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NEW YORK (Reuters) - In New York's closely watched Senate race, both likely contenders are pro-choice. Nonetheless, the abortion issue could play a huge role in determining who wins -- New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani or first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The reason is one of strategy. The state Conservative Party wants Giuliani to support a ban on late-term abortions, which critics call ``partial-birth'' abortions, before handing over its endorsement. If Giuliani does not, according to this scenario, the Conservative Party could run its own candidate, siphon votes from the Republican ticket and tip the election in Clinton's favor. ...

Trading liberty for 'free' tradeby Alan Keyes In the fall of 1994 the American people elected a Republican Congress by an overwhelming majority. Part of the message of that election was that the citizens of America wanted their money home, and they wanted their power back at the grass roots. The lame duck Congress which met after that election voted approval for American entry into the World Trade Organization. At the time, I asked every senator who voted for it why he had chosen to repudiate the clear will of the voters and vote for a treaty that put American ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's personnel office, the nation's biggest, said Thursday it would interrupt its Internet services during the New Year weekend as a guard against computer hackers, power surges and other possible Y2K pitfalls.      In what may be the first in a string of such precautionary moves by federal agencies, the Office of Personnel Management said it would bar access for "several hours'' to the many data banks normally available from its home page, www.opm.gov.      "We will use this time to check our systems in order to guarantee delivery of the high-quality service that you ...

Attack of the armed security guards! Last Friday a security guard at a local Costco (a cut price on everything store) shot and killed a customer who was arguing over the price of a pair of sweatpants. Ah yes. It's an age-old question for the gun-toting security guards (how did these guys ever get licensed to carry weapons anyhow?) -- just where to draw the line? Sweatpants or T-shirts? Levis or corduroys? Socks or pajamas? The aftermath to the situation is even more absurd. It turns out that the security guard, Carlos "Peppy" Pugliese, has been in and out of ...

Letter From Kosovo By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, December 2, 1999; Page C07 PRISTINA -- The action takes place in the 12th century, and the plot is a melancholy rumination on the theme of revenge. But the theatrical production of "Hamlet" now touring Kosovo was brought into the present day when a cast member, who was marooned here while NATO's bombs fell last spring, gave a speech that Shakespeare never wrote. During a brief forage in nearby shops for food, Luan Kryeziu said, Serb police demanded he show an identity card. Kryeziu said he had lost ...

It was the window smashing that made her feel alive. Eugene resident Jasmine Cameron was running down the streets of Seattle, at the back of a line of black-clad anarchists. She was wearing an oversized black sweatshirt and heavy-soled shoes, a bandana over her face and ski goggles on her eyes - much like her companions - when somebody at the head of the line smashed a bank window. "It was a rush," she said. "It's like a small group of people could start a revolution. It felt like a war." A little later she was separated from the group, ...

UPDATE MARCH 11, 1999 THE TIMELINE TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE CIA-DRUG CONTROVERSY WAS CLINTON'S HOLE CARD IN THE IMPEACHMENT! 1982 - Ken Starr is part of French-Smith special staff which negotiates the smoking gun memorandum letting CIA off the hook for reporting narcotics violations. Anonymous source in Justice tells me that Starr actually wrote the memo. Starr's own confIrmation hearings as Independent Council confirm that he worked directly for Smith. MSNBC last week ran footage of Starr walking and joking with Casey. The CIA report says that the MOU was negotiated with Smith's special staff. Late 1994 ...

KARK TV in Little Rock just broke news of Home invasions being carried out by four (4) black males. They have hit up to five (5) houses since 5PM. One man has been shot in both legs on Jones St., one 13 year old girl was pistol whipped as mother retrieved cash on Shiller, and a teenage boy was shot at as he ran out back of home on 33rd St. Breaking! Little Rock on lookout for 4 blacks in 2 cars! They have hit all within a mile of each other and all 5 cases are considered related!!

The Rant By Doug Thompson I am, therefore I rant. . . Bill Clinton's sad, sorry & lonely legacy Friday, December 10, 1999 Things sure are lonely for Bill Clinton these days. Hillary is off campaigning for Queen, er...Senator, of New York, Al Gore is off attempting to campaign for President and Chelsea flew the coup long ago. Friends of the First Couple say Hillary's departure from the nest is more than just the start of her campaign. It is the next step in the end of the Clinton marriage and "partnership" that has outlived its usefulness for her monumental ...

Washington (AP)—Bill Bradley broke off his West Coast cam-paign swing late Friday for hos-pital treatment of an irregular heartbeat.

"... At length the emperors were worshipped as gods; they became tyrants ruling over a nation of slaves. They used their power to erect the gorgeous temples and still more gigantic pyramids which still survive. Thousands of helpless human beings toiled all of their lives in the erection of these magnificient useless structures. The people became dull and dispairing; and thus the decline of the empire began even in the midst of the manifestations of its splendor. The earliest pyramids mark not the greatness of Egypt, but the beginning of its fall." ---G. C. C. Maspero, World Epochs 1936. ...

Good maxims are often worshipped with pretended devotion, and clothed with the splendours of eloquence, when their subversion is meditated; like white heifers whose horns were tipped with gold, and adorned with ribbons, preparatory to their being sacrificed. -- John Taylor "Anti-Federalist" Opposition to the Constitution In his Farewell Address, delivered to the American people in 1796, George Washington warned: The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home; ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - Although he insists he still has a long way to go before his term ends as U.S. president in 2001, Bill Clinton is spending more time lately on a future project -- building a legacy in his home state. In a brief visit to Little Rock on Friday, Clinton showed he has high hopes for what his legacy might become. He wants it to help boost the image of the city, attract a wide variety of people and deal with some of the most complicated issues in the world. "From the day I was elected ...

Electronic Newsletter for Friday, December 10, 1999 U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7) Clinton Acknowledges Chinese Will Control Panama Canal Recently, President Clinton acknowledged the Chinese will soon be "running the [Panama] Canal." In response, Representative Barr sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to take action to preserve a continued U.S. presence in Panama following the December 14th handover of the Canal ... > ********************** > Website Provides Information on Government Surveillance > The American Civil Liberties Union, the Free Congress Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Omega Foundation have launched a website to serve ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bill Bradley broke off his West Coast campaign late Friday to seek treatment for an irregular heartbeat. An adviser quoted the Democratic presidential candidate's cardiologist as describing his condition as ``an inconvenience rather than a problem.'' Bradley, in California on a two-day swing, felt symptoms of the condition known as atrial fibrillation Thursday night, said Anita Dunn, his communications director. He decided to go ahead with his schedule Friday morning ``to see if it would fix itself as it often would,'' Dunn said of the condition. Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heartbeat shared by ...

What type of Republican candidate is more likely to win in a three way race including Gore/Bradley and Buchanan? A solid Reaganite Republican or a "moderate" Republican? George Bush, a moderate Republican, lost in a three-way race for President in 1992. Bob Dole, a moderate Republican, lost in a three-way race for President in 1996. In a three-way race a principled conservative will draw votes from Buchanan. But principled conservatives will vote for Buchanan if the Republicans nominate a "moderate" Republican. Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer have a better chance to win in a three-way race than Bush or McCain. ...

by J. Semper Paratus "... At length the emperors were worshipped as gods; they became tyrants ruling over a nation of slaves. They used their power to erect the gorgeous temples and still more gigantic pyramids which still survive. Thousands of helpless human beings toiled all of their lives in the erection of these magnificient useless structures. The people became dull and dispairing; and thus the decline of the empire began even in the midst of the manifestations of its splendor. The earliest pyramids mark not the greatness of Egypt, but the beginning of its fall." ---G. C. C. ...

Investigative Reporter and WorldNetDaily author, David M. Bresnahan will be interviewed 12/10/99, on Freedom Forum on the American Freedom Network. Click HERE to listen on the Internet. The topic for the show will be today's articles on Project Megiddo and listener calls will be taken. Showtime will be: 7:05 p.m. ET, 6:05 p.m. CT, 5:05 p.m. MT and 4:05 PT. David M. Bresnahan WorldNetDaily archives *****

Shed a tear for poor George W. Bush. The man can't get anything right. First it was his fund raising. Every morning when he went out to get the paper, he had to rake 20-dollar bills off his lawn. Perfect strangers were driving by at all hours of the night to throw money at the house. From all the commotion this caused, you might have thought the neighbors were complaining about the greenback litter. His phenomenal success in collecting money to run for president was naturally taken to be a sign of weakness, proof that people only gave him ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 1999 Contact: Joe Giganti (202) 646-5172 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ALAN KEYES, INSIGHT MAGAZINE MANAGING EDITOR PAUL RODRIGUEZ AND CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS ON THIS WEEKEND'S EDITION OF THE JUDICIAL WATCH REPORT! CALL 1-800-510-8255 WITH YOUR QUESTIONS THIS SATURDAY FROM 12 NOON-2PM (Washington, D.C.) This weekend The Judicial Watch Report will focus on the elite media establishment's continued efforts to "black out" coverage of the successes of non-establishment conservative leaders. Hosts Larry Klayman and Tom Fitton will speak with Presidential candidate Alan Keyes about the continued attacks aimed at him and his non-establishment conservative message by such ...