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July 7, 1999 Philadelphia Justice A case heard in a Philadelphia courtroom this Thursday will say a lot about how the right of political expression is handled in the city that will host the Republican National Convention next year. Last October, Philadelphia law enforcement moved glacially to charge two Teamsters who attacked anti-Clinton protesters outside a Presidential appearance. Now this week, the man they beat the most severely will himself go on trial on what appear to be trumped-up charges that he struck a female Teamster. Television cameras captured the entire incident in which the Philadelphia Daily News reported "a ...

According to the spokesman just on Mike Reagans talk show, California is about to remove all rifles that they deem "Assualt Weapons"! And, you will not be payed for them. Any post 1992 "Assualt Weapons" that have been "registered" are now about to become illegal and you will have to turn them in!!! California has gone nuts! Forget the constitution. We are losing the battle, Conservatives. It wont be long now until many other states will follow suit and you will be FORCED to turn in your guns. Your greatest fears have come true. The Constitution is being ignored.

North Korea Says Missile Test Is 'Sovereign Right' 2.15 a.m. ET (616 GMT) July 7, 1999 TOKYO — North Korea Wednesday reiterated its stance that testing ballistic missiles is a "sovereign right'' and criticized the United States for suggesting a launch would threaten agreements with Pyongyang. "We have already repeatedly declared that such things as missile development, production and test launch belong to our sovereignty and no one has the right to take issue with the rights of a sovereign state,'' said the Korean Central News Agency, monitored in Tokyo. "It is a sheer sophism that (U.S. Defense Secretary ...

U.S. space officials said Tuesday they were awaiting information about the crash of a Russian Proton rocket before determining whether it would delay the $60 billion International Space Station. The next major part of the orbiting outpost, the Russian-built service module, is scheduled for launch on a Proton rocket this November. The massive project, a joint venture of 16 nations including the United States and Russia, has been delayed repeatedly, most often by Russian budget difficulties. ``It is much too early to determine what, if any, impact this failure could have on the launch of the service module,'' spokesman ...

The third anniversary of the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 is July 17, so it's a good time to look into what even the Government reluctantly concedes is a mystery about the crash: "the 30-knot track." The 30-knot track is the radar trail of a boat that was the closest vessel to the 747 when it exploded and that then headed out to sea on a beeline from right under the burning wreckage. "That boat is extremely suspect," said William S. Donaldson, a retired Navy commander who supports the missile theory of the plane's destruction. "He not only ...

DAYTON, OHIO--A Chinese programmer who pleaded guilty to taking restricted information from an Air Force computer system has returned to court, proclaiming his innocence. Steven Liu, 25, a Chinese national who worked for a military contractor in Dayton in 1996, is accused of downloading passwords from the $148 million computer database near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. ``None of the information on this computer system belonged to the defendant,'' assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Chema said Tuesday during opening statements of Liu's trial. ``This is important military information.'' The data in the computer system is not classified. It contains maintenance and ...

***KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY AND ALBANIAN SPONSORS HAVE WELL DOCUMENTED ROOTS IN THE HEROIN TRADE*** ========================================================= The Drug Trade is Entrenched in NATO Politics. An exceptional record of respected media sources from the U.S. and Europe have documented that the Kosovo Liberation Army and their Albanian sponsors are heroin financed organized crime groups, struggling to dominate the flow of middle eastern heroin into Europe and even the Eastern United States. The Christian Science Monitor reported on Oct 20, 1994: "Disrupted by the Yugoslav conflict, drug trafficking across the Balkans is making a comeback as Albanian mafia barons carve out a new ...

Fiji, Vanuatu Could Be Next Diplomatic Battleground between Taiwan, China TAIPEI, July 6 (AFP) - Fiji and Vanuatu could be the next states targeted by Taiwan after it persuaded Papua New Guinea to switch diplomatic recognition to Taipei from Beijing, local media said Tuesday. Encouraged by its latest victory over China, Taiwan may also keep an eye on the two tiny Pacific states, the cable television TVBS said. As PNG had previously done, the pair have signed agreements with Taipei to recognise its statehood, while stopping short of full recognition. Asked to comment on the report, acting foreign ministry spokesman ...

FReeper Poll If you were presented with the following choices on Election Day, 2000, which Presidential candidate would you vote for? Al W. Bushgore (Two-headed hydra of the Establishment Uberparty) Patrick J. Buchanan (Reform Party) Current Results

By Greg Pierce THE WASHINGTON TIMES Boomerang President Clinton seems to have given a big boost to the House impeachment managers, according to an article in Roll Call. Several of the most vulnerable managers "are reaping a financial windfall from their roles in the Senate impeachment trial," said reporter Rachel Van Dongen. "For example, California Rep. Jim Rogan . . . raised more than $1 million over the last six months, largely by exploiting his role as manager," she writes. And Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot, who along with Mr. Rogan was considered the most electorally vulnerable of the House ...

Below is the press release for this week-end's conference: Building Better Schools: It's Union Work". (!) Wouldn't it be nice if a few of our grassroots education reform organizations took the opportunity for a "reality rally" when AL GORE gives a speech on Saturday. Their message: Al Gore, the unions and their big government village have done quite enough for our schools, thank you. I'd love to see someone out there form an ad-hoc group, call yourselves Parents with Pitchforks, and demand that the "village" be damned. ask the question: What about a return to common sense, tested teaching methods ...

FReeper Poll If you were presented with the following choices on Election Day, 2000, which Presidential candidate would you vote for? Al W. Bushgore (Two-headed hydra of the Establishment Uberparty) Patrick J. Buchanan (Reform Party) Current Results

Many people on other threads seem to have questions on the specifics of how George W. Bush has governed Texas, and what his political philosophy as president will be. This article is only one of the probing George W. Bush articles in the June, 1999 issue of "Texas Monthly" magazine. I hope it will answer many of your questions. "On the northeastern fringe of Austin the subdivisions and office parks peter out and the prairie takes over, a pastoral scene that goes on for miles until it is broken by a trapezoid facade of green glass and a mammoth longitudinal ...

Crime Eliminated Automatic Probation Judges now have the authority to place an offender convicted of a state jail felony directly in jail regardless of whether the offender has a prior conviction. This unties the hands of judges and allows them to use their discretion to decide the appropriate punishment for a state jail felony. Governor Bush campaigned on eliminating automatic probation. Strengthened Punishment of Sex Offenders The Legislature passed and the Governor signed a "two strikes and you’re out" law for sex offenders. Under the old law, a defendant received an automatic life sentence only if he was convicted of ...

It's The Philosophy, Stupid! July 1999 Lurker Its The Philosophy, Stupid. Well, it seems the 2000 Campaign is in full swing. Just today Liberal Saint In Waiting Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a possible run for the Senate from the state of New York. The fact that the woman has never lived in the state of New York doesn't seem to trouble anyone in the press too much. In fact, it doesn't seem to trouble most New York citizens either. On the Presidential level, the Governor of the State of Texas seems to ...

If the second-quarter results for the presidential fund-raising contest show anything, it's that the country is tired of Bill Clinton. Donors are voting with their dollars for Bill Bradley and George W. Bush - and against Clinton. Consider what's happened in the race for money since the first quarter. Gore had raised more than double what his Democratic opponent Bradley had - $8.9 million to $4.3 million. Now Gore leads Bradley by only $18.5 million to $11.5 million. Think of it. A sitting vice president, with all the trappings of office and a respected party veteran who's been running ...

First Candidate? A news hour with Jim Lehrer transcript First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton created a committee to explore a candidacy for one of New York's U.S. Senate seats. After a background report, Margaret Warner talks with NewsHour regulars Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Gergen and Jay Gallagher, Gannett News Service's Albany bureau chief. ***************************************************************** HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: Please be seated. SPENCER MICHELS: Hillary Rodham Clinton, who stood by her husband's side during his political career for years, is stepping forward to start her own, trying on the prospect of elected office to see if the fit is right. After ...

Peacekeepers confronting violence By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY CAMP BONDSTEEL, Yugoslavia - U.S. troops won't be trading their green camouflage for something in blue, but keeping a lid on violence in Kosovo has the ring of a different kind of public service. "It's '1 Adam-12, 1 Adam-12, respond to a domestic disturbance,'" says Maj. Bill Wood as he fields calls at the U.S. command post here. "In the daytime, we rescue cats and dogs. At night, it's the Bloods and Crips fighting in L.A." NATO's occupation has left Kosovo, the southern province of Serbia, without a system of law enforcement. ...

Lyrics Copyright 1999, Doug from Upland. Not for commercial use without permission of the author. The bald eagle…what a creature On the tube he…was the feature Seems his numbers…have been growing So The Pervert out in public had been crowing It's a symbol…for our nation It gave Willy…such elation Photo-ops he...so likes doing There must be some plan to give the bird a screwing This time bullsh** was not walking While Bill's lying…baldy's squawking To be used he…thought was dirty But at least The Pervert had not raped the birdie Some were watching…and were praying That The Pervert would ...

Judge questions efforts to suppress tapes WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday questioned the effort by lawyers for former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros to prevent tapes secretly recorded by his former lover from being used as evidence in his upcoming conspiracy trial. In the eighth day of a pre-trial hearing on the admissibility of the tapes, U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin again demanded that Cisneros' legal team show that the recordings made by Linda Jones don't represent what Cisneros actually said. Sporkin has indicated growing skepticism in recent days over the defense's argument that the tapes should be ...