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TALE OF THREE WORLDS - Skullduggery in the Sugar Business- new KIEV: What is going on at the Ukrainian Sugar Company, a Mykolayev project of the commodities
giant ED&F Man with a 25% Ukrainian investor
UPK/TEKT. TEKT claims that the coal bought
for the renovated plant by the Polish managers
is "dead rock" and the new factory is a sweetheart deal
used one; Man and USC say the plant was in such
poor shape they had to replace it, and that
original assets were diverted. After over
2 years it still hasn't started production.
CAIRO CALM - CAIRO: Obama gave a historic speech in the heart
of the Arab World June 4th. A Feb 22nd terrorist
bombing in Cairo sounded like business as
usual... but Cairo is really one of safest
cities in world, where one can walk anywhere
at 3am; and never hear an anti-Western sentiment
in 2 months; partly due to the civilizing
effect of Islam, which punishes rude, criminal,or
violent behavior, but Egyptians are really
special-a warm blend of world peoples- Scoop, OpEdNews
NO NATO NOW - PIK (Russian, Ukrainian), Scoop- KIEV: The invasion of Georgia scared FSU states,
esp. Ukraine who lobbied fervently for NATO
membership, but that would provoke the exact
crisis it was designed to prevent, which
the callous gas cutoff is showing. Nobody
really wants Ukraine in NATO, the people
(61% against vs 24%), the Rada, and NATO
itself, for whom Ukr instability and Russian
military presence would be destabilizing.-
Dec 2008
THE MORAL VOTERS - Nov 5 For decades harsh evangelicals have controlled
and distorted the Republican party, drowning
out other voices and imposing their narrow
views on the country; But a new morality has emerged in Obama's
historic election from the vast bulk of voters
who are sick of war, of corruption, of lies,
and stupidity... who believe in Obama's phrase
that we a
re our brother's keepers
JACKSON DESERVES A SEAT AT THE TABLE - ARCHIVE In the News Seattle Times- Jackson's energy, eloquence, careful reasoned
arguments, + superb performance in 1988 debates
has earned him a shot at Sec. State (first golden-tongue black to run for Prez)
A QUESTION OF JUDGMENT - Oct '08 Despite his "maverick" image, John
McCain's judgment has been abysmal, starting
with his decision to remain in a brutal NV
prison for 4 1/2 years rather than go home (which
we questioned him on). His economic advisor, friend, and so-called
"genius" Phil Gramm wrote the bills
that tore down Depression protections and
exempted these junk bond derivatives from
any regulation- creating this economic meltdown; McCain was a fervent backer of the catastrophic Iraq invasion + has never had any qualms; Cynical choice of the woefully unqualified
Palin for Veep endangers nation; Rash reckless decisions the norm- Scoop, OpedNews
THE BUSH BATTERED DOLLAR - Scoop, OpedNews In the News April '08 Malaga, Spain: With 4-6 trillion dollars of tax cuts to
the rich + 
his wanton war, Bush has rung up more deficits
than all Presidents combined. Since he took
office, the dollar has dropped 47%, 8% in just a recent
5 weeks- halving the value of trillions of dollars
of foreign investments. For Americans living
abroad the slow sickening slide of the dollar
is devastating- every week less Rubles or
Euros or Crowns. The now worthless Republican-deregulated
junk mortgage derivative bonds are supposedly
more than all the real stocks and bonds put
together... and world markets are hanging by a thread.
Swiss UBS Bank just wrote off $37 billion,
and Japan could have $300 billion of losses.
A collapse by any major player could create a chain reaction that would cause
a worldwide collapse. Desperate to prevent that, the Fed injected
$500 bil just to stabilize things.- Lehman Bros collapses, Merril sold, AIG,
WashMutual tottering
GEORGIA'S FOLLY & the RAGE OF THE BEAR new Kiev: Saakashvili's reckless invasion
of S. Ossetia was bound to provoke a virulent Russian reaction, but
it has disappeared in the news as the world's
condemnation falls entirely on Russia; McCain's
foreign policy advisor is a paid lobbyist
for Georgia- did he or Administration encourage
this to create a new bugaboo enemy to intimidate
voters, since terrorism wasn't working anymore?;
Georgia isn't Budapest or Prague, but the
Russians can't resist grinding their face
in the dirt as an object lesson for Ukraine,
Estonia, or Poland- Scoop, OpedNews Aug 19
ARE WE COOKED?- Global Warming Worse Than You Think-new 8 Latest Scientific Findings each show warming
will be much worse than worst case estimate;
850,000 yr old 4 km Antarctic ice cores prove
radical temperature changes 5-12C happened
as fast as 3 years; CO2 generation exploding from Chinese (+ Indian)
coal power plants; Methane's threat from
melting tundra and gigantic ocean bottom
methane hydrate deposits (twice all other fossil fuels combined!); High altitude sulfur from commercial jets
have cooled the whole earth 1 C- so real
global warming is over double what we see, and airline collapses could instantly raise
worldwide temps; 1/3 of Gulf Stream not flowing North; 1/3 of warming from black atmospheric soot
from soaring coal burning; Catastrophic ice sheet collapse into deep
ocean could make worldwide killer tsunamis; 8 Feedback loops multiply effects many
fold, inc. ice pack going from 90% reflecting
to 80% absorbing; CO2 in oceans released as it gets warmer; increased
CO2 in ocean dissolving limestone shells, deforesting
a WA state every year; Interviews w 5 top GW scientists fm Nasa
Goddard, UAlaska, USGS, UCLA - coming;
ENDLESS SUMMER- Element Moscow (travel) ORIGINAL Morocco: Beautiful, spacious, stylish Valencia, Spain
is a place without winter; where the museums
are mostly free and open till 8:30pm (even
1am!), where the food is good and people
live well, where 2200 years of history and
an Islamic heritage are on display in the
architecture. LOCAL - Mar 13, '08
ROMAN HOLIDAY- Element Moscow (travel) ORIGINAL Rome: Tired of the frigid gloom of the third Rome's
mud season? Get away - to the first Rome.
From the bldgs of the Forum, to the massive
Colosseum (where up to a million people died
over 330 years), to the most perfectly preserved
lg ancient building, the Pantheon ... Rome
is magnificent. LOCAL 3000 years of Roman history
are splayed out, with Christian churches
cannibalizing ancient buildings, and a dizzying
array of overlapping layers of antiquity.-
Jan 22, 08
NO SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL- Moscow: Putin visited the NKVD killing fields of
Butovo and expressed sympathy for the tens
of millions of victims of the purges and
murders, for the first time; Before he had
exalted the security agencies and diminished
the crimes of his agency; Many places have
had genocidal monsters, but only Russia still
has fans of them; supposedly 35% would vote
for Stalin now if he were running- Oped News ; Nov 07
THE INFINITE PUTIN - Capital Times ORIGINAL new Moscow: Putin is supposed to leave office in March,
but that was impossible to believe. Appointing
unknown crony Viktor Zubkov PM (told only the day before and rammed through
rubber stamp Congress 2 days later) ends
the doubt. Zubkov will be anointed President
(+ win), Putin will become Prime Minister,
and Zubkov will resign in 6-12 months to
let Vladimir Vladimirovich return as Prez.
Massive conflicts of interests in the Kremlin,
where mini oligarch ministers control the
biggest corporations in the world and can't
separate their interests from those of the
state, crushing and absorbing competitors.-
October 4 ONLINE vers
PUTIN'S CHILDREN (Orig.) L- International Herald Tribune- SCAN July 6 -new from Moscow The Putin Youth groups: Nashi, Young Guard, Young Russia; badger and terrorize anyone who even differs
with Kremlin positions; By propagandizing
the vulnerable, is the Kremlin poisoning
the seed corn of young minds? On June 12th,
Russian Independence Day, Red Sq. was reserved
for the Party faithful ONLINE IHT vers. po Ryccki
THE PRESIDENT'S CONTEMPT - new After 7 years of lies, corruption, national
security failures, and a disastrous unjustified
war, the new Dem Congress is asking questions;
Heedless of the Constitution, Bush is giving
no answers + with unprecedented arrogance,
directed staffers to not testify; Time for
inherent contempt charges? Tally of Bush's cost in human lives-
OpedNews, Online Journal
RATTLING RUSTING SABERS- new from Moscow- The US's proposed "missile shield"
in Eastern Europe has provoked a heated reaction
by Russia; Encircled by NATO against promises,
facing renewed US nuclear development and
bases in FSU, the US cancelling ABM treaty
+ non-proliferation regimes; Have the Russians
been betrayed? Heavy handed cutoffs of gas
+ oil supplies to neighbors have led them to seek shelter with the West,
no matter how destabilizing. Can Russia glean
respect without threats? OpedNews, Scoop
FADING FREEDOMS- Capital Times new from Moscow (must view in IE) Step by step democracy has become a fading
photograph of the nineties, as Putin restricts,
harrasses and crushes political independence,
the free press, and concentrates all power
in the Kremlin; Giant state industries reconstituting
as the state forces out foreign oilcos- March 24 LONG with Pics
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM + DEBT BOMB (IE only) In the News Energy Bulletin- LOCAL - SS trust fund has no cash, so Bush's privatization
plan would need to borrow $200-300 bil a year; Deficit
is real threat to SSS; Dollar has dropped
38% since mid 2001- disaster if foreigners
stop buying our bonds that fund deficit,
let alone sell them; Cause epidemic of home forclosures+
bankruptcies- Mar 10, 2005- Los Angeles Herald, SCOOP -NZ, Smkg Chp DEBT CLOCK
DEATH OF A BEAR - from Moscow new Boris Yeltsin, despite his faults, was a
courageous decent leader and a historical
giant; Tagged with much that wasn't his fault,
the early Boris broke up the largest empire
on earth without bloodshed + ended the Cold
War that could have killed 500 million
THE COPYCAT EFFECT- ARCHIVE In the News MediaChannel proves sensational media coverage of deadly
mayhem causes people to copy it; Loren Coleman's
important new book; Media + journalistic
response; Ethics and better approaches; Analysis
of newsmags coverage; Possible imminent risks:
CLEAR and PRESENT DANGERS - Columbine + Waco/OKC bombing anniversaries
and apocalyptic cults re: NBC's Revelations- April 21, 2005
9-11 NARCISSISM - The Oliver Stone movie World Trade Center is another moving hagiopic to the terrible
sacrifice of 9-11. We've been celebrating
ourselves for being victims for 5 years now,
and it's too much. It's time to stop congratulating
ourselves for something we didn't do. And
we didn't do many things.- Scoop, Worldnews Aug 2006
WHY THEY HATE US - Israel's savage assault on Lebanon is shattering
the rebuilt country and threatening the tenuous
government, all with GB2's blessing; Hezbollah
are bad guys, but destroying the only Western-style
free Middle East country will have long term poisonous effects, creating
thousands of Hezbollah/Hamas recruits and
perhaps reigniting the hideous civil war-
July 24 Scoop, Smrk Chp
CALIFORNIA ENERGY RIPOFF WASN'T JUST CRIME- 6 power companies, led by Enron through manipulating
power production, raised rates up to 90 fold;
CAL paid in one day what it had been paying in 3 months;
Used this vast scam to punish Gore voting
state (+12%) and depose Dem governor; secret Cheney Energy Task Force likely plotted Iraq war
NSA Director Gen. William Odom (news article) - exclsv (REALAUDIO) 52 min- Dissects strategic blunders of Iraq, escape strategies, geopolitical consequences,
Iran attack, Korea future- April 7 - Brown
Univ.- Scoop, OpEd News, 69,000 venues- Watson Institute MY QUESTIONS (wma)
HUNTING TRUTH - The Trouble with Harry- MediaChannel Is the Veep's story as honest as the Iraqi
WMD's?, Accident report shows much closer
distance than 90 ft claimed- smaller pellet
spread, deeper penetration with too many
pellets, Cheney shoots him behind him in the safe zone towards the Armstrong car,
Witness sees everything from inside car 100 yards away; with Interviews of Corpus Christi reporters;
Investigative shotgun pattern comparisons;
Whittington blasted by 2/3 of shot in shell! 78 year old hit in heart ejected from ICU 2/24/06
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION updated 6-1-6 AlterNet, Scoop ALT Printable Against every rule of occupation,
almost no effort was made to secure the vast
munitions stores of Iraq after the invasion;
250,000 tons, 39% of the ordinance was looted by insurgents and is killing our soldiers
every day. IED deaths have more than doubled in the
last year- now 59% of US fatalities, and
there's enough looted armaments to make ten 500 lb IED's a day for the next 274 years. Interview of Military Intelligence agent
who reveals how even an ammo dump next to
huge US base was negligently allowed to be
looted. Oct 2005
UNPATRIOTIC SPYING - OpedNews, Scoop, Online Journal ALTER The FBI is doing full spectrum warrantless monitoring of 30,000 people a year, but are there even 3000 legitimate
terrorism suspects a year? Now the
Pentagon, CIA, NSA have also been spying on Americans- all illegally or illegitimately. No judge,
no magistrate, no control, no limits;
Records are open to state, local, and corporate
"authorities" and are never destroyed. Thousands can rip through anyone's life,
and could this vindictive administration
avoid persecuting critics? With stunning revelation from Joe Wilson.
- Jan 5, 2006
LIVING in the DANGER ZONE - COA News, MediaChannel Reporters risk themselves in war zones
for far more than glory, Tales of personal
terror in the dissolving Russian Empire;
A prayer for Jill Carroll ALTERNATE- Jan 25, 06
STOPPING the NEXT BOSNIA- ARCHIVE com. scoop Capital Times -Dec 13,03 FULL version. - It seems obvious we will be forced out of
Iraq, which will explode into Civil War between the 63% Shiites and 17% Sunni former
rulers (and the 19% Kurds?); Bosnia across
California; Beirut in the third biggest oil
country- Maybe partitioning Iraq could mitigate or prevent the coming bloodbath
- Nov 4, 03; TALK SHOW (audio) on subj.- 40min w Barry Farber- Dec 4, 03 Brown U. Conf. on Kurds (audio) 4:03 min- Oct 1
A WARM + BRIGHT FUTURE ARCHIVE In the News part 1-(Maui Time- Sept 1-14, 98) + part 2 (9/15-28) Evidence
and results of worldwide unprecedented warming- hottest ten years in last 2000 all since
1981. 1998 hottest year ever, 1997 hottest
before that, each month a new world's record
(inc 9/2005). Discusses nitrogen oxides,
methane, + water vapor's huge contributions
(3-5 TIMES what we've been computing).
Part 1 - Evidence for worldwide global warming-
may cause a possible ice age PART 2 (only) What we can do + what we will do; Weather
extremes + resulting deaths.. Letter from VP Al Gore about article jpeg HTML FULL Article US NEWS cover story on Global Warming 2/28/00
- Antarctic Meltdown WEST ANTARCTIC ICESLIDE 4800 Cu. Mi. ARCTIC ICE MELTED- 2-17-05 POINT of NO RETURN - 9-16 GULF STREAM DROPS 30% 12-1 new COLD WAVE KILLS 1000 IN EUROPE 1-20-06 ICE AGE HERE?
BOMBING IRAN - Action against the nuclear facilities of
Iran is said to be impossible, but this is
a real urgent security concern; Iran has consistently
been the most murderous terroristic nation + has an perverse obsession with martyrdom;
Extremist leader Ahmadinejad has threatened
Israel with annihilation and still sees America
as the Great Satan; For quarter century the world has known-
Iran must never possess nuclear weapons- what's changed now? Reckless dishonest Iraq invasion paralyzes
all options - Aug 2006
THE COPYCAT EFFECT- In the News MediaChannel proves sensational media coverage of deadly
mayhem causes people to copy it; Loren Coleman's
important new book; Media + journalistic
response; Ethics and better approaches; Analysis
of newsmags coverage of murder; Imminent
risks: Clear and Present Dangers - Columbine + Waco/OKC bombing anniversaries
and apocalyptic cults re: NBC's Revelations; w interviews of cult members + experts
OVER THERE - Capital Times Feb 26 HTML Bush claims we are fighting them there so they won't
come here, and that seems logical, even to some liberals;
After all, there haven't been more attacks
in America- Feb 15 Washington Dispatch
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM + DEBT BOMB Energy Bulletin- LOCAL- SS trust fund has no cash, so Bush's privatization
plan would need to borrow $200-300 bil a year; Deficit
is real threat to SSS; Dollar has dropped
38% since mid 2001- disaster if foreigners
stop buying our bonds that fund deficit,
let alone sell them- Mar 10- Los Angeles Herald, SCOOP -NZ, Smkg Chp DEBT CLOCK
CLOUD WORLD: MISSION to TITAN- Jan 14 SCOOP (NZ), MSN-UK The 11 year $3 billion Cassini mission to Saturn, successfully dropped a landing probe into
the most earthlike atmosphere in the Solar
System, Titan. Bigger than planets Mercury or Pluto, it
has a nitrogen atmosphere 1.5 X Earth’s pressure and 4½X as dense. But it is a bitter –178ºC,
leading to speculation of lakes, oceans, and volcanoes of liquid methane- photos seem to show that (inc.); w interview of Huygens scientist
ESA, Germany-
GETTING GOOD NEWS: The Government vs. the
Press in Times of War (audio) Mike's BROWN U. LECTURE (listing)- History of Press restrictions in Wars since
WW2; How Vietnam changed everything and made
the media the enemy- 27 min., Salomon Hall, Brown Univ.- Dec 13 Poster
COULD AMERICA GO BAD? - Columnized What would America do if we
were hit with a terrorist nuclear attack
... with this President, Congress, and a packed Supreme
Court? Hyperbolic nightmare scenario- Nov
23- Op-Ed News, USA Editorial, Tokyo Hello, North American
Media, Chinese American News, South American
Business Daily, Saudi Post, Hiroshima Post,
Scoop, Liberia Sport, World Economist, Turkmen
Post, Tunesia Cup, World News Network
HOW KERRY LOST - The first Catholic candidate in 44 years
lost the Catholic vote, almost lost the Hispanic
vote, lost ground with women; and neglected
to talk about the immorality of Bush's "values"...
If he actually did lose- Nov 4-20,04 - Crisis Papers
KERRY's COMEBACK - ALT Kerry outmatched the accidental President
in the first debate but he could have put
him away had he concentrated on Bush's greatest
weakness; With evaluation of all debates,
and strategy- Oct 2-16,04 Washington Dispatch
BUSH's BIG BETRAYAL ARCHIVE In the News ALT First Cheney + Co. tried to bully the CIA
into claiming Iraq was an imminent threat;
then they created their own “intelligence”
outfit, which incorporated every wild rumor.
After Iraq Niger uranium purchase was proved
a cheap forgery, betray CIA second time by
trying to blame them. Worse, they punish Ambassador that reported
on Niger forgery by outing his wife as a CIA agent; The CIA has many ways to hurt him; imperial
lies + stupidities carefully filed and indexed.
- SmChp, Liberal Slant, Buzzflash, Bartcop- July 23, 03 One of the First Commentaries about Plame
Scandal
NO RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSH'S FANTASY WORLD ALT Bush steamed straight ahead in a speech
that penalized no one for the systematic
brutalization of our Army prisoner policy
and ignored the insanity of dumping entire
Iraq mess on a government in 5 weeks that
doesn't exist -May 25, 04 SmrkCp
DUNNING DEAN - DID the DOCTOR GET GORED - mediachannel exclsv COLUMNIZED HTML Did the media try to destroy Howard Dean
by harping on his liberalness and inexperience
(both untrue), and electability until it became a self-fulfilling prophecy
with Dems desperate to defeat Bush? Analysis
of coverage of campaign fm Wash. Post, Newsweek, New Republic, US News, TV debates; with NH reporting (inc. Dean
& World)- Jan 26
HOWARD DEAN and the WORLD - (columnized doc) - MIRROR Dems are asking who can stop Dean, but they
should ask, should we even try? Dean's world view is solidly in the mainstream,
inc. Iraq- increasingly strident attacks on him are
sign of desperation, but may doom Party candidate;
Rove is actually afraid of Dean; With analysis
of Dean's foreign policy; inc. questioning
him and reporting from NH- Jan 2-17 Liberal Slant, Smr Chp, BushWatch, Bartcop, Democrats; AUDIO of NH Town Meetings TALK SHOW on subject w Barry Farber- 38min- Jan 6
JFK- LINGERING SHADOWS - 40 years ago the crime of the century occured
and the echos still reverberate; The
conspiracy theories defeat themselves, multiplying
like mutant strains, till the truth itself
is just another aberration, another chip
in a pile of chips; With interview
of historical conspiracist - Nov 17, 03
10th Anniversary of Moscow Oct '93 Revolt - (EXCL. AUDIO) - VIOLENT COMMUNIST ATTACK that ALMOST DEPOSED
YELTSIN --200 killed in 2 days of battles at WHITE
HOUSE and OSTANKINO TV CENTER ; w article 24 Hours in October Revolt + Photos AUDIO ONLY - 7:20 min
FIRM of MIND, SOFT on FACTS - Bush has, with a steady stream of lies,
deceptions, and propaganda, has managed to
convince half the country that Saddam supports
Al Qaida or even was behind 9-11. Iraq invasion historic blunder that may
echo through the decades- Liberal Slant, Democrats.com, Bartcop- March 18, 03 ALT WARBLOG
RI NIGHTCLUB FIRE - exclusive - Worst US fire in quarter century rips through
smallest state- w photos, interviews, radio
reports MIRROR
Analysis
of Station Fire in W. Warwick, RI- Interviews, audio
report, photos - Feb 20-Mar 30, 03
FAIRWELL COLUMBIA- The nightmare of manned spacecraft- an
immolating reentry- finally has struck after
being staved off for 42 years. What should
NASA have done to prevent it? Personal wonders
of space. - Liberal Slant 2/3/03
SPEAKING LOUDLY WITHOUT ANY STICK - Nightmare of North Korean nukes: the most
dangerous country in the world has started
to mass produce a nuclear arsenal; Administration
response?- no negotiations, no problem;
But Saddam needs crushing; History
of NK terrorism- Liberal Slant 1/4/03 ALTER
BUSH's WANTON WAR- Saddam is a monster, but Bush's militancy
is due to the '93 plot to kill his father
and upcoming elections, not any imminent
danger or 9-11 guilt. Punishing enemies is
a family tradition, where he started his
career- Liberal Slant, Bartcop 10/12/02 LOCAL ALTER
AIRLINE INSECURITY-5 months after 9-11 gaping security holes
exist in the airline system. "Screening"
now means "passenger bag matching",
but they can't even manage that for the connecting
flight; Skymarshalls are nowhere to be found,
even by pilots; and up to 70,000 Al Qaeda
members lust for revenge; 2200 bag scanning
machines are needed by Dec- new orders since
911?- ten until March 5, 2002- Radio Comments
BLIND FAITH- War Without End- Bush, who recieved only 47% of the vote,
has demanded the removal of Arafat (whom
he's never met), who recieved 88%, though
the most likely successor is Hamas. Our extreme tilt towards Israeli hard liners
risks our position as an honest broker of
peace, increases potential US terrorists
from a few thousand to millions, and perhaps
extended this War a decade. - Liberal Slant- July 15, 02 ALTERN
TREMBLING ON THE BRINK-- Pakistan + India have mobilized almost
all their forces and are marching lockstep
towards a war that neither can control; Both
countries have 30-100 nuclear bombs and the
missiles to deliver them; With such tiny
numbers, paranoia and pressure for a first
strike could be irresistible- a threat that
will last a decade Online Journal - Jan 16, 2002 ALT. HTML
CRIME STORY -(gif) Dec 94 -in the news UNTOLD STORY of REASONS Behind CHECHEN WAR - Nat Scoop; Hijackings of Buses with Children, Raids
+ Stripping of Trains, Hundreds of Billions
of Counterfeiting, Vicious Chechen Mafia;
Historical Genocides and Hatreds; STORY Western
Media repeated was simplistic "Soviet
Bear Rising" HTML vers (hear NPR talk show on Chechen War + rise of Russian Mafia)
MIXED SIGNALS- President Bush has promised to punish states
that shelter terrorists while soliciting
Pakistan + Iran's help, 2 of the leading
supporters of terrorism// Now he claims we
won't overthrow the Taliban, but then whom
is this war against?- Sept 22, 01- Liberal Slant Interview w Commander Massoud (saying Paki army was fighting w Taliban) WTC Summit PHOTO’S More
A BRUTAL WAKE-UP CALL - We have been heedless and careless in failing
to dispatch bin Laden, protect our airliners
w skymarshalls or an air cap over our cities;
blind in our ignorance of the growing Palestinian
rage; stupid in our cruel embargo of a crushed
foe; arrogant in our imagined invulnerability//
Our enemies noticed...but will reap the whirlwind-
Liberal Slant-Sept 12, 01
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL of TELEVISION-in the news War of the Vladimirs.. Return to the Bad
Old Days?- Putin Has Taken Control of 2 Other Networks;
Strengthened Press Ministry; Prosecuted and
Persecuted Gusinsky's (+ Khodorkovsky + Berezovsky's) Media Empire- History of,
Reasons for, + Meaning of Conflict- MediaChannel.org- April 9 ISSUE COVER
"WHOOPS"- How the Networks Got
it Wrong- PROBLEM POLLING POLICY - Nat. Scoop- Intellectual Capita1- 11/25 - Inside story on the 2000 election
screw-ups (3-4) at VNS and Florida counties
that caused the networks to blow the election
call in a strong article/analysis/commentary
against the networks and projection policy
and the squirrelly polls w interviews w TV
news execs, Walter Cronkite, Florida officials,
pollsters, Gorton and VNS people, voting
machine reps.- MediaChannel.org- 12/26/00 Respected anchor of largest media-related
network. Issue Cover IF DOESN'T LOAD
Media Tenor Book w Whoops Article MEDIOCRACY- HAIL To The THIEF - 234 pgs (down) Table of Contents
SAMPLE BALLOT DECEPTIVE, DIFFERENT - Dems denied hand count in Duval Co. -Nat. scoop Capital Times - Madison WI - Nov 25, 2000 HTML longer vers.
2000 FLORIDA ELECTION DOCUMENTS- DUVAL SAMPLE + ACTUAL BALLOTS
MONSTERS from the NORTHWEST- not suprising one DC sniper is from Seattle
area- world capital for serial killers- causes,
effects, and personal impacts- 11/1/02
END of BUSH's ROHYPNOL HONEYMOON?- Bush's Blunders in Foreign Policy, the
Environment, the Economy, + Corporate Payoffs
have won him contempt throughout world +
awakened a blindly non-critical press- onlinejournal.com
NETWORK NEWS HEADS IN THE DOCK - Tauzin Hearings Confused by Red Herrings,
Election Woes- Exclusive
Comprehensive Jigsaw Narrative of Tauzin
Hearings testimony + Network Reports (CNN,CBS,ABC,RTI) + Our analysis- with TABLES + TIMELINE- Relative Times of Network Calls, Minute
x minute CBS/CNN Election Nt Miscall Timeline-
March 13, 2001- MediaChannel.org - Issue Cover
IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID- (Don't Wreck It) - onlinejournal.com- Greenspan endorses a tax cut; Danger of George
Bush's $1.6 tril one- Jan 26, 2001
RELATIVITY- OnlineJournal.com A rumination on
the changing firmament of truth + the nature
of integrity as it pertains to vote-counting-
Jan 4, 2001 ALTERNATIVE
MONSTER MERGER MANIA-
$800 billion of mergers a year. Good for the economy,
improve efficiency, good for stockholders?
Untold is brutal downsizing of target company
workers, crushing load of debt, monopolist
concentration of power, and obscene amount
of executive profits. Criticizes crooked
management of Bishop Estate, largest charity
in US: 2 weeks later Governor ordered massive
investigation- West Hawaii Today
HTML Printable vers. Merger
PLUS GRAPHIC of BOTH ARTICLES
NEW HOPE for IRAN-
Overwhelming election of Khatami; likelihood
of overthrow of Islamic dictators. A country
of children: 70% under 25 years, 40% under
14- tired of sexual and cultural repression:
strict segregation of sexes, no dances, Western
videos, movies, handholding. Corruption of
ruling mullahs and perversion of Islamic
values: 98% of clergy NOT in leadership.
Origin of Shiite's obsession with death and
sacrifice. America's options- (forecasts
lifting of Rushdie Fatwa) IRAN HTML Bishop Estate Firestorm - Hon. Advertiser Aug 17, '97
COMET PHOTO ALTERED, UH SCIENTIST SAYS (gif)- (Honolulu Advertiser)-Sun Front Page-April 20,'97- Nat. scoop
Faking of Univ of Hawaii telescope photo
to "show" a "spaceship"
following Hale-Bopp comet by psychic "remote
viewing" institute; Publicized on Art
Bell national radio show + website, may have
been incitement for San Diego Heavens Gate cult suicide
. Original Article before lame editing- CLICK HERE AP RELEASE of article - (small)
IT'S ONLY WORDS - (onlinejournal.com) - the Inauguration + how George Bush's words
have no connection with his actions - Jan
22, 2001 ISSUE Cover
THE SWAN HAS FLOW AWAY - CLICK HERE
(Firing of Russian Gen. Lebed from Security
Council)- West Hawaii Today
- The most popular and toughest politician
in Russia driven from Yeltsin's government;
Litany of his offenses;
THE NEWS, ALL THE NEWS, AND NOTHING BUT THE
NEWS- (Columbia Journalism Review)
Analysis + examination of plethora of late
late night news programs; Distilled from
22 page art.; CBS Nightwatch, NBC Overnight,
ABC Last Word, America Tonight, + others;
(more complete version from Isthmus, Madison WI)...
PRESS HERE- 1st page CJR vers. with “FOLLY of CUTTING...”
below
WELCOME TO DODGE- VIOLENCE TAKING ROOT IN
MOSCOW- (Moscow News-English- most respected liberal paper in
Russia)-Aug 27,93-
Epidemic of Gangland shootouts, contract
murders, government willful ignorance of
organized crime. Dangerous effects of violence
+ death; What can + must be done
PLUS PRESS HERE
UP, UP, AND AWAY- (Moscow News- Sept 24, 93) Effects and dangers of rampant inflation
(2600%) ...
FLORIDA'S SLANTED SECRETARY- Online Journal- Katherine Harris may face the music for
violating oath of office- Dec 4, 2000
Jan 14: 40 suits filed against Sec St + $2/3
million spent defending her already Longer HTML vers. FL Div. Elections Letter ordering Supervisors
to NOT do Hand-Count P. 1
SANCTIONS ON SANCTIONS- (Moscow Guardian- Aug 20, 93)- Uselessness + immorality of
endless sanctions- In Iraq, Cuba, Serbia,
South Africa; Hurting the innocents rather
than the leaders
PLUS PRESS HERE
A VULNERABLE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY- (Moscow Tribune- Mar 5, 93) Chance to buy + decommission
Ukrainian, Kazakh, Byelorussian Nuclear bombs
and Plutonium; Cheap at any price....
NEXT STAR OF BETHLEHEM?- (Seattle Times)- Meaning and implications of Israeli nuclear
arsenal (200 bombs?); Vanunu's proof, kidnapping,
+ imprisonment
PLUS PRESS HERE
SNOW ON THE TUBE - (Jackson Hole News- Weekly column on television- funny, hip, vicious, snide reflections
on trends, shows, + actors.... JHN won Pulitzer
for best paper in under 50,000 person city
(Jackson has 4000)
FOLLY OF CUTTING SPACE SPENDING- (Providence Journal) Miracles of Voyager revelations- Jupiter
+ Saturn Moons; Madness of Reagan plan to
cut funding for receipt of data from Uranus
+ Neptune
PLUS PRESS HERE
THE NEWS, ALL THE NEWS + NOTHING BUT THE
NEWS -- CJR art (page 1 of 4) ...
THE BLUES CALLING- (Moscow News Nov 5,93) Funny take on diseased Moscow
phone system and a listing of it's many ailments
PLUS
PRESS HERE
AROUND THE WORLD IN 63 DAYS- (We/Mui- Feb 7,94 weekly- Moscow/Wash DC -Hearst/Izvestia)-
(Full Front Page-2nd sec) story of round
the world Russia aircraft expedition, hitting
50 odd countries, 7 continents, in antique
planes.. inc. Soviet DC-3.. In Russian +
English editions
NOT SO DANDY LITTLE WAR -(Moscow Tribune- Oct 15,93) reflections on Oct ‘93 revolt;
~200 killed in attempted Yeltsin overthrow;
Yeltsin’s possible culpability; 25 Government
soldiers that defended television center
from 3000 Communists
PLUS
CLICK HERE
THE CULT OF THE WARRIOR -(MosNews-) Wry commentary on Russians' penchant for
ritualistic abuse and casual violence; Rude,
sullen, offensive service possibly cured
by Mafia murders...
A MORE PERFECT UNION - (MosNews- Nov 26,93) Russia's cynical effort to cripple
CIS states Georgia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan,
Estonia; Lust + yearning for reforming Soviet
Union vs new morality and poverty HTML vers.
PLUS GRAPHIC of BOTH
FORTIFYING THE CASTLE- (MosNews- Jan 10,94) Yeltsin's move to strengthen
the presidency + weaken other political groups
could lead to disaster when he's gone; Dec
'93 elections results- loss of Russia's Choice,
Zhirinovsky, crimes of KGB ... HTLM vers.
MOVIE REVIEW- Tombstone-- Moscow Radison Slavansky - Moscow News-Jan 94
HTML vers.
PLUS GRAPHIC of BOTH
A BOY NAMED SUE - (Mos News- Feb 94) - Funny reflection on Russian penchants
+ redundency of names: 60% of country are
Sergei, Oleg, Lena, + Natasha; COMMUNIST
names- Tractor, Vladlen; Persecution of "unsafe"
names so better stick w old stalwarts
HTML Vers.
MAD FANTASY OF LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR- (Prov.Journal) Dangerous lunacy and impossibility of limited
nuclear warfighting strategies
PLUS CLICK HERE
OUR FAILURE OF WILL IN IRAN - (East Side/West Side-also in Prov. Journal)- Outrage of Iran Hostage Crisis + our weakness
in dealing with it
SPEAKER ABOUT "RUSSIA on the EDGE"- Ad for my lecture on Russia and its myriad problems PRESS HERE
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE- (Mos News- April 23,93) Supreme Court Justice Valerie
Zorkin plotting perilous middle road in power
struggle between Yeltsin and Parliament +
allies Veep Rutskoi and Speaker of Congress;
Rule of law new concept in Russia
PLUS
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVILS- (Moscow Guardian- Jun 11,93) Dismissal of prosecutors in
'91 Coup plotters case; Perversion of law
in typical Soviet style; Prosecutors go on
trial for libel while plotters go free- CLICK HERE
WINDS OF CHANGE - Predicts collapse of the Warsaw Pact +
possible end of the Cold War in June '89...
5 months before the Berlin Wall fell
Effusive Letter from VP GORE (3rd) about articles
Michael Hammerschlag is a journalist whose written political commentary and articles for Seattle Times, Providence Journal, Columbia Journalism Review, Honolulu Advertiser, Capital Times (Madison,WI), Outside, Modern Photography, Intellectual Capital, Media Channel and Moscow News, Tribune, Guardian, Times, + We/Mui in Russia; produced documentaries on the Presidential campaign and been a TV reporter, and reported from Soviet Union/Russia from '91-'94 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with trips to Kiev, Minsk, Yaroslav, Zagorsk, Siberia, Ekaterinaburg, Murmansk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Brest, as the largest contiguous empire in history came crashing down. He's currently writing a book about his time there. This is a small collection of published articles spanning 21 years.
SEND ME E-MAIL- hammerschlag@bigfoot.com 212-894-3748, ext. 1262 -message; 561-594-8228 - fax
ACCURATE FORECASTS BOURNE OUT 6-12 MONTHS LATER READER'S LETTERS Miserable Failure
SEASON of PLAGUES - Kursk Submarine + Ostankino TV tower disasters- Aug 29, 2000
RISING DRAGON Feb '97 Dangers of China burgeoning wealth and power. Aggressive actions in firing missiles 22 miles from Taipei, huge amphibious landing "training", occupying Spratley Is., murdering Tibetans and their culture, rage + paranoia over world acknowledging Taiwan.1.23 billion people- if they all run east at noon, they could change the rotation of the earth, and 20 mil added every year- 2 people every 3 seconds. LETTER fm US Sen JACK REED (D-RI) about article
The STATE of SPACE Oct'97 Likelihood of space disaster in Russian space program and Mir (from 2 years in Russia); America's mistakes (predicts cost cutting would lead to lost missions- subsequently 3 Mars and several launches met disaster) + needs in space and latest wonders from Galileo spacecraft around Jupiter: massive water ocean on Europa; and Cassini launch to Saturn and Titan.
NON-WAGE SLAVES - Johnson Russia List - Sept 10, '98 (Center for Defense Information + Carnegie
Corp) Abusive Russian habit of not paying workers
or creditors, employees for months- including
submarine captains and nuclear workers; Makes
business ex. difficult and semi-criminalized;
Security concerns
BACK TO THE FUTURE -Johnson Russia List - Sept 29, '98 Disastrous reappointment of
Victor Gerashchenko as Russian Central Bank
Chrmn, whose reckless policies caused 40,000%
hyperinflation before- regarded as worst
central banker in the world
THE NEW EVIL EMPIRE - The Mafiya in Russia- details the rise
of the vicious Russian Mafia and full-scale
'93 gang war intercut with my kidnapping
at gunpoint in St. Petersburg 3 days after
Soviet Union collapsed (avail only on special
request) -5700 wds
SOME SOLUTIONS - semi-funny ideas on Presidential election
resolution- Nov 26, 2000
SUPREME ARROGANCE - Online Journal- Supreme Court trashes separation of powers
+ destroys its legitimacy - Dec 13, 2000
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - Science + history behind meteor, asteroid,
+ cometary impacts (rel. to Armageddon + Deep Impact)
STORMING LIONS -- Nov 18th + '98 Leonid Meteor Showers
MOVIE REVIEWS- Internet Movie Database- City of God (2002 Cidade de Deus), Life of
David Gale (2003), Badlands (1973) , Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Jackal (1997), Magnolia (1999), Omen, The (1976), Summer Lovers (1982), The Invisibles (1999), When Will I Be Loved (2004), Zulu (1964), Max Headroom (1987), The Bear (L'Ours) 1988
Tombstone-- Moscow Radison Slavonsky - Moscow News- Jan 94 HTML vers. Altered States - RI Times
SNOW ON THE TUBE - scroll down (Jackson Hole News- Weekly column on television- funny, hip,
snide reflections on trends, shows, movies,
+ actors
RUMBLES in the (RUSSIA's) SOUTH (Pt 1)- 7/93 Article about the Moslem wars of the
South (Armenia/Azerbaijan,Georgia,Abkhazia,Tadjikistan)
that morphs into an argument for Russia to
not sell submarines and advanced arms to
Iran - ROUGH DRAFT (rumbles.gif); Page 2- (rumbles2.gif)
PRIVATE WARS - Feb ’84
Analyzed media’s ability to cover wars in
Vietnam, + Predicted new restrictive
policies in Grenada, Lebanon, Falklands was
ominous trend that could cripple Press ability
to cover conflicts Jan ’91 Press is rigidly
controlled in Gulf War, not allowed free
movement or to talk to soldiers without officers
present; Reporters set out on their own
+ are captured + tortured by Iraqis
QUÉ SERA SERA- Rumination on the vagaries of fate, fatalism,
and the line between life + death: in the
Oct. revolt, Mt. St. Helens, + the Moscow
metro- Nov '93
NUCLEAR CHICKEN- Likelihood of India-Pakistan nuclear exchange.
Danger from nukes far higher when only a
few, rather than thousands, because first
strike will destroy enemies' bombs. Both
have missiles + Pakistan has promised to
mount nukes on them- which WILL lead to a
war, because nation doesn't attack because
he wants to destroy enemy, attacks because
convinced enemy is about to. Periodically 1000 people are hacked and
beaten to death in religious riots in India:
both peoples are highly excitable and hate
each other much more than the Arabs and Israelis.
+50% probability of nuke war in next 3-5
years. Have written 3 long papers on nuclear
threat over 30 years.
The NAME of the GAME (July '98) Fame has become so pathologically desired that people will do anything for it. Monica, Paula, Linda + anyone who achieves major fame through any means will likely be a millionaire, yet the media feigns ignorance of this contaminating fact. What is his "strategy", questioned pundits when media slut Ginsburg (Monica's lawyer) was on all 5 Sun. panel news shows one day. The twisted kids blowing away their classmates are partly motivated and validated by the massive exposure of TV- they too want to exist in the nat. conciousness, rather than the painful swamp of adolescent politics.
MUCH OLDER ARTICLES (nongraphic simple text) can be seen at http://home.switchboard.com/hamer on one huge page.
Articles sent on request- inc. USPS
address- hammerschlag@bigfoot.com
ILLEGAL DRUGS
In Oct `99, the US government admitted that the source of Gulf War Syndrome could have been the anti-nerve gas drug that a 1/2 million soldiers were forced to take... 3 years after concrete medical experiments proved it. Infuriatingly this letter wasn't run (as about 70% of my nat. mag letters have been). When the pyridostigmine bromide story was coming out in `96, SUDDENLY, the Pentagon revealed that 5 or 10 or 22 thousand troops were exposed to nerve gases when they detonated Iraqi bombs and shells in an ammo dump- the timing (5 1/2 years later) was so convenient that they must have been panicked to admit their culpability in hurting many more troops than Sadaam. Wonder what's changed. The delayed upshot of this is some soldiers' refusal to take the Anthrax vaccine. LETTER TO NEWSWEEK Sept 26, 1996
LONG
ARTICLES
TAKING THE PLUNGE - Thrill of first time tandem parachute
free fall (1 verticle mile) - Seattle
UP THE GRAND - Solo Climb of Grand Teton + Middle Teton
Mtns. w unwanted glissade - Jackson Hole News (cancelled due to climbing fatalities)
RETURN TO MT. ST. HELEN (w photos)- Exploration and Climbing of
Mt. St Helens 7 1/2 years after almost vaporized
in the 20 megaton explosion
SCUBA DUBA- Comparative Assessment + Wonders of all the
Dive Shop Trips in Cozumel, Mexico- the best
scuba site in the world
PHOTOGRAPHY TRIPOD PHOTO HOME - w thumbs
BOUNCE IT- FOR NEXT to NOTHING- (Modern Photography)- Details the building and operation of
a removable bounce flash attachment, w photos
(orig. in color)
LAVA PHOTO- VOLCANO NAT. PK>- Honolulu Advertiser- Sun front page
THE CAVES OF PARADISE- (w Photos) Spectacular Blue Colors inside
Ice Caves under Paradise Glacier (~7000 ft)
on side of Mt. Rainier (highest snowfall
on earth-128ft/season) -
Outside
Magazine Now melted away due to global warming
4 PANELS (4P)are very large jpeg's that navigated by directional
arrows or pg up/down w 4 photos on one page
(some big enough to each fill screen)
LAVA ART PHOTOGRAPHS- 4P- 50 ft from Kileaua lava flows where
it flows into ocean on the Big Island- Day,
Twilight, Night (fm color zerox)
AUTHOR SILLOUHETTED BY SPRAYING LAVA FOUNTAINS- Night
PU-U-O-O Volcano- Actual Cone of Longest Erupting Volcano
(1982-now) in Recorded History- Day, Twilight,
Night w glow from lava lake
MAUNA KEA Summit - Summit of Highest mountain in Pacific
with largest telescopes + astronomical complex
in world in snow 13,796 ft
MOUNTED, SIGNED, BLACK 8x10 PHOTOBOARD LAVA
Photos with ARTICLE on BACK Available for $25 (delivery inc.) E-mail with phone # and address
212-894-3748, ext. 1262 -message; 561-594-8228
- fax
WORLD TRADE CENTER - View from Summit 1/2000 4P More 4P RUINS Photos 3P 12/8/2001 Ruin Stills fm Video 9P
IMAGES of 9-11 new
RUSSIAN REVOLT - Moscow 10/3-4/93 5
Photos fm Ostankino TV Cent. Battle White House (Parliament) burning after tank shell attack
(B+W)
QUONSET NAS AIR SHOW-4P F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Bomber, F 14
Tomcat, A-10 Warthog
Blue Angels Naval Dem -4P. Team-F 18’s - Cobra Attack
Helicopter, Rocket Truck, F-15
JOHN McCAIN at East Greenwich Armory, RI- Feb 2000
(from video) GARY HART 3-18-03 JANET
RENO 3-30-03 ROBERT
MACNAMARA 10-23-02 STEPHEN
FLYNN 2-10-03 (see Q+A on Audio page)
TALL SHIPS in NEWPORT-4P- Sagres- Portugese, Courageous + Newport
Br Cisne Blanco- Brazilian
Kreuzenshtern - German/Russian,
HMS Rose, Providence
S. FLORIDA 4P- May 2001- Sunset on 7-Mile Bridge- Keys,
Sand Castle Skyscrapers- Miami Beach, Gator
eating chicken- Everglades
