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Trump Says World Views U.S. Trade Officials As 'Saps' By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Writer December 2, 1999 Web posted at: 11:51 a.m. EST (1651 GMT) HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- New York developer Donald Trump said Wednesday that United States trade officials are viewed as "saps" around the world and have allowed the country to be ripped off in trade agreements. Speaking to reporters before discussing his potential presidential candidacy with national Reform Party officials, Trump said he wasn't surprised by the violence Tuesday at the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. Protesters there accused the global organization of ...

Uneasy Peace: Hundreds More Arrested; More Confrontations By Jonathan Dube ABCNEWS.com Dec. 2 — Seattle is starting to settle down but the unrest is by no means over. Police continued to enforce a 50-block “security zone” downtown, but much more loosely than they did Wednesday, when only those with official business were let through. Fewer police are spread across the city, and most are no longer dressed in riot gear. The turmoil over the past three days has been because of the meeting of the World Trade Organization. Protesters are concerned about the impact on the environment and jobs of ...

Her Husband's Wife The First Lady and her truth problem. by Carl M. Cannon Mr. Cannon is White House correspondent for National Journal. November 22, 1999 'We talk," Hillary Rodham Clinton said of her husband in an interview in a new magazine, itself called Talk. "We talk in the solarium, in the bedroom, in the kitchen — it's just constant conversation." A few weeks later, Mrs. Clinton found herself in a dicey situation over her husband's plan to release 16 convicted Puerto Rican militants from federal prisons, a move widely interpreted as designed to help his wife with New ...

A Step Too Far?: Seattle Authorities Criticized for Tactics By Jonathan Dube ABCNEWS.com S E A T T L E, Dec. 2 — Seattle police and city officials are coming under fire from protesters who condemn them for being unnecessarily violent and accuse the city of violating their civil rights. Activist leaders say police have attacked non-violent protesters and even innocent bystanders, recklessly firing tear gas and rubber bullets at helpless people. They say police have arrested pedestrians simply for looking like protesters, failed to read them their legal rights, and even fired pepper spray at them while they were ...

last I checked there were only 22 votes for a poll being conducted by lucianne.com. So head on over and give it your input. It is on the home page...just above the lists of posts. Vote Then if you want a little more fun then read the comments about drudge on this post: Click Here Here is the first reader comment: "Well now we know who Drudge sold his soul to nothing less then a lieing scumbag liberal...." Hey Mr Drudge....Do you think you could give us our link back ? PLEASE!

Betraying the dream: Let's face the truth about Panama as a 'sovereign nation' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Lt. Gen. Gordon Sumner Jr. © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com [This posting for discussion, education and research only.] Let's take a hard and honest look at some of our key mistakes in Panama. So far, such glimpses as we have been allowed have certainly failed to examine the case from the perspective of the entire century, as one in which America rose to world dominance, or from the perspective of the approaching century in which the questions of who and what form of government will dominate are ...

‘Precedent Shattering’: Administration OKs Supercomputer Sale to China By David Ruppe ABCNEWS.com Dec. 2 — The Clinton administration may soon allow China to buy an immensely powerful IBM computer that experts say Beijing could use to improve the targeting of its nuclear warheads. Sources tell ABCNEWS.com administration officials recently approved an unprecedented proposal to allow China to import an IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer with an estimated processing speed of at least 30 billion operations per second. Nearly all high-performance computers previously exported to China were estimated to perform 7 billion operations per second or less. The IBM supercomputer, one of ...

This amazing picture shows a 21 week old fetus undergoing surgery to save it's life. Justine McCarthy writes:"Nobody could be unmoved by the powerful image of this tiny finger clinging to the surgeon's hand. A hand that can create modern miracles and save lives that might otherwise be doomed before they even begin. This picture is an emotive and compelling argument against the termination of abnormal pregnancies and it appears as Ireland braces itself for yet another visitation of the debate."

Seattle Under Siege (CBS) Police and protesters both managed to moderate their tactics Thursday, CBS News Correspondent John Blackstone reports, but on day three of the stormy World Trade Organization meeting, Seattle is still under siege. Under fire for being ill-prepared and then overreacting to the protests, Mayor Paul Schell and the police are sticking with a state of civil emergency. Across a tense and troubled city, many residents repeated a single phrase: "this is not Seattle." Even Schell said it. It's a place where now, even a lone demonstrator seems to present too much of a threat to the ...

In a speech November 28 to Labor leaders from around the world World Trade Organization Director-General said the Labor criticsm of the WTO is a false debate. He said there are international labor standards that the WTO will help the ILO enforce. He also said: There is also a darker side to the backlash against globalization. For some, the attacks on economic openness are part of a broader assault on internationalism - on foreigners, immigration, a more pluralistic and integrated world. Anti-globalization becomes the latest chapter in the age-old call to separatism, tribalism and racism - the "them" versus "us" ...

Brand new poll on USA Today's website - usatoday.comBush has 45% and Keyes in second place with less than 100 total votes so far. There is no link, since I do not know how to do so.

   Inquiry  Why Clinton Bombed Yugoslavia by David Ramsay Steele If any town should engage in Rebellion or Mutiny, fall into violent Factions, or refuse to pay the usual Tribute; the King hath two Methods of reducing them to Obedience. The first and the mildest Course is by keeping the Island hovering over such a Town, and the Lands about it; whereby he can deprive them of the Benefit of the Sun and the Rain, and consequently afflict the inhabitants with Death and Diseases. And if the Crime deserve it, they are at the same time pelted from above ...

Kosovo Serb professor's trust was fatal error09:05 a.m. Dec 02, 1999 Eastern, by Philippa Fletcher NIS, Serbia, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Dragoslav Basic, a university professor who had taught at Berkeley, California, thought it would be only a matter of time before things in Kosovo calmed down. He also thought if he used back streets and spoke in English rather than his native Serbian, it would be all right to drive through Kosovo's capital Pristina late at night to fetch his elderly mother-in-law, who was afraid to be alone during a noisy celebration by the province's recently liberated Albanians. He ...

Seattle Remains Tense as WTO Talks Continue By John Burgess and Rene Sanchez Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, December 3, 1999; Page A1 SEATTLE, Dec. 2 – President Clinton's statement that countries might be subject to sanctions if they fail to meet basic working standards created new complications at the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle today as delegates worked toward a Friday night deadline to come up with a deal for a new round of trade talks. Clinton left Seattle after a 33-hour visit under heavy guard as anti-WTO demonstrators continued to give police trouble today. This city remained ...

State puts halt to issuing of 'Choose Life' license plates By John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 1, 1999 The state Tuesday halted plans to manufacture and distribute its "Choose Life" specialty license plate, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the National Organization for Women. The organization, represented by Boca Raton attorney and former state Rep. Barry Silver, had been seeking a court hearing this week to argue for a temporary injunction against production of the plate. The group says the tag is a state-sponsored effort to infringe on a women's right to abortion. "The ...

"....In a gesture of good will, Roger Clinton laid flowers at a statue of North Korea's late leader, Kim Il Sung...."

Revenge Of The Republicans By Eric Engberg (CBS) From the crowded press room, CBS News Correspondent Eric Engberg has seen his share of political debates. In this Reality Check, he reviews Thursday night's performances by the GOP Six. The art of the New Hampshire candidate debate is as structured (and rehearsed) as a ballet performance. The front-runner must be confident but not snide, knowledgeable but not verbose, commanding but not arrogant. Mostly, he must not commit a gaffe that shows he's out of touch with America… or just stupid. A gaffe gives all the newsies a damaging and possibly memorable ...

A Poised Bush Takes No Risks in First Debate By RICHARD L. BERKE MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Shrugging off a steady onslaught from his rivals in a nationally televised debate, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas on Thursday night presented himself as the one candidate for the Republican presidential nomination who has experience as a chief executive and who best knows how to lead.  "There's only one person on this stage, only one person who's been in a chief executive officer position in terms of government," said Bush, who in the 90-minute forum stood alongside his five Republican opponents for ...

State's ads target millennium bug By Sanford Nowlin Express-News Business Writer Calm down, folks. It's not the end of the world. The state of Texas hopes to drive that message home via a new TV and radio ad campaign on the Y2K computer bug. The public service announcements, which began running last month and will increase in frequency until the end of the year, advise Texans not to panic. The state, they say, is well prepared for Y2K. "We wanted to put together something that would help separate fact from fiction," said Jo Moss, a spokeswoman for the Texas Division ...

WORKERS' RIGHTS U.S. Effort to Add Labor Standards to Agenda Fails By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and JOSEPH KAHN  SEATTLE -- The Clinton administration failed Thursday to rally broad support among nations to add labor standards to the World Trade Organization agenda, threatening its most important goal at a meeting here that has been plagued by sometimes violent protests. Caught between clashing demands of poor nations and the American labor movement, the administration struggled to work out a compromise that would have the trade organization set up a study group on labor standards. Such a move is widely seen as a ...