RED STORM RISING [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Tom Clancy
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G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover edition / August 1986
Berkley mass-market edition / August 1987
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"And what if NATO discovers our intentions?" old Petya demanded.
"They will not. NATO is not a strong alliance. It cannot be. The ministers are divided and soft. They cannot standardize their weapons, and because of it, their supply situation is utter chaos. And their most important, most powerful member is separated from Europe by five thousand kilometers of ocean. The Soviet Union is only an overnight train ride from the German border. But, Petya, my old friend, I will answer your question. If everything fails, and our intentions are discovered, we can always stop, say that we were running an exercise, and return to peacetime conditions - and be no worse off than if we do nothing at all. We need strike only if all is ready. We can always draw back.
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"Where would he have gone?" Carol Brightling asked.
"Shit, I don't know-CIA, FBI, maybe. Popov's a trained spook. In his position I'd go to the Russian embassy in D.C., and tell the rezident. He'll have credibility there, but the time zones and bureaucracy work for us. KGB can't do anything fast, Carol. They'll spend hours trying to swallow whatever he tells them."
"Okay. So, we proceed?" John Brightling asked.
A nod. "Yeah, I think so. I'll call Wil Gearing to give him a heads-up, maybe?"
"Can we trust him?" John inquired next.
"I think so, yes-I mean, hell, yes. He's been with us for years, guys. He's part of the Project. If we couldn't trust him, we'd all be fucking in jail now. He knows about the test protocols in Binghamton, and nobody interfered with that, did they?"
John Brightling leaned back in his chair. "You're saying we can relax?"
"Yeah," Henriksen decided. "Look, even if the whole thing comes apart, we're covered, aren't we? We turn out the `B' vaccine instead of the `A' one, and we're heroes for the whole world. Nobody can trace the missing people back to us unless someone cracks and talks, and there're ways to handle that. There's no physical evidence that we've done anything wrong-at least none that we can't destroy in a matter of minutes, right?"
That part had been carefully thought through. All of the Shiva virus containers were a two-minute walk from the incinerators both here and at Binghamton. The bodies of the test subjects were ashes. There were people with personal knowledge of what had happened, but for any of them to talk to the authorities meant implicating themselves in mass murder, and they'd all have attorneys present to shield them through the interrogation process. It would be a twitchy time for all involved, but nothing that they couldn't beat.
"Okay." John Brightling looked at his wife. They'd worked too hard and too long to turn back. They'd both endured separation from their loves to serve their greater love for Nature, invested time and vast funds to do this. No, they couldn't turn back. And if this Russian talked to whom, they couldn't speculate-even then, could those he talked to stop the Project in time? That was scarcely possible. Husband-physician-scientist traded a look with wife-scientist, and then both looked at their Director of Security.
"Tell Gearing to proceed, Bill."
"Okay, John." Henriksen stood and headed back to his office.
"Yes, Bill," Colonel Gearing said.
"No big deal. Proceed as planned, and call me to confirm the package is delivered properly."
"Okay," Wil Gearing replied. "Anything else I have to do? I have plans of my own, you know."
"Like what?" Henriksen asked.
"I'm flying up north tomorrow, going to take a few days to dive the Great Barrier Reef."
"Oh, yeah? Well, don't let any sharks eat you."
"Right!" was the laughing reply, and the line cut off.
Okay, Bill Henriksen thought. That's decided. He could depend on Gearing. He knew that. He'd come to the Project after a life of poisoning things, and he, too, knew the rest of the Project's activities. If he'd ratted to anybody, they would not have gotten this far. But it'd have been so much better if that Russian cocksucker hadn't skipped. What could he do about that? Report Hunnicutt's murder to the local cops, and finger Popov/Serov as the likely killer? Was that worth doing? What were the possible complications? Well, Popov could spill what he knew however much or little that might be-but then they could say that he was a former KGB spy who'd acted strangely, who'd done some consulting to Horizon Corporation but, Jesus, started terrorist incidents in Europe? Be serious! This guy's a murderer with imagination, trying to fabricate a story to get himself off a coldblooded killing right here in Middle America… Would that work? It might, Henriksen decided. It just might work, and take that bastard right the hell out of play. He could say anything he wanted, but what physical evidence did he have? Not a fucking thing.
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Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumors point to an experiment called “The Arrowhead Project” conducted at a nearby top-secret military base, but questions as to the origins of the deadly vapor are secondary to the group’s overall chances for survival. Retreating to a local supermarket, Drayton and the survivors must face-off against each other before taking a united stand against an enemy they cannot even see.
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The Mist [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
«Brent, will you listen to me?»
He glanced back at me absently. «What were you saying, Dave? I'm sorry.»
Not as sorry as he was going to be. «Do you see those doors?»
«Yes, of course I do. What about them?»
«They give on the storage area that runs all the way along the west face of the building. Billy fell asleep and I went back there to see if I could find something to cover him up with.
I told him everything, only leaving out the argument about whether or not Norm should have gone out at all. I told him what had come in … and finally, what had gone out, screaming. Brent Norton refused to believe it. No-he refused to even entertain it. I took him over to Jim, Ollie, and Myron. All three of them verified the story, although Jim and Myron the flower were well on their way to getting drunk.
Again, Norton refused to believe or even to entertain it. He simply balked. «No,» he said. «No, no, no. Forgive me, gentlemen, but it's completely ridiculous. Either you're having me on» — he patronized us with his gleaming smile to show that he could take a joke as well as the next fellow-» or you're suffering from some form of group hypnosis.»
My temper rose again, and I controlled it — with difficulty. I don't think that I'm ordinarily a quick-tempered man, but these weren't ordinary circumstances. I had Billy to think about, and what was happening-or what had already happened-to Stephanie. Those things were constantly gnawing at the back of my mind.
«All right,» I said. «Let's go back there. There's a chunk of tentacle on the floor. The door cut it off when it came down. And you can hear them. They're rustling all over that door. It sounds like the wind in ivy.»
«No,» he said calmly.
«What?» I really did believe I had misheard him. «What did you say?
«I said no, I'm not going back there. The joke has gone far enough.»
«Brent, I swear to you it's no joke.»
«Of course it is,» he snapped. His eyes ran over Jim, Myron, rested briefly on Ollie Weeks-who held his glance with calm impassivity-and at last came back to me. «It's what you locals probably call 'a real belly-buster. Right, David?»
«Brent … look-»
«No, you look!» His voice began to rise toward a courtroom shout. It carried very, very well, and several of the people who were wandering around, edgy and aimless, looked over to see what was going on. Norton jabbed his finger at me as he spoke. «It's a joke. It's a banana skin and I'm the guy that's supposed to slip on it. None of you people are exactly crazy about out-of-towners, am I right? You all pretty much stick together. The way it happened when I hauled you into court to get what was rightfully mine. You won that one, all right. Why not? Your father was the famous artist, and it's your town. I only pay my taxes and spend my money here!»
He was no longer performing, hectoring us with the trained courtroom shout; he was nearly screaming and on the verge of losing all control. Ollie Weeks turned and walked away, clutching his beer. Myron and his friend Jim were staring at Norton with frank amazement.
«Am I supposed to go back there and look at some ninety-eight-cent rubber-joke novelty while these two hicks stand around and laugh their asses off?»
«Hey, you want to watch who you're calling a hick,» Myron said.
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«Things, you say,» Norton said, sounding superficially amused. «Where? Your people have been on watch for a couple of hours now. Who's seen one?»
«Well, out back. In the-»
«No, no, no,» Norton said, shaking his head. «That ground has been covered and covered. We're going out-»
«No,» someone whispered, and it echoed and spread, sounding like the rustle of dead leaves at dusk of an October evening. No, no, no …
«Will you restrain us?» a shrill voice asked. This was one of Norton's «people,» to use his word-an elderly lady wearing bifocals. «Will you restrain us?»
The soft babble of negatives died away.
«No,» Mike said. «No, I don't think anyone will restrain you.
I whispered in Billy's ear. He looked at me, startled and questioning. «Go on, now,» I said. «Be quick.»
He went.
Norton ran his hands through his hair, a gesture as calculated as any ever made by a Broadway actor. I had liked him better pulling the cord of his chainsaw fruitlessly, cussing and thinking himself unobserved. I could not tell then and do not know any better now if he believed in what he was doing or not. I think, down deep, that he knew what was going to happen. I think that the logic he had paid lip service to all his life turned on him at the end like a tiger that has gone bad and mean.
He looked around restlessly, seeming to wish that there was more to say. Then he led his four followers through one of the checkout lanes. In addition to the elderly woman, there was a chubby boy of about twelve, a young girl, and a man in blue jeans wearing a golf cap tipped back on his head.
Norton's eyes caught mine, widened a little, and then started to swing away.
«Brent, wait a minute,» I said.
«I don't want to discuss it any further. Certainly not with you.
«I know you don't. I just want to ask a favor.» I looked around and saw Billy coming back toward the checkouts at a run.
«What's that?» Norton asked suspiciously as Billy came up and handed me a package done up in cellophane.
«Clothesline,» I said. I was vaguely aware that everyone in the market was watching us now, loosely strung out on the other side of the cash registers and checkout lanes. «It's the big package. Three hundred feet.»
«so?»
«I wondered if you'd tie one end around your waist before you go out. I'll let it out. When you feel it come up tight, just tie it around something. It doesn't matter what. A car door handle would do.»
«What in God's name for?»
«It will tell me you got at least three hundred feet,» I said.
Something in his eyes flickered … but only momentarily. «No,» he said.
I shrugged. «Okay. Good luck, anyhow.»
Abruptly the man in the golf cap said, «I'll do it, mister. No reason not to.»
Norton swung on him, as if to say something sharp, and the man in the golf cap studied him calmly. There was nothing flickering in his eyes. He had made his decision and there was simply no doubt in him. Norton saw it too and said nothing.
«Thanks,» I said.
I slit the wrapping with my pocketknife and the clothesline accordioned out in stiff loops. I found one loose end and tied it around Golf Cap's waist in a loose granny. He immediately untied it and cinched it tighter with a good quick sheet-bend knot. There was not a sound in the market. Norton shifted uneasily from foot to foot.
«You want to take my knife?» I asked the man in the golf cap.
«I got one.» He looked at me with that same calm contempt. «You just see to paying out your line. If it binds up, I'll chuck her.»
«Are we all ready?» Norton asked, too loud. The chubby boy jumped as if he had been goosed. Getting no response, Norton turned to go.
«Brent,» I said, and held out my hand. «Good luck, man.
He studied my hand as if it were some dubious foreign object. «We'll send back help,» he said finally, and pushed through the OUT door. That thin, acrid smell came in again. The others followed him out.
Mike Hatlen came down and stood beside me. Norton's party of five stood in the milky, slow-moving fog. Norton said something and I should have heard it, but the mist seemed to have an odd damping effect. I heard nothing but the sound of his voice and two or three isolated syllables, like the voice on the radio heard from some distance. They moved off.
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The Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (German: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda or Propagandaministerium) was Nazi Germany's ministry that enforced Nazi Party ideology in Germany and regulated its culture and society. Founded on March 13, 1933, by Adolf Hitler's new National Socialist government, the Ministry was headed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels and was responsible for controlling the press and culture of Nazi Germany.
The Ministry was based in the Ordenspalais in Berlin-Mitte on the Wilhelmplatz across from the Reich Chancellery.
Role in the Nazi state
When the Nazis took power the Propaganda Ministry was established almost immediately. It was charged with enforcing Nazi doctrine on the people and controlling public opinion. However, the Ministry became even more important after the outbreak of war.
World War II was conducted with a much greater level of propaganda than World War I, especially in the new media of film and radio. Because of practical experience and scientific occupation with propaganda in Europe and USA, propaganda was organised in a planned fashion. A new psychological warfare was born.
Organization
The Ministry grew steadily. It began in 1933 with five departments and 350 employees. By 1939, there were 2000 employees in 17 departments. Between 1933 and 1941, the Ministry's budget grew from 14 million to 187 million Reichsmarks. Three state secretaries were subordinate to Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda
Main article: Nazi propaganda
The Propaganda Ministry used many media to further the National Socialist message and maintain control over the people. Posters, newspapers, publishing, and the arts were all used and explicitly controlled by the Ministry.
Speeches were also used to great effect by the German Government. Goebbels commented on Hitler's first speech as Chancellor: "It will have great propaganda value...be used and viewed in cinemas for years to come...what an achievement."
Just before Hitler delivered this speech Goebbels introduced him and used the opportunity to highlight the importance of propaganda. "It seems you cannot have a good government without good propaganda, but then, you can't have good propaganda without a good government. However, you cannot lie! We must never lie!
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Originally published February 6, 2009 at 7:15 AM
Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.
The Associated Press
LONG BEACH, Calif. —
Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.
"There's no reason only poor people should have the experience," the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft said at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference Wednesday in Long Beach.
Audience members including technology leaders laughed nervously as the insects swarmed across the auditorium. Gates assured them that the bugs were not carrying malaria.
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Lost (New)
44 KOMO: Wednesday, February 4 9:00 PM
Drama, Adventure, Mystery
The Little Prince
Kate learns that someone knows the secret of Aaron's parentage; the dramatic shifts through time endanger the remaining island survivors.
Cast: Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeremy Davies, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Ken Leung, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell, Terry O'Quinn Director(s): Stephen Williams Executive Producer(s): J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk
Original Air Date: Feb 04, 2009
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Stephen King
The Mist [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
We were all together by the meat counter, all but Bud Brown. He had thanked us for the invitation and then declined it. He would not leave his place in the market, he said, but added in a remarkably gentle tone of voice that he didn't blame Ollie for doing so.
An unpleasant, sweetish aroma was beginning to drift up from the white enamel case now, a smell that reminded me of the time our freezer went on the fritz while we were spending a week on the Cape. Perhaps, I thought, it was the smell of spoiling meat that had driven Mr. McVey over to Mrs. Carmody's team.
«-expiation It's expiation we want to think about now! We have been scourged with whips and scorpions! We have been punished for delving into secrets forbidden by God of old! We have seen the lips of the earth open! We have seen the obscenities of nightmare! The rock will not hide them, the dead tree gives no shelter! And how will it end? What will stop it?»
«Expiation!» shouted good old Myron LaFleur.
«Expiation … expiation …» They whispered it uncertainly.
«Let me hear you say it like you mean it!» Mrs. Carmody shouted. The veins stood out on her neck in bulging cords. Her voice was cracking and hoarse now, but still full of power. And it occurred to me that it was the mist that had given her that power-the power to cloud men's minds, to make a particularly apt pun-just as it had taken away the sun's power from the rest of us. Before, she had been nothing but a mildly eccentric old woman with an antiques store in a town that was lousy with antiques stores. Nothing but an old woman with a few stuffed animals in the back room and a reputation for (that witch … that cunt) folk medicine. It was said she could find water with an applewood stick, that she could charm warts, and sell you a cream that would fade freckles to shadows of their former selves. I had even heard-was it from old Bill Giosti? — that Mrs. Carmody could be seen (in total confidence) about your love life; that if you were having the bedroom miseries, she could give you a drink that would put the ram back in your rod.
«EXPIATION!» they all cried together.
«Expiation, that's right!» she shouted deliriously. «It's expiation gonna clear away this fog! Expiation gonna clear off these monsters and abominations! Expiation gonna drop the scales of mist from our eyes and let us see!» Her voice dropped a notch. «And what does the Bible say expiation is? What is the only cleanser for sin in the Eye and Mind of God?»
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BBC
ON THIS DAY 26 February
1991: Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City
The Kuwaiti capital has been liberated by the Gulf War Allies after 208 days of Iraqi occupation.
Thousands of Iraqi troops began leaving the city after an order from President Saddam Hussein, broadcast this morning, to withdraw immediately.
He said he was ordering the retreat because of "the aggression of 30 countries against Iraq" and the economic blockade led by the US.
The first group of Allies into the city centre was a reconnaissance team of 12 US marines who arrived in the capital this evening, ushered in by some Kuwaiti resistance forces.
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Release dates for
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Country Date
USA 28 July 1982 (limited)
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Release dates for
Cover Up (1949)
Country Date
USA 25 February 1949
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Stephen King
The Mist [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
I had worked my way up to the big tree. I made my first cut, sawed through, then turned the saw off for a few moments to let it cool down-the tree was really too big for it, but I thought it would be all right if I didn't rush it. I wondered if the dirt road leading up to Kansas Road was clear of falls, and just as I was wondering, an orange CMP truck lumbered past, probably on its way to the far end of our little road. So that was all right. The road was clear and the power guys would be here by noon to take care of the live lines.
I cut a big chunk off the tree, dragged it to the side of the driveway, and tumbled it over the — edge. It rolled down the slope and into the underbrush that had crept back since the long-ago day when my dad and his brothers-all of them artists, we have always been an artistic family, the Draytons-had cleared it away.
I wiped sweat off my face with my arm and wished for another beer; one really only sets your mouth. I picked up the chainsaw and thought about WOXO being off the air. That was the direction that funny fogbank had come from. And it was the direction Shaymore (pronounced Shammore by the locals) lay in. Shaymore was where the Arrowhead Project was.
That was old Bill Giosti's theory about the so-called Black Spring: the Arrowhead Project. In the western part of Shaymore, not far from where the town borders on Stoneham, there was a small government preserve surrounded with wire. There were sentries and closedcircuit television cameras and God knew what else. Or so I had heard; I'd never actually seen it, although the Old Shaymore Road runs along the eastern side of the government land for a mile or so.
No one knew for sure where the name Arrowhead Project came from and no one could tell you for one hundred percent sure that that really was the name of the project-if there was a project. Bill Giosti said there was, but when you asked him how and where he came by his information, he got vague. His niece, he said, worked for the Continental Phone Company, and she had heard things. It got like that.
«Atomic things,» Bill said that day, leaning in the Scout's window and blowing a healthy draught of Pabst into my face. «That's what they're fooling around with up there. Shooting atoms into the air and all that.»
«Mr. Giosti, the air's full of atoms,» Billy had said. «That's what Mrs. Neary says. Mrs. Neary says everything's full of atoms.»
Bill Giosti gave my son Bill a long, bloodshot glance that finally deflated him. «These are different atoms, Son.»
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