January 31, 2002
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS
Barrie Zwicker of Vision TV's Insight
Mediafile has begun what must be North America's first series of
television news reports dealing with some of the more puzzling questions
regarding the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Last week, The Great
Deception tackled the question of why standard military procedures for
dealing with hijacked aircraft were not followed the day of the attack.
It has been proven that the military routinely intercepts airplanes which
are off-course in a matter of mere minutes, yet the plane that hit the
Pentagon was off its course for almost an hour and flew over Washington,
D.C. unimpeded, despite Andrews Air Force base being a mere 12 miles
away. Catch the next episode, which will look at the connections between
the CIA and bin Laden, on Monday, at 7:30 p.m. (Check for local info here: Vision TV). In the meantime, there are a couple of excellent websites which
have compiled dozens of articles, many from the European press, analyzing
all of the inconsistencies of the events of Sept. 11. Check out
www.tenc.net and www.copvcia.com.
KIDS THESE DAYS
A German jury is hearing of some truly bizarre
activities in the trial of two Satanists who macheted a man to death,
crushed his head with a sledgehammer, and then carved a pentagram in his
stomach with a razor blade. Manuela Ruda (who calls herself "Bride of
Satan") and her husband Daniel proudly told the court that they have
sacrificed animals and humans, regularly drink human blood, and sleep in
matching silk-lined coffins. Manuela also had animal fangs implanted in
her mouth and learned how to suck a human's blood without hitting an
artery. She claims that "for the last two and a half years I have had
Satan in my soul." (thisislondon.co.uk)
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JUST SAY YES
9,000 women members of Britain's largest trade union have
called for the decriminalization of marijuana in that country in order to
offer women a calorie-free way to relax. The union argues that women are
leading increasingly stressful lives, and deserve a healthier and less
fattening way to unwind than with alcohol and chocolate. They went on to
advise that non-smokers "can use cannabis by incorporating it into
recipes and cooking with it. (Reuters)
FEED YOUR PETS, DUMMY
42-year-old Ronald Huff, of Newark, Delaware, was
found dead in his apartment last week with seven flesh-eating pet lizards
nibbling on his sorry corpse. According to the SPCA worker on the scene,
the lizards are "alive and well," but "acting aggressively." (AP)
THE RICH GET RICHER
The most recent research tracking the distribution
of wealth has reached the unsurprising conclusion that the gulf between
rich and poor has continued to increase dramatically in the past decade.
World Bank economist Branko Milanovic studied 85 per cent of the world's
population in 91 countries, and found that the richest 1 per cent of the
world have income equivalent to the poorest 57 per cent. The study also
found that four-fifth of the world's population lives below what North
American and European countries consider the poverty line, and the
poorest 10 per cent of American are better off than two-thirds of the
world population. (The Guardian)
GOOD THING THE SNOWMAN WASN'T PACKIN'
32-year-old Bob Bowling of
Willard, Kentucky, shot himself in the right thigh last week while
practicing his quick-draw against a snowman. (Kentucky Daily Independent).
AND YOU THOUGHT SOBER COPS WERE SCARY
The Slovak government has
instituted a policy of random breathalyzer tests on its police force
after the fourth death this year caused by off-duty drunk driving by
police officers. (Reuters)
THE THOUGHT POLICE STRIKE AGAIN
It appears that a few frightened little
fascists have managed to convince the obviously misinformed management of
The Ridge theatre to cancel David Icke's upcoming presentation in
Vancouver. I went on at great length about the dangers of censorship the
last time these people tried to silence Icke in 2000 so I won't get into
it again (you can read that rant at curioustimes.com). Suffice it to say
that if these misguided boneheads get their way in silencing free speech
it will be yet another in the string of lost freedoms we seem to have
been saddled with since Sept. 11. It's pretty disheartening to see the
usually with-it activist community stoop to tactics of which George Bush
would be proud. Despite this irritating news, you can still make up your
own mind, as Icke will be interviewed on the Jeff Rense program tonight,
Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. Catch it on streaming audio at www.rense.com. Then
call The Ridge and chew them out for their ignorance. (www.davidicke.com)
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Copyright 2002 by Andreas Ohrt
Email:aohrt@hotmail.com
Website:www.curioustimes.com
