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Collateral damage in Seatlle News/Current Events Opinion (Published) Keywords: COLLATERAL DAMAGE Source: www.emperors-clothes Published: 02.12.99. Author: Jim Desyllas Posted on 12/03/1999 01:17:58 PST by Guru COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN SEATTLE by Portland student/reporter Jim Desyllas Called-in from a pay phone outside Seattle. Wed., 7:30 pm Pacific time. (Posted at www.emperors-clothes.com 12-2-99. Feel free to distribute in full including this note.) I just spent 4 days in Seattle. The “information” people are getting from the mass media is false. This was not, as Pres. Clinton claims, a peaceful protest marred by the actions of violent protesters. This was a massive, strong ...

Promises, promises "Almost a year before the elections, House Democratic leaders have promised away almost all the available seats on the three exclusive committees if the party takes control of the House," Roll Call reports, citing leadership sources. "Of the roughly 20 seats expected to become available across the Appropriations, Commerce and Ways and Means committees, as many as 15 have already been designated, the sources estimate. "This could make picking slim for members who have yet to receive pledges from the leadership," reporter Ethan Wallison said.

Bush's bold tax cuts By Martin Anderson Gov. George W. Bush's tax cut proposal is the most sweeping tax cut since Gov. Ronald Reagan offered the 1980 tax cut that transformed our economy. Mr. Bush's tax cut drives at the weakest part of our tax system, the high, incentive-destroying tax rates paid by those on the outskirts of poverty. It does so in a simple, radical way -- the lower your taxable income, the greater the percentage cut in your income tax. Since the summer of 1998 I have been a member of a small group that has advised and ...

I would welcome any threads concerning real experiences any have had dealing with this touchy subject. You will not be sought out personally, at least by me, unless you request it directly. There is a very real danger of this being a nationwide scam. I will thank you in advance for your input.

Is Christianity a 'hate crime'? 100,000 Southern Baptists determined to meet in Chicago, despite opposition By Frank York © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Chicago's rebuff of the Southern Baptist Convention's plans to meet in the Windy City next summer, on the grounds that the large Christian group might foment "hate crimes" against minorities, is sounding alarm bells among Christians who fear that merely speaking openly about their core religious beliefs will soon be considered a crime. The Southern Baptist Convention -- with a membership of 15.8 million and representing more than 40,000 churches nationwide -- has been planning for two years next ...

Billionaire Banker Dies in Monaco Fire After Attack 5.45 a.m. ET (1057 GMT) December 3, 1999 PARIS — Billionaire banker Edmond Safra was killed in a fire at his Monaco home after an early morning attack by hooded men on Friday, Monaco's official press office said. Safra and a member of his staff suffocated after a fire broke out for as yet unknown reasons, the press office said in a statement. ******************* NOW..... check this out.... look for the name "Emond Safra".. http://www.jpost.co.il/com/Finance/safra.html http://msanews.mynet.net/MSANEWS/199605/19960509.5.html http://www.rnb.com/corp/hsbc/comments.html http://www.moneyblows.com/bankrnd.html http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/issues/1990/11/mm1190_11.html http://www.a-albionic.com/a-albionic/gopher/conspiracy/fall.house.windsor

Despite all the ranting about Steve Forbes going negative on George W. Bush, it was Bush who went negative on Forbes first - in Iowa on Wednesday when he accused Forbes of "tearing down" his candidacy, as is supposedly Forbes' custom. Silly candidate, campaigns are for critiques! Forbes is not calling Bush a lightweight or a dim bulb or a smirker or even a Republican version of Clinton (though that's what regular folks have been remarking). Forbes is not talking about cocaine, special treatment in the Texas Air National Guard, or Bush's business ventures in Texas (though that's what ...

YOU have to wonder whence the supposed New York grass-roots support for a Senate run by Hillary Rodham Clinton is springing. Some people who should be in her camp are on the fence - or have hopped over it to the other side. Take the other night’s "In Good Company" debate at Christie’s, one of a series of conversations being sponsored by Fleet Bank to aid Literacy Partners. They had three prominent free thinkers on the platform, and not one seemed at all enthused by Hillary’s "intended" bid for Pat Moynihan’s seat. The panel comprised author and columnist Stanley Crouch, ...

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Magazine publisher Steve Forbes knows the power of the printed word, and last night he won the backing of the most influential publication in the first-in-the-nation primary state. The Union Leader announced it had endorsed Forbes for the Presidency at the conclusion of a televised forum in Manchester featuring Forbes and all five of his Republican rivals. An editorial entitled "Forbes for President" appeared on The Union Leader's website at 9:30 p.m. and appears in this morning's editions. It lauds Forbes as "one tough, smart customer who can be the strong, principled leader America needs." Union Leader Corp. President ...

Arizonans charge jail mistreatment Arrested in protests over trade group By Steve Yozwiak The Arizona Republic Dec. 3, 1999 Some of the 30 Arizonans arrested this week in Seattle during World Trade Organization protests said Thursday that they are being mistreated, held illegally and not allowed to meet with attorneys. "They were using pepper spray on us in the holding area. They pulled my hair. Tore some of it out. Everybody was very upset and afraid," said Sonya Diehn of Tucson, adding that she was stuck in the King County Jail and unable to meet with an attorney. Later Thursday, ...

Forgive me if I'm a little self-obsessed, but just from reading this week's press clips on The New York Post, I have grown drunk on my own power. Make no mistake, buddy -- cross me and I'll squash you like a bug. Hey, if I can do it to Hillary Clinton, the first lady of these United States, just imagine what I can do to you! In case you weren't paying attention, the media decided this week that this newspaper and I (in my capacity as the editor of the opinions expressed on the editorial and op-ed pages) have taken ...

Up to 250 Russian soldiers reported killed in Chechnya 4.44 a.m. ET (956 GMT) December 3, 1999 By Yuri Bagrov, Associated Press SERNOVODSK, Russia (AP) — Up to 250 Russian soldiers were killed early today when their unit was surrounded and overrun by Chechen insurgents in heavy fighting, according to an official. Ali Dudarov, deputy interior minister of the republic of Ingushetia, said that Russian officers told him that the unit was attacked near the Chechen town of Urus-Martan, 12 miles southwest of the capital Grozny. He said some 200 soldiers were killed in the attack and 50 more who ...

HELP EDUCATE BILL GATES, DEC 7, SAN JOSE CONVENTION CENTER, 408 ALMADEN BLVD, San Jose, CA 8:00 am California Right to Life, at the request of Judie Brown of American life League, is coordinating an "Educate Bill Gates" event onTuesday, Dec 7th, in San Jose at the Convention Center. Gates is delivering the opening address to a computer technology seminar beginning at 9:00 AM, Tuesday morning. The intent is to distribute literature to those attending this seminar informing them of Gates intended donation of $17 billion (yes, I said billion) to population control programs abroad. We will station ourselves outside ...

HILLARY Clinton, who has long lived in a separate reality, has her own version of the Christmas story. On Tuesday, she was beating up on Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for his policies toward the homeless. The upcoming season, she said, was intended to commemorate "the birth of a homeless child" (that would be Jesus). Apparently, this is something of a Clinton administration line. Al Gore, too, has made the claim that Jesus was "homeless" -- you know, just like the Wild Man of 96th Street, Billie Boggs and the brick thrower. Just like the people whom Republicans don't care about, except ...

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT LISTEN TO CIVIL SOCIETY Statements by Secretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace VATICAN CITY, DEC 2 (ZENIT-FIDES).- Bishop Diarmuid Martin, secretary of the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace" has expressed concerns about the World Trade Organization in the wake of the violent protests that have accompanied the "Millenium Round" summit. "The powerful of the world in Seattle want to adopt international policies on business without listening to civil society," he told the "Fides" agency. The problem with the WTO is that it is concerned with attending to its accounts without paying attention to ...

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By this time next year, Hillary Rodham Clinton may have concluded that supposed tough-guy Rudy Giuliani was a cream puff compared with a more aggressive and far more entertaining antagonist: the management and staff of the New York Post. In recent weeks, the First Lady has been forced to spend far less energy fending off Mr. Giuliani than she has countering the gang at the Post. They include editorial page editor John Podhoretz, columnists Steve Dunleavy and Andrea Peyser, in-house pollster John Zogby, cartoonist Sean Delonas, Clinton confidant-turned-Post columnist dick Morris and, of course, Post owner Rupert Murdoch. With nearly ...

CORTLANDT, N.Y. (AP) -- Nintendo will stop making a Pokemon card that bears a mirror image of a swastika -- a symbol with a benign meaning in Japan -- after getting complaints from the Anti-Defamation League. ``What is appropriate for one culture may not be for another,'' Nintendo of America said in a statement Thursday. The red mark alongside the Pokemon characters Golbat and Ditto was a ``manji,'' a reverse image of the Nazi swastika. In Japan, where the symbol predated the Nazis by centuries, it means good fortune and can also represent a Buddhist temple. On street maps, the ...

COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN SEATTLE by Portland student/reporter Jim Desyllas Called-in from a pay phone outside Seattle. Wed., 7:30 pm Pacific time. (Posted at www.emperors-clothes.com 12-2-99. Feel free to distribute in full including this note.) I just spent 4 days in Seattle. The “information” people are getting from the mass media is false. This was not, as Pres. Clinton claims, a peaceful protest marred by the actions of violent protesters. This was a massive, strong but peaceful demonstration which was attacked repeatedly by the police with the express purpose of provoking a violent response to provide photo opportunities for the Western ...