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To: Hoa Hao who wrote (61034)	11/13/2000 3:20:44 PM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 116764

<You will never be able to stamp out a black market manufacturing process to provide weapons to the criminal market.> I agree with that statement and have always recognized that. But I would be careful about making sweeping generalizations about the Baby Boom generation and their parenting skills. Just keep in mind that most families have been forced since the Jimmy Carter years to have both sets of parents working.

To: Hoa Hao who wrote (61034)	11/13/2000 4:25:52 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Did someone say conspiracy? This may be the worst ever: THE LOOMPA CONSPIRACY members.nittanylink.com

To: Hoa Hao who wrote (61034)	11/21/2000 1:33:24 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116764

How much info will be "lost"? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2000-174 Washington, D.C., November 17, 2000 – In order to remind the public of the one-day shutdown of EDGAR operations on November 24, 2000, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, the Commission is again publishing the following information. WHAT AND WHEN? We will shut down our EDGAR system for one day on Friday, November 24, 2000. We will not receive or disseminate electronic filings that day. We will reopen the EDGAR system for business as usual at 8:00 am on Monday, November 27, 2000. WHY? We are shutting EDGAR down for one day to allow us sufficient time to make a major upgrade to the internal portion of the EDGAR system, completing EDGAR's transition to the Internet. sec.gov

To: Hoa Hao who wrote (61034)	11/27/2000 10:23:09 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116764

Did someone say conspiracy? Friday November 24 6:19 PM ET Vatican Asks U.S. Court to Dismiss Nazi-Gold Lawsuit By Michael Kahn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Vatican's bank has asked a U.S. court to throw out a lawsuit charging it with laundering gold and other assets stolen by a Nazi puppet regime, arguing that the Vatican has immunity because it is an independent state, lawyers in the case said Friday. Meanwhile, the Vatican itself has asked the U.S. government to intervene in the case, a move that lawyers for the plaintiffs say could signal a settlement, but one that others familiar with the case say does not. The class-action lawsuit accuses the Vatican Bank along with the Franciscan Order and the Swiss National Bank of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in gold and other assets looted by Croatia's brutal Nazi-allied Ustasha regime from 1941-1945. The Franciscan Order has also asked the court to dismiss the case, while the Swiss National Bank has not yet been served. The Vatican's California lawyer declined comment, referring queries to court papers filed earlier this week in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. ``Plaintiffs lack standing to bring a general challenge to the wartime political decisions of a foreign sovereign,'' the Vatican bank argued in its 41-page filing. The Vatican asked the U.S. government last month to intervene in the lawsuit, prompting Jonathan Levy, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, to say he hoped this meant the Vatican wanted to negotiate. Levy said he would ask the court next week to stay proceedings in the case until the note is clarified. He added, ''It is unclear what they are asking for but perhaps they are asking to negotiate. The Vatican to date has refused to address any of the allegations so intervention could be a good thing.'' But Elan Steinberg, executive director of the World Jewish Congress, said on Friday it was doubtful the U.S. government would do so. He noted the United States has only gotten involved in similar lawsuits where the defendants have expressed a willingness to cooperate and reach a settlement. This is not the case with the Vatican, which so far has failed to open up its wartime archives, he added. ``Under no circumstance should the U.S. government -- and I don't think it can -- intervene to prevent any such lawsuit,'' he said in a telephone interview.(cont) dailynews.yahoo.com