Re: [CTRL] Radio campaign

1999-01-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Of course, he includes "No new taxes" and "I wasn't in the loop" and a few others, no? I wonder if someone sent him an I.O.U. (negative contribution), would he honour that as well? (All remittances being sent to a *worthwhile* cause, of course.) Am I seeing too much or is

[CTRL] Tripp's Trap (A New One)

1999-01-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- What I wanna know is: Where's her co-conspirator Lucy Annie with that book deal (that started the whole thing)? I wonder if sent an I.O.U., would they remit the $$$ to be donated to a worthy cause. Her situation is like that of Billio: a victim of circumstances, created

[CTRL] Coo-Cou-Coup

1999-01-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Clinton Impeachment Senate impeachment trial opens: political coup enters climactic stage By the Editorial Board 8 January, 1999 The opening of the Senate impeachment trial will be remembered in history as a critical

[CTRL] Vive La France!

1999-01-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Now I understand *why* I'm not really upset at Billio, rather disappointed in his inability be good at avoiding perils: too many years as a Francophile. Again, as G Ferraro put it, if stupidity were grounds for impeachment ... From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Saturday,

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 01-08

1999-01-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM A critical decision for the Iraqi national council, tomorrow Iraq, Politics, 1/8/99 Well-informed Iraqi sources in Amman said that the Iraqi national council (Parliament) will hold an emergency session tomorrow (Saturday) at the invitation of the Iraqi

Re: [CTRL] External Forces

1999-01-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- McAfee from Network Associates. It has a built-in webscan feature that checks e-mail attachments. I've used Dr Solomon (which I believe has been Hoover-ed by McAfee) and Thunderbyte. I graduated to McAfee when it became the flagship virus checker for the folks that make

[CTRL] DeTocqueville

1999-01-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From the Un of Virginia, a basic text on American history by a man who visited a republic to study its democratic form of government. Note that the first part is "setting" followed by the author's preface to his work. The remainder of the text can be found by following the

[CTRL] Coup de Satire, then Coup de Pat

1999-01-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.thepornographyofpower.com/tom30.html The Pornography Picture of Power "I'm Wide Awake. I'm Wide Awake. I'm Not Sleeping." -"BAD", U2 Tom J. Wright A Semi-Weekly Column of Political Commentary December 15-December 31, 1998 Clinton Impeached: Republican

[CTRL] House Cleaning

1999-01-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.rollcall.com/newsscoops/3rdscoop.html House Clerk's Office Shake-up Continues Two Assistant Clerks Fired After Carle Resignation By Ethan Wallison Two top officials at the House Clerk's

[CTRL] Views from Abroad

1999-01-26 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Irish Times http://www.irish-times.com/irish-times/paper/1999/0125/lea.htm#7 CLINTON ON TRIAL Sir, - I felt it my duty, in a starving world, to butt in so as to help prevent the American Senate from wasting money on this Bill Clinton nonsense any longer. There is no need

[CTRL] Policing the State

1999-01-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America $10 billion for "anti-terrorism" plan Clinton proposes huge police buildup By Martin McLaughlin 26 January 1999 In a speech January 22 to the National Academy of Sciences, President Clinton announced a $10 billion plan to

[CTRL] Arabiana: 01-27

1999-01-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Middle East What is happening in Yemen? Relations with Britain continue to worsen By Barbara Slaughter 27 January 1999 Relations between Britain and Yemen continue to deteriorate daily. On January 25, Yemen made an official request for

[CTRL] Arabiana: 01-27a

1999-01-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Iraqi paper: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia are to pay dear price for US-British strikes Iraq, Politics, 1/27/99 The Iraqi daily al-Joumhureyah (Iraqi newspapers reflect official positions) said on Tuesday that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will pay a heavy price for the

[CTRL] Posse C

1999-01-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.ndsn.org/JULY97/MILITARY.html The "Militarization" of the Anti-Drug Effort SPECIAL REPORT July 1997 by Chad Thevenot Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. military has become increasingly involved in fighting the national anti-drug effort. Critics of this

[CTRL] I'm a ...

1999-01-28 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- "... politician" ??? From Wash (DC) Post Twisted Policy on Iraq By Sam Husseini Tuesday, January 26, 1999; Page A19 President Clinton, in his address to the nation just after ordering the bombing of Iraq last month on the eve of his scheduled impeachment vote, claimed that

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 01-28

1999-01-28 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Turkish plans concerning Iraq Turkey, Politics, 1/28/99 The Turkish daily Joumhuriet said on Wednesday that while the US is exerting efforts to partition Iraq, Turkey on the other hand tries to prevent such a partition. The paper added that the Turkish

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 01-29

1999-01-29 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Wash DC Post "" "Most Arab leaders would be overjoyed if they woke up one morning and Saddam was gone," the official said. "They would like us to [topple the Iraqi leader], and they would like us to do it quietly and efficiently. What they say publicly -- they have to

[CTRL] Ghosts of the Cold War

1999-01-29 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Publishers Weekly Online http://www.bookwire.com/pw/PW-Interviews.article$27060 Allen Weinstein: Ghosts of the Cold War by Ann Geracimos -- Jan 18, 1999 "I have led an odd bipartisan experience."

[CTRL] WeatherScam

1999-01-29 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From the National Anxiety Centre http://www.anxietycenter.com/weatherscam.htm The True Agenda? Global Governance! By Alan Caruba As 1999 began, the headlines looked familiar. In the previous two years, parts of the nation had been gripped by major snow and ice storms. "Storm

[CTRL] McCain

1999-01-29 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From RollCall http://www.rollcall.com/commentary/kondracke.html Pennsylvania Avenue If Bush Falters, McCain May Be GOP Nominee By Morton M. Kondracke Even though he wasn't on the program, last weekend's

[CTRL] Drum Beats in the Night

1999-01-30 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Clinton Impeachment Why these witnesses? The racist and anti-Semitic subtext of the Senate impeachment trial By Barry Grey 30 January 1999 Why Sidney Blumenthal, Vernon Jordan and Monica Lewinsky? Is it purely a

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 01-30

1999-01-30 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Saturday, January 30, 1999 U.S. Restricts Pledge to Aid Saddam's Foes By Vernon Loeb Washington Post Service

[CTRL] Better Living Through ...

1999-01-30 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Via Irish Times http://www.irish-times.com/irish-times/paper/1999/0130/fea5.html FEATURES Saturday, January 30, 1999PicturePicture Elizabeth Wurtzel: 'Prozac was the first antidepressant I was given. When I think how much sooner I could have been paroled from this prisonhouse

[CTRL] Tibetia: 01-30

1999-01-30 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Lingua Franca http://www.linguafranca.com/br/9804/spence.html SHANGRI-LA LA LAND by Jonathan Spence Prisoners of Shangri-la: Tibetan Buddhism and the West by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. University of Chicago Press 275 pp $25 May Nine years ago, in his comprehensive overview

[CTRL] Turtlings

1999-01-31 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/01/29/fp1s1-csm.shtml FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1999 Launching a 'homeland' defense • To protect itself from terrorism, United States embarks on protection program reminiscent of early cold-war days. Jonathan S.

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 01-30: Opposition

1999-01-31 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Fed of am Scientists http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/crs-iraq-op.htm CRS Report Iraq's Opposition Movements Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, Foreign Affairs and National Defense

[CTRL] Exorcism

1999-02-01 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Associated Press (via ABC) WIRE:Jan. 26, 1:27 p.m. ET Vatican updates rules for exorcisms, urging caution Picture AP News Service VATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican issued new guidelines Tuesday for driving out devils, urging exorcists not to mistake psychiatric

[CTRL] SaudiNet

1999-02-01 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- The curious thing about this is to whom the access will be allowed. Given the economic privation of most of the population, it would occur to me the access will be targeted towards those who have position within the regime. The dangers include: realisation that there is a BIG

[CTRL] Bibi of Harvard MIT

1999-02-02 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Netanyahu, Benjamin (Bibi) Israeli diplomat and Likud politician; Israeli ambassador to UN 1984-1988; Israeli deputy foreign minister 1988-1991; leader of Likud Party 1993--; wrote "Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists" 1995; prime

[CTRL] SIVx

1999-02-02 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Agence France Presse (via Yahoo!) "" "Chimpanzees are identical to humans in over 98 percent of their hereditary material, yet they appear to be resistant to the damaging effects of the AIDS virus on the immune system," said George Shaw, a co-author of the UAB paper also

[CTRL] ``The Nuremberg Files''

1999-02-02 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Again, in the concept of "Free Speech" resides, implicitly, "responsibility". The interesting thing about the title of the subject web site is that it identifies one group of people for whom a bounty has been posted. As the article states, "" They maintained that they were

[CTRL] The Melting Pot

1999-02-02 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- The U.S. Government admits, via the INS, the few hundred thousand immigrants each year. Yet I don't see where the Feds take any responsibility for bringing the people into the mainstream. As with financial responsibility (a requirement for the immigrant or the sponsor, or

[CTRL] Judgment Day

1998-12-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Starr Investigation Judiciary Committee Republican Bob Barr spoke at white supremacist convention By Barry Grey 12 December 1998 A spokesman for Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) acknowledged Thursday that Barr was a keynote speaker

[CTRL] Judgment Ennui

1998-12-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Washington (DC) Post Rest of World Yawns Over Clinton Drama By Charles Trueheart Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, December 12, 1998; Page A15 PARIS, Dec. 11 – As the first vote on a U.S. presidential impeachment in nearly a quarter-century loomed in Washington,

Re: [CTRL] The Holocaust

1998-12-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
f discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust -- : From: Damian B. Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Re: [CTRL] The Holocaust : Date: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 6:00 PM : : -Caveat Lector- : : At 03:53 AM 12/12/98 -0600, Ala

[CTRL] Highland Games?

1999-02-03 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Britain The American right and Scottish nationalism By Steve James 3 February 1999 Staffordshire University research fellow, Dr. Euan Hague, spent four years in America researching the marketing of "Scottishness" by

[CTRL] Fw: Private Matters

1999-02-03 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- : Subject: Private Matters : Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:48 PM : : From the New Republic : : February 15, 1999 : : Private Matters : : By Peter Beinart : : In weeks or even days, Monica Lewinsky's yearlong stranglehold on American : politics will end. A vote will be

[CTRL] Pinochet: 02-03

1999-02-03 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : South Central America Chileans condemn Thatcher Foundation's defence of Pinochet By Chris Marsden 3 February 1999 "Those who know that violations of human rights occurred in Chile, those who know what happened and saw it, will take it

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 02-03

1999-02-03 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Reuters Wednesday February 3 8:52 AM ET Worried Turks Watch U.S. North Iraq Patrols Picture: Reuters Photo Reuters Photo By Mert Ozkan INCIRLIK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes flew unchallenged over Iraq's northern no-fly zone from Turkey Wednesday but concern

[CTRL] Uni- / Multilateralism

1999-02-03 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Something to watch: France's courting of the Soviets and the Chinese for balance to the U.S. / G.B. efforts in world affairs. Then there's the Euro which is bound to bind the Europeans in another way. From Int' Herald Tribune Paris, Wednesday, February 3, 1999 Going It

[CTRL] Target: U.S. ?

1999-02-03 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Wednesday, February 3, 1999 Terrorists Set to Strike U.S. Targets 'Any Time' Bin Laden Seeking 'Vulnerable' Spots, CIA Director Warns By Brian Knowlton International

Re: [CTRL] Air Force to court martial mechanic who has refusedanthrax...

1999-02-04 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- The issue rests with each and every military member being required to be 'ready' at all times. When entering the services, each and every member is given a battery of shots with scheduled follow-ups as required (e.g., annual 'flu shots). Even dependents who are colocated with

[CTRL] Writing

1999-02-04 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From bwc.htm @ www.cybereditions.com Philosophy and Literature announces Winners of the Fourth Bad Writing Contest (1998) We are pleased to announce winners of the fourth Bad Writing Contest,

[CTRL] Albert Jr.

1999-02-04 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Intellectual Capital http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/99/0128/icbusiness3.asp Al Gore's Not-So-Excellent Adventure by Jerry Pournelle January 28, 1999 ANAHEIM, Ca. -- Vice President Gore predictably came bearing gifts to the 1999 annual meeting of the American

[CTRL] DeLay, DiVert, DisTract

1999-02-04 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From SalonMagazine.CoM (NewsReal) -Tom DeLay, - DEFENDER OF SWEATSHOPS Picture: Tom DeLay THE GOP WHIP THINKS THAT AMERICAN COMPANIES USING UNDERPAID GARMENT WORKERS IN DISTANT SAIPAN IS JUST FINE. BY JEFF STEIN | In the swirling spotlight that surrounds the

Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Air Force to court martial mechanic who has...

1999-02-05 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- The last word of the oath, as you have correctly provided it, is also optional. Any person who is opts for entitlement to wear the uniform is so charged (and I think certain classes of civil servant are as well). One of the issues involving the oath overall that provides some

Re: [CTRL] Conspiracy Theory: The Movie

1999-02-05 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Keep up the work! Now, I realise that life is just this random event, random moment after random moment. Yet, despite being on this freefall roller coaster, there are those who make a concerted effort to make some sense of it all. Ergo, religious texts, politics, learning

[CTRL] Doubting Thomas

1999-02-05 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Clinton Impeachment US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to address right-wing, pro-impeachment organization By Barry Grey 5 February 1999 The year-long impeachment campaign has lifted the lid on a political fact well

[CTRL] Low Expectations

1999-02-05 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From LM (url at bottom) "" There was a time when university students were challenged to question their commonsense view of the world. A good university education sought to equip students with an ability to think critically, to acquire an understanding of the world that would

[CTRL] Good Citizens

1999-02-05 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.si.edu/organiza/affil/WWICS/OUTREACH/WQ/WQCURR/WQBKPER/BOOK-1.HTM How Are We Doing? THE GOOD CITIZEN: A History of American Civic Life. By Michael Schudson. Free Press. 390 pp. $27.50 Reviewed by Michael Barone You don't have to look hard to find complaints

[CTRL] As Senate trial winds down ...

1999-02-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Clinton Impeachment As Senate trial winds down, efforts intensify to cover up conspiracy against democratic rights By Barry Grey 6 February 1999 As the Senate impeachment trial limps toward a conclusion, the efforts of

[CTRL] Fw: [FAIR-L] ACTION ALERT: MSNBC's New Lineup: Same Old Right-WingHosts

1999-02-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

[CTRL] Out About

1999-02-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From SalonMagazine.CoM - - - - - - + this week_.I N_.T R A V E L Wanderlust's selective guide to travel-related news from across the globe. Picture: Wanderlust image - - - - - - + From the Gay Financial News Weekly It seems almost inconceivable that a promotion for a free

[CTRL] Fw: Jordan Realities - The ''Amazing'' Hussein

1999-02-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

[CTRL] King Hussein

1999-02-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Reuters "" The future king's leading role in the military should help ensure he gets the support from the armed forces crucial to a smooth transition."" "" His {Abdullah's} main role has been within the Special Forces, a highly specialized commando unit dedicated to

Re: [CTRL] Corruption Beyond Belief

1999-02-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- I remember learning years ago about Abraham Lincoln whose political supporters/advisers used to have strategically positioned 'applauders'. The intent was to have them placed in auditoria so when applauding, the acoustics made it sound as if the whole place was sounding its

[CTRL] {T}raditional values don't matter

1999-02-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." -- Vice President Dan Quayle, 11/30/88 Ah, yes, J.D. Quayle, lamenting having been "...told that traditional values don't matter..." while seeking some National Guard status. I originally was going to post just the Wash (DC)

[CTRL] The Tapes the Tales

1999-02-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From NY Daily News TV Misses Out on Ex-Intern's Manhandling of House Team WASHINGTON Picture: Lars-Erik NelsonPictureonica Lewinsky made her international television debut as a star witness yesterday, but House impeachment prosecutors left her best scenes on the cutting room

[CTRL] Don't Quote: Dowd

1999-02-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/features/99/02/04/DON_T_QUOTE_ME.html The Boston Phoenix February 4 - 11, 1999 Picture: [Don't Quote Me] Immaterial girl Deconstructing the mean-spirited nihilism of Maureen Dowd Don't Quote Me by Dan Kennedy Maureen Down isn't

[CTRL] I-Net Regulation

1999-02-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- A little something about the I-Net debate. This is the lead-in page; the areas shown below with the dots/bullets before the text are embedded links (clickable at the site). From Policy.CoM http://www.policy.com/issuewk/1999/0208_56/index.html Issue of the Week Regulating

[CTRL] In the Eye of the Beholder

1999-02-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From TheNewRepublic http://www.thenewrepublic.com/magazines/tnr/current/nafisi022299.html February 22, 1999 Picture The Veiled Threat By Azar Nafisi The Iranian theocracy's fear of females. I would like to begin with a painting. It is Edgar Degas's Dancers Practicing at

[CTRL] $-isation

1999-02-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : South Central America Menem invites US to "dollarize" Argentina By Bill Vann 10 February 1999 The proposal by the government of Prime Minister Carlos Menem for the dollarization of the Argentine economy is an indication of the profound

[CTRL] Hussein: 02-10

1999-02-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Middle East An atmosphere of instability and crisis World leaders gather at King Hussein's funeral By Peter Symonds 10 February 1999 The public funeral of King Hussein of Jordan conducted with great pomp and ceremony this Monday in the

[CTRL] U.S.: Big Loser?

1999-02-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Wash (DC) Post Russia's Missile Defenses Eroding Gaps in Early-Warning Satellite Coverage Raise Risk of Launch Error By David Hoffman Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, February 10, 1999; Page A01 MOSCOW—Russia's early-warning defense against missile attack, a

[CTRL] Egytiana: 02-10

1999-02-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM US has invested $13.5 billion in Egyptian petroleum sector Egypt, Politics, 2/9/99 Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Hamdi El-Banbi said that the United States' investments in exploring and drilling for petroleum in Egypt have reached so far $13.5 billion.

[CTRL] Phobic Phallwell

1999-02-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Wash (DC) Post Falwell Calls 'Teletubby' Gay By David Reed Associated Press Writer Tuesday, February 9, 1999; 9:11 p.m. EST ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell is trying to out Tinky Winky, suggesting that the purple, purse-toting character on television's

[CTRL] Pinochet: 02-11

1999-02-11 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : South Central America FBI helped pursue Pinochet's political opponents in the US By James Brookfield 11 February 1999 Declassified files obtained by the New York Times demonstrate that in 1975 the FBI tried to track down two left-wing

[CTRL] Missile Defense

1999-02-11 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Next they'll complain our missile technology is deficent from the standpoint we know how it works! From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Friday, February 12, 1999 Missile Defense Criticism Is Broadened

[CTRL] Freek Press

1999-02-11 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From LA Times Tuesday, February 9, 1999 Shredding the Ties That Bind Journalists PictureFriendship: Writers dine out on facts. What they must not do is burn each other. By TODD GITLIN Picture: Journalists, especially in Washington and especially on the left, are reeling from

[CTRL] New Food Order

1999-02-11 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Now: of what use could Starr-Boie make of how many pints of Hagen-Dasz some young Washintonite up-and-comer ate (and what flavour{s})? From IrishTimes FRONT PAGEThursday, February 11, 1999Picture Kitchen appliance will have self-ordering cartons

[CTRL] Germania: 02-12

1999-02-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org Former UN official calls for an end to sanctions on Iraq: "You now have five or six thousand children dying every month" WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Germany State elections in Hesse German political establishment shifts to the right By Ute Reissner 12

[CTRL] Arabiana: 02-12

1999-02-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Bahrain's defense minister stresses his country's refusal to use its lands for striking Iraq Bahrain, Politics, 2/11/99 Bahrain's defense minister and deputy commander in chief of the Bahraini Army, Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Ahmad al-Khaleifa, has said that his

[CTRL] Fw: [FAIR-L] Action Alert: Creative Letter Editing at the New YorkTimes

1998-12-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust -- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: [FAIR-L] Action Alert: Creative Letter Editing at the New YorkTimes : Date:

[CTRL] Bigger Biggest

1998-12-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From SalonMagazine.CoM [ T H E_.R E L U C T A N T_.C A P I T A L I S T ] Exxon-Mobil: Bigger than Monica? Picture: Money image WHILE THE MEDIA AND CONGRESS BLATHER ABOUT THE CLINTON SEX SCANDAL, THESE FORMER COMPETITORS JUST CREATED THE BIGGEST CORPORATION IN

[CTRL] Fw: Proposed CDC Guidelines Threaten Privacy!

1998-12-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust -- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Proposed CDC Guidelines Threaten Privacy! : Date: Friday, December 11, 1998

[CTRL] Scandal in 13 Acts

1998-12-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Excerpted the first part of a Washington (DC) Post special @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/td_pro logue.htm WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE | DECEMBER 13, 1998 Picture: HOW IT CAME TO THIS: THE SCANDAL IN 13 ACTS BY DAVID FINKEL It was one of

Re: [CTRL] Germania: 02-12

1999-02-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
fit research and educational purposes only. -- : From: Howard R. Davis III [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Re: [CTRL] Germania: 02-12 : Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 9:26 PM : : -Caveat Lector- : : Alamaine Ratliff wrote: : : : The CDU campaigned on an openly raci

Re: [CTRL] Clinton's A-Z Crimes

1999-02-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Is anyone paying any attention to Klayman Cie? I've looked at and heard some of his stuff but not in the Congress ... AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

[CTRL] Hitchens Olson

1999-02-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Clinton Impeachment Journalist who turned in Clinton aide Scoundrel time redux: Christopher Hitchens as a social type By David Walsh 13 February 1999 These are politically instructive times, and that perhaps has its own

Re: [CTRL] Clinton's A-Z Crimes

1999-02-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Re: [CTRL] Clinton's A-Z Crimes : Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 11:55 AM : : -Caveat Lector- : : Alamaine, : : I usually read their press release everyday. : : Hilary : : -- : From: Alamaine Ratliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [CTRL] R Payback is going to be a Bitch-Clinton

1999-02-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- While the Senate was in it final hours of deliberation yesterday (before the voting), there was a congressman from Florida (could have been Scarborough) who spoke in the House for quite a while. His problem was with some Democratic ploy to mark the Republicans as being

[CTRL] I would do it again

1999-02-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From SalonMagazine.CoM "" For all of these reasons, Tripp's rehab odds are down there with the likes of O.J. Simpson, Tonya Harding or another misunderstood savior, Ted Kaczynski (who, in a bit of cosmic serendipity, announced Friday that he too was embarking on an image-rehab

[CTRL] Can You Tele the Tubby

1999-02-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- or, "Go Tele on the Tubby" ? (Mysterious forces are consolidating ...) From SalonMagazine.CoM I'm sorry, Tinky Winky THE WRITER WHO OUTED THE "GAY" TELETUBBY IN THE WASHINGTON POST APOLOGIZES FOR BRINGING THE WRATH OF JERRY FALWELL UPON HIM. BY MICHAEL COLTON | I'm sorry,

Re: [CTRL] I would do it again

1999-02-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Exactly!!! But I wonder *WHY* it would be necessary to consider changing one's appearance in the process of justifying one's actions (past, present, future). This also became a BIG issue with Martia Clark at the beginning of the Orenthal trial. Also, for many who make or

[CTRL] N-Koreana: 02-14

1999-02-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Saturday, February 13, 1999 A Painful Trade for North Koreans Girls Are Being Sold To Chinese as Brides So Families Can Eat

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 02-15

1999-02-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Iraqi foreign minister hails Morocco's backing and solidarity with Iraq Iraq, Politics, 2/15/99 Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf hailed Morocco's backing and solidarity with the Iraqi people who are going through difficult circumstances in view

[CTRL] Dynamism vs Stasism

1999-02-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From SalonMagazine.CoM The tomorrow tribe _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Picture: 21st Review ImageVirginia Postrel's "dynamism" manifesto reaches out to geeks. "THE FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES: THE GROWING CONFLICT OVER CREATIVITY, ENTERPRISE AND

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 02-16-99

1999-02-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Electronic Telegraph (UK) ISSUE 1362Tuesday 16 February 1999 Iraqis in effort to turn neighbours against the West By Alan Philps, Middle East Correspondent, and Amberin Zaman in Ankara IRAQ yesterday re-doubled its attempts to split its neighbours from the West as US

[CTRL] Fw: Ocalan's Capture - US-Israeli-Turkish Alliance At Work

1999-02-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

[CTRL] Kurds: 02-17-99

1999-02-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Reuters Tuesday February 16 4:24 PM ET City-By-City Tally Of Kurdish Protests LONDON (Reuters) - The capture of Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan sparked a wave of violent protest by his supporters in more than 20 cities across Europe Tuesday. Three demonstrators

[CTRL] More GM Foods

1999-02-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- More on GM foods from another source; not having read all the other posts in depth, hope this has additional details ... From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Medicine Health : Food Safety International scientists raise concerns over genetically modified food British

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: DRUDGE-REPORT-FINAL 02/16/99

1999-02-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- I guess the obivious question is: "Did he swallow?" Could be light emerging through a crack in walled tunnel entrance ... AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + +

[CTRL] Fw: LM COMMENTARY: GM food panic/02-17-99

1999-02-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

[CTRL] The Fab Fifties

1999-02-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Brill's Content Those Fabulous Fifties Journalists have a lazy habit of dismissing the 1950s as a time when life was sterile, stuffy, and full. They must have seen too many movies. by Ben Stein Now, for a few words about media reference points, and let's start in my

[CTRL] Marcia Miscellania

1999-02-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From The Detroit News (www.detnews.com) October 3, 1995 The statistics: Clark tops in battle of the words Reuter EAGAN, Minn. -- Prosecuting attorney Marcia Clark out-talked everyone else in the O.J.

[CTRL] Gimme Shelter

1999-02-18 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Middle East The seizure of Abdullah Ocalan: whatever happened to the right of asylum? By the Editorial Board 18 February 1999 The abduction of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), is an attack on the

[CTRL] Arabiana: 02-17-99

1999-02-18 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- : Subject: Arabiana: 02-17-99 : Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 6:14 PM : : From ArabicNews.CoM : : $130 million from UAE to support Jordanian king : Jordan, Economics, 2/17/99 : : Banking sources announced today that the United Arab Emirates is going to : deposit $130

[CTRL] Kurdia: 02-18-99

1999-02-18 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iraq http://www.kdp.pp.se/press/18_2_1999press.html KDP Press Release Following The Arrest Of Abdulla Ocalan By Turkey Iraqi Kurdistan Feb. 18, 1999 The Politburo of the KDP is following, with great concern the developing events connected to

[CTRL] Iraqiana: 02-18-99

1999-02-19 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Iraqi Kurdish delegation in Tehran Iraq, Politics, 2/18/99 A large Iraqi Kurdish delegation continued its visit to Tehran and meetings with Iranian officials and politicians and with the Iraqi opposition in Tehran. Among the prominent Kurdish figures that

[CTRL] Cartoon Closet

1999-02-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From www.slate.com The Cartoon Closet Jerry Falwell doesn't know the half of it. By Jacob Weisberg (Posted Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999) Picture Picture: Tinky WinkyPicture Tinky WinkyThe reaction to the Rev. Jerry Falwell's outing of Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby,

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