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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (45456)	12/1/1999 11:25:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 116763

The golden age of crime << Marian Walas was feeling the heat. He had helped send more than 100 kilos of cocaine from Chicago to Eastern Europe, federal agents say, but he owed his Colombian suppliers $2 million and they were threatening his life. He swore that the money would be wired immediately. His partner even showed them where: to the account of a Panamanian gold company named Speed Joyeros. Moving money to Speed Joyeros was also on the mind of Inocensio Lopez. According to court testimony, the Dominican drug dealer dropped off a bag stuffed with nearly $300,000 at a Manhattan hotel room; the money was to go to Moishe Hebroni, the owner of Speed Joyeros. The connection between the two drug cases and Speed Joyeros is more than a coincidence, law enforcement sources say. Speed is reputed to be Latin America's largest gold trader, with $25 million in sales a month. U.S. drug enforcement agents have seized nearly $1 million from a New York bank account belonging to the company. Now they're examining the firm's movement of millions of dollars of gold and cash around the world. Speed has not been charged with any crime; company officials proclaim their innocence and are fighting the government for release of their funds. But to U.S. experts, the cases show that gold now plays a central role in the billion-dollar business of washing dirty money. >> ... cont'd at ... usnews.com If they cannot knock gold down one way, they will try another. ***** Morning Young 49r, Yep, it's starting ... Practice makes perfect, as they say. If things heat up again today in Seattle, you can follow the action with this web-based Seattle police scanner. apbnews.com John

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (45456)	12/1/1999 12:17:00 PM
From: tshane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116763

Ole, A preview of things to come for sure. Most of the protestors were intending peaceful protests against the arrogance of a few people to decide laws without representation or democratic process. An important question to ask is who hired the people in the black ski masks to make the demonstration violent and destructive? Bet you never hear and everyone will assume it was the "bad guys" as it gave government the excuse needed to justify martial law. Wonder who might hire them for such a purpose. You'll see more of these same techniques used to foment violence..

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (45456)	12/1/1999 7:38:00 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116763

About Y2k, funny how these things arrive at the right time, but I have one which should ease some minds. As confirmed by my independent insider answers & local rumors prior to the "official word" I just received today, NCE (Public Service Colorado, South Western Public Service - Panhandle TX & parts of NM) Will have a far better chance of providing Y2k service. Per the letter I got today: "(3) All our major power plants are now operating in the Year 2000. By moving our control clocks forward, we were able to verify reliable operation under future dates. We intend to leave these plants operating under "future time" until well after the New Year's transition." OK, while I'm sure there will be problems, this is one I can put on the back burner. Yes, there might be some sort of weird cascading problem, but I already know their major plants produce around 98-180% of their total system demand. One of their "minor sites" is moth-balled, one has no operations which could fail - no systems operation computers, & the wind generation system is NEW! My largest fears of Y2k are still the bad boyz inside & outside our borders(and our govt.?) which will try to take advantage.