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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1600)	8/25/2002 5:17:31 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

In the late 1980s, the U.S. and Israel were training cocaine traffickers in the art of massacring peasants and assassinating left-leaning politicians. Furthermore: "The Israeli press reports that Col. Klein and his associates used a network of ultra-orthodox American Jews to launder the money they received for their services in Colombia." zmag.org

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1600)	8/25/2002 5:33:44 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

<<< Contrary to much pretense, Reagan's popularity was never particularly high, and much of the population seemed to understand that he was a media creation, who had only the foggiest idea of what government policy might be. It is noteworthy that the fact is now tacitly conceded; the instant that the "great communicator" was no longer of any use as a symbol, he was quietly tucked away. After eight years of pretense about the "revolution" that Reagan wrought, no one would dream of asking its standard bearer for his thoughts about any topic, because it is understood, as it always was, that he has none. When Reagan was invited to Japan as an elder statesman, his hosts were surprised -- and given the fat fee, a bit annoyed -- to discover that he could not hold press conferences or talk on any subject. Their discomfiture aroused some amusement in the American press: the Japanese believed what they had read about this remarkable figure, failing to comprehend the workings of the mysterious occidental mind. >>> zmag.org

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1600)	8/26/2002 5:57:15 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 3959

An interesting article indeed.... As I once put it, Europe is gradually morphing into "White Africa" (in terms of urbanization, widening rich-poor gap, GDP per capita, corruption, one-man politics, etc) After all, Russia's Congolization is almost completed. I believe that life expectancy in Russia is barely higher than Congo's, and I've read an article about the rise of MALARIA in Moscow!! () () earthchangestv.com

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1600)	8/26/2002 8:50:55 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Talking of Europe's prospects, I wonder if it's poised to fall in Dark Ages again... I mean, take the issue of bioengineered foodstuff: the EU, with currently 7+ million farms (vs only 2 mil in the US) and an aging population, has no interest whatsoever in developing more efficient crops/livestocks --but China and Asia have: China's Biotech Is Starting to Bloom Made-in-China clones, plants, and drugs? The People's Republic has made big steps on the long road to global power in commercial life sciences. FORTUNE Monday, September 2, 2002 By David Stipp fortune.com So, my point is that, by 2010/2015, Europe will have fallen behind as far as life sciences are concerned... (think of Jose Bove and his fellow agro-luddites) Just like in the Middle Ages, when religious obscurantism hampered the advancement of anatomy and medicine. On the other hand, the good news is that the fall of Constantinople in 1453 triggered the European Renaissance: many Greek scholars fled to Venice, Florence, etc., bringing their Greco-Roman heritage with them. I guess we'll witness a similar American Renaissance in 10-15 years when American scholars and literati will "re-discover" European culture(s)....