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>Yeah, I also wrote "10 years since the anniversary." >Sorry I don't have my own Trib Kiddie to proofread for >me. > >But I can handle your takedown. What bothers me is >that I gave you all that fodder and your retort is >concerned with a stupid misspelling. > >No wonder papers are faultering -too many reporters >like you waiting in the wings to hang your comrades >for goofy infractions instead of doing something of >substance. > >It's been 10 years since Kangas died. Duggan's and his >suspicious deaths have all but been forgotten. Scaife >is still at the helm of the biggest propaganda machine >in history. And you, Mr. Reporter, are making pathetic >grammar school jokes about a stupid mistake. > > >>Ah, if only someone was more diligent about his >>spelling. Homocide? Are you trying to accuse Scaife of >>something you'd like to share with the class? >> >>>It's been 10 years since the anniversary of Steve >>>Kangas's death, perhaps suicide, perhaps homocide. >>>Kangas ran a liberal website, critical of >>>conservatives, including Dick Scaife. Interesting man >>>and story. >>> >>>Just throwing this out there since I don't recall >many >>>follow ups except for a post on this site from 2005: >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2005/11 >/ >>s >>>teve_kangas_st_1.htm">http://www.seeingtheforest.com/ >a >>r >>>chives/2005/11/steve_kangas_st_1.htm</a> Perhaps an >>>enterprising soul may be interested in having their >>>paper do a follow up. >>> >>>Kangas's body was found, sitting slumped on a toilet >>>with a gunshot wound to the head, on the 39th floor, >>>60 ft. from the door of the Pittsburgh offices of >none >>>other than Dick Scaife. No above ambient gun powder >>>residue was found on his hands. Deputy Police Chief >>>Charles Moffett said the suicide/homocide was "under >>>investigation in the homicide section," at the time. >>> >>>"This isn't the first time Scaife has been linked to >a >>>strange suicide: in 1973 former mentor and close >>>friend Pittsburgh District Attorney Robert Duggan, >>>under Federal investigation for Mob payoffs, was >found >>>shot to death with a shotgun bearing no >fingerprints." >>>He "shot himself on his hidden farm property on the >>>day the grand jury returned the indictment for >>>corruption." "Scaife had cut all ties with Duggan, >who >>>had married Scaife's sister Cordelia shortly before >>>his death." -Chris Potter, Managin Editor, of the >>>Pittsburgh City Paper, 1999 >>> >>>Really interesting story by PG's John Craig on >Sunday, >>>March 28, 1999 with the sub-head: >>>Dick Scaife couldn't keep his probe of Kangas a >secret >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edcra >i >>g >>>4.asp">http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edcr >a >>i >>>g4.asp</a> >>> >>>Interesting also is a summary of Scaife's scandals on >>>Kangas's website from -well, from 1999 or prior to >>>1999. Interesting that it is still online. >>>Head lined with -Myth: There’s no "vast right wing >>>conspiracy" to get Clinton. >>>Fact: Richard Mellon Scaife and the Republican >>>Establishment have poured millions into the effort. >>>(some excepts) >>>In 1997, Scaife donated $550,000 to Judicial Watch, >>>whose director, Larry Klayman, has filed 18 lawsuits >>>against the Clinton Administration. (10) >>> >>>Scaife also assigned one of his newspaper’s >reporters, >>>Christopher Ruddy, to a full-time, ongoing >>>investigation into the deaths of Vince Foster and Ron >>>Brown, trying to find evidence that the Clintons >>>murdered them. >>> >>>Scaife also gave $2.4 million to American Spectator >>>magazine. This money went to create the "Arkansas >>>Project," a massive investigation trying to dig up >>>dirt on Clinton’s past. The Arkansas Project gained >>>notoriety when it was revealed that David Hale, the >>>only Whitewater witness who claimed personal >knowledge >>>of Clinton’s wrong-doing, had been paid at least >>>$5,000 by Parker Dozhier, one of operatives of the >>>Arkansas Project. Parker’s girlfriend and her 17-year >>>old son both claim they saw Parker give Scaife-money >>>to Hale on numerous occasions. When reporters >>>confronted Parker, he warned that the 17-year old son >>>"was destined to become a chalk outline somewhere." >>>Alarmed by such threats and prospects of witness >>>tampering, the Justice Department has ordered an >>>investigation, the results of which are yet to be >>>revealed. >>> >>>Scaife has also given $450,000 over three years to >the >>>Independent Women’s Forum. (13) This is a >>>media-booking agency that heavily seeds female >>>conservative pundits into the media. (This is an >>>attempt to reduce the "gender gap" that Democrats >>>enjoy in the polls.) The IWF has given generous >public >>>support to Paula Jones in her lawsuit. In fact, one >>>IWF pundit, Ann Coulter, heard at least one of the >>>Linda Tripp tapes before it even reached Ken Starr. >>>This proved that she was deeply involved with the >>>Paula Jones’ camp (who received the tapes first), >even >>>though she was pretending to be an objective >>>commentator on the scandal in the media. >>> >>>But perhaps most alarming is Scaife’s ties to >>>independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Starr’s >>>conflicts of interest are almost too numerous to >>>mention. Early on, Starr had been given an open-ended >>>job offer as the dean of Pepperdine University’s >>>Schools of Law and Public Policy. At first, Starr >>>planned to accept the job after finishing his >>>investigation. But it turns out this school is a >heavy >>>recipient of Scaife money, and the resulting media >>>scandal finally convinced Starr to refuse the job. >But >>>the appearance of Scaife attempting to pay off Starr >>>for getting Clinton lingers. >>> >>>There are many other connections between the two men. >>>Between 1988 and 1996, Scaife gave $3 million to the >>>conservative Washington Legal Foundation, where Starr >>>sits on the board. Scaife also gave $920,000 to the >>>Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization >>>where Starr is a member. Scaife donated $650,000 to >>>the Landmark Legal Foundation between 1992 and 1996; >>>Starr has done work for this organization, which has >>>helped Paula Jones in her lawsuit. (15) Starr also >>>prepared a legal brief for the Paula Jones lawsuit on >>>behalf of the Independent Women’s Forum, which is >>>substantially funded by Scaife. >>> >>>Scaife’s personality profile is similarly >interesting. >>> >>>Pat Minarcin knows Scaife well, after serving as one >>>of his magazine editors. "He [Scaife] has the >>>emotional maturity of a very angry 12-year-old, and >he >>>has all this money and he can do whatever he wants >>>with it," says Minarcin. While the magazine was >>>operating, "[Scaife] presented a list of people who >he >>>wanted the magazine to attack, a kind of enemies >>>list." Minarcin eventually resigned. >>>(Kiddies -still want to argue that the Trib is >>>non-biased with no direct control of content by >>>Scaife?) >>> >>>It’s also well-known that Scaife is obsessed with >>>proving that Vince Foster’s suicide was actually a >>>murder. He goes so far as to call his death "the >>>Rosetta Stone of the Clinton administration." But >why? >>>Scaife’s history is revealing. In the 1960s, he >>>financially supported Robert Duggan as a candidate >for >>>district attorney. The two men angrily parted company >>>after Duggan came under investigation for corruption. >>>To make matters worse, Duggan then eloped with >>>Scaife’s sister, Cordelia. A few months later, Duggan >>>was found dead, apparently by suicide. But the >shotgun >>>used was found several feet away from Duggan’s body, >>>and it had no fingerprints. >>> >>>Another interesting site: >>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>href="http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm">h >t >>t >>>p://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm</a>

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