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Heads Up # STOPPING THE USURPERS It seems there is a race in Washington to exert complete control over the American people. Socialism, it's called. The international "Third Way" variety of socialism taught at places like Harvard and at Oxford University in the Rhodes Scholar Program. We have an impeached president who is a proven liar, perjurer, obstructer of justice and "Third Way" socialism proponent. We have a Congress made up of people who have absolutely no idea what their true place in the normal scheme of government should be. They act more like an out of control parliament, ...

SERBIAN forces are leaving Kosovo so fast that they may complete their withdrawal by noon today, 12 hours ahead of schedule, raising fears that the Kosovo Liberation Army will move into the security vacuum. Senior Nato officers have been surprised by the sudden haste of the Serbs, and are drawing up plans to prevent any gaps between the Serbian departure and alliance forces getting into place. There are, however, signs that the KLA, too, is on the move in large numbers. Negotiations are continuing between Nato and the KLA towards disarmament of the guerrillas, but there appear to be wide ...

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Horror author Stephen King was seriously injured when he struck by a van while walking Saturday, police said. King was walking south on the shoulder of Route 5 in North Lovell, where he owns a home, at about 4:30 p.m. when a motorist approaching from behind lost control of his Dodge Caravan because of a dog that was running loose inside, Oxford County Sheriff's deputy Matt Baker said. Officials at Central Maine Medical Center said King, who was in serious condition, was conscious at about 8:30 p.m. Baker said that according to witnesses, the driver, ...

Perfect Flaming Dr. Freeper Ingredients: 1/2 shot Amaretto 1/4 shot Kahlua 1/8 shot Root beer schnapps 151 proof rum 1/2 glass Beer Mixing instructions: In the shot glass, pour amaretto, then kahlua, then root beer schnapps. Finally float rum on top. Fill a beer mug (with something like bud or coors) half way. Light shot on fire, drop into beer mug and slam as fast as you can! By the way, the faster its slammed, the more it tastes like Dr. Pepper!

Saturday, June 19, 1999 Serbian Orthodox churches and clergy in Kosovo have been attacked. The Holy Trinity Monastery near Prizen has been burned down and 13 other churches in the Veliko Hoca area destroyed, Reuters said. An unconfirmed report from the independent Serb news agency Beta said that about 20 monks and several nuns at the Visoki Decani Monastery near Pec were under siege by forces of the Kosovo Liberation Army. ...Orthodox officials said a monk was kidnapped outside Prizen and about a dozen others have fled the nearby 14th century Monastery of the Holy Archangels. ...Serbian Orthodox Bishop ...

Hey John, how about setting me up with an email address on Free Republic? I know email boxes can take up space, so how much will it cost? I think this may be the perfect way to support (and simultaneously advertise) Free Republic. If bandwidth demand is a problem just set up another server elsewhere on the 'net as 'mail.freerepublic.com' or something such....

DALLAS UP 1-0 AFTER ONE PERIOD. Tonight will make history for the Stars Franchise. Sorry Buffalo. Bridesmaids again!

Al Gore--you know, the Vice President?--was in Philadelphia today to speak to a conference of elected Latino officials. I was there to object to his presence. At one level it wasn't a smashing success; I was the only Freeper there. At another level, though, it was a success. He actually saw me and my sign, and I pointed the finger of accusation at him as he looked at me, smiling and waving. I arrived at the Wyndham Hotel not in the best of spirits. I was running late, traffic and parking were a mess, and I'd missed my chance to ...

India uses 'dirty war' tactics in Kashmir The border conflict with Pakistan is going badly, so Muslims at home are suffering, says Peter Popham We drove down a narrow lane alongside a gravel river bed, in a town of high poplars and willows and big, brick-built houses with steep gabled roofs in the north-west of the valley of Kashmir - and came face to face with the London Blitz. An area of two acres densely packed with just such houses lay in smoking ruins. Some had been flattened. Others were charred shells, the roofs and ceilings and staircases burned ...

Drudge on Fox at 6:00 Pacific. He's talking about Hillary moving to NYC in the Fall of 1999---16 months before Bill. Who cares? I wish there could be a news black-out on Hillary "news." The Village Voice is covering the Clinton "deep doo-doo" scandals.

we are continuing to post the list of Rhodes Scholars year by year as we get them typed, copied and pasted on FR.

Please note that this posting does not promulgate any particular position regarding race or racism. It is posted solely to stimulate civil discourse and philosophical inquiry regarding the phenomenon of racism. Your thoughts and comments regarding the issue are solicited. Recently, a poster using the screen name Volusian was banned - according to my very limited knowledge of the issue - from the FR site for posting in violation of the rules, specifically the prohibition on racist posts. This triggered a thread in which the issue was discussed from several perspectives. Some of the discussion seemed rather passionate. It ...

The End: NATO’s Strategic Confusion and Diplomatic Brilliance 1840 GMT, 990619 The agreement reached with the Russians over their role in Kosovo ends the first phase of the Kosovo war. Although NATO strategic and operational policy was unfocused and incoherent during the war itself, NATO diplomacy at the end of the war was skillful and deadly. All of this merely sets the stage for a long and painful NATO involvement in the Balkans. However, the fact that strategically little was gained should not detract from our admiration of the unscrupulous cunning shown by NATO’s leaders in closing out this ...

In 1996, a moist-eyed President Clinton vowed at the Jerusalem graveside of a slain Israeli-American soldier that he would not pressure Israel to pursue the peace process with the Palestinians until the man responsible for the murder was brought to justice.Only four other people were there to hear the promise. One was Esther Wachsman, the mother of 19-year-old Nachson, whose 1994 kidnapping and murder at the hand of Islamist Palestinian gunmen stunned the nation."He said it with tears in his eyes, and his hands on the stones," Mrs. Wachsman told CNSNews.com Wednesday."And three years later, Mohammed Deif is walking around ...

Sweden investigates US Industrial Espionage via Echelon U.S. Industrial Espionage Is Confronted By Göran Andersson The Swedish government will investigate if the U.S. uses signals intelligence, meant for national security purposes, in a way that is a disadvantage for Swedish corporations. A highly controversial report about signals intelligence was given to the European Parliament, and has now reached the Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs. [Text of image of the front-page of the EuroParl report.] In a report written for the European Parliament it is claimed that information from United States military signals intelligence is used to benefit American corporations. The ...

Hello, You are invited to read my article titled "Martin Luther's Table Talk." It is located on my home page: David Mathews' Home Page Thanks, David Mathews

TIRANA, Albania, June 19 (UPI) - The Albanian government has asked U.S. Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a permanent stationing of U.S. troops in Albania. "This invitation is very much appreciated and we will take it into consideration," Shelton said today during a visit to Albania's capital, Tirana. It is Shelton's second visit to the Balkan state since April. Albanian Prime Minister Pandeli Majko told the general that establishing a U.S. military base in Albania would help guarantee peace and security in neighboring Yugoslavia. "Albania's government is ready to welcome the presence of ...

Insiders at NBC tell TV Guide in an upcoming issue that "Hardball" host Chris Matthews' new contract calls for a greater presence on CNBC, MSNBC and NBC. According to sources, the new contract gives Matthews a pay hike and a greater presence on NBC's cable networks. The deal is also expected to include appearances on the "Today" show.

An angry parade of anarchists and other activists broke store windows, threatened motorists, beat on cars and threw rocks at Eugene police Friday in a five-hour march downtown that began as a colorful but relatively tame protest against capitalism. Police, who initially directed traffic around activists and kept their distance, ultimately deployed tear gas and arrested 15 people for riot, a felony, and other charges. Three officers suffered minor injures in the rioting, as did an unknown number of protesters. For angry motorists and businesspeople, police didn't act fast enough. For protesters, any movement by officers was reason to shriek ...

Individual activism on behalf of the right to keep and bear arms can still pay big dividends as the June 9 repeal of the South Carolina ban on semi-automatic military style rifles reveals. The state legislature voted to change the language so as to safeguard thousands of gunowners who could have been prosecuted under the old statutory language which was an outright ban on all rifles, shotguns and handguns which had originally been designed and manufactured under a military contract. The new language amending the statute is more precise to the legislature's intent. It reads: "Military firearm" means any ...