Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:07:49 -0600 From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
I can't remember whether the Emperors-clothes web site has been mentioned on lbo or not. It is a magnificent source for news on Yugoslavia and other hot spots.
This post mentions some interesting news from Bulgaria.
Carrol
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Dear Lou,
Thanks man. You are very kind. You know, that article from El Pais appeared in www.emperors-clothes.com only because it was spotted by Vera Watkins, an "obscure" researcher for the Chicago Library. It was translated by a guy named Forestel and the translation was checked and corrected by a guy named Julio, who writes smart stuff on this email list, and who relaized immediately that this was a bomb.
Recently, Emperors-clothes writer Blagovesta Doncheva's protest against Clinton's visit became the talk of all Bulgarian newspapers when she was manhandled and thrown in a mental hospital after she and 9 other middle aged ladies dared to walk in front of the US embassy on a rainy afternoon a week before the Planitarchis's visit. Soon the papers discovered her participation in emperors Clothes and a paper called "Capital" attacked her and us as follows:
"Nobody knows her in the Translators' Association. In addition to the police report one can come across her name also in theÖ Internet. There is an address there: emperors-clothes.com. A cursory glance at the web site confirms that from the fairy-tale "The New Clothes of The King", the site owners have chosen the denunciating cry: "The King is Naked!" Graphomaniacs tour in the free publicity area on the principle "conspirators from all countries, get together!" Blagovesta Doncheva appears there too."
So. We unite all who know nudity when they see it. Well-grubbed, old voyeurs! (Apologies to Marx) As Lou notes, this "free publicity" costs money, especially all those international phone calls, so if you have a buck to spare, please send it to Emperor's Clothes, P.O. Box 610-321, Newton, MA 02461-0321 (USA)
or go to http://emperors-clothes.com/howyour.html for the secure server.
Thanks, and thank you Lou for the encouragement, also the ten bucks. (By the way, starting the website was Lou's idea. I just do what I'm told)
Best regards, Jared Israel