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The latest from the Captain RibMan campaign trail. Dick Morris advises his dim-witted client: Dick Morris Comic Strip: Rent This Space

His Policy Proposals Attract Support,Yet Even Old Allies Worry He Can't Win Former Vice President Dan Quayle came to Washington yesterday to advance his "campaign of ideas" for the Republican presidential nomination but conceded his frustration that the clownish reputation from his early days in the national spotlight continues to plague his efforts. In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, Quayle detailed tax changes and reforms in health insurance and labor law designed to ease the economic burdens on young families and enable one parent to spend more time at home. Responding to the widespread concern that too many ...

A VIEW FROM HERE by deb weiss Mr. Clinton's Post-War Vengeance June 28, 1999 There was something chillingly vindictive in President Clinton's commentary on the Serbs at last Friday's not-really-a-news-conference in Washington. You couldn't miss it, as he justified his decision to deny assistance to Serbia, whose civilian infrastructure lies shattered by Nato bombing (the Serb military, by contrast, seems to have come through the recent unpleasantness relatively unscathed). Those buckets of money we're shipping overseas even now are strictly off-limits to the people we bombed into compliance. Off-limits, that is, until they say they're sorry. "They are going to ...

MOSCOW, Jun 29, 1999 -- (Reuters) Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Monday Russia was cooperating with NATO over a peacekeeping force in Kosovo but that otherwise ties with the military alliance remained frozen. Ivanov said a visit by a group of Russian officers to Brussels Monday could ease tensions created by NATO's 11-week bombing campaign against Russia's fellow Slav and Orthodox Christian brethren in Yugoslavia. The officers, headed by a vice admiral, are due to discuss peacekeeping in Serbia's southern province of Kosovo. "Those contacts which are necessary for members of NATO and Russia to participate in the peacekeeping ...

FREEPER POLL: California is ready and willing to arrest its citizens after the first of the year if they own an SKS small caliber semi-automatic rifle. At this point, the state wants everyone to turn them in before the deadline. POLL QUESTION: If your state outlaws a rifle/pistol and promises to come after you if you do not turn them in, will you allow the government to confiscate your guns?

Philippines Plans For Worst Case Y2K Bug Scenarios MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES, 1999 JUN 24 (NB) By Prudencia R Orani, Metropolitan Computer Times.The newly signed Year 2000 Readiness Act calls for the formulation of a national contingency plan against the Year 2000 problem but how soon the government will come up with such plan is the question.In a race against time, the government is pushing for fast completion of a draft plan which will outline how vital services will continue in spite of the Millennium Bug. The five agencies that are set to submit as soon as possible the contingency plan ...

Oil, gas industries still working on Y2K issues Erich Luening CNET News.com 6/28/1999 12:10 PM With the end of the year rapidly approaching, the White House Y2K czar today said work remains to be done within the oil and gas industries to meet set target dates for Year 2000 readiness. John Koskinen, chairman of the The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, during a press conference today said a recent government survey shows that oil and gas companies are making progress in their efforts to prepare for the date change, but some companies are still behind in their Y2K ...

Philadelphian pleads guilty to killing 8 of her babies Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A 70-year-old woman pleaded guilty Monday to smothering eight of her children in a crime that dated back to 1949. Marie Noe, whose children were once believed to be victims of sudden infant death syndrome, pleaded guilty to eight counts of second-degree murder under an agreement with prosecutors. Under the deal, she will be sentenced to 20 years of probation, the first five of which must be served under home confinement. The deaths spanned two decades, from 1949 to 1968. For years, Noe denied the killings, claiming ...

This is just too funny not to share with FR..... Dear Friends - My friend Gene sent this to me and it is too good not to share: Have any of you heard how Al Gore lives a Christ centered life????? He gave a big speech this week about how his faith is so important to him. Well the funny part is, he said his favorite Bible verse is John 16:3. Of course the speech writer meant 3:16, and Al Gore wasn't familiar enough to catch the error. Well John 16:3 is -- " And they will do this because ...

STAMPS...JORDAN IS PALESTINE HMAVERIK@aol.com I have in my possession two Jordanian State Stamps one from 1964, bearing the likeness of King Hussein and pictures Mandated Palestine as an undivided territory [All of Israel of today plus Jordan of today]..., the other a 1949 stamp pictures King Abdullah of the kingdom of Jordan and bears the label of Palestine in English and Arabic. STAMPS...JORDAN IS PALESTINE

I have seen Billy the Buffoon comment that People have even accused me of murder. I would assume that would be related to the Clinton Chronicles. Well if the Clinton Chronicles are not true why has no one ever sued the producers for Liaible? Could it be they are afraid of the disclosure rule?

HOW serious are the country's theater owners in their new vigilance against letting underage kids into R-rated films? We shall see when "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" opens tomorrow. Though the risque Comedy Central series has built a large following among the under-17 crowd, the "South Park" movie is not for kids. Actually, that's an understatement. In terms of language alone, the Paramount-Warner Bros. co-production is undoubtedly one of the filthiest mainstream films ever released. We can't get into the specifics here, of course, but the sheer volume and creativity of the children's swearing would embarrass a longshoreman. ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. (NB) -- By Laura Randall, Newsbytes. A week after a Y2K readiness test triggered a massive sewage spill in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles city officials announced the formation of a countywide initiative to prepare government agencies, businesses and residents for possible malfunctions stemming from the so-called millennium bug. The initiative will focus on contingency planning for the Los Angeles area in the wake of Y2K mishaps, as well as bridging the government's Y2K efforts with that of the private sector. Teams made up of representatives from the private industry and government will be appointed ...

  NRC To Release Y2K Progress Report For Nuclear Plants 28 Jun 1999, 10:56 AM CST By Bob Woods, Newsbytes. WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is readying a report that will spell out which nuclear power facilities are Year 2000, or Y2K-ready, and which are not, an NRC spokesperson confirmed to Newsbytes. The NRC requires all nuclear facilities under its jurisdiction to be Y2K ready no later than July 1. The report will reveal which nuclear plants are Y2K ready as of July 1, and the status of the facilities that do not meet the deadline, the ...

Phoenix's forgotten get Clinton's notice Prosperity's shortfall to be focus of visit Related Article Clinton to choose businesses to visit (6/29 By Jeff Barker Republic Washington Bureau June 29, 1999 WASHINGTON -- The White House said Monday it decided to include Phoenix in President Clinton's national tour of depressed areas next week because the Valley is a classic example of a fast-growing region where some residents are being left behind. "I'll tell you straight out, there are a couple of people who said, 'Why are we going to Phoenix? It's the fastest-growing economy, it's really doing well,' " Maria Echaveste, ...

Convicted felon Webster L. Hubbell has signed a deal with independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr to avoid prison in exchange for admitting he lied about legal work he did for an Arkansas real estate project on which he worked with Hillary Rodham Clinton. The agreement, struck this week, raises the possibility that Mr. Hubbell's cooperation could result in charges against the first lady. Law enforcement sources said Mr. Hubbell will plead guilty to a felony count of covering up his legal representation of Castle Grande, a project on which he and Mrs. Clinton worked, to avoid a trial scheduled to ...

THE MEDIACRATS When former Republican Representative Susan Molinari was given a CBS anchor slot, the Washington media stood up for their trade. Said Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post, "Well, it really just obliterates the line that used to separate the two professions. And it's kind of an insult to journalism .... because, you know, according to this star-maker mentality, what matters is not reporting experience .... or experience or fairness, but celebrity, and to take a partisan member of Congress and just magically transform him, or her, with the wave of a wand, into an anchor who can sit ...

Got this from a friend online. Does anyone know anything about this group? They sound like they're getting lots of money from GWB (aka Clinton Lite) and his minions. Check out where they pick Elizabeth DOLE, who betrayed us on guns and abortion, as GWB's VP! ========================================= You see them all over the place around here: in Washington's poshest restaurants enjoying hefty expense account lunches, popping into the plastic surgeon's office for a quick peel or a facelift, huddling together at upmarket functions discussing in animated whispers the latest phone call to Austin's Governor's Mansion. They are Washington's permanent Republican ...

Together with its international stablemates, the Australian newspaper has been relentless in churning out NATO propaganda. A recent gem was an article about a Serbian 'torture chamber' by a London Times' reporter, reprinted in the Weekend Australian (19-20/6/99). The alleged torture chamber had been an accommodation centre for students until the Serbian Police took it over after NATO bombed their previous headquarters. That was one of very few facts in the article. I am not disputing that torture may have been employed in this Balkans war. Or even that it was employed in one particular building. But if it has, ...

Everybody who likes to take a breath without choking should be relieved that Carol Browner knows how to fight as well as make sound policy. This week the head of the Environmental Protection Agency will fight a federal appeals court panel's ruling that would gut tougher clean air standards based on the latest generally accepted scientific evidence of the dangers ozone (smog) and fine, particulate matter (soot) pose to healthy lungs. Not quite two years ago, the EPA received several petitions from Eastern states seeking relief from ozone pollution originating elsewhere. This month, the Agency acted to make sure that ...