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Thatcher decries European army Michael White Political Editor Wednesday December 8, 1999 The Guardian Lady Thatcher last night warned that Tony Blair's Anglo-French model for the creation of a self-sufficient European defence capability will weaken Nato as part of a deliberate French strategy. The former Tory prime minister used an Anglophile platform in New York - the English Speaking Union - to fan American fears and resentment against attempts by London and Paris to make the European Union pull its military weight more effectively. "Superficially, it sounds splendid that the Europeans are now willing to concern themselves more with ...

Toronto Sun: Editorial and Letters Just like Kosovo With each passing day in Chechnya, the moral bankruptcy of NATO's war against Yugolsavia stands further revealed. Russia's ongoing war against Chechnya - like Kosovo, a would-be Muslim republic - has already created some 200,000 refugees. The Russian military is now ordering Chechen civilians - many of them elderly and infirm - to leave the capital of Grozny before its final, all-out assault, threatened within days. Despite denials, human rights groups fear hundreds, possibly thousands of Chechen civilians are being "blatantly and systematically" killed by the Russian military. Sound familiar? It ...

6.16 p.m. ET (2328 GMT) December 8, 1999 By Terence Hunt, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton summarized his year of impeachment and legislative battles as "very productive'' on Wednesday while, on foreign problems, he refused to take sides in a child custody dispute with Cuba and rejected halting aid to Russia for its bombing in Chechnya. At an hour-long news conference, the president also said he and his wife Hillary will "have to be apart more than I wish we were'' as she pursues a Senate seat in New York and he lives at the White House. "It's not ...

New Pentagon Security Clearance System Not Y2K-Compliant; "A Huge, Massive Failure" http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/30/005r-113099-idx.html (Washington Post) A near-perfect example of a Y2K outcome: not necessarily meltdown (ie, some type of catastrophic impact) or shutdown (bankruptcy), but slowdown- with a corresponding negative ripple effect on the economy in one form or other. Y2K not with a bang, but a whimper, as it were. Incidentally, before this system was installed, do you think anyone said, "Oh, by the way, this will be a massive screwup. You can expect a flat-out enormous backlog of, oh, 600,000-plus employees waiting for security clearances. Yes, we've really, really ...

SERBIAN CHURCH HAS APPEALED TO THE HEADS OF THE CHURCHES AS WELL AS TO THE WORLD POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS ASKING PROTECTION OF ITS FAITHFUL PEOPLE AND CHURCHES IN KOSOVO AND METOHIA The Holy Synod of Bishops has requested of significant political institutions and persons that its faithful people and churches in Kosovo and Metohia should be protected, and informed on this the heads of the sister Orthodox Churches. In the letters, sent to numerous addresses throughout the world these days, there has been pointed out that the most precious and the most valuable Serbian shrines, churches and monasteries ...

6.25 p.m. ET (2338 GMT) December 8, 1999 WASHINGTON — President Clinton said on Wednesday that a class-action lawsuit his administration has threatened against gun makers would not seek to bankrupt them, but to make guns safer and harder for criminals to buy. He also defended his preparation of the suit against charges he was attempting an end run around a Congress that failed this year to back his requests for tougher gun control laws. The White House said on Wednesday it was organizing a lawsuit against the gun industry by some 3,200 public housing authorities. The suit, denounced as ...

The Sicilian mafia is convulsing world stock markets by laundering hundreds of millions of pounds undetected through the internet, Italian police have revealed. Vast sums are dissolving into cyberspace and reappearing as stocks and shares in a criminal hijacking of electronic commerce. Surges in stock markets and even the euro's rollercoaster ride are being attributed to the mafia's mastery of online trading and banking. Gangs in other countries are eluding investigators by joining in an embryonic criminal network that is inventing techniques to exploit the internet's freedom, according to a leaked report submitted to the Italian government. Prosecutors and ...

Last night at least eight Freepers joined a group numbering between 200 and 250 at a fund raising dinner for Judicial Watch. Keynote speaker at the event was national hero, and corruption fighter, Larry Klayman. Among the items Mr. Klayman mentioned in his talk was the fact that James Carville, the vile Clinton smear artist, ran the smear campaign against the people trying to bring the Clinton's to justice, out of his home. Freepers will remember that Carville was the ring leader of a group that included Democrat operatives like Larry Flint, who used government files and private investigators to ...

The Big Idea That Bradley Stole from Buchanan Business Week And why Dollar Bill gets credit but Populist Pat doesn't Hee-ha, do we news groupies ever love Bill Bradley. Can't get enough of Mr. Reason. Lay it on us, big boy, about a quietly rational New Democracy with a soft side. Talk that Big Idea talk about a decent America, global trade, lifting the boats that this enormous economic tide has left on a sandbar. Tell us about keeping our boys in camouflage out of foreign places where they don't belong. The Washington Post, no stranger to Bradley-loving, lathered it ...

Seven cheerleaders expelled for alcohol use Parent of one of the girls accuses school system of acting without due process or evidence. By Anne Cordeiro Savannah Morning News Jocelyn Smith earned good grades, participated in school civic groups and cheered for the Richmond Hill High School football team up until three weeks ago. Now, Smith is attending private school. She and six other cheerleaders from the Richmond Hill High School were expelled last week for the rest of the school year. She and the other cheerleaders were kicked off the team, too. School officials charge that the girls were ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. appears ready to gain more influence in the Asian car market by buying a stake in the company that makes Subarus. A Tokyo newspaper, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, reported Wednesday that GM would buy 20 percent of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. for about $977 million. The companies have previously said they were negotiating, but both GM and Fuji would not confirm whether a deal was imminent. If a deal is struck, it would give GM another way to move into the Asia-Pacific market. With much of ...

For Immediate Release: November 30, 1999 Contact: alex@infowars.com "Best of Austin, 1999" Alex Jones Fired from His Oldest Radio Program After Refusing to Be Censored Austin, TX – Alex Jones has been a popular radio broadcaster on KJFK radio in Austin, Texas for almost four years. During his time there, he was singled out over a dozen times for the unusual popularity on that station, in such publications as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Austin American Statesman and countless others. He was recently awarded "Best of Austin 1999" (radio host) in the Austin Chronicle’s Reader’s Poll, and was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton said Wednesday that having the most racially diverse administration of any remains a point of pride for him -- even if no people of color have held seven key White House posts. During a year-end news conference at the State Department, Clinton appeared taken aback when a reporter pointed out that no minorities were among the 26 people who have held "the top seven West Wing jobs" during his two terms in office. "Wait a minute. What are they?" Clinton asked, and was told: chief of staff; advisers for national security, domestic policy and economics; ...

Dreaming of a 'Green' Christmas? Keep Dreaming Despite booming economy, many companiesnot planning to share the wealth with workers 7.17 a.m. ET (1217 GMT) December 8, 1999 There are more Scrooges than Santas in the workplace this year. With a robust economy, a sky-high stock market and an extremely tight labor market, you might expect that corporate managers would jump at any chance to show they appreciate their employees. Yet surveys show less than half of American workers get holiday gifts from the boss. 'Ten or 15 years ago, people used to go all out. Now all I hear ...

Steve Forbes has been campaigning hard in a number of states. Yet Mr. Forbes is apparently making little headway with the voters in these states. Mr. Forbes poll numbers are rarely found about 20% in any state. Forbes was similarly unsuccessful in 1996, despite a very weak GOP field. Yet Mr. Forbes has expressed some exciting ideas for creating a more conservative government. Mr. Forbes publishes a respected business magazine. One would think Mr. Forbes would be faring better. What is the reason for Forbes poor numbers? It's difficult to understand the voting public. However, I believe that Forbes, or ...

     In the wake of the almost certain loss of the Mars Polar Lander, senior NASA officials Tuesday vowed a complete overhaul of the U.S interplanetary exploration program, including postponement or even cancellation of missions already in development.      "Clearly something is wrong, and we have to understand it," NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin said Tuesday. "It is conceivable that we will completely change our approach. . . . Everything is on the table."      The reassessment will be done in tandem with an exhaustive investigation into the failure of the Mars Polar Lander and its two auxiliary Deep Space 2 probes, which ...

(CBS) What may be in store when it comes to boosting your brain power in the next century? CBS News Correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports that you may be able to get a memory upgrade for your brain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In laboratories and hospitals around the world scientists are changing the way we think - about how we think. Twentieth century technology has made it possible to peer inside the human brain and study it in more detail than ever before. Dr. John Mazziotta of the University of California at Los Angeles heads an international project to map the brain in the ...

Engaging the Culture with the Word of God! Latest Dateline... December 8, 1999 Subject: Apocalypse Now? Richard Landes said: "There are a lot of people who believe in 2000, but in public they are not going to admit it. Where they will admit it is on the Web." ... "Historians have argued that [the book of] Revelation's 'beast,' or Antichrist, was a Roman emperor and the terrors described in the book the plight of early Christians. Many believe it speaks of today, however, and this has bolstered a flurry of best-selling fiction that details the end time. ... The ...

The founder of Free Republic has long dreamed that his creation could serve as a means to galvanize the energies and enthusiasm of those citizens who are more than ready to turn back the red tide of liberalism. Jim Robinson's dream is now on the verge of becoming reality. We are pleased to announce that after months of dedicated labor, Free Republic now stands poised to open a new, exciting, and challenging chapter in the history of conservative activism. It is in the final stages of a profound restructuring and creative effort which will result in the establishment of three ...

Well, I went to my Mail Depot today and there was a note my box. A FedEx package had arrived. It was expected. It became much, much more than I expected. It was a tape from Gonzo. Several months ago, FReeper Gonzo put up a post (he says "accidentally") to which perhaps someone in the Secret Service took umbrage. There are some things they don't like to hear or read regarding the scumbag they are protecting. Gonzo posted about how the Secret Service wanted to pay him a friendly visit. I have also been contacted by the Secret Service, but ...