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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a
nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a
"Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed
considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense
initiatives more successful? Can such an application of
science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable,
necessary or impossible?
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lchic
- 10:40pm Jun 23, 2003 EST (#
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Einstein was famously said to have commented that if he had
only known that his theories would lead to the development of
the atom bomb, he would have been a locksmith
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Raises the point that 'the most beautiful brains' are too
often pushed into funded military work ... and almost worked
'to death'
If only the funding was forthcoming to allow those brains
to work for humanity in the general rather than military
sense.
lchic
- 03:00am Jun 24, 2003 EST (#
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Hellfire Nation
3. FUN FACTS ABOUT CARLYLE GROUP Carlyle is described by
the Industry Standard as "the world's largest private equity
firm," with over $12 billion under management. Yet, opines the
Baltimore Sun, "chances are readers haven't ever heard of The
Carlyle Group. Isn't that a little odd, considering it is run
by a veritable who's who of former Republican political
leaders. Former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci is Carlyle's
chairman and managing director (who, by the way, was college
roommate of the current Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld).
And that partners in this mammoth venture include former US
Secretary of State James A. Baker III, George Soros, Fred
Malek (George HW Bush's campaign manager, forced to resign
when it was revealed he was Nixon's 'Jew counter'),
and-presumably-George HW Bush?" (Baltimore Sun, Oct. 3)
The offices of the Carlyle Group are on Washington's
Pennsylvania Ave., midway between the White House and the
Capitol building. In September 2000, Carlyle hired speakers
including Colin Powell and AOL Time Warner chair Steve Case to
address an extravagant party at Washington's Monarch Hotel.
(The UK Guardian, Oct. 3) )
Then there is the persistent Internet rumor (reported as
"gossip" in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dec. 30) that
Carlyle is a major investor in BioPort, makers of the anthrax
vaccine and a top defense contractor specializing in genetic
technology, whose top shareholder is retired Admiral William
J. Crowe, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the
Reagan and "Poppy" Bush administrations. (See WW3 REPORT
#15)[TOP]
http://www.worldwar3report.com/21.html
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James Morone specializes in American politics, American
political thought, urban politics and public policy. His most
recent book is Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in
American History, published by Yale University Press.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Political_Science/faculty/morone.html
Audio | Listen to Morone - hellfire nation - fun facts
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/default.htm
lchic
- 09:51am Jun 24, 2003 EST (#
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Neuroscience - the New Philosophy - Reith Lectures 2003
lchic
- 09:59am Jun 24, 2003 EST (#
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Gazza http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030623_gaza/default.htm
Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/
lchic
- 11:09am Jun 24, 2003 EST (#
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Sport - can't get enough of it! RU & Press freedom
The Kremlin yesterday abruptly silenced TVS, Russia's
only remaining independent TV station, raising renewed
concern for press freedom in Russia ahead of a state visit
to Britain by President Vladimir Putin. The debt-ridden
broadcaster, one of four main terrestrial channels in
Russia, was cut off during adverts at midnight on Saturday
in a move that was described by the press ministry as being
"for the benefit of the audience". TVS will, for now, be
replaced with a sports channel.
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