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ANN COULTER HUMAN EVENTS 6/10/99 Gun Don’t Kill People, The Department of Justice Does In June of 1997, Tony Leong, convicted felon caught with a handgun illegally in his possession was returned to the streets because the Department of Justice refused to enforce the law. Not the law that prohibits convicted felons from owning guns, though that was the incidental effect, since he could not be prosecuted. The law is section 3501 of title 18, enacted two years after the Supreme Court decided Miranda v. Arizona. Though lavishly praised in this space, this provision in the Omnibus Crime Control Act ...

From PlanetTimes.com Summertime Gas Jim Chessher June 17, 1999 Ahhhh. . . it's summertime. Time to pack up the SUV and hit the road. Visions of your favorite camp site at the lake dance in your head. If you leave on Thursday afternoon you can snag that spot before the weekend crowd hits. You have the routine down. Somewhere in the middle of April, on a sunny Saturday afternoon, you pull the pop-up camper out of the garage and set it up for the first time since last summer. You gotta do this to remember how to do it, chase ...

The following is an excerpt from pages 249-252 of Dr. Len Horowitz's brand new book: Mark Rogers, from the department of zoology at the Biotechnology Center at University of Chicago in Dublin, Ireland wrote: "Recently scientists have developed a molecular model of both variants and have published papers describing the structure of prion proteins (as manufactured by E. coli bacteria that were altered through recombinant DNA techniques)." [Emphasis added.] "Interesting," Len reflected curiously. "Creating pathogenic prions by manipulating E. coli in a lab?" His balk was based on knowledge that E. coli was one of the most commonly used bacteria ...

NEW YORK, June 14 (JTA) -- Those who remember the Rev. Jesse Jackson referring to New York as ``Hymietown" in 1984 or embracing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1979, taboo at the time, may be surprised to see the African American leader taking up the cause of 13 Iranian Jews facing possible execution on charges of spying for Israel. But the Jesse Jackson of 1999 looks back on decades of activism on behalf of the Jewish community, whose leadership last week turned to Jackson for help on behalf of the Iranian Jews. Jackson himself reminded Jewish leaders of this work ...

Commentary More Gun Controls? They Haven't Worked in the Past. By John R. Lott Jr., a fellow in law and economics at the University of Chicago School of Law. He is author of "More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws" (University of Chicago Press, 1998). Everyone from President Clinton to the hosts of the "Today Show" attributes the recent wave of school violence to the greater accessibility of guns. Gun-control groups claim that today "guns are less regulated than toasters or teddy bears." Proposed solutions range from banning those under 21 from owning guns to imprisoning adults ...

MOSCOW, June 17 (JTA) -- Former Soviet leader Yuri Andropov had Jewish roots, according to recent reports in the Russian press. Andropov, who was in charge of the KGB for 15 years and then headed the USSR from November 1982 until his death in February 1984, concealed his Jewish background after he entered the Communist Party as a young man, according to the reports. Andropov's mother, Yevgeniya Faynshtein, was a music teacher in southern Russia. The fate of Andropov's father remains a mystery. His mother later remarried a Russian Greek named Andropulo. His adopted son later changed this last name ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah is strongly considering joining the crowded race for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources said Thursday. These Republicans, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said Hatch, a fourth-term senator and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, had begun to search for staff in the event of a candidacy. Asked whether he was thinking about entering the race, Hatch said: ``I've had people come to me and I'm certainly courteously listening. I'm not pushing them away. I'm just listening.'' Hatch, 65, would face difficult obstacles if he were to decide to enter the ...

1816 GMT, 990617 German peacekeepers in Kosovo declared on June 17 they will not disarm the KLA in their sector until the introduction of a solid plan for doing so, including a timetable and protocol. Citing the lack of a general order to disarm the KLA and that it would not be in the interest of stability, Gen. Ruediger Drews said, "We don’t feel it wise to create another front."

Attention All CNY Freeps from Buffalo to Albany, Watertown to Binghamton. To those who are coming and the Stragglers that wish to come. Date Sat. 6/19/99 Time 1:30 PM Place: The Ramada Inn ***Green Gables Rest.*** *******Syracuse NY (Liverpool) Directions for East and West on the NYS Thruway, Get off exit #36, Take 81 South, Stay in Right LANE! Off at Exit #25 about 1/4 mile MAX. Take Right at end of Ramp, 1st light take a right, Ramada on Left. Directions from North and South on Rt 81, If your coming from the North, take exit #25, take right ...

KLA takes over administration of Kosovo town PRIZREN, Yugoslavia, June 17 (AFP) - The separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has leaped into the void left by the departing Serb authorities in the province to take over the administration of this important city. The town hall, hospital, courts and the police headquarters are all in the hands of the guerrilla group, in a fait accompli for the officials of the United Nations and other international bodies who have yet to arrive in Kosovo. The KLA fighters entered Prizren hard on the heels of the German troops of the international peacekeeping force ...

Russia-U.S. Kosovo talks break down Thursday, 17 June 1999 18:26 (GMT) Russia-U.S. Kosovo talks break down HELSINKI, Finland, June 17 (UPI) - Russian-U.S. talks in Helsinki, Finland, on Russia's peacekeeping role in Kosovo have broken down (Thursday night) over Russian demands that a sector be allocated to Russian forces while NATO insists such a demand cannot be met. Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev ("EE-gore sehr-GEH-yef") and Russian Foriegn Minister Igor Ivanov ("ee-vah-NAWF") have broken off talks with U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and are returning to Moscow. Copyright 1999 by United Press International

The following is an excerpt from pages 249-252 of Dr. Len Horowitz's brand new book: Mark Rogers, from the department of zoology at the Biotechnology Center at University of Chicago in Dublin, Ireland wrote: "Recently scientists have developed a molecular model of both variants and have published papers describing the structure of prion proteins (as manufactured by E. coli bacteria that were altered through recombinant DNA techniques)." [Emphasis added.] "Interesting," Len reflected curiously. "Creating pathogenic prions by manipulating E. coli in a lab?" His balk was based on knowledge that E. coli was one of the most commonly used bacteria ...

I can't recall the words exactly, but he said that Keyes was the greatest orator and the most brilliant thinker in the Republican party. He did however, stay away from the callers complaint that the Republicans keep trying to kick him out the door?

I can't recall the words exactly, but he said that Keyes was the greatest orator and the most brilliant thinker in the Republican party. He did however, stay away from the callers complaint that the Republicans keep trying to kick him out the door?

LONDON, June 17 (AFP) - Kosovo's separatist guerrillas will not disarm if Russian troops in Kosovo refuse to accept NATO command of the international security force, their London representative said Thursday. "The KLA is ready to disarm," Sejdiu Pleurat told AFP, referring to the Kosovo Liberation Army. "We will do so when NATO has full control over Kosovo." Asked what would happen if Russian troops refused to put themselves under NATO command, he warned: "We will not disarm. I don't think the Russians can resist any guerrilla force." He said KLA officials were still in talks about a demilitarisation accord ...

HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF FUTURES REGULATION SHOULD BE PREVENTED (Senate - March 20, 1990) [Page: S2705] Mr. DIXON. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for granting me this time. The problems in the junk bond market may be reducing the hostile takeover threat for American business, but not here in Washington. The lead in a story from Sunday's New York Times business page says: Washington's version of a hostile takeover is starting to take shape. No money is on the table, and no stock will change hands. But the outcome could change the markets far more, and far longer, than even ...

THERE'S MORE REAGAN THAN BUSH IN THIS TEXAN June 17, 1999 The Japanese say, "The nail that sticks up will be hammered down," and George W. Bush can attest to the truth of that proverb. Compared to most politicians, there isn't much to dislike in the Texas governor, but when you're leading everyone in sight in the 2000 presidential polls, you can bet a lot of people will have their hammers out. As he finally took to the hustings in Iowa and New Hampshire last weekend, a litany of gripes was heard. One is that Bush is nothing but a ...

The true high point of the e-mail year has arrived. Yes it is the 1999 Darwin Awards. For those sheltered few of you who are not fully aware of the Darwin Awards, these awards are given annually (and posthumously) to those individuals who did the most for the human gene pool by removing themselves from it DARWIN AWARD RUNNERS-UP: #1 - LOS ANGELES, CA. Ani Saduki, 33, and his brother decided to remove a bees' nest from a shed on their property with the aid of a pineapple. A pineapple is an illegal firecracker which is the explosive equivalent ...

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DALLAS - June 16, 1999 - A genetic trait can predispose people to Gulf War syndrome, a new study has found. In an article published in today's issue of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, a UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researcher shows why some veterans of the Gulf War may have gotten ill from certain chemical exposures while others did not. Dr. Robert Haley, UT Southwestern's chief of epidemiology, led the study with assistance from Dr. Bert La Du and Scott Billecke from the University of Michigan Medical School. "One of the biggest questions about Gulf War syndrome has ...