11-30-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLVIII
Terri's
40th birthday on Wednesday
"Terri Schindler-Schiavo turns 40 Wednesday, and plans are in the works for a
celebration to honor the brain-disabled woman who suffered six days of
court-ordered starvation last month when the feeding tube that sustains her
was removed at the behest of her husband, Michael Schiavo. Her life was saved
only when Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the state Legislature stepped in and
ordered the feeding tube restored."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-30-03
U.S.
casualties near 10,000 in Iraq Nearly 10,000 U.S. troops have been
killed, wounded, injured or become ill enough to require evacuation from Iraq
since the war began, the equivalent of almost one Army division, according to
the Pentagon.
11-30-03
Sharon's
secret plan to remove Palestinians from Israel Israel's hard-line prime
minister, Ariel Sharon, has ordered his intelligence chiefs and defense forces
to prepare a secret plan to drive 'hundreds of thousands' of Palestinians out of
the West Bank. They would be deported to the no-man's land in southern Lebanon.
The area is a desolate landscape with freezing conditions in winter and broiling
temperatures in summer. There is scant soil to produce food. Water is also
scarce in the region."
11-30-03
Does al-Qaeda
exist? "Every day since the 9/11 attacks of 2001 there have been media
reports about al-Qaeda - its leaders, members, capabilities, bank accounts,
reach and threat. What is this al-Qaeda? Does such a group even exist? Some
terrorism experts doubt it. Adam Dolnik and Kimberly McCloud reckon it's time we
'defused the widespread image of al-Qaeda as a ubiquitous, super-organised
terror network and call it as it is: a loose collection of groups and
individuals that doesn't even refer to itself as al-Qaeda.'"
11-30-03
Radicals gain in N. Ireland elections "Hard-line parties made
strong gains in elections for the Legislature in Northern Ireland after a ballot
count that lasted two days and could continue late into this evening. The
results point to a polarized outcome that many fear will make it difficult to
resuscitate the local government that shares power between Protestants and Roman
Catholics."
Paisley defiant on future Ian Paisley, the Democratic Unionist Party
leader, has said that he would not be rushing into negotiations with the British
Government or Sinn Fein following his unprecedented electoral victory in
Northern Ireland last week.
Related
article
11-30-03 Flashback:
Magdalene
Sisters movie smears Catholics, but controlled news media lets it slide
"No major press coverage is given to the question of whether it may cause
'anti-Catholicism,' Catholic holocaust, persecution, etc."
The Magdalene Sisters: Anti-Catholic propaganda This is a game
that can be played with any demographic group and with any institution. Just
gather all the dirty laundry, pack it tightly, and present it as if it were
reality. Maligning Mel
Gibson "The following quotes represent some of the most unfair
statements on Mel Gibson and his film, "The Passion of Christ." The selections
in each category are in reverse chronological order."
11-29-03
A prisoner of panic after 9-11 "Benamar Benatta sits in a whitewashed
cell, lost in a post-Sept. 11 world. Jailed the night of the attacks on the
World Trade Center and Pentagon, the Algerian air force lieutenant with an
expired visa has spent the past 26 months in federal prisons, much of that time
in solitary confinement -- even though the FBI formally concluded in November
2001 that he had no connection to terrorism."
11-29-03
Feminists and partial birth abortion Why they can't admit that most
women support the ban.
11-29-03
Recipe For
Terror: Assassinated Reuters Cameraman Uncovered Evidence of Mass US Casualties
in Iraq "Mazen Dana, the Award winning Reuters camera man, shot
dead by US troops whilst filming outside Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison in August -
with full permission and press accreditation from the US Authorities in Baghdad
- told his brother Nazmi, a chilling tale days before he died. 'Mazen told me by
phone few days before his death that he discovered a mass grave dug by U.S.
troops to conceal the bodies of their fellow comrades killed in Iraqi resistance
attacks,' Nazmi said."
11-28-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLVI
Judge rejects civil rights plea for Terri
"Attorneys for the parents of a brain-damaged woman took their battle to
federal court Tuesday, but failed to immediately persuade a judge to back
their efforts to preserve her life."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-28-03
Conservatives take Bush to task on spending "Chris Edwards, director of
fiscal policy at the libertarian Cato Institute, said the Bush record on
spending has been a major disappointment. 'My impression of Bush is that I've
never seen him give a speech in which he says government is too big and we need
to cut costs,' Mr. Edwards said, pointing out that President Reagan vetoed 23
bills in his first three years in office, while Mr. Bush has yet to unsheathe
his veto pen."
11-28-03
The new alchemy—turning
murder into suicide "The title is
provocative, and is meant to be. When the slant put on the reporting of a case
almost guarantees a suicide 'verdict,' it is important to focus on the players
who seed this interpretation. In the Kelly case, journalists in the mainstream
media promoted a suicide bias from the beginning, but many of their cues were
taken from professional figures at the Hutton Inquiry."
11-28-03
Canada
prepares to enforce Islamic law Canadian judges soon will be enforcing
Islamic law, or Sharia, in disputes between Muslims, possibly paving the way to
one day administering criminal sentences, such as stoning women caught in
adultery.
11-28-03 Pat Buchanan:
Why do the neocons hate Dixie so? "What is it in the wiring of these
neocons that they so loathe white Southerners who cherish the monuments, men and
memories of the Lost Cause?" See related stories in our archives from 11-6-03.
Happy Thanksgiving
11-27-03
Two
values systems clash on Thanksgiving Day "Thanksgiving Day is an affront
to those who want to take any reference to God out of our public life. There
are not a lot of these people. Only 11 percent of Americans identify
themselves as atheist or agnostic, but they are becoming increasingly
boisterous and pushy.¼"
More Church, Less State
"¼Despite
excessive whining and countless lawsuits by the ACLU, the problem in our
country is not that there is too much religion in the public arena, but rather
too little.
In
our prayers this Thanksgiving, we should recommit ourselves to fighting the
atheist left and advancing the Christian principles upon which this nation was
founded."
President Bush's Thanksgiving statement "Each year on Thanksgiving, we
gather with family and friends to thank God for the many blessings He has
given us, and we ask God to continue to guide and watch over our country." (Real
News 24/7: God may be guiding, but our country is not following Him very
well.) Thanksgiving
Proclamations "And
also that we may then unite in most humble offering our prayers and
supplications to the Great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon
our national and other transgressions¼"
—George Washington, 1789
The
History of Thanksgiving A
History Channel webpage
11-27-03
For Lieberman, Jewishness key but doesn't tell whole story "When Joseph
Lieberman was 10 years old, bouncing a basketball through the house, the family
rabbi told his mother, 'He will never amount to anything.' 'I laughed at him,”
Marcia Lieberman recalls. 'What would you say to your rabbi who said that?'”
11-27-03
Decades of Shame
A short history of the American Civil Liberties Union
11-27-03
Votescam: Our last
stand "The corruption of the American voting system demands our urgent
attention. The scam has come about through the devious introduction of
electronic voting systems that leave no verifiable footprints or paper trail.
This is clearly not an oversight or mistake, but an attempt to intentionally
introduce equipment whose vote tallies can be altered without any possibility of
detection. It is the perfect crime."
11-27-03
75% of U.S. budget is for
"Welfare State"! "The United States started out as the "Freedom
Nation" when it adopted the finest Constitutional Republic in the history of
civilization. That was right after the successful American Revolution ended. Our
Constitutional Republic worked quite well until the 20th Century, when socialism
started sweeping across Europe and then into America under President Franklin
Roosevelt’s 'New Deal.'"
11-27-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLV
Michael Schiavo seeks immediate
ruling in Terri's law case "In a statement provided to LifeNews.com, Pat
Anderson, attorney for the Schindler family, said, 'There are forces working
overtime to see that Terri's feeding tube is pulled again and they won't stop
until they reach that goal.' 'This latest attempt to short circuit the
judicial process is proof that they fear new evidence which might save Terri's
life,' Anderson added."
Schiavo asks judge to block questioning of potential witnesses "A
husband battling Gov. Jeb Bush in court over the fate of the man's severely
brain-damaged wife is trying to block Bush's attorneys from questioning some
potential witnesses. George Felos, an attorney for Michael Schiavo, asked a
judge Tuesday to stop Bush's attorneys from taking depositions from seven
people, including Schiavo and the woman with whom he now lives."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-26-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLIV
Schiavo asks Pinellas judge to rule without trial "A husband battling Gov.
Jeb Bush over the fate of the man's severely brain damaged wife is asking a
circuit court judge rule to on the case now, rather than go through the
process of a trial, an attorney said Tuesday."
Orthodox Catholics urge
Bishops to toughen cultural views "Catholic leaders in Florida were
recently criticized for initially refusing to get involved in the Terri
Schindler Schiavo case. She is the brain-damaged woman whose husband, Michael
Schiavo, continues fighting for the right to remove her feeding tube to end
her life. 'The lack of clear, decisive action by Bishop [Robert] Lynch and his
brother bishops in Florida to rally support in defense of [Terri Schindler]
Schiavo has been very disappointing,' [American Life League President] Brown
said."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-26-03
U.S.
reduces loan guarantees to Israel "The Bush administration decided
Tuesday to reduce U.S. loan guarantees to Israel by $289.5 million as a way of
registering its disapproval of Israeli actions on the West Bank." (Real News
24/7: Sounds good at first, but, despite the reduction, Israel will still be
"loaned" a whopping $710.9 million [not to mention other Federal aid packages];
if the President wanted to voice serious displeasure with the Sharon
regime's behavior, he could have cut off the "loan" entirely. The quotation of
Daniel Ayalon, Israeli's Ambassador to the United States, makes it clear that
the move wasn't considered all that big a deal in Tel Aviv, yet still it remains
to be seen how much this will negatively impact Bush's re-election bid. [Yes,
Israel can live with the reduced amount, but that's a far cry from saying it
doesn't matter at all. And rest assured, Zionists on both sides of the Atlantic
won't forget this! In their minds, Bush had better do something that more
than makes up for this slight if he wants four more years in the White
House.])
11-26-03
Federal Marriage Amendment introduced in Senate "Three Republicans
introduced a Federal Marriage Amendment in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The
proposed constitutional amendment defines marriage as the union of one man and
one woman."
11-26-03
Americans think Hell exists, but no one goes there "Does the modern man
still believe that there is life after death? Or in a Heaven and Hell? It may
come as a surprise to many, as it did to me, to hear that an overwhelming
majority of Americans say that they believe in a life after death, as well as
the existence of Heaven and Hell."
11-26-03
In Denial—Frontpage Magazine interviews authors of
new scholarly exposé Managing Editor Jamie
Glazov talks to Professors John Earl
Haynes and Harvey Klehr about their new book, In
Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage, which seeks to show "how the
leftist academic establishment has ignored, denied and distorted the evidence
that has come out of the former Soviet archives about the Cold War and American
communism."
11-26-03
Billy
Graham views The Passion of Christ "Renowned evangelist Billy
Graham has screened Mel Gibson's new film The Passion of the Christ and
says the movie moved him 'to tears.'"
11-26-03 Michael A. Hoffman II:
Movie review—Master and
Commander "Most notable of all its fine points, 'Master
and Commander' is a study in character and heroism. The men (and boys) of the
HMS Surprise are exemplars of the highest ideals of western manhood, of what it
means to be a man in the core construct that stretches from Thermopylae to
Trafalgar. This is a movie for fathers and sons (daughters too, if they are so
inclined).¼"
11-26-03
University
rescinds "hate speech" punishment "The president of Gonzaga University
has rescinded punishment of the school's College Republicans club, which was
taken to task for posting fliers with the book title Why the Left Hates
America."
11-25-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLIII
Reprieve for
brain-damaged woman
"'The battle is with our courts, and from this
moment on we should let Terri be the face of the fight to confirm pro-life
judicial nominees,' (Family Research Council
President Tony) Perkins said. 'Each time a judge comes up for a vote, we must
be willing to do all we can to support those judicial nominees that respect
life and to oppose those who subscribe to this growing culture of death. The
time to take back our judiciary has come. Innocent lives are depending on
us.'"
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-25-03
Israeli forces attack Jenin "Israeli forces have launched a fresh
attack in eastern Jenin city, opening heavy fire randomly. The forces surrounded
a group of Palestinian houses in the area and searched them. They claimed they
were looking for 'wanted Jenin activists,' eyewitnesses told our correspondent
in Jenin." (Real News 24/7: Jenin is the location of a bloody
massacre in April 2002 that was effectively covered up by our pro-Israeli
government and news media—on our
archives page, we uncover
it!)
11-25-03
Leading Dems silent on "misuse" of Patriot Act" "While taking potshots
at the Bush administration over the USA Patriot Act, Senate Minority Leader Tom
Daschle, D-S.D., apparently wants to retain the ability to jump either way on
the issue, depending on whether there is another terrorist attack on U.S. soil
or a backlash over civil liberties develops among the voters." (Real News 24?7:
We put the word misuse in quotation marks to indicate that if the Act has
ulterior ends,—such as the suppression of civil and political rights of average
Americans behind the guise of fighting terrorism—then its only being misused as
to its publicly stated goals.).
11-25-03
At least 17 U.S. troops have committed suicide in Iraq; Army seeks answers
"Rebecca Suell wants answers, and not the ones the US Army is giving her. Why
does the Army keep calling the last letter her husband sent to her, the one he
mailed from Iraq on June 15, a suicide note? Can taking a bottle of Tylenol
really kill you? And how did he get his hands on a bottle of Tylenol in the
middle of the desert anyway?"
11-25-03
Accusing Israel's critics of anti-Semitism will have dangerous consequences
"...a man asked 'How can one support justice for the
Palestinians without being branded anti-Semitic?' Before I had a chance to
respond, a woman stood up and said 'So what if they call you anti-Semitic. The
first time it may feel bad, but hey, trust me, you’ll get used to it. We all
have!'"
11-25-03
Technology removes the need for human pilots "Uninhabited Aerial
Vehicles, or UAVs, are taking to the skies as military and civilian
organizations turn to remote-operated planes or helicopters to perform tasks
considered dull, dirty or dangerous. Already, drones have dropped bombs in the
Middle East, snapped images of dangerous terrain from thousands of feet in the
air and monitored traffic on congested roads." (Real News 24/7: On a
number of occasions we have considered a scenario in which the 9-11 attacks were
made by remotely controlled planes. This possibility has been ignored by the big
news media despite the fact that the attacks fit the Mossad modus operandi
to a tee. Here are some of those links and
our radio ad [#4]
on the subject.)
11-24-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLII
Money ignited Schiavo dispute (or did it?)"Today, [Michael] Schiavo
and the Schindlers [Bob and Mary] are combatants in the best known
right-to-die case in the nation. They are divided by their hopes of [Terri]
Schiavo's recovery and their beliefs of whether she should live or die. But
court records show that the origins of that decade-old dispute involved
something far less critical than Schiavo's life.
It involved money.¼Bob
Schindler said Saturday that the initial argument was more about how Schiavo
reneged on promises to pay for continued therapy for their daughter, not about
payment to the Schindlers." (Real News 24/7: Notice how the reporter
skews the article in the husband's favor by suggesting that money is the real
issue, which is Michael Schiavo's contention. The quotation by Bob Schindler
does put things in the proper perspective, but, overall, Schiavo's position is
subtly supported—even in the
article's title.)
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-24-03
U.S. troops deaths reveal Iraqi resentment "The slaying of two U.S.
soldiers and the mutilation of their bodies offended some in this neighborhood
of dilapidated houses and potholed streets where the killing occurred. But few
Iraqis were shocked by the brutality, and some even gloated. 'They are
occupiers, and this is their punishment,'' truck driver Hisham Abed said Monday
of the soldiers. `'The Americans make nothing but empty promises. There's no
electricity, no gasoline and no work.'"
11-24-03
Gallup:
72% of teens say abortion wrong "'We're winning the struggle for
hearts and minds,' Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics &
Religious Liberty Commission, told Baptist Press. 'The young people are more
conservative than their parents.'" (Real News 24/7: Although the figures
are encouraging, our hunch is that Dr. Land is taking way too much credit.
Undoubtedly there are youths who hear and respond to the conservative Christian
message on abortion, but how many? They aren't getting it from most churches
today, which are either openly pro-abortion or, at best, wishy-washy in their
'opposition.' Nor are they getting it from public schools or pop culture. Most
likely many of teens are rebelling against the status quo (parents, school,
government, society in general, etc.), which, in many cases, they rightly see as
aligned for abortion. Consequently, theirs may be more an anti-Establishment
anti-abortion stand than a principled pro-life one. Nevertheless, the
fact that they see abortion as immoral means that they will, in many cases, be
open to hearing the Christian message.)
11-24-03
Outrage at unauthorized screening of Gibson film "Mel Gibson is
reportedly consulting with lawyers after the New York Post newspaper
obtained a bootlegged copy of his controversial film The Passion Of Christ
and screened it for a news story." (Real News 24/7: While Mel Gibson
contemplates a lawsuit, Hollywood is expressing outrage and, as reported
elsewhere, Federal agencies are also looking into the matter for possible ethics
violations, the latest edition of Jewsweek magazine has named the Post
as one of the winners of its "Jewriffic Awards" [given weekly for the "most
remarkable things in Jewish culture"]. The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid won for
"best use of journalism skills" in obtaining the illegal copy of Mel's movie.
Now praise of dishonesty ought to make decent Jews ashamed of and furious at
their amoral co-religionists, since this award, connecting as it does unethical
journalism with "Jewish culture," is precisely the sort of stereotype favored by
those with anti-Jewish attitudes. We have declined to link to Jewsweek
for this item because of an immodest photo that was carried on the same page.)
11-24-03
America's tradition of
non-interventionism During his run for President in 2000, Pat Buchanan
observed: "How can all our meddling not fail to spark some horrible retribution
… Have we not suffered enough – from PanAm 103, to the World Trade Center
[bombing of 1993], to the embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam – not to
know that interventionism is the incubator of terrorism? Or will it take some
cataclysmic atrocity on U.S. soil to awaken our global gamesmen to the going
price of empire? America today faces a choice of destinies. We can choose to be
a peacemaker of the world, or its policeman who goes about night-sticking
troublemakers until we, too, find ourselves in some bloody brawl we cannot
handle."
11-24-03
9-11 panel pledged secrecy to New York The independent commission
investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks promised two months ago to keep secret
the names and other personal details revealed in transcripts of emergency calls
made by New Yorkers on the day of the terrorist strikes, according to a letter
disclosed yesterday. (Real News 24/7: Is this really concern for
confidentiality or is it cover-up? While efforts to preserve privacy is
understandable, the anonymity can also allow for fictional scenarios to be
invented to fit an agenda.)
11-24-03 Charley Reese:
Former heads of Israeli
security speak out "Four former heads of Israeli security, speaking in
Israel, have warned the government that failure to reach a peace deal with the
Palestinians will lead to catastrophe. These men are not some starry-eyed
peaceniks. They are all former heads of Shin Bet, Israel's secret police, which
makes the FBI look like the Boy Scouts. You can be sure these men are not
motivated by any compassion for the Palestinians.¼"
11-24-03
Woman
in sub-zero temps "saved by angels" "How did Mischelle Hileman survive a
weeklong ordeal in the Oregon wilderness, stranded in subzero temperatures
without a winter coat or matches to start a fire? She says two angels stayed
with her each night, emanating warmth and light."
VOTE
FRAUD!
11-23-03
Democrats OK Michigan Internet voting
"The Michigan Democratic Party's plan to allow Internet voting in its
presidential caucus won approval Saturday from national Democrats. Opponents
said online balloting is not secure and discriminates against poor and
minority voters who are less likely to own a computer."
Related column
"For their part, Michigan Republicans have no interest in
using the Net. 'There does not exist the assurance of security that would
indicate every vote is indeed sacred,' said Greg McNeilly, executive director
of the Michigan GOP. 'I think this is an unfortunate trend away from the
public square.'"
Internet voting: End of the American Republic? "'The voter has
absolutely no control over the vote cast once it leaves his own computer
system,' writes Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, one of the nation's leading experts in
computer voting technology. 'He cannot check whether it has been subverted on
the way to the count...(there are) problems with all forms of remote voting
include the dangers of coercion, vote selling and impersonation. The Internet
introduces additional authentication issues.'" Dr. Mercuri's
Electronic Voting
page
Ontario test
first e-voting in Canada "As voters across Ontario headed to the
polls today to elect their municipal leaders, a technological first was
quietly taking place in the easternmost reaches of the province."
Internet and electronic
voting "A recurring mantra heard
from some entities involved in the development and promotion of Internet-based
voting systems is that they have conducted 'public tests' and thus their
systems are secure. If hackers don't break into such systems, the tests are
declared a success. This is of course illogical on its face, because it seems
unlikely that people (both U.S. and internationally based) with an interest in
subverting the U.S. election process would care to tip their hands by
participating in what are essentially publicity stunts."
Internet voting for
military open invitation to election fraud "Potentially, 6
million U.S. military and civilian voters could soon be using the military's
new online voting system. According to computer voting security experts, any
online system will be easy to rig by company insiders and vulnerable to attack
by outsiders. Apart from that reality, does the U.S. military really want a
company owned by non-U.S. citizens in charge of their vote? Can anyone at the
Pentagon spell 'national security'?"
Shevardnadze resigns
after accusations of fixed election "Georgian President Eduard
Shevardnadze today announced his resignation after weeks of opposition
protests demanding that he step down over disputed parliamentary elections
earlier this month."
For more on election fraud and related issues,
visit: Votefraud.org,
Votescam.com,
Blackbox voting.com and
The Risks Digest.
11-23-03
NYPD:
Explosives vanish from airport "Police in New York City have issued a
department-wide alert for officers to be on the lookout for missing explosives
powerful enough to bring down a commercial jetliner."
11-23-03
F.B.I. scrutinizes antiwar rallies The Federal Bureau of Investigation
has collected extensive information on the tactics, training and organization of
antiwar demonstrators and has advised local law enforcement officials to report
any suspicious activity at protests to its counterterrorism squads, according to
interviews and a confidential bureau memorandum.
11-23-03
Doctors groups say partial-birth abortion unnecessary, hurts women
"A number of reputable doctors' groups say there is no medical reason for a
pregnant woman to have a partial-birth abortion. In fact, such abortions, which
are at the center of a national legal debate, can be dangerous to women who have
them."
11-23-03 Joe Sobran:
Pro-aborts' Orwellian language
"Abortion advocates resist talking about what is being aborted: a kid. They call
it a 'fetus,' which sounds like a technical medical term, nice and abstract.
They also resist using the word kill, which is what abortion does to the kid.
They prefer phrases like termination of pregnancy, a painless, bloodless
euphemism. Why the evasions? Well, George Orwell explained it pretty well in his
essay 'Politics and the English Language.' When people want to avoid conjuring
up mental images of what they’re really talking about, they resort to the vague,
the abstract, the Latinate to disguise the violence of the subject."
11-23-03
Syringe-injectable ID microchip unveiled "At a global security
conference held today in Paris, an American company announced a new syringe-injectable
microchip implant for humans, designed to be used as a fraud-proof payment
method for cash and credit-card transactions."
11-23-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLII
Nat Hentoff:
Was Terri
beaten? "There is a new dimension in the fierce battle over whether Terri
Schiavo's life is worth saving. A federally funded investigation has begun
into certain medical judgments made by her husband and guardian, Michael
Schiavo, including decisions in recent months. But more important is whether
the inquiry will discover what actually caused Terri Schiavo's alleged cardiac
arrest in 1990, which is said to be the reason her brain was deprived of
oxygen, resulting in her condition for the past 13 years."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
(1917-1963)
35th President of the United States of America
11-22-03
Fortieth anniversary of the JFK assassination—the
greatest unsolved mystery of the 20th century
40 years after his assassination, many still see John F. Kennedy as larger
than life "It
was Jacqueline Kennedy who planned the dramatic funeral, modeling it on that
of Lincoln. It began with a procession of national and world leaders whom she
led, despite security fears, in an eight-block walk from the White House to
St. Matthew's Cathedral. It was she who proposed the eternal flame at
Kennedy's grave site, based on a similar marker in Paris at the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier."
JFK
was no liberal "Democrats
continue to cite the late President John F. Kennedy as being an example of
their kind of liberal – a man who would have approved of the far-left policies
and programs of today’s Democratic party. That’s sheer nonsense."
Conspiracy
theories abound 40 years after JFK's assassination
"Forty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, an
overwhelming majority of Americans do not believe the official conclusion that
a loser named Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, killed the president with a
cheap mail-order rifle fired from the Texas School Book Depository."
Related story
"James
Fetzer, author of
Assassination Science: Experts Speak Out on the Death of JFK [website,
review],
says the Kennedy X-rays and the film of the assassination by bystander Abraham
Zapruder were fabricated and that there were actually six or so people firing
at the president that day.
“The driver actually brought the limo to a halt to make sure Kennedy was hit
enough times to be killed. The Secret Service set him up, and we have more
than 15 indications of them doing that,” Fetzer said. “The order of vehicles
in the motorcade were wrong, that’s perhaps the most telling. Nixon knew about
it, too. J. Edgar Hoover and LBJ were involved as well, I’m sorry to say.”
Dallas surgeon recounts Kennedy's last minutes "'I think everyone was
concerned that this was the start of World War III,' [Dr. Robert G.] Grossman
says. 'We had just been through the Cuban missile crisis, a nuclear standoff,
and I think everyone was thinking, "What better way to start World War III but
to kill the president and strike the country with missiles?"' " (Real News
24/7: But if Dr. Grossman's account is accurate, the chances are much more
likely that Lee Harvey Oswald did, in fact, kill JFK or someone else shooting
from behind the President. Naturally, there are those who argue that the
conspiracy extends all the way to Dallas' Parkland Hospital, such as Dr.
Charles A. Crenshaw [one of Grossman's colleagues at Parkland] in his book
Trauma Room One: The JFK Medical Coverup Exposed. Contrary to
Grossman, Crenshaw says the exit wound—which is larger than the
entrance wound—was in the back of Kennedy's head [click the "Buy at Amazon"
link and read the review]. Crenshaw's observations are borne out by these
autopsy photos
[Warning: very graphic] unless, of course, they are
not genuine or have been tampered with! The photos, if genuine, are one of the
strongest pieces of evidence pointing to conspiracy.)
Oswald
brother: Was no JFK conspiracy "The shooting of President John
F. Kennedy was not a political conspiracy but an almost spontaneous act by a
troubled man who wanted attention, the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald says."
Lee Harvey
Oswald in Russia An unauthorized history from the Kennedy
Assassination.
Lee Harvey Oswald
and the KGB "Oswald was not a "loner- in the conventional sense. Ever
since he was handed a pamphlet about the Rosenberg prosecution at the age of
15, he had sought out affiliations with political organizations, front groups
and foreign nations that opposed the policies of the U.S. When he was 16. he
wrote the Socialist Party 'I am a Marxist and have been studying Socialist
Principles for well over five years" and he requested information about
joining their 'Youth League.'" Lee
Harvey Oswald Research Page
The
JFK Assassination: Investigation Reopened CourtTV.com's page of
articles, audio, video, re-enactment, documents and links.
More on the Kennedy assassination from
the Real News 24/7 archives.
Official
White House biography of John F Kennedy (also visit the JFK Library and
Museum linked at the bottom of the White House page)
J.F.K.—R.I.P.
11-22-03
Iraq police hit by deadly bombings " Iraqi insurgents Saturday launched
car bomb attacks against two Iraqi police stations north of Baghdad -- killing
at least 19 Iraqi police and civilians— and fired a
surface-to-air missile at a courier plane at Baghdad's airport, according to
U.S.-led coalition officials."
Army Is Planning for 100,000 GIs in Iraq till 2006 "Army planning
for Iraq currently assumes keeping about 100,000 United States troops there
through early 2006, a senior Army officer said Friday. The plans reflect the
concerns of some Army officials that stabilizing Iraq could be more difficult
than originally planned."
Iraq war will be long and costly, admits Rumsfeld "Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld has again acknowledged the war on terrorism will be long and
costly. Mr. Rumsfeld says that, in Iraq, despite fresh attacks, coalition forces
will ultimately succeed." (Real News 24/7: Support our troops—Bring
them home now!)
US
agrees to international control of its troops in Iraq
"The United States accepts that to avoid humiliating failure in Iraq it needs to
bring its forces quickly under international control and speed the handover of
power, Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, has said.
Decisions along these lines will be made in the 'coming days,' Mr Solana told
The Independent." (Real News 24/7: How's this for
un-Constitutional? Another ominous move towards the eventual [though not too
eventual] implementation of world government, "our" traitorous leaders are
divesting us of even more of our sovereignty. We must expose them for selling
out our country, though the majority of Americans no longer seem to have a sense
of outrage in even the most blatant violations of law. Dark, indeed, is our
nation's future if things aren't righted soon.)
11-22-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XLI
Bush wants judge in Schiavo case disqualified Gov. Jeb Bush asked an
appeals court Friday to disqualify a judge in the constitutional battle over a
law that allowed Bush to order reinsertion of a brain-damaged woman's feeding
tube. Related story
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-22-03
Ukraine marks
great famine anniversary "Historians estimate that some seven million
people died during the 1932-33 famine, which Ukrainians say was deliberately
started by the then Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.¼On
Friday, the Pulitzer Prize board said it would not revoke its 1932 prize awarded
to a New York Times reporter accused of ignoring what Ukrainians call the
man-made famine."
Black Famine in
Ukraine 1932-1933 "Ukraine, 'the breadbasket of Europe' is a land famous
for its fertile black earth and its golden wheat. Yet, only forty years ago
seven million Ukrainians starved to death although no natural catastrophe had
visited the land. Forty years ago the people starved while the Soviet Union
exported butter and grain. While Moscow banqueted, Ukraine hungered." (For more
on the subject, see our links from yesterday.)
Times can keep its 1932 Pulitzer "The Pulitzer Prize board decided
yesterday not to revoke the 1932 award
won by New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty (right), who denied
the famine in Ukraine that killed millions." (Real News 24/7: It's a good thing
he wasn't a "Holocaust denier" or there would have been real trouble!)
Revoking Duranty's Pulitzer "In 1932, New York Times
correspondent Walter Duranty, a shill for the Soviet Union, won the Pulitzer
Prize for his reporting of the Ukrainian terror famine. Duranty’s role in
covering up that atrocity — the systematic starvation by the Soviets of as many
as 10 million people — was to retail the lies fed to him by Josef Stalin’s
regime. The Soviet lies regurgitated by Duranty, and retailed by the Times to
the public, helped grease the skids for U.S. diplomatic recognition of the
Soviet Union in 1933 — which in turn opened the spigots for aid and trade to the
Communist behemoth." (Also follow the "September 8 issue" link provided there to
read article, "Duranty lethal lies," if you haven't seen it already It can also
be found in our archives for 11-9-03.) Here's
another article we carried about him back on May 20.
11-21-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XL
Judge Denies Michael's Bid to
Block New Info on Potential Abuse of Terri Schiavo "A judge rejected an
attempt by Michael Schiavo to block the discovery of new information that
could be used to replace him as guardian. Terri's parents, Bob and Mary
Schindler, hope new information can be gathered to prove whether or not Terri
was a victim of physical abuse that led to her collapse."
Schiavo case judge refuses
to step down "Circuit Judge Douglas Baird
on Thursday refused to step down as requested by Gov. Jeb Bush in the court
battle over 'Terri's Law,' which Bush signed to order a feeding tube
reinserted into the abdomen of Terri Schiavo. "
Vigil for Terri
Schiavo underway: plaid ribbons, lights in windows "Green plaid
ribbons and a light in the window will remind people around the world that
Terri Schiavo, a 39-year-old disabled woman, is not yet out of danger and
faces death by starvation and dehydration if her husband and guardian prevails
in the Florida courts."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-21-03
Leaders approve plans for Iraq exit and seek help from the U.N. 'George
Bush and Tony Blair approved plans for an exit strategy for Iraq yesterday but
denied they would turn their backs on the Iraqi people by withdrawing coalition
troops too quickly."(Real News 24/7: And what's the best way to prepare to exit
a country? To hear Bush tell it, it might be
by
sending in more troops.)
11-21-03
U.K.
targets in Istanbul attacked; Consul among 27 dead "Britain's The
Foreign Office warned today that more terrorist attacks are being planned in
Turkey and urged British citizens not to travel to any major city in the
country." (Real News 24/7: Looks like
these people have a point!)
11-21-03
Israel sends bad check
to family of British activist shot by I.D.F. "A Defense Ministry check,
sent 'without any admission of liability by the State of Israel and/or the
Ministry of Defense' to the family of a International Solidarity Mission
volunteer shot by an Israel Defense Forces soldier, bounced when the family
tried to cash it earlier this week. The ISM volunteer was rendered incapacitated
as a result of the gunshot wounds sustained last April. " (Real News 24/7:
We wish we could say this surprised us, but it is all far too typical of the
behavior exhibited in those quarters.)
11-21-03
Appeals court
reinstates wrongful death suit against gun industry "A federal appeals
court Thursday reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against the gun industry in a
decision expected to re-ignite debate over legislation immunizing gun makers
from being sued for crimes committed with their products."
11-21-03
Seven million died
in forgotten holocaust "Five years ago, I wrote about the unknown
Holocaust in Ukraine. I was shocked to receive a flood of mail from young
Americans and Canadians of Ukrainian descent telling me that until they read my
column, they knew nothing of the 1932-33 genocide in which Josef Stalin's Soviet
regime murdered seven million Ukrainians and sent two million more to
concentration camps." More on
Ukrainian forced famine.
11-20-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XL
Florida Gov. Bush seeks jury trial on Schiavo "Gov. Jeb Bush fired a
volley of legal shots Wednesday at the husband of a brain-damaged woman who is
at the center of a right-to-die case, arguing there needs to be a jury trial
on whether Terri Schiavo wanted to be kept alive artificially."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-20-03
Gen.
Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack "Gen. Tommy Franks
says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that
inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of
a military form of government." (Real News 24/7: Thanks for the ominous
prediction, General. Is this an example of what Michael Hoffman calls
"revelation of the method," in this case prepping the people's psyches for what
is being planned?)
11-20-03
U.S.
hid vital war data from allies "Australian officers were denied access
to critical US intelligence during the Iraq war, potentially putting their lives
at risk, under a policy described by a senior US Air Force intelligence officer
as 'd--- silly.'"
11-20-03
Ford
Foundation Stops Funding Anti-Semitism, Keeps Funding Anti-Catholicism
Noting that Anti-Defamation League has announced it has persuaded Ford
Foundation to stop funding anti-Semitic organizations, Catholic League president
William Donahue wants the foundation to end its financing of blatant
anti-Catholicism. (Real News 24/7: Where's a quote from the ADL's Abe Fox
condemning the Ford Foundation's anti-Catholicism? Well, he did comment on the
Foundation's pledge to stop funding anti-Jewish groups, but nowhere in
his statement is there a
single word on the subject. This is hypocrisy because the ADL's 1913 charter has
the the following passage [posted on the group's website on the "About" page]
"The immediate object of the League is to stop, by appeals to reason and
conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish
people. Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all
citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination
against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens." Emphasis added)
The Ford Foundation's
background of subversion In 1953, Foundation President Rowan Gaither
told Congressional investigator Norman Dodd: “Mr. Dodd, all of us who have a
hand in the making of policies here have had experience operating under
directives, the substance of which is that we shall use our grant-making power
so to alter life in the United States that it can be comfortably merged with the
Soviet Union.”
11-19-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XXXIX
Michael: Block bone scan showing
possible abuse of Terri Schiavo "Judge George Greer will hear a motion
tomorrow filed by Michael Schiavo that would prevent discovery of information
regarding a bone scan conducted on Terri Schiavo that shows she may have been
a victim of physical abuse."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-19-03
U.S., Israeli hawks worried over peace moves "Middle East peace
activists are seeing rays of hope for the first time since pro-Likud
neo-conservatives grabbed control of US policy toward the region after the
September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon."
11-19-03
Mass.
Gov. Romney fights ruling on same-sex marriage "Now that Massachusetts'
highest court has declared that gay couples have the right to marry under the
state constitution, the political debate begins over how the Legislature should
react." (Real News 24/7: In a
related story, President Flip-Flop has also expressed his "objection "to
the ruling. Remember, this is the same man who
cheers
"gay" church after "Marriage Week". )
11-19-03
Maryland to
pay criminals to behave themselves "An initiative to rehabilitate
criminals instead of keeping them in prison will include paying parolees not to
commit crimes, the Ehrlich administration said yesterday." (Real News 24/7:
The latest episode of the popular long-running melodrama, A world gone
insane.)
11-19-03
The Yitzhak Rabin Assassination:
Another cover-up? Speaking of
Israeli hawks, November marks not
just the fortieth anniversary of the JFK assassination, but also the tenth for
the similarly controversial one involving the death of Israel's Prime Minister
Yitzak Rabin. He was gunned down on November 4th, 1993, at a
government-sponsored peace rally. An 25-year-old ultra-nationalist law
student, Yigal Amir (right), was identified as the assailant; once in police
custody, he claimed sole responsibility for the crime, declaring "God told me
to [do it]." But the more
the event is examined, the less tenable the "lone gunman" hypothesis is shown
to be. Some even wonder it Amir was the triggerman or someone who consciously
"took the rap" in order to allow the real assassin to flee.
Now, ten years after the shooting, many
questions remain, among them: Was it just coincidence that Rabin was killed
five years to the day that Orthodox extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane was slain by a
Muslim or were Kahane's supporters exacting a measure of revenge against a
leader who sought peace with enemies for whom they harbor an undying hatred?
How was the assassin able to get through more than two dozen security guards
to stand close to his target? Why was the assailant permitted to shoot Rabin
without himself being shot by one of the guards, who were all on orders to
fire upon anyone pulling out a firearm in the Prime Minister's presence?
Why did no one rush to the aid of the stricken leader, except for his
chauffeur and a man some believe to be a co-conspirator? Why wasn't news of
the assault called ahead to the hospital, which was not prepared when Rabin
got there?
Like the Kennedy assassination,
there are varying conspiracy theories seeking to discredit the official
report. Here are links that explore some of those theories.
Who murdered Yitzhak Rabin? "The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin is a
solvable crime. It begins not in Tel Aviv, but in Hebron. There, in March
1994, another horrid crime was perpetrated. Twenty nine Arabs were slaughtered
in the Cave of the Patriarchs, and a commission of inquiry was set up to get
to the truth. It was led by the former chief justice of the Israeli Supreme
Court, Meir Shamgar, who would later head the commission of inquiry into
Rabin's death. And like the latter case, the Hebron commission was a blatant
whitewash." (Real News 24/7: This article is written by Barry Chamish,
editor of Inside Israel political intelligence report. Related
links by him can be found at the end of the article. Chamish has also
written a
book on the subject, as well as produced a
videoed lecture.) A
recent article by Chamish indicating
a growing number of Israelis believe a conspiracy occurred.
An article on
the theory of Victor Ostrovsky,
a former Mossad case officer and author of two books on the inner workings of
Israel's secret police, who has declared: "Rabin was murdered in a
well-orchestrated assassination carried out by extremist right-wing officers
of the Shabak. The man sitting in jail is only a puppet triggerman, the kind a
clever agitator could get to do just about anything." The
Jewish
Virtual Library examines charges and counter-charges of conspiracy
from the political Left and Right. Another website with
many
assassination links. And, of course, just like the Warren Commission
has its supporters, so, too, in the Rabin shooting there are
those who
defend the official Israeli view.
11-18-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XXXVIII
Court removes stay blocking husband's challenge to "Terri's Law" "'It's
very bad news for Terri and good news for the voices of death,' said Pat
Anderson, a lawyer for Bob and Mary Schindler, the parents of Terri Schiavo."
Free Mumia! Kill Terri? "¼And
what about the sign-waving leftists who shout for justice? Surely some of them
would raise a ruckus if Mumia Abu-Jamal were being starved or if Israeli
soldiers dehydrated Palestinian terrorists. But the silence for Terri is
deafening."
Schindlers to intervene in case to defend "Terri's Law"
"A law firm representing the parents of a
brain-damaged Florida woman filed a notice of appeal Friday to intervene in
her husband's challenge to a new law that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order the
woman's feeding tube to be reconnected.¼'It is important that the parents of
Terri Schindler Schiavo be directly involved in defending the law that is
keeping their daughter alive,' said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the ACLJ, a
public interest law firm specializing in constitutional law."
Husband's
attorney seeks ends to delays in Schiavo case "An attorney for the
husband of a brain-damaged woman is trying to convince an appeals court that
Gov. Jeb Bush should not be allowed to delay a challenge to a new law that
restored her feeding tube."
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
11-18-03
2004:
Iraq--Election-conscious politicians will pull out
"Last week the Bush Administration abruptly reversed course and began a
pre-election plan to pull out of Iraq before our 2004 election. Clearly this
White House - which had publicly denounced the efficacy of public opinion polls
- is transfixed by the meteoric drop in both the President's approval ratings
and in public support for the war in Iraq. And, wary of heading into next fall
with GIs dying daily, the White House political operation has determined that
Mr. Bush had to begin a withdrawal from Iraq."
11-18-03
Opposition to USA Patriot Act swells "Rebecca Foster couldn't believe it
when a bank cited the USA Patriot Act and asked her and fellow homeowners
association board members for their Social Security and driver's license
numbers. 'They said they had to check us against a terrorist list,' said Foster,
a grandmother whose five-member board oversees a Las Vegas community. 'That
seemed kind of preposterous. None of us are terrorists.'"
11-18-03
Dark actors
at the scene of Dr. David
Kelly's death "Entering the witness box at
the Hutton Inquiry on 16th September 2003, one key figure stands out in the
events surrounding Dr David Kelly's death. The fact that his testimony
contradicts that of five previous witnesses has received no attention in the
mainstream press and has failed to be brought out in the Inquiry itself.
Moreover, the position of David Kelly's body prior to his arrival is different
from its position when he leaves. This man is a British policeman: his name,
Detective Constable Coe."
The murder
of Dr. David Kelly: Part One "While the Hutton inquiry appears set to
declare Kelly's death a suicide and the national media are already treating it
as a given, there are numerous red flags raised in the testimony and evidence
at the inquiry itself."
Part Two
"Dr. Kelly was described by
his contemporaries as an iron-willed individual who did not hesitate to
challenge Russian and Iraqi authorities and scientists. However, he may have
been a bit naïve concerning three individuals with whom he had extensive
communications, all three women. Judith Miller of the New York Times (NYT)
exchanged numerous e-mails with Kelly. The Pulitzer Prize winner is a
long-time member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).¼"
Kelly inquest
may be reopened British columnist Rowena Thursby writes: "A member of
the Kelly Group & myself have written the following letter to Nicholas
Gardiner, the original coroner in the Kelly case, urging him not only to
examine further evidence, but also to review anomalies arising from
testimonies already in the public domain, and to consider re-opening the
inquest with a full jury present.¼Some
reading this may wish to write your own letter. The more pressure he receives
from the public the more inclined he may be to take a maverick stand and press
ahead." (Real News 24/7: We urge our readers to add your voices to
those already calling on Dr. Gardiner to reopen the inquest. Also please note
the BBC link near the top of the Dead Scientists blog, as well as the archives
in the top right box.)
11-18-03
Mass. ruling
boosts same-sex "marriage" "In the nation's most far-reaching decision
of its kind, Massachusetts' highest court declared Tuesday that the state
constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry - a ruling celebrated
with a popping of champagne corks and the planning of spring weddings."
11-18-03
The Wal-Mart You
Don't Know "The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost.
Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and
force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the
unemployment line?"
Remembering the Peoples Temple
death cult
11-18-03
25 years after the horror of Jonestown
"Jonestown. The word is enough to bring the memories flooding back. Memories
of the Rev. Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. Of parents giving their children
cyanide-laced punch before drinking from the poison-filled vats themselves. Of
San Mateo [CA] Rep. Leo Ryan shot dead on an airstrip. And yet there is
the fear that remembering has not been enough.¼"
(See link's right hand column for related stories.)
Texts of speeches and "sermons" by Jim Jones
( and texts of other related matters) These come from FBI tapes and are
presented by the Jonestown Institute. They reveal Jim Jones continually
promoting thinly disguised
Communism promoted in "religious" messages: He talks about topics such
as his Soviet contacts, suggests his "community" move to Cuba, mocks the
Christian God as "Skygod," promotes Marxist brainwashing techniques such as
"self-criticism" and even urges his "flock" to practice "revolutionary
suicide." From Tape # Q 235: Jones: "Here is a subject worthy of a book in its
own right. Another intriguing comment, also in passing, is a note on some
differences between the 11 national leaders of the Communist Party USA
indicted under the dreadful Smith Act concerning the strategy to be pursued at
their trial in the awful McCarthy era (Aside) that is now beginning to show
its Cold War ugly head again in USA. (Back to text) One urged that the right
to teach and advocate what the Smith Act prohibits -- forcible overthrow, that
is, armed struggle, the right to revolution -- be defended. The majority
decided that the right to revolution would be defended as a theoretical,
historical concept. The defense, they decided, should be as much as possible
within a context they -- that could solicit the widest support from a very
prejudiced American community against Communism, (Aside) which is again
becoming increasingly bigoted against Communism."
The
Jonestown Massacre: CIA Mind control run amok? On November 18,
1978, in a cleared-out patch of Guyanese jungle, the Reverend Jim Jones
ordered the 911 members of his flock to kill themselves by drinking a cyanide
potion, and they did.¼Square-jaw,
jet black hair and sunglasses, looking like a secret service agent on
antipsychotic drugs, Jones takes his place alongside Charles Manson in
America's iconography of evil. (Real News 24/7: This and the following
articles argue that Jonestown was a CIA operation. The question is: Can this
be reconciled with the notion of Jones as a committed Marxist? At first, it
wouldn't seem to, until the concept of double agent is considered. Certainly,
there have been and are Communists, fellow travelers and their 21st century
equivalents in our government for decades. Interestingly, the above quote
has Jones directly attacking the time when the United States did the most to
root out the infiltrators. Is Jones tipping his hand here? In any case, it's
of note that the Communists and the CIA have one undeniable area of common
ground: brainwashing/mind control—an
area the "Rev." Jim Jones knew and exploited to the maximum.)
Questions the news media hasn't examined concerning the
Jonestown Massacre Was the "Rev." Jim Jones was a CIA operative
engaged in mind control experiments? Why were no autopsies allowed nor were
relatives permitted to see the bodies of the victims? Did Jonestown have a
MKUltra connection? Who was Dr. Laurence Laird Layton?
What happened in Jonestown?
Was there a cover-up? Al and Jeannie Mills, who stated their intent to write a
tell-all book on the subject, were found murdered in their home.
Project
Mind Kontrol: Did the U.S. Government actually create programmed assassins?
"The official version of this story is that Jones' followers committed mass
suicide by swallowing cyanide-laced Kool-Aid in an act of religious devotion
to Jones. However, new information stresses the possibility that this
"massacre" was in reality an MKULTRA mind-control experiment, conducted by the
CIA, and that most of the dead were actually murdered. (Drugs such as those
used in known MKULTRA operations were discovered at Jonestown, including a
whopping 11,000 doses of Thorazine, a major tranquilizer used in psychiatric
hospitals)." (Real News
24/7:This webpage carries on other mind control subjects, as well.)
THOSE WHO DO NOT REMEMBER THE
PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT
11-17-03 Bush:
U.S. in
for the long haul "George Bush yesterday pledged that the United States
was in Iraq for the long haul, as his military commanders stepped up the fight
against insurgents, using a satellite-guided missile strike backed by
helicopters and jet fighters to blitz a suspected guerrilla base."
11-17-03 Charley Reese:
Pre-emptive killing
"Former Secretary of State George Shultz talked with Charlie Rose a few weeks
ago and said this, or words to this effect, in defense of pre-emptive war.
'Well, if you knew someone intended to kill you and had the means to do so, you
wouldn't wait until they attacked. That would be silly,' said the grand pooh-bah
of the Eastern Establishment. Sounds sort of logical, but there's a big hitch.¼"
(Real News 24/7: Shultz is right, pre-emptive strikes are
permissible—it's called self-defense, but this holds true only if someone is
menacing you directly. To stop someone who's pointing a gun at you is one
thing; to kill him because you think he may have a gun hidden at home somewhere
is cannot be justified and it deemed murder if an individual does it. President
Bush said he we needed to invade Iraq, among other reasons, because Saddam
Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Today nearly eight months after we went
in, we have yet to find a smoking gun and some proponents of the war now concede
we probably never will. In other words, this "long haul" Bush talks about is the
result of an extremely unjust attack.)
11-17-03
Petition drives aims to save the Ten Commandments
"Vision America said its petition 'seeks to restore our Judeo-Christian
heritage, check the secularist onslaught, defend public display of the Ten
Commandments and other religious symbols, oppose judicial tyranny, and support
the confirmation of federal judges committed to...judicial restraint.'"
Roy
Moore plans bill to curb federal courts "Just days after he was
stripped of his Alabama chief justice position, Roy Moore is proposing federal
legislation to reassert the power he insists Congress already has to limit the
jurisdiction of federal courts."
Not just judging the judge
"The atheist, the liberal politicians, and the leftist media have made Judge
Moore out to be a crackpot religious extremist, a criminal according to them,
refusing to abide by the law. Truth is he is the only one who is abiding by
the law, within his Constitutional Rights, with history and morality on his
side."
Constitution Party: Moore A Victim of Judicial Power Grab "'There can
be no question that the entire judicial establishment at both the federal
level and among the justices of the Alabama judiciary conspired to remove
Moore from the bench because he had the integrity to stand up for the right of
the people of his state to recognize God,' said James N. Clymer, Chairman of
the Constitution Party National Committee."
11-16-03
The Terri Schindler-Schiavo File: Day XXXVI
Terry on
saving Terri "¼On
early Saturday, October 11th, I received an impassioned phone call from Mary
Parker Lewis, Alan Keyes' Chief of Staff, and Phil Sheldon, partner and
creative genius behind
www.conservativepetitions.com. They told me plainly, 'Terri Schiavo is
going to die; we've got to do something. Randall, you've got to go to St.
Petersburg and help the family.'"
Terri's
supporters gain ground "Pat Anderson, attorney for Terri Schiavo's
parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, said her 'life continues to be threatened by
those forces who want to see her die from starvation and dehydration. We are
once again grateful that the governor is doing everything in his power to
protect Terri's life.'"
Terri's website
[Real News 24/7 will continue to carry
news about Terri when it becomes available, until either her feeding/hydration
tubes are reinstated or she passes away as a result of the current cessation
of treatment. See our in-depth coverage, including update, from October
15.]
Pray for Terri
Schindler-Schiavo & her family
Blasts Shatter Turks' Security "Attacks apparently aimed at Jews take
highest toll on their Muslim allies."
Turkish synagogue bombing --It's
the Mossad, stupid!" "The bombings in Iraq against Iraqis and
especially the most recent blasts in Saudi Arabia killing Arabs are both Mossad
templates. For the most part, Arabs don't kill Arabs in bomb blasts if it can be
avoided." Flashback:
Israel plot to
create a false Al-Qaeda cell The Al Qaeda in Palestine turns out to be
Mossad. What if the same is true for the Al Qaeda in New York? "Evidence linking
these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has
been gathered. It's classified information." -- US official quoted in Carl
Cameron's Fox News report on the Israeli spy ring and its connections to 9-11.
Political
reform in China: What reform? "Top
Chinese leader Hu Jintao (right) has balked at removing the phrase
'dictatorship of the proletariat' from the soon-to-be amended Constitution,
thus preserving the last vestige of communism in a country growing more
capitalist by the day."
Year of the (Dark) Horse: Hu Jintao Thursday, "November 14, Chinese
President Jiang Zemin and five other leaders resigned their posts in a
well-choreographed transfer of power to the 'fourth generation' of leaders, as
the Chinese Communist party Congress drew to a close in Beijing. Prime
Minister Zhu Rongji and Party Number Two Li Peng also stepped down, while vice
president Hu Jantao stepped forward into the limelight as the new ruler of the
most populous country on earth." (Real News 24/7: Guess what? It looks
as though our website has at least one "fan" in Communist China. On October
17th we linked to a story,
U.S.
firm supplies Communist Party paper and also directed readers to two
sites urging the boycotting of Red Chinese goods:
Boycott of Red Chinese
imports deserves support and
China Boycott Union. A few weeks later, on November 10th, we received
an e-mail, purportedly from the "People's
Republic," that while on the surface seems nothing more than a
solicitation to buy wire mesh (always a crucial office supply for websites,
right?), more likely is an alert that we have been identified as an
anti-Communist enemy. Are we being paranoid? Well, considering that we had
never received any prior e-mails from there, despite being online for a year,
then, when we carry something hostile to that Godless regime, we suddenly get
a little "fan mail," aren't we are permitted to speculate? THen, again,
maybe their English isn't all that great and they thought we were interested
in doing business! Whatever the case, "President" Hu [we qualify the
word president, since it implies he was voted to his position by the
people, when nothing could be further from the truth] is in the mold of recent
Communists beginning with the former Soviet "President" Mikhail Gorbachev, who
attempt to disarm the West with smiles, yet remaining, all the while, ruthless
dictators. P.S. A friendly note to our Asian "comrades," we don't take
Maoist spam, either!)
Flashback:
Israel's remote-controlled bulldozers rile Palestinians "Israelis help
develop remote-controlled bulldozers to raze houses, claiming they will reduce
human risks. But Palestinians fear more deaths from the machines." (Real News
24/7: Stop, you're both right! Palestinians should fear robots weighing
several tons barreling at them, but Israelis drivers who now sit in front of a
computer, won't need to fear being picked off by any militants.)
11-16-03
Conflicting stories swirl about Saddam Hussein
Alleged
Saddam tape urges "road of Jihad" "An audiotape purportedly made by
Saddam Hussein told Iraqis on Sunday to step up their resistance to the
U.S.-led occupation, saying the United States and its allies misjudged the
difficulty of occupying Iraq."
Report: No evidence Saddam transferred WMDs to terrorists "A new study
by an independent military and intelligence expert who toured Iraq recently
found no evidence that Saddam Hussein tried to transfer weapons of mass
destruction to terrorists."
Big Story: Neocons Leak
Neocon Memo, Then Report On It "Today, Fox News anchors are repeatedly
mentioning the blockbuster story 'proving' a long-time link between Osama bin
Laden and Saddam Hussein. The leak was made to a truly unbiased source, the
Weekly Standard. The neocon magazine titles the article on the 'leaked' memo,
'Case Closed.'"CIA
finds no evidence Hussein sought to arm terrorists
The CIA's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found no evidence
that former president Saddam Hussein tried to transfer chemical or biological
technology or weapons to terrorists, according to a military and intelligence
expert.
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