Subj : [ANSI] Sparks: Points to Ponder, Points to Pursue To : All From : warmfuzzy Date : Fri Sep 22 2017 05:07:22 ÜßßÜ Ü ÜßßÜ Üß ßÜ ÜÜÛßÜ ÜßÛÛÛÛÛ Û ßÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÜßß ÛßÛÛß ÛÛÛÛ  ßÛÛß ÛÛ Üß ß ß  ÜÜÜÛÛÜ ß ÛÛÜÜÛÛÜ Û ÛÜß ÜÛßßß ÜÜ ßÜß Ü ÛÛÜÜ ßßÛÛÜßßß ÜÛ ÛÛÜÜ ßßÜß ÛÛ ßÜ ßÜ ÜÛÜ ßÛÜßÛÛÛÛ ÛÜßÜÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÜÛÛßÜßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßÜßÜ ß ÛÛ ß ÛÛ ÛÛÛ Û ß ÛÛ ßÜßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛÜÛ ßÜ Üß ßÜÜßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÜÛßÜ ÛÛ ± ß ÜÜÜ ßßÜßÜßßÜ ßÜßÜÜ ßÜßÜÛ ² þÜßÜßÜß ßÛ Ûß  ÛÛ Û Spooks & Their Weapons:ß Û Û Have you developed a hatred for umbrellas and never drink open ²Û Û drinks that have been given to you? You might be among  those educated ÛÛ Û about weapons of silent death. Crimi nals just go and shoot people, ° ÛÛ Û while intelligence  agents kill in more subtle ways such as injecting ² ÛÛ Û peoples legs with ricin pellets, giving radioactive substances to Û ÛÛ Û unwitting folk who thought that the agents were thei r friends, not Û ÛÛ Û knowing their real, sinister agend a. Assassins would rather kill in Û ÛÛ Û such a way that doesn't put them on the map for investigation than Û ÛÛ Û  make a public statement. But if a public statement is desired the Û ÛÛ Û text-book case is Litvinenko's assassination by Polonium (a highly Û ÛÛ Û radioactive substance) made it  well known that Russia's foreignÛ ÛÛ Û policy includes  murdering those who go against it and who seem to be Û ÛÛ Û "annoying." The cold war never ended, it just changed form. The Û ÛÛ Û knowledge of an enemy in the cold war marked the  understanding ofÛ ÛÛ Û the truth, but when the cold wa r ended what really ended was theÛ ÛÛ Û knowledge of pr ivate citizens that they still had an enemy. Indeed Û ÛÛ Û the cold war grew more sophisticated and deadly after the so-calle d Û ÛÛ Û end of it after the dissolution of the USSR. Per haps the bestÛ ÛÛ Û operation ever carried out by an in telligence agency is Russia'sÛ ÛÛ Û deception that clai ms they are now a liberal democracy that seeksÛ ÛÛ Û pe ace, reconciliation, and diplomatic resolutions rather than force. Û  ÛÛ Û "Oh what a tangled web we weave once first we practic e to deceive." Û ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜßÜÛ Û ßÛßÜßÜßÜ Üspark of ideas: points to ponder, point s to pursue Ü ßÜßÜÛÜß --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A35 (Linux/64) * Origin: PHATstar RetroBOX! (700:100/0) .