and hundreds of people I know deal with the aftermath on a daily basis. Our children's medical reports and the tunnels which corroborated one of the most 'fantastic stories' the children recounted. The tunnels are documented in a formal report now located at a Law University. The most compelling proof was living with my daughter and dealing with all of her revelations and fears. Why were the defendants declared not guilty? The jury very clearly stated that the prosecution did not prove their case. The jurors were convinced that someone did commit the crime. One juror said she would have liked to have heard more from the children. All 7 defendants were held over for trial after the pretrial. Criminal counts were added. Before the trial, when the case was not assigned to a courtroom or judge, District Attorney Ira Reiner decided to drop 5 of the defendants. A memo cited that he did not want any of "These kinds of cases anymore." About 10 other preschools were closed, but there could be no arrests without any possibility of prosecution. It was becoming an embarrassment to his office. I was told by a witness family that one defendant had enough counts and enough evidence to be tried, but Mr. Reiner felt the case would not be successful if he included her. A mother/son situation seemed like a more plausible story. Some child witnesses refused to testify when parents saw how the children were treated on the witness stand by the 7 defense attorneys. Some families were still willing to testify but were never even notified that they were no longer needed. How do you feel about the media and their involvement in the case and after the case? At first I was amazed at the attention we got. This is a small town and it involved only a few local families, I thought at the time. I never really did understand why it mushroomed as it did. I ask experts and they give different explanations. Dr. Underwager was speaking out on behalf of the defendants in Jordan, Minnesota. Janet Reno was D.A. in Miami during the Countrywalk case. She won the case when Illiana Fuster testified against her convicted murderer husband, Frank Fuster. The giant Bakersfield case and others started well before the McMartin case. The media likes to report things that they know will sell their newspapers rather than reality. What happened in court was far from representative of the reality of the crime. Moral of this story, do NOT believe much of what you hear or read in the media. Do you believe there were tunnels at McMartin? What proof can you offer to verify this? You are asking the person who actually did the project. We heavily documented our findings in photographs, scientists' reports and analysis. There were also an abundance of witnesses, including the media. The formal report is housed at a University Law Library at the moment. If you do believe the allegations at McMartin were true, how long do you believe they were going on? What evidence do you have for this? My daughter attended the school for 4 months in (Sept through January when it closed) 1982-1983. The most recent allegations began in August, 1982 when Judy Johnson took her 3 year old son to a doctor who reported it to the authorities. A lot of us parents still talk about what happened. A friend of mine was Mayor during that time. We still console each other over what happened. A lot of us still feel totally disgusted with the whole thing. Compelling (and corroborating) evidence for me and her family and Doctor was a friend who was 44 when she died last October. She was in the second class ever given at the old location, about 1958. Her psychiatrist introduced her to me in 1984. Do you know about anyone writing articles trying to disprove the allegations at McMartin, and why do you feel they would do this? Do you have any evidence for this? Some V.O.C.A.L., False Memory Syndrome type affiliates seem to make it a regular task to discredit our
Re: [CTRL] Secret Weapons Book Review
-Caveat Lector- Dear List, Below please find a book review written by one of the authors. Sincerely, Neil Brick This is also at http://members.aol.com/smartnews/Sample-Issue-37.htm This may be heavy for survivors to read. Secret Weapons Book Review The following book review was written by Lynn Hersha, one of the authors of the book, "Secret Weapons - Two Sisters' Terrifying True Story of Sex, Spies and Sabotage" by Cheryl and Lynn Hersha with Dale Griffis, Ph D. and Ted Schwartz. New Horizon Press, P O Box 669 Far Hills, NJ 07931 - ISBN 0-88282-196-2. Her letter/article was published in the March 1997 Issue #13 of SMART. Following the article are excerpts from the book. Please use caution while reading this. It may be heavy for survivors. All accusations are alleged. In the United States, the American public have had the knowledge of the CIA's Top Secret Program, MKUltra, and its experimentation in Mind Control on adult volunteers and unwitting subjects. Now, we have a well-documented, verifiable account of not one, but two childrens' long untold stories of being CHILD subjects of Project MKUltra. In the new book, "Secret Weapons: Two Sisters' Terrifying True Story of Sex, Spies and Sabotage," we find the horrific, yet, informative narratives of Cheryl and Lynn Hersha, as they describe tortuous programming beginning at the tender ages of four and six years, and continuing into adulthood. Their harrowing accounts are supported by the fact-finding, breakthrough research of Dale Griffis, PhD., (a private investigator best known for his 25 yrs. of work in Ritual Abuse), and investigative journalist, Ted Schwarz, (who has authored over 100 books, countless magazine articles and other written media, including works on Dissociative Identity Disorder, True Crime Stories, and authorized biographies.) A must-read for all who believe in the inherent worth of every human being, and the triumph of the human spirit over the worst evils man can perpetuate against the very young it should be compelled to protect, be it by morality, ethical conduct, law, or common human decency. A riveting, heart-wrenching expose whose time has come. Quotes from the book: "By the time Cheryl Hersha came to the facility, knowledge of multiple personality was so complete that doctors understood how the mind separated into distinct ego states, each unaware of the other. First, the person traumatized had to be both extremely intelligent and under the age of seven, two conditions not yet understood though remaining consistent as factors. The trauma was almost always of a sexual nature..." p. 52 "The government researchers, aware of the information in the professional journals, decided to reverse the process (of healing from hysteric dissociation). They decided to use selective trauma on healthy children to create personalities capable of committing acts desired for national security and defense." p. 53 - 54 The book also contains a variety of documents on mk-ultra and different projects as well as reports to the Presidential Committee on Radiation and Mind Control, including information on the five Canadians' lawsuit against the U.S. Government. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] De-Worshiping Public Education
-Caveat Lector- De-Worshiping Public Education by Karen De Coster Hard as it is to believe, the world is still chock-full of professional educators who worship the ideals of a state-sponsored, indoctrinating public school system. This system is wrought with funding boondoggles, and has proven to be an arrant failure overall, damaging millions of children in the process. Public education is based on the idea that government is the "parent" best equipped to provide children with the values and wisdom required to grow into an intelligent, functional adult. To reiterate what former first lady Hillary Clinton professed, these public school champions believe "it takes a village.." It doesn't take a village to raise and educate children. It takes a family, a church, interested third parties such as friends and neighbors, or quality private educational institutions that flourish under a capitalistic system and respond to the paying parent-consumers. As Hebrew University historian Martin van Crevald points out in his book, The Rise and Decline of the State, the archetype for state-directed education was popularized by nineteenth-century state worshippers who wanted to impose a love of big government ideals upon the youth. There was also the move toward secularization, and an overall appetite for "discipline" of the unruly (meaning independent) masses that buttressed the campaign to take education out of the hands of family and church. After all, unruly, independently educated masses might resist government's objectives, and this kind of disarray would be unacceptable in the move toward building a powerful, controlling state apparatus. Prussia's Frederick William I and France's Napoleon discerned this, as did a legion of other despotic rulers throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Modern-day education has built on the foundation set forth by these tyrants. What is most disquieting about the public education mindset is that those who believe most strongly in it are convinced that there are no other noble alternatives, and that the alternatives that do exist are merely a hindrance to the only real education, that which is provided via the public domain. The egalitarian core belief of these educators is that society is responsible for obtaining, maintaining, and paying for the process of equally developing young minds. Bias Against the Smart and Hardworking But since the laws of the modern state that control the educational system lean toward equality, that means a bias against the smart and hardworking. This takes education to the level of heavy egalitarian leanings, sustaining the philosophy that schools have the obligation to treat all students as pure equals - equal in intelligence, work ethic, performance, and desire. Such nonsense is refuted by H. George Resch in "Human Variety and Individuality" on the Separation of School and State website. Mr. Resch contends that compulsory, government-controlled education is trying to achieve ends that are not possible due to the fact that general equality is not only impossible to define, but that biological, environmental, and cultural differences among us are so vast that a compulsory, standardized public education poses difficulties that cannot be overcome, and certainly not by a public school system. It's obvious that public schooling is neither beneficial to most students, nor is it efficient. Education is an acquired good, a good that has to meet the needs of the consumers, or else face rejection in the free market. Hence, the necessity for individually-tailored private educational institutions that cater to the urgencies of the marketplace, or home schools that provide a quality environment for each student's direct needs. In school districts throughout the land, public school teachers and administrators, along with closely allied PTA's, battle a threatening voucher system - extolled by conservatives as the "great solution" to education. The voucher system, to the public school proponent, means the likely scenario of competition - a little bit of the free market invading their government-protected world of free-form indoctrination. Vouchers may - according to these public educators - open up the possibility that parents would seek higher standards in the public school curriculum, educational materials, and teacher-administrator qualities, or else these parents could easily cash in on their vouchers and move on to an alternative institution that is more likely to listen to their wishes, and modify its overall teaching program accordingly. This means that all those educators using "Heather has Two Mommies" to brainwash children on the "virtues" of homosexuality might have to trade in such liberal balderdash for truly educational literature. How ridiculous that the education system should dare have to fall into the snare of having to concede to the free market! The voucher threat may also pressure schools to
Re: [CTRL] Black voters believe they were denied
-Caveat Lector- Sounds like these stories are all made up. I don't believe a word of it. On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:31:54 -0800 radman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Caveat Lector- Black voters believe they were denied While the truth might never be known, the perception that many were disenfranchised in November is a strongly held one. By ADAM C. SMITH and JOUNICE NEALY St. Petersburg Times, February 18, 2001 Despite the pending civil rights lawsuits, official inquiries and hundreds of sworn statements gathered by the NAACP, no one might ever know whether African-Americans really faced widespread infringement of their voting rights in November. But a Times poll of black voters shows just how firmly that belief has taken hold. More than eight in 10 black voters in Florida believe blacks' ballots were disproportionately rejected or not counted during last year's election. One in three said they or someone they know personally was denied fair access to voting in November. The deep suspicions come from people like 69-year-old Lillie Jackson of Miami who tried to vote for Al Gore. When she punched the pin through the punch-card ballot, it appeared the hole was in the wrong place, not by Gore's slot. A poll worker let her try once more, and the same thing happened. She still suspects her vote for Gore was never counted in the machine tally. Then there's Lori Pitts, 37, of Jacksonville, who before Election Day had called the elections office to verify she was registered. She went to the precinct where she had always voted and was told she needed to vote elsewhere because she had recently moved. They sent her to another precinct, where no one could find her name on the voter list. She headed to the downtown elections office to straighten out the problem, but the polls closed by the time she arrived. "I went around the world in a day and still got nothing," said Pitts, who never filed a complaint. Robert Little, a 38-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident, had no problem until he tried to vote. The punch-card ballots, he said, were very tough to punch through. He had difficulty with them, and so did a number of elderly voters he saw. "I think they did it on purpose, so the Republicans can get back in office," said Little, who voted for Gore. Leighwynn Howell, an associate pastor in his church and a Pinellas County correctional officer, has little doubt what decided the presidential election: "It was Jeb Bush and his cronies." "It was predicted a month before the election that everything hinged on Florida. Isn't it amazing that so many blacks went to the polls, and then it turned out so many of their votes weren't counted?" In follow-up telephone interviews, many of the people participating in the poll offered anecdotes of voting problems that could just as easily be explained as random confusion amid massive voter turnout, rather than intentional obstacles placed in front of voters. Some recounted difficulties they had heard happened to friends of friends or heard through the media. "The wings of the media may be flying this story, but that really doesn't matter," said Rob Schroth, the Washington D.C.-based pollster who conducted the poll for the Times. "A large percentage of African-American registered voters believe it to be true, which in the world of politics has always been more important than fact. In this case, it's a perception very strongly held." The complaints about voting rights infringement began streaming into civil rights groups well before polls closed Nov. 7. There were reports of intimidating law enforcement officers near predominantly black polling places, about people being turned away from the polls, being refused assistance with their ballots, or being incorrectly pegged as felons ineligible to vote. Various election analyses have helped fuel the suspicions about systematic disenfranchisement of minority voters. Large urban counties with big black populations tended to have problematic punch-card ballot systems; majority white precincts were more likely to have extra equipment available to help straighten out questions about voters left off of voter lists; thousands of voters, many of them black, were wrongly removed from voting lists because of a faulty program aimed at purging convicted felons from voter rolls. Ballots rejected for not showing a presidential vote or showing too many disproportionately fell in predominantly black precincts. In Duval County, for instance, an estimated 50 percent to 60 percent of the 26,000 discarded ballots came from black neighborhoods. "In Duval County, the votes that weren't counted were mostly black voters. That's fact," said Mary Graham of Jacksonville. "I grew up in segregation, and I know what the right to vote means. People died for it. Something happened in Florida that's not right." - About the Poll The St.
[CTRL] SNOW: Justice Thomas steps up
-Caveat Lector- http://www.townhall.com/columnists/tonysnow/ts20010219.shtml Tony Snow February 19, 2001 Justice Thomas steps up WASHINGTON -- Clarence Thomas does not like large crowds. He prefers the company of family and friends; the comfort of neighborhood eateries and baseball diamonds where he can teach kids to keep their gloves down as ground balls come skipping their way. But circumstance often thrusts unassuming men into major roles -- and last Tuesday, before a throng of formally dressed men and women at an American Enterprise Institute dinner, the associate justice of the United States Supreme Court issued a long-overdue call for a renewed civil-rights movement. He didn't advertise his talk as such, and he never would accept responsibility for leading any cause, but his address carefully analyzed a phenomenon many Americans have come to recognize: The civil-rights movement has gone slowly, perceptibly, terribly wrong. What began as a crusade for equal rights under the law has soured into a big-money quest to impose racial preferences. A movement that once united Americans of every class and color has turned into an agent of segregationism, race-baiting and political intrigue. What arose as a populist cause championed by ordinary citizens has degenerated into cults of personality backed by corporate America and shielded from scrutiny by a cadre of enforcers and intimidators. "We Shall Overcome" has given way to "Show me the money!" The grandees of the New Segregationism have maintained their authority through the raw and shameless use of force. The average hack employs two weapons: protests and killer epithets. If a white man runs afoul of the establishment, he gets tagged a "racist." Black iconoclasts get dubbed "Uncle Toms." These labels are the most corrosive and feared in the land, and the mere threat of using them has reduced strong men and women to gelatinous nothings. Nevertheless, truth has a funny way of squirming through the murk. Consider these propositions: Kids have a better chance of living good and productive lives if they grow up in the same home as their mother and father. Federal welfare imposed a family-wrecking policy on poor Americans. A strong conscience is a surer and more admirable form of birth control than a condom. Jury nullification has helped predators create a whole new generation of black victims. The "civil-rights movement" has become a Potemkin operation: all storefront and no store. There is no longer a practical distinction between affirmative action and quotas. Diversity training has become a tool for imposing uniformity of thought. Race-norming, like Jim Crow, fetters black students and workers with low standards and low expectations. And most importantly, "black leadership" has become the chief shill for programs that have inflicted breathtaking damage on average black Americans. Everybody knows these things are true; almost nobody dares say them aloud for fear of reprisals -- job loss, humiliation, a demand for some groveling public recantation. It has been that way for some time. In his speech, Thomas offered a 1974 quote from theologian Michael Novak: "Honesty on questions of race is rare in the United States. So many and unrecognized have been the injustices committed against blacks that no one wishes to be unkind, or subject himself to intimidating charges. Hence, even simple truths are commonly evaded." Thomas encouraged his audience to stop indulging in polite lies about race relations and demand public acknowledgment of impolite truths. "A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument," he said, "because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister." Most Americans know that racial harmony isn't difficult to achieve. You give people a chance to live side-by-side, and share everyday triumphs and hardships. We have won most of the big battles already: Discrimination no longer enjoys any cachet. Younger Americans don't think of racism as a threat, and intermarriage rates make it obvious that love increasingly is becoming colorblind. As a country, we have rolled back the tide of old animosities. Unfortunately, the New Segregationists keep getting in the way, demanding that the nation re-live the 1960s and revive old suspicions and grievances. Thomas outlined the best way to deal with such bullies: Punch back. A good place to start would be to call out anybody -- right or left -- who makes gratuitous use of the "racist" label. The same goes for activists who believe that the road to personal salvation must travel though a government office. When Martin Luther King Jr. talked about going to the mountaintop, he didn't mean standing in line to get some government-issued scrip. He had in mind the kind of dignity Clarence Thomas discussed -- and has practiced -- while his detractors were
[CTRL] NewYorkMag: Rich on Clinton/Flowers
-Caveat Lector- [I found this excerpt insightful. --MS] http://www.newyorkmag.com/page.cfm?page_id=1021position=5 When she finally left Marc, in 1991, one of the first new songs she wrote, "Free..." [snip] When Rich moved back to the city permanently in the mid-nineties, she found herself a social outcast. But several shrewd moves and an endless flow of cash ensured that she wouldn't remain one for long. She hired, in quick succession, a publicist, cranky legend Bobby Zarem, who made sure she appeared in all the right columns, and an "imagist" (he prefers to be called "family friend"), Brad Boles, who says he helps "realize Denise's vision for parties and events" and helps pick out her clothes. On off nights, Rich would make the scene with her posse, which consisted largely of black music associates and gay retainers. Even Zarem has been heard to grumble, "They drag her out to all these ditzy, drecky things at these stupid clubs, and here I am trying to maintain a prestigious image. I don't think much of any of them, but then, I'm not a hairdresser." Under Zarem's tutelage, Denise also set out to prove herself in a slightly loftier realm: politics. She wrote her first check to Bill Clinton during the Gennifer Flowers, draft-dodging days of his beleaguered campaign. Denise, after all, knew a thing or two about scandal, and says she felt an affinity with the charming candidate. "He is a beautiful person," says Denise. "We're all human, you know?" Covering all bases, she has also generously supported Rudy Giuliani, the very man who chased her husband out of the country. "I came back here, and people thought I'd hang my head in shame," says Denise. "Why? I'm proud to be an American." Even "during the darkest moments," the Clintons could count on Denise Rich, says Steve Grossman of the DNC. "She made it very clear she would do anything to help. And I don't just mean she writes checks. Lots of people write checks. But there are few who have, well, a sense of wonderment about it." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] WT: White House won't hinder Rich probe
-Caveat Lector- February 16, 2001 White House won't hinder Rich probe By Sean Scully THE WASHINGTON TIMES The White House will not interfere with a criminal probe of President Clinton's last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, despite President Bush's call to "move on" and not dwell on the incident. "I do not think it is the role of the president to dictate to the independent Justice Department what investigations they should or should not conduct," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said yesterday. "The president has expressed his opinion when he was asked about the Marc Rich pardon." U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White of the Southern District of New York confirmed yesterday that her office is conducting a criminal probe of the Rich pardon, which Mr. Clinton issued only two hours before he left office, without any of the customary Justice Department review procedures that usually accompany pardons. While Mrs. White refused to elaborate on the nature of the probe, law-enforcement officials say she is looking into whether personal gifts and political contributions by Mr. Rich's ex-wife, Denise Rich, influenced Mr. Clinton's decision. Mrs. White is also looking into whether the wealthy Mr. Rich, who lives in Switzerland, might have helped Mrs. Rich finance the gifts. Mrs. Rich is believed to have contributed more than $1 million to Mr. Clinton's campaign, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Mr. Clinton's presidential library fund. She also gave furniture to the Clinton family. While the president has unlimited power to grant pardons under the Constitution, nothing exempts him from federal laws against bribery. In a statement released yesterday by his office, Mr. Clinton denied any wrongdoing. "As I have said repeatedly, I made the decision to pardon Marc Rich based on what I thought was the right thing to do," Mr. Clinton wrote. "Any suggestion that improper factors, including fund raising for the DNC or my library, had anything to do with the decision are absolutely false. I look forward to cooperating with any appropriate inquiry." Congressional investigators have been looking into the Rich pardon as well, even though Congress has no power to interfere with a presidential pardon. The federal investigation will temporarily derail the aggressive investigation envisioned by House Government Reform Committee Chairman Dan Burton, Indiana Republican. The committee's majority counsel, James Wilson, said it would maintain a "respectful distance" so it wouldn't conflict with Mrs. White's investigation. That means the committee will likely back off demands to have Mrs. Rich testify and, perhaps, issue subpoenas for bank records and other documents. It will also delay a plan by the committee to offer Mrs. Rich immunity in return for her testimony, staff said. But nevertheless, committee officials yesterday said they will subpoena three of Mr. Clinton's closest White House aides former chief of staff John Podesta, lawyer Beth Nolan and adviser Bruce Lindsey for the next hearing on the pardon. In addition, the panel will recall Rich attorney and former White House counsel Jack Quinn for the same hearing, which has been scheduled for March 1. The committee also asked Mr. Clinton and Mr. Rich to release all their aides and lawyers from any executive and attorney-client privilege so they can testify freely. "We're also asking Mr. Rich, if he has nothing to hide, to let his counsel speak freely and that goes for the documents that have been claimed by them as well," committee spokesman Mark Corello told reporters. On Monday, Mr. Bush told reporters that he is not interested in questions about Mr. Rich, or other scandals surrounding the former president. There were reports that Mr. Clinton's staffers vandalized the White House on their way out, and Mr. Clinton admits that he took furniture and gifts from the White House when he left. "My attitude is, all this business about the transition, it's time to move on, it is," Mr. Bush said. "It's time to stay looking forward, and that's what I'm going to do." Mr. Fleischer said yesterday that Mr. Bush's attitude has not changed in any way. But he said that does not mean Mr. Bush is calling for a halt to Mrs. White's probe. "One of the things that President Bush stressed in his selection of the person to run the Department of Justice is it should be a nonpolitical Department of Justice," Mr. Fleischer said. "And when something is nonpolitical, that means you leave investigative decisions to the professionals who make those decisions." Mr. Fleischer said Mr. Bush is not worried that a scandal over the actions of his predecessor might in some way harm his own power to grant pardons. There have been suggestions on Capitol Hill to amend the Constitution to curtail the president's broad pardon power, and some legal scholars say a bribery probe
[CTRL] Times: REES-MOGG: On Mena: When Uncle Sam was a drugs runner
-Caveat Lector- "Mrs Parks accused her husband of running drugs. Parks said that Vince Foster Bill Clintons lawyer paid him $1,000 in cash for each trip. Parks also told her to forget what she had seen. In 1993 Parks was murdered by two unknown gunmen. He lived in a dangerous world, as, indeed, did Vince Foster, who was found dead in Fort Marcy Park, Virginia." http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-87092,00.html Times of London Monday, February 19, 2001 When Uncle Sam was a drugs runner By WILLIAM REES-MOGG It does not strike me as odd that Bill Clinton should have given a presidential pardon to Marc Rich, whom the US prosecutors regard as the biggest tax fraudster in American history, or that Mrs Rich should have given large donations to Hillarys Senate campaign, to the Clinton Library project, and to the Democratic Party. That is exactly the sort of behaviour I would have expected. The interesting question is not whether Clinton has had criminal contacts or taken tainted campaign funds. It is whether he can continue with his cover-ups and comebacks, now that he is out of the White House. Even The New York Times and The Washington Post have begun to criticise him. This may be a very important question for American politics. If the whole Clinton story becomes fully known, that could change public attitudes and even the balance of power between the American parties, perhaps for years to come. It even casts some doubt on Tony Blairs judgment; surely British Intelligence must have told the Prime Minister about Clintons record, so well established over the past 20 years or more. The Prime Minister had reasons of state to seek a good working relationship with the President, but his emotional buddyism was regrettable. How much more must those Democrats who defended, praised and sucked up to Clinton be regretting it now. If the full Clinton story is ever told, I am not sure that it will either be the Republicans or the mainstream US press that will tell it. In 1994, I remember making inquiries in Washington about the Mena airport scandal. Even now, most Americans have never heard what happened at Mena, Arkansas. Yet it is the biggest scandal of modern American history, as the black caucus in Congress well knows. Mena was the wholesale route of cocaine importation into the US in the 1980s; the cocaine was turned into crack; the crack epidemic ravaged the Black districts of the big American cities as badly as Aids ravaged the homosexual community in the same period. To explained what happened at Mena, I will quote from a contemporary letter I have in front of me. Congress of the United States. January 26, 1989. To Governor Bill Clinton, State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas. Dear Bill: The investigation into alleged guns and drug smuggling at Mena Airport can be cleared up by a local Grand Jury that will require state funds. Deputy Prosecutor Charles Black of Mt Ida, the state police and congressional investigators are interested in convening such a grand jury . . . Black knows of witnesses who will testify that planes loaded with guns went to South America and returned loaded with drugs. Certain DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) agents have stated that the late convicted smuggler Barry Seal was flying weapons to Central America in violation of US foreign policy and, in return, the federal government secretly allowed Seal to smuggle drugs back into the United States. Congressman Bill Hughess Sub-Committee on Crime had learnt independently that at the time Seal was working on the famous Nicaraguan Sting operation for the DEA and the CIA in 1984, he was still running drugs. Sources in Mena indicate that smuggling activities at Meana continued after Seals murder in 1986 and are still continuing . . . Seal was murdered by Colombian gunmen while in federal custody. The signature on this letter has been blacked out, as has the congressmans room number. However, internal evidence makes it certain that the letter was written by Congressman Bill Alexander. Was he a member of the conservative conspiracy which Hillary Clinton has alleged is behind the allegations against her husband? Not at all; Alexander was an Arkansas congressman; he was at that time the Democratic whip in the House of Representatives, and the senior Democrat of the House Appropriations Committee. If he had a political motive, it would have been to embarrass the Republican Administration, not the Democrats. His inquiry was sidetracked both in Arkansas and in Washington. Barry Seal, like Marc Rich, was a billionaire. He had numerous bank accounts, of which a single one, in the Fuji Bank in the Cayman Islands contained $1.64 billion (£1.09 billion). One of his associates, quoted by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Sunday Telegraph of October 9, 1994, claimed that between 1980 and his murder in 1986, Seal imported 36 metric tonnes of cocaine, three tonnes of heroin and 104 tonnes of marijuana. A Little Rock private detective,
[CTRL] Behavioral-recognition software
-Caveat Lector- Not only do our rulers now employ artificial intelligence to keep track of what we are doing, they have apparently begun using it to predict what we will do in the future. This is called behavioral-recognition software. If it's not already in use, it's in the pipeline. They seem to be trying to break this to us gently. For details, see: http://www.sfbg.com/nessie/36.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Tonight on Art Bell's Coast to Coast
-Caveat Lector- 02/19/01 - Mon/Tue Guest: Nick Begich Related News: HAARP Tranmitter Now Running at Full Power! Book: Angels Don't Play This HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology Website: www.earthpulse.com Website: H.A.A.R.P. Home Page Guest: Don Ecker Images: Moon Photos Website: www.ufomag.com Topic Search: Lunar Images ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Need web address
-Caveat Lector- Hello to all, Did anyone happen to hear the web address for the military man interviewed on Monday, Feb 19, on G. Gordon Liddy's show? I would appreciate having it. Thanks, BB A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] NP: Prepare for bioterrorism attack, military doctor warns
-Caveat Lector- The National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010219/478925.html February 19, 2001 Prepare for bioterrorism attack, military doctor warns Readiness questioned By Margaret Munro National Post SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. Army expert in biological warfare is urging Washington to prepare for a bioterrorism attack that he says is inevitable and could unleash a silent killer such as smallpox, anthrax or the plague on an unsuspecting public. "We need more of a sense of urgency about this," said Colonel Edward Eitzen, a doctor and bio-weapons specialist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. Biological warfare is the "ultimate weapon" since the first sign of attack would likely be sick or dying people showing up at doctors' offices and hospital emergency rooms, he told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He said the pathogens that would be released in a bioterrorism attack are relatively cheap, accessible and easy to conceal. Col. Eitzen said terrorists could even willingly infect themselves with smallpox and walk around a city, knowingly infecting people for 14 days before symptoms developed. Public health staff and medical doctors need to be educated about the threat, warned Dr. Margaret Hamburg, who recently stepped down as a bio-weapons advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One big concern is that a disease such as smallpox or anthrax could spread for days before the epidemic is noticed. Most emergency rooms and physicians, Dr. Hamburg said, have never seen a case of smallpox or anthrax and some of the deadly diseases have flu-like symptoms in the early stages. While U.S. government agencies are working with researchers to devise a response, the doctors urge scientists to impress on politicians the need to take the threat more seriously. They also want to see disease surveillance and testing systems expanded so more labs can identify suspicious microbes within hours. Col. Eitzen said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control recently ordered production of new smallpox vaccine, but it will take four years to produce. When the vaccine becomes available, he said, governments might want to renew discussions about who should be vaccinated, as military personnel and doctors are no longer routinely required to get the shots. He also said the military medical staff has been cut significantly in recent years and is hard-pressed to keep up with its workload. Meanwhile, bioweapons may also be used to attack the brain. "Biotechnology will give us the capability to manipulate all of the life processes including cognition," said Dr. Matthew Meselson, a geneticist at Harvard University. "It's different from previous technologies in that it has the potential of changing people, not just destroying them." The threat is still theoretical, he said, but "profound advances in biology" such as deciphering the human genome that spells out some of the biological controls of life could make it possible. "Over time surely we will be able to manipulate all life processes, including cognition, emotions, reproduction, heredity and development," he said. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Portland NORML News: 3/4/99: On the Richard Riley, Jr. Conviction
-Caveat Lector- [I thought this tad of info might interest some CTRL researchers. These excerpts are from a thread on another list. --MS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one that I've heard of is looking into this pardon: Richard Riley, Jr., the son of the out-going US Sec. of Education under Clinton, Richard Riley from S. Carolina -is on the pardon list. Why has there been no account in the public on this? I believe the son's prison time was for drug trafficking and marijuana use/exchange. Anyone have any info on this pardon? Full story at: http://www.mapinc.org/pdxnorml/ii/990304.html Portland NORML News - Thursday, March 4, 1999 ..snip.. R0LLING STONE, MARCH 4,1999 Page 47 THE POLITICS OF POT: A GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL [very large snip] When the son of Richard W. Riley (the former South Carolina governor who became Clinton's secretary of education) was indicted in 1992 on federal charges of conspiring to sell cocaine and marijuana, he faced ten years to life in prison and a fine Of $4 million. Instead, Richard Riley Jr. received six months of house arrest. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] joe arpaio uk tv prog
-Caveat Lector- Yes, he is generally known here in the States, especially in the west. He has become somewhat a celebrity, having been interviewed by many tv news shows, and is a favorite topic in the newspapers for feature articles. "c." wrote: -Caveat Lector- this is a tv prog on tonight in the uk on channel 5- thought it might be of interest to someone. i haven't heard of him before- is he well known in the states? 20:00 The Toughest Sheriff in the West Documentary about the uncompromising Mayor of Arizona, Joe Arpaio. The consequences of his law-and-order agenda include prisoners living in tents acquired from Korea, generating their own electricity by pedalling exercise bikes. This year, he is up for re-election after eight uncontested years A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] EX-KGB AGENT PREDICTS AMERICA'S FUTURE
-Caveat Lector- EX-KGB AGENT PREDICTS AMERICA'S FUTURE "KILLING OUR OWN (ROE v. WADE)" Part IVc The Joshua Report http://members.spree.com/education/2302410/ -- Michael The Outlawlady The Joshua Report http://members.spree.com/education/2302410/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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
