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72 * NEXUS @ REVIEWS STARGATE CHRONICLES: Memoirs of _ military RV work, out-of-body explorations of how the November 2000 US presidential a Psychic Spy with The Monroe Institute, RVing live on vote was rigged in Florida, and who was by Joseph McMoneagle TV, success in locating missing persons, and _ paid to fix it. There's the scandal of how the Hampton Roads Publishing, USA, 2002 much more. He also brings a refreshing IMF and World Bank forces debt-ridden ISBN 1-57174-265-4 (USA) (294pp hc); philosophical stance to his experiences, Third World nations to sell out to transna- 1-57175-225-5 (Aust/NZ) looking at the ethics of using—and misus- tionals, which then leave the poor unable to Price: A$65.95; NZ$83.95; £19.99: ing—psychic and RV abilities and protocols afford water. There's the scandal of how _ Euro 31,90; US$24.95 for military, political or personal ends. 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But his writings are gripping, as he ig (RV) programs, the strict A " ne protocols that must be followed, and even USA—Stylus, tel (703) 661 1581 weaves his own story as a muckraker" into reed, corruption and scandals at corpo- the subjects with incisiveness and humour. predictions for the next 100 years, but here G he brings more of himself into the picture. To date, McMoneagle has spent a years els have been targeted by Los Angeles—born studying and practising RV under controlled — Greg Palast since the mid-1970s. But it was conditions and applying it as an intelligence- 20 until 1998 that he decided to apply his gathering tool (though he left the military in investigative skills to journalism, first off rate, governmental and institutional lev- 1984). He feels somewhat justified in rail- doing undercover reporting for the London ing against those who think they understand Obser' ver and eventually doing exposés for what remote viewing is, yet take the fast BBC's Newsnight. He commutes between track without following and practising the New York and London, and covers a lot of tried-and-tested protocol developed at SRI ground in between in his exposure of local in the 1970s. Yet he acknowledges that and global threats to freedom. other types of psychic functioning, such as The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is a clairvoyance, can fulfill the RV protocol compilation of Palast's essays, articles and when everyone involved is "blind" to the updates on some major scandals of recent GREG PALAST object, person, place or event targeted. times that he's broken or reported on and McMoneagle's warts-and-all memoir which have been underplayed or ignored by Ss ek includes key events in his childhood, his the mainstream media. There's the scandal military RV work, out-of-body explorations with The Monroe Institute, RVing live on TV, success in locating missing persons, and much more. He also brings a refreshing philosophical stance to his experiences, looking at the ethics of using—and misus- ing—psychic and RV abilities and protocols for military, political or personal ends. of how the November 2000 US presidential vote was rigged in Florida, and who was paid to fix it. There's the scandal of how the IMF and World Bank forces debt-ridden Third World nations to sell out to transna- tionals, which then leave the poor unable to afford water. There's the scandal of how Monsanto hid crucial test data for its geneti- cally modified milk-making hormone BST, and conspired with the FDA to have it approved. Not to mention the 1998 UK "Lobbygate" scandal, where Palast exposed the hand-in-glove relationship Labour PM Tony Blair was fostering with US Big Business interests via well-connected lobby- ists. And Palast's analysis of the UK D- Notice system is revealing for what it says about journalistic self-censorship and the implications for freedom of speech. Palast captures much more, though could have included more documentation as back- up. But his writings are gripping, as he weaves his own story as a "muckraker" into the subjects with incisiveness and humour. www.nexusmagazine.com OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2002