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Darn.I just got the worst news (supressing wild cheer).Giuliani: 49, Clinton: 40. Marist Poll, the wildly liberal poll that always returns results 5 points low for Republicans.She's looking more and more like Wile E. Coyote, with the light at the end of the tunnel likely to be a train -- the Giuliani express. Beep-Beep! She has a few coming gaffes to navigate:She'll be hosting a fundraiser for Palestine neo-terror groups soon. That should endear her more to the Jewish vote.She will be trying to march in the St. Patricks dayt parade -- enraging her gay friends. Not only will she ...

Luck Exposes Russian Spy Operation December 9, 1999 By GEORGE GEDDA WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. agents found it ``a little bit odd'' when they encountered Russian diplomat Stanislav Gusev near the State Department last summer. The chance sighting, officials said Thursday, led to the discovery of a Russian operation that included an ``extremely sophisticated'' spying device inside America's diplomatic headquarters. It also triggered an expulsion order for Gusev and an intense in-house investigation to determine who was responsible for planting the device. Officials said hundreds of State Department employees were being interviewed. ``We don't have a suspect,'' said a ...

Well, as alot of you know. Several FReepers have been holding a 48 hour fund raising dive for FReeRepublic.com. The results have been outstanding to say the least. In the last two days, FReepers from all across the Country have donated close to $5000.00 dollars. Two FReepers, Buckeroo (who started this whole thing) and Sinkspur, decided to match donations at .50cents on the dollar. In other words, if you would give $10 bucks, they each would give $5 bucks apiece, making your $10 dollar pledge a $20 dollar pledge.I believe their offers have expired now, but, this is unheard of ...

Cohen's Speech to CFR Yesterday the Department of Defense announced in a regular press briefing that Secretary of Defense Cohen would be speaking in the evening at the Council on Foreign Affairs (CFR) in New York City. We telephoned CFR (212-734-0400) and was told by the Office of Communications that the event was closed to non-members and the media. We asked for reports or transcripts that may be released about Secretary Cohen's remarks. This morning we called CFR to see if a transcript of Mr. Cohen's remarks would be made public. Jessica Vandersalm in the Office of Communications (212-434-9537) answered: ...

Divisions on Trade Issues Leave Democrats Vulnerable By Thomas B. Edsall Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 1999; Page A22 The outpouring of opposition to the World Trade Organization has severely shaken the free-trade wing of the Democratic Party, threatened grass-roots union support for Al Gore's presidential campaign and potentially undermined the party's hopes of retaking the House.The spectacular collapse of last week's WTO talks in Seattle could have a major impact on American politics next year, particularly within the Democratic Party, where trade has become a major fault line in a party struggling to unify before crucial national ...

“According to Milton Friedman’s book FREE TO CHOOSE, there are four ways to spend money, 1) Spend your money on yourself, 2) Spend your money on other people, 3) Spend other people’s money on yourself, 4) Spend other people’s money on other people. If you spend your money on yourself, you look for the best value at the best price--knockoff Pings on sale at Golf-fore-less. If you spend your money on others, you still worry about price, but you may not know--or care--what the other people want. So your brother-in-law gets a Deepak Chopra book for Christmas. If you spend ...

Gun lawsuits gain momentum Judge upholds one suit, and gun foes hope for victory ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO, Dec. 7 — A judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit alleging that gun makers’ marketing tactics contributed to three Chicago deaths, a decision gun opponents hope is part of a trend. Columbia University law professor John Coffee says it will take more than one or two state court judges’ rulings to set a trend. “THIS IS A home run,” said Lawrence Rosenthal, a lawyer for the city of Chicago, which is among at least 28 U.S. cities and counties that ...

Just thought I'd give you all notice.

Results of online poll (received by email): Thank you for helping us make history by voting in the first secure Internet Presidential Primary. The online polls closed last night at midnight after six days of voting. Since December 3, more than 8,000 eligible American voters participated by registering at the Politics.com Election Center. Governor George W. Bush, Jr. swept the first Internet Presidential Primary with 29% of the total votes cast. In second place, Bill Bradley was a strong finisher with 21% of the vote. The tally was... 1. George W. Bush 29% 2. Bill Bradley 21% 3. Pat Buchanan ...

A combative statement from Boeing attorneys suggesting a missile may have been the cause of the explosion of TWA Flight 800 has stunned veteran observers of the controversial investigation into the tragedy.  According to court records quoted in today's Seattle Times, Boeing refuses to rule out the possibility of an accidental U.S. Department of Defense shootdown. Boeing also has gone on record as stating that the evidence gathered so far points to a missile or bomb as the most likely cause.  "That the NTSB in over three years of exhaustive investigation has been unable to identify any potential ignition ...

...surging ahead of Orrin Hatch, that is. Latest USA Today poll from Iowa: Bush 49% Forbes 20% McCain 8% Bauer 7% Keyes 4% Hatch 1% LOL! I bet all you Keyes wackos really had your hopes up when you saw this thread. Face it, Keyes has no qualifications for the presidency and he is a three time loser. He is a joke and a madman.

The Diversity Hoax: Law Students Report from Berkeley by David Wienir (Editor), Marc Berley (Editor) Our Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%) Paperback - (April 1999) 184 pages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial Reviews Shelby Steele, author of The Content of Our Character and A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America "This fascinating and powerful collection of thoughtful young voices is eye-opening even to those versed in the machinations of diversity in higher education. It is a book of experiences more than abstractions, and it opens us to the inner lives of those usually too young and too ...

China Reform Monitor No. 263, December 10, 1999 American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, DC http://www.afpc.org CHINA BUILDS UNDERGROUND "GREAT WALL" TO PROTECT PLA FROM MISSILES; CLINTON'S NEW COMPUTER SALE RISKS UPGRADING PRC MISSILE STRIKES Editor: Al Santoli November 4: China may own 1,000 to 1,500 nuclear weapons by 2025, roughly equal to the amount the United States and Russia would possess under the terms of the Russian proposal for a START III arms reduction treaty, the Japan Kyodo news agency reports. The US-based Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis claims that Beijing currently has 300 nuclear warheads and is making serious ...

Antifederalist No. 46 WHERE THEN IS THE RESTRAINT? Let us look to the first article of the proposed new constitution, which treats of the legislative powers of Congress; and to the eighth section, which pretends to define those powers. We find here that the Congress in its legislative capacity, shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, and excises; to borrow money; to regulate commerce; to fix the rule for naturalization and the laws of bankruptcy; to coin money; to punish counterfeiters; to establish post offices and post roads; to secure copy rights to authors; to constitute ...

The online polls closed last night at midnight after six days of voting. Since December 3, more than 8,000 eligible American voters participated by registering at the Politics.com Election Center. Governor George W. Bush, Jr. swept the first Internet Presidential Primary with 29% of the total votes cast. In second place, Bill Bradley was a strong finisher with 21% of the vote. The tally was... 1. George W. Bush 29% 2. Bill Bradley 21% 3. Pat Buchanan 17% 4. John McCain 12% 5. Al Gore 10% 6. Alan Keyes 5% 7. Steve Forbes 3% 8. Other 3% 9. Gary ...

President Bill Clinton has played down President Boris Yeltsin's warning not to interfere over Chechnya. The Russian leader said the US should not forget that Russia was a nuclear power. He spoke as Russian troops appeared poised to take the Chechen rebels' last major stronghold outside the capital Grozny. Russian troops have reportedly been massing near the town of Shali, about 12 miles south-east of the capital Grozny, throughout Thursday. Russian news agencies said residents of Shali had offered to try to persuade the guerrillas to leave and allow the Russians in without a fight. However troops were reportedly holding ...

Global Gun Grab by Thomas R. Eddlem It’s open season on the right to keep and bear arms as UN globocrats gear up for international gun controls. The United Nations is very troubled that the United States has retained its Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Radical new UN proposals treat free people with the means to effect their own self-defense as a vital threat to the United Nations and its quest for what it calls the "peace-building process." More troubling still is ...

clinton mediocrity by Mia T   With all the media genuflecting before the press-conference podium of bill clinton, it bears remarking yet again that the clinton intellect (an oxymoron even more jarring than AlGoreRhythm and meant to encompass the cognitive ability of both clintons) is remarkable only for its utter ordinariness, its lack of creative spark, its lack of analytic precision, its lack of depth. Professions tend to be self-selected, intellectually homogeneous subgroups of Homo sapiens. Great intellects do not generally gravitate towards careers in the media or politics. Mediocre, power-obsessed types with poor self-images do. Thus, clinton mediocrity ...

Sir Cliff Richard is known in Britain as "the nice man of pop." The 59-year-old began his career as rock singer and actor almost 40 years ago and was knighted by the Queen recently for his services to the music industry. He became a Christian as a young man and since that time there has been not one ugly rumour or nasty comment about the man or his reputation. Simply, he is one of the good guys. And one of the good guys who has recorded a staggering 132 hits, even more than The Beatles, and topped the charts ...

Y2K Expert Lays Out Key Problems Facing US: Government Programs, Water, Chemical Accidents, Health Care, & More http://www.y2kcenter.org/resources/centerpubs/gwuremarks.html (Norman L. Dean, Executive Director, Center for Y2K and Society) What does the Executive Director of the Center for Y2K and Society consider to be the key Y2K problems facing the US? These issues: Government Benefit Programs. First, it appears increasingly likely that some key government benefit programs will fail in certain states, harming those least able to protect themselves: the poor, the sick, the elderly and young children. According to the federal government's own auditors, 27 states still have not completed ...