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Anonymous writes:

3-8-06: Mental case john bolton of the war criminal 'gang that can't shoot straight', in front of jew group rails that Iran will experience harm and pain if they don't do what the criminal americans say. Iran responds in kind. Guess who got the headlines from the u.s. propaganda press.

Anonymous writes:

(3-8-06) (defacto bankrupt) u.s. gov't employee of st. louis fed. jawbones market with "don't worry, be happy" b**l s**t talk which gives lunatic frauds on wall street "cover story" for a devoid of reality slight up move. (3-7-06)Productivity down and wage costs up (very inflationary), factory orders down, stocks (lunatic frauds on wall street) stage "miraculous turnaround" (dow up 22 points) on the "great news".........Riiiiight!(3-3-06)The wall street fraud continues and can be ignored no longer: note google gives dose of reality regarding slowing growth (competition, etc.) and as in the dot com "pre-bust days", wall street frauds "retaliate" with sharp sell-off which evokes conciliatory appeasement to the wall street frauds with the typical wall street bull-***t story of unending growth less than 2 days later.....riiiight! americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing up slightly), intel sees slower growth to put it mildly and they're being euphemistic. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be. The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. All so-called "energy solutions" are decades away even if feasible. Such a beatiful democracy in Iraq, in the criminal american tradition.

Anonymous writes:

(3-8-06) (defacto bankrupt) u.s. gov't employee of st. louis fed. jawbones market with "don't worry, be happy" b**l s**t talk which gives lunatic frauds on wall street "cover story" for a devoid of reality slight up move. gov't says "oil aplenty"..........Riiiiight! "You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation.

Anonymous writes:

"Retirement Fund Tapped to Avoid National Debt Limit

By Stephen Barr
Wednesday, March 8, 2006; D04



The Treasury Department has started drawing from the civil service pension fund to avoid hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit. The move to tap the pension fund follows last month's decision to suspend investments in a retirement savings plan held by government employees............"

Anonymous writes:

Time for israel to open up its illegal nuclear program to inspections.

"Iran denies wanting nuclear weapons and says it is only interested in the peaceful generation of electricity. It has also threatened to retaliate if Israel or the United States were to bomb any of its nuclear facilities."

How can Iran be held to a standard virtually ignored by terrorist nation israel which has hidden nuclear program violative of laws, etc., and:
"July 23, 2002, 3:23 PM EDT


UNITED NATIONS -- From the U.N. halls to the White House and Arab capitals, diplomats and officials on Tuesday condemned Israel's missile strike on a densely populated Gaza neighborhood that killed a top Hamas commander and 14 others, including nine children.

Even Israel's closest ally, the United States, rejected Israeli claims that it did not know there were civilians in the three-story apartment building where Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh lived. "This is an instance in which the United States and Israel do not agree," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer."
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Associated Press

November 3, 2005, 7:00 AM EST


JENIN, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old Palestinian boy ............

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israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians, demolish houses........
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Israeli activities in Jerusalem are in violation of both its Roadmap (peace plan) obligations and international law.........
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Israel Will Not Let Palestinians Vote...........
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Israel has blocked peace talks for 5 years..............
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Israel continues provocative assassinations-killings-murder policies....
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and on and on, etc., etc.

Anonymous writes:


Drudge writes on DRUDGE REPORT

"ABRAMOFF: 'I WAS A KILLER'
Wed Mar 08 2006 10:36:14 ET

"You're really no one in this town unless you haven't met me," Jack Abramoff tells Vanity Fair contributing editor David Margolick. Such lies are not just lies, but dumb to boot-"This is not an age when you can run away from facts. I had to deal with my records, and others will have to deal with theirs."

An insider tells Margolick that Abramoff blames competing Republican lobbyists and Arizona Senator John McCain-with whom Abramoff says he's had a contentious relationship-for his downfall. Abramoff tells Margolick that McCain staffers deliberately humiliated him, doling out embarrassing e-mails to the press.

"Mr. Abramoff flatters himself," Mark Salter, McCain's administrative assistant, tells Margolick. "Senator McCain was unaware of his existence until he read initial press accounts of Abramoff's abuses, and had never laid eyes on him until he appeared before the committee."

Abramoff says, "As best I can remember, when I met with him, he didn't have his eyes shut. I'm surprised that Senator McCain has joined the chorus of amnesiacs."

Abramoff is well aware of his peril: "In a different era I'd be killed on the street or have poison poured into my coffee," he tells Margolick.

Abramoff embarrassingly admits to gaining 50 pounds due to stress and tells Margolick that sending him to prison is "stupid," saying, "Let me teach English, history, music. Or let me sweep floors at the reservation. Instead you'll be paying to feed me to sit in a jail."

"I was a killer. I killed for my clients, and it eventually killed me," Abramoff tells Margolick. "Or I eventually killed me. And there were a lot of other hands on the knife."

"My so-called relationship with Bush, Rove, and everyone else at the White House has only become important because, instead of just releasing details about the very few times I was there, they created a feeding frenzy by their deafening silence. The Democrats are going overboard, virtually insisting I was there to plan the invasion of Iraq. This is why this non-story grabbed headlines for weeks."

Abramoff discusses his relationship with:

President Bush, who claims not to remember having his picture taken with Abramoff. According to Abramoff, at one time, the president joked with Abramoff about his weight lifting past: "What are you benching, buff guy?"

Tom DeLay, who once referred to Abramoff as one of his closest friends. Abramoff explains his working relationship with DeLay, saying, "I didn't spend a lot of time lobbying Tom for things, because the things I worked on were usually consistent with the conservative philosophy." Abramoff has "admired Tom DeLay and his family from the first meeting with him," he tells Margolick. "We would sit and talk about the Bible. We would sit and talk about opera. We would sit and talk about golf," Abramoff recalls. "I mean, we talked about philosophy and politics."

Ken Mehlman, who recently claimed he didn't really know Abramoff. According to documents obtained by Vanity Fair, Mehlman exchanged e-mail with Abramoff, and did him political favors (such as preventing Clinton administration alumnus Allen Stayman from keeping a State Department job), had Sabbath dinner at Abramoff's house, and offered to pick up Abramoff's tab at Signatures, Abramoff's own restaurant.

Newt Gingrich, whose spokesman Rick Tyler tells Margolick that "Before [Abramoff's] picture appeared on TV and in the newspapers, Newt wouldn't have known him if he fell across him. He hadn't seen him in 10 years." A rankled Abramoff says "I have more pictures of [Newt] than I have of my wife." Abramoff shows Margolick numerous photographs: "Here's Newt. Newt. Newt. Newt. More Newt. Newt with Grover [Norquist, the Washington conservative Republican Über-strategist and longtime Abramoff friend] this time. But Newt never met me. Ollie North. Newt. Can't be Newt ... he never met me. Oh, Newt! What's he doing there? Must be a Newt look-alike.... Newt again! It's sick! I thought he never met me!"

Senator Conrad Burns, of Montana, who was one of the largest single recipients of Abramoff loot, has blanketed the airwaves calling Abramoff a liar, claiming that he never influenced the senator. Abramoff says: "Every appropriation we wanted [from Burns's committee] we got. Our staffs were as close as they could be. They practically used Signatures as their cafeteria. I mean, it's a little difficult for him to run from that record."

Ronald Reagan, whom he met as a College Republican. "It was like meeting the king," Abramoff tells Margolick.

ABRAMOFF ON HIS CRIMES:

"I was moving a mile a minute and didn't conceive that I could be doing something wrong, and as I got near to the edge I either concealed it or I convinced myself that I wasn't having a problem. I was basically so busy winning that I didn't see what I was doing. They say, 'Stop and smell the roses'? I didn't stop and smell the dung heap. Unfortunately, now I'm paying for it dearly."

ABRAMOFF ON THE WAY HE DID BUSINESS:

"Most lobbyists meet with a committee chairman, staff, a few members. We'd meet with the whole leadership of the House and Senate, the entire committee on both sides, then create a roster of who might ideologically support the idea and get them in the war.... We'd get people firing constantly on the decision-makers. And we'd outwork everyone in the media.... Most Washington lobbyists are lazy, people of limits, people who move glacially slow. I felt my job was to go out there and save the world.... I thought it was immoral to take someone's money and not win for them. And we basically didn't lose."

ABRAMOFF ON WHETHER OR NOT HE HARMED THE COUNTRY:

"There were times when I helped the country and the causes that I love and obviously times when I hurt them. The exposure of my lobbying practice, the absurd amount of media coverage, and the focus-for the first time-on this sausage-making factory that we call Washington will ultimately help reformthe system, or at least so I hope. The only thing that a clever lobbyist cannot manipulate is the absence of something to lobby for or fight against."

ABRAMOFF ON THE INDIAN COUNTRY:

"The entire Indian country has come together in a big kumbaya of hatred for me. It just tears at my soul."

Developing... "

Anonymous writes:


"Death of Two Boys Stirs Anger in Gaza


By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press Writer

March 9, 2006, 5:34 AM EST


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli missile obliterated a vehicle in crowded Gaza City, killing two Palestinian militants inside -- a common sight these days. But the attack also killed three boys, provoking grief and rage among Palestinians and criticism from Israelis.

Israel's air force commander defended the strike, but two popular Israeli entertainers said Wednesday that an army that kills children no longer represents them, and a human rights group demanded a war crimes inquiry........................"

Anonymous writes:

Israel never misses a chance to show itself the bully
Israel, a country that likes to portray itself as an "underdog and oppressed nation surrounded by enemies", and seemingly unable to comprehend why these people in the area hate Israel so much and would like to see Israel be dumped into the sea, can be interpreted as sending a message to the Lebanese about showing them who is the boss, or that "keep us in mind" when making your internal decisions.

Anonymous writes:

Dumbya Making New Records

Bush's Approval Rating Hits New Low By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer

WASHINGTON - More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush's performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism, according to an AP-Ipsos poll documenting one of the bleakest points of his presidency.

Anonymous writes:

(3-10-06) Record trade deficit, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in pre-weekend trade. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.

Anonymous writes:

(3-10-06) Record trade deficit, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in pre-weekend trade. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars]

Anonymous writes:

Homeland Security Reports Gang Arrests
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer

Fri Mar 10, 5:30 Post Meridiem ET




WASHINGTON - Some 375 gang members have been arrested in 24 states and the District of Columbia over the past two weeks as part of a yearlong operation targeting gangs with criminal immigrant members, the Homeland Security Department said Friday.

[While something is better nothing, the reality is that they could easily do that number in a day in california]


The arrests bring to 2,388 the number of gang members apprehended through Operation Community Shield, which combines local law enforcement with federal immigration forces. Of those arrested, 922 were members of Mara Salvatrucha gangs, which have ties to Central America.................


Those in the country illegally will be deported after serving any sentences, officials said.

Julie Myers, assistant secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said: "With Operation Community Shield, ICE is sending a clear message to gang members that ICE intends to deal strongly and forcefully with you if you come into our country and break our laws."

When the operation began, its purpose was to target members of Mara Salvatrucha. But as the operation progressed, officials expanded it to other gangs in various communities.

In the two-week operation that began Feb. 24, law enforcement arrested 44 gang members in Dallas; 41 in San Diego; 22 in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area; 22 in Miami; and 19 in Raleigh, N.C.

Gang members were arrested in these states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia................



However, David Brown, a Dallas assistant police chief who attended the Washington news conference, said the 149 arrests in his city since Operation Community Shield began had contributed to a 20 percent drop in the city's murder rate..................."

Anonymous writes:

For Media Files:

Regarding out-of-touch (clooney's words) and out-to-lunch (my words) Hollywood (I happen to like and respect film as a rich medium which presents large amounts of audio, visual, and thematic information which can be processed in relatively small amounts of time, etc.), I believe that those who have been denigrating and disparaging the new Bond, James Blond, Daniel Craig, based only on trailers (as long as he continues the Bond tradition of "getting down with the babes"), will be "eating crow" in a very big way!

Anonymous writes:

Thankfully, the feds will be trying gotti for the third time after
two hung juries (bribed? as with fob, Friends Of Bill clinton, fog,
friends of gotti?). Indeed, if only gotti could have had maryanne trump
(barry) preside over his criminal case, he could have laundered some drug
money through her brother donald trump’s (of the trump mob family) casinos,
which quite obviously could be a lot of money to make……. yes, the feds
themselves, f.o.g.. Such was indeed the scenario in my RICO case as set forth infra.
In fact, corrupt feds as 3rd. cir. j. maryanne trump (barry), former u.s. attorney sam
alito, yes…..that one who is now u.s. supreme court justice, u.s. trustee hugh leonard
(went on retainer with RICO defendants-very brazen, but not smart) , assistant u.s.
attorneys, lacy, martini, etc., 2nd cir. court of appeals and fed judges shiff, dorsey,
etc., ditto for 9th cir. feds, contractors, among others, as set forth in the RICO
action, viz.:

As a show of good faith and in the interest of comity toward resolution of the federal RICO action and even this simple and relatively small action, I had refrained from updating and disseminating my site [interestingly, Sam Alito, who has committed RICO violations in burying inculpatory RICO related documents while u.s. attorney, is apparently being “rewarded” yet again for his protective complicity (see RICO documents in U.S. Files herein:
The RICO Verified Complaint ,
The Affidavit ,
The RICO Statement ,
Letter To Local Police With Documents Regarding Criminal Referral Of RICO Crimes In Accordance With Federal District Court Order - Delivered By Hand ,
The ADDENDUM ,
The Declaration/Certification ,
,
RESPONSE AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROFFER IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS IN THE SUM CERTAIN AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION DEMANDED IN THE VERIFIED COMPLAINT. ) despite statements as, ie., “nobody is above the law” which obviously don’t ring true. I wonder what FBI Agent Barndollar (sent documents) is thinking].

This interesting, albeit cursory report on the mob clearly does not address influence of multi-ethnic, ie., italian, irish, jewish, russian, etc., mob which pervades all aspects of life in new york/new jersey/the northeast, and as well, u.s. governmental involvement in what most would believe to be the exclusive domain of such mob groups as set forth under penalty of perjury by the
FBI Agent and CIA Agent as immediately follows:

FBI Agent’s Affidavit Attesting to the U.S. Government’s Substantial and Continued Involvement in the Illegal Drug Business
CIA Agent’s Affidavit Attesting to the U.S. Government’s Substantial and Continued Involvement in the Illegal Drug Business-Including bush and Clinton, among others

Anonymous writes:

Thankfully, the feds will be trying gotti for the third time after
two hung juries (bribed? as with fob, Friends Of Bill clinton, fog,
friends of gotti?). Indeed, if only gotti could have had maryanne trump
(barry) preside over his criminal case, he could have laundered some drug
money through her brother donald trump’s (of the trump mob family) casinos,
which quite obviously could be a lot of money to make……. yes, the feds
themselves, f.o.g.. Such was indeed the scenario in my RICO case as set forth infra.
In fact, corrupt feds as 3rd. cir. j. maryanne trump (barry), former u.s. attorney sam
alito, yes…..that one who is now u.s. supreme court justice, u.s. trustee hugh leonard
(went on retainer with RICO defendants-very brazen, but not smart) , assistant u.s.
attorneys, lacy, martini, etc., 2nd cir. court of appeals and fed judges shiff, dorsey,
etc., ditto for 9th cir. feds, contractors, among others, as set forth in the RICO
action, viz.:

As a show of good faith and in the interest of comity toward resolution of the federal RICO action and even this simple and relatively small action, I had refrained from updating and disseminating my site [interestingly, Sam Alito, who has committed RICO violations in burying inculpatory RICO related documents while u.s. attorney, is apparently being “rewarded” yet again for his protective complicity (see RICO documents in U.S. Files herein:
The RICO Verified Complaint ,
The Affidavit ,
The RICO Statement ,
Letter To Local Police With Documents Regarding Criminal Referral Of RICO Crimes In Accordance With Federal District Court Order - Delivered By Hand ,
The ADDENDUM ,
The Declaration/Certification ,
,
RESPONSE AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROFFER IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS IN THE SUM CERTAIN AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION DEMANDED IN THE VERIFIED COMPLAINT. ) despite statements as, ie., “nobody is above the law” which obviously don’t ring true. I wonder what FBI Agent Barndollar (sent documents) is thinking].

This interesting, albeit cursory report on the mob clearly does not address influence of multi-ethnic, ie., italian, irish, jewish, russian, etc., mob which pervades all aspects of life in new york/new jersey/the northeast, and as well, u.s. governmental involvement in what most would believe to be the exclusive domain of such mob groups as set forth under penalty of perjury by the
FBI Agent and CIA Agent as immediately follows:

FBI Agent’s Affidavit Attesting to the U.S. Government’s Substantial and Continued Involvement in the Illegal Drug Business
CIA Agent’s Affidavit Attesting to the U.S. Government’s Substantial and Continued Involvement in the Illegal Drug Business-Including bush and Clinton, among others

Anonymous writes:

http://www.albertpeia.com/

Anonymous writes:


















Thankfully, the feds will be trying gotti for
the third time after

two hung juries (bribed? as with fob, Friends Of Bill
clinton, fog,

friends of gotti?). Indeed, if only gotti could have
had maryanne trump

(barry) preside over his criminal case, he could have
laundered some drug

money through her brother donald trump’s   (of the trump mob family) casinos,

which quite obviously could be a lot of   money to make……. yes, the feds

themselves, f.o.g.. Such was indeed the scenario in my
RICO case as set forth infra.

In fact, corrupt feds as 3 rd . cir. j.
maryanne trump (barry), former u.s. attorney sam

alito, yes…..that one who is now u.s. supreme court
justice, u.s. trustee hugh leonard

(went on retainer with RICO defendants-very brazen, but
not smart) , assistant u.s.

attorneys, lacy, martini, etc., 2 nd cir. court
of appeals and fed judges shiff, dorsey,

etc., ditto for 9 th cir. feds, contractors,
among others, as set forth in the RICO

action, viz.:

 

  As a
show of good faith and in the interest of comity toward resolution of the
federal RICO action and even this simple and relatively small action, I had
refrained from updating and disseminating my site [interestingly, Sam Alito,
who has committed RICO violations in burying inculpatory RICO related documents
while u.s. attorney, is apparently being “rewarded” yet again for his
protective complicity (see RICO documents in U.S. Files herein:

The
RICO Verified Complaint

The Affidavit

The RICO Statement
,

Letter
To Local Police With Documents Regarding Criminal Referral Of RICO Crimes In
Accordance With Federal District Court Order - Delivered By Hand,

The
ADDENDUM,

The
Declaration/Certification ,

 

RESPONSE
AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROFFER IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION FOR ENTRY OF
JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS IN THE SUM CERTAIN AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION DEMANDED IN
THE   VERIFIED   COMPLAINT .) despite statements as, ie., “nobody is above the
law” which obviously don’t ring true. I wonder what FBI Agent Barndollar (sent
documents) is thinking].

This
interesting, albeit cursory report on the mob clearly does not address
influence of multi-ethnic, ie., italian, irish, jewish, russian, etc., mob
which pervades all aspects of life in new york/new jersey/the northeast, and as
well, u.s. governmental involvement in what most would believe to be the
exclusive domain of such mob groups as set forth under penalty of perjury by
the

FBI Agent and CIA Agent as immediately follows:   

 

FBI Agent’s Affidavit
Attesting to the U.S. Government’s Substantial and Continued Involvement in the
Illegal Drug Business

CIA Agent’s Affidavit
Attesting to the U.S. Government’s Substantial and Continued Involvement in the
Illegal Drug Business-Including bush and Clinton, among others

Anonymous writes:


(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

http://www.arabicnews.com/

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

Anonymous writes:


(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 400

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Anonymous writes:



(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 400

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Anonymous writes:


(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006

Zebari: Iraq would never allow aggression on Iran
Zebari said his country believes peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's indisputable right
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Expectations for release Iranian prisoners in Iraq
An Iraqi official yesterday evening assured he would follow up release of Iranian nationals still held in Iraqi jails.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Iran, Iraq to broaden ties
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq and after a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, said his aims was to congratulate the new Iraq government and nation, and wished them well in their efforts to prevail over future problems notably terrorism and security.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Israeli occupation opens fire at ambulance with pregnant woman
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) called Saturday for providing an immediate protection to Palestinian paramedics working in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006

British, Palestinian organizations Urge UN, EU to restrict Israel
The British Hickman & Rose (H&R) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on "the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 3700

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Anonymous writes:


(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006

Zebari: Iraq would never allow aggression on Iran
Zebari said his country believes peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's indisputable right
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Expectations for release Iranian prisoners in Iraq
An Iraqi official yesterday evening assured he would follow up release of Iranian nationals still held in Iraqi jails.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Iran, Iraq to broaden ties
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq and after a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, said his aims was to congratulate the new Iraq government and nation, and wished them well in their efforts to prevail over future problems notably terrorism and security.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Israeli occupation opens fire at ambulance with pregnant woman
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) called Saturday for providing an immediate protection to Palestinian paramedics working in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006

British, Palestinian organizations Urge UN, EU to restrict Israel
The British Hickman & Rose (H&R) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on "the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 5,000

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Berners-Lee: Web Is Ready To Evolve - Walaika K. Haskins, newsfactor.com Sun May 28, 1:15 PM ET

The mainstream Web is ready for the next step in its evolution, the father of the Internet proclaimed at this year's World Wide Web Conference (W3C).

Twenty years from now, we'll look back and say this was the embryonic period," Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with creating the Web, said last week during the opening of conference. "The Web is only going to get more revolutionary."

Supporters of what is called the "Semantic Web" predict an entirely new Internet that enables computers to do more of the heavy lifting in terms of processing data and being able to better interpret the information found on Web pages.

Interactivity, Customization

The Semantic Web is characterized by a greater focus on interactivity and customization, and an emphasis on media content and social technologies. In terms of e-commerce and other functionality, experts say, the Semantic Web will bear little resemblance to the current Internet.

The higher level of performance will be achieved, in part, by new technologies that move well beyond traditional keyword-search strategies.

As fleshed out at the conference, Berners-Lee's vision of the next-generation Internet is one in which Web sites, links, media content, and databases are "smarter," having the ability to automatically provide more meaning than what is available to users today.

The Semantic Web would make better sense of the glut of data on the Internet and give it context.

More Automation

Using new programming languages, the technology would augment the Web with a "Semantic layer," explained Alex Linden, a former analyst at Gartner.

Linden explained that, for average Internet users, the technology initially will mean better searches. "Because of the additional data that can be processed better by computers, it will feed all kinds of search, analytics, and reporting," he said.

"More automation is always great," Linden said, pointing to Google's Froogle search engine as an early example of Semantic Web technology. The Semantic Web will be "a great improvement in user experience," he said.

"I think there's a chance actually that we can do better this time around," said Berners-Lee during a W3C panel discussion about the Semantic Web.

Sunday, May 28, 2006
• Volcano's Lake Turns From Blue to Red (11:58PM EDT)

Questions on a Palestinian referendum on Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Palestinians indirectly recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 border boundaries and East Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Analysis, 5/29/2006

Lebanon border fight with Israel following assassination
Al-Manar reported today that the launching of an attack against Israeli targets across from the Lebanese border, was done anonymously, and came following the assassination of a Palestinian Islam Jihad leader in south Lebanon Friday morining.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/29/2006

South Iraq said to be lawless, report
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that "Southern Iraq, long touted as a peaceful region that's likely to be among the first areas returned to Iraqi control, is now dominated by Shiite Muslim warlords and militiamen who are laying the groundwork for an Islamic fundamentalist government, say senior British and Iraqi officials in the area."
Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2006

Two Pakistanis kidnapped and killed in Iraq
Reports suggest that the kidnapped Pakistanis were working for a Kuwait-based American transport company. One section of the same company is also working in Iraq
Iraq-Pakistan, Local, 5/29/2006

Tamimi: Israel breaches international & human law against the Palestinians
Islamic Chief Judge Sheikh Tayssir Tamimi affirmed that Israel breaches international and human law in the Palestinian Territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Poverty, unemployment worsen in Israeli-occupied Arab territories
4 out of every 10 Palestinians were living under the official poverty line of less than $2.10 a day.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Arab League backs Iran's peaceful nuclear activities
Moussa's at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Malaysia said the Middle East region should be free from weapons of mass destruction, he said, adding that peaceful use of nuclear energy is Iran's inalienable right.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/29/2006

US Marines shot unarmed Iraqi civilians
..... surrounding a Nov. 19 incident in Haditha, Iraq, in which 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/29/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Anonymous writes:


(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006

Zebari: Iraq would never allow aggression on Iran
Zebari said his country believes peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's indisputable right
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Expectations for release Iranian prisoners in Iraq
An Iraqi official yesterday evening assured he would follow up release of Iranian nationals still held in Iraqi jails.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Iran, Iraq to broaden ties
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq and after a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, said his aims was to congratulate the new Iraq government and nation, and wished them well in their efforts to prevail over future problems notably terrorism and security.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Israeli occupation opens fire at ambulance with pregnant woman
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) called Saturday for providing an immediate protection to Palestinian paramedics working in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006

British, Palestinian organizations Urge UN, EU to restrict Israel
The British Hickman & Rose (H&R) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on "the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 5,000

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Berners-Lee: Web Is Ready To Evolve - Walaika K. Haskins, newsfactor.com Sun May 28, 1:15 PM ET

The mainstream Web is ready for the next step in its evolution, the father of the Internet proclaimed at this year's World Wide Web Conference (W3C).

Twenty years from now, we'll look back and say this was the embryonic period," Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with creating the Web, said last week during the opening of conference. "The Web is only going to get more revolutionary."

Supporters of what is called the "Semantic Web" predict an entirely new Internet that enables computers to do more of the heavy lifting in terms of processing data and being able to better interpret the information found on Web pages.

Interactivity, Customization

The Semantic Web is characterized by a greater focus on interactivity and customization, and an emphasis on media content and social technologies. In terms of e-commerce and other functionality, experts say, the Semantic Web will bear little resemblance to the current Internet.

The higher level of performance will be achieved, in part, by new technologies that move well beyond traditional keyword-search strategies.

As fleshed out at the conference, Berners-Lee's vision of the next-generation Internet is one in which Web sites, links, media content, and databases are "smarter," having the ability to automatically provide more meaning than what is available to users today.

The Semantic Web would make better sense of the glut of data on the Internet and give it context.

More Automation

Using new programming languages, the technology would augment the Web with a "Semantic layer," explained Alex Linden, a former analyst at Gartner.

Linden explained that, for average Internet users, the technology initially will mean better searches. "Because of the additional data that can be processed better by computers, it will feed all kinds of search, analytics, and reporting," he said.

"More automation is always great," Linden said, pointing to Google's Froogle search engine as an early example of Semantic Web technology. The Semantic Web will be "a great improvement in user experience," he said.

"I think there's a chance actually that we can do better this time around," said Berners-Lee during a W3C panel discussion about the Semantic Web.

Sunday, May 28, 2006
• Volcano's Lake Turns From Blue to Red (11:58PM EDT)

Questions on a Palestinian referendum on Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Palestinians indirectly recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 border boundaries and East Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Analysis, 5/29/2006

Lebanon border fight with Israel following assassination
Al-Manar reported today that the launching of an attack against Israeli targets across from the Lebanese border, was done anonymously, and came following the assassination of a Palestinian Islam Jihad leader in south Lebanon Friday morining.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/29/2006

South Iraq said to be lawless, report
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that "Southern Iraq, long touted as a peaceful region that's likely to be among the first areas returned to Iraqi control, is now dominated by Shiite Muslim warlords and militiamen who are laying the groundwork for an Islamic fundamentalist government, say senior British and Iraqi officials in the area."
Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2006

Two Pakistanis kidnapped and killed in Iraq
Reports suggest that the kidnapped Pakistanis were working for a Kuwait-based American transport company. One section of the same company is also working in Iraq
Iraq-Pakistan, Local, 5/29/2006

Tamimi: Israel breaches international & human law against the Palestinians
Islamic Chief Judge Sheikh Tayssir Tamimi affirmed that Israel breaches international and human law in the Palestinian Territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Poverty, unemployment worsen in Israeli-occupied Arab territories
4 out of every 10 Palestinians were living under the official poverty line of less than $2.10 a day.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Arab League backs Iran's peaceful nuclear activities
Moussa's at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Malaysia said the Middle East region should be free from weapons of mass destruction, he said, adding that peaceful use of nuclear energy is Iran's inalienable right.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/29/2006

US Marines shot unarmed Iraqi civilians
..... surrounding a Nov. 19 incident in Haditha, Iraq, in which 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/29/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 31 May 2006 — An internal military investigation has confirmed that US Marines killed as many as 24 Iraqis — including women and children — in the city of Haditha last November
http://www.arabnews.com/

British academic boycott of Israel welcomed
Palestinian academics have cordially welcomed a decision by the largest university and college lecturer's union in the United Kingdom to boycott Israeli academics and institutions that refuse to publicly condemn Israel's decades-old occupation of the Palestinian territories
Palestine-UK, Politics, 5/30/2006

Israel kills 7, bulldoze 2 Palestinian homes
Israeli occupation forces today killed seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured today, as they conducted four attacks in the Gaza and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/30/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli acts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned today the ongoing "Israeli massacres" against the Palestinian people, which caused in few hours the death of seven citizens and the injury of dozens others in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Anonymous writes:


(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006

Zebari: Iraq would never allow aggression on Iran
Zebari said his country believes peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's indisputable right
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Expectations for release Iranian prisoners in Iraq
An Iraqi official yesterday evening assured he would follow up release of Iranian nationals still held in Iraqi jails.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Iran, Iraq to broaden ties
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq and after a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, said his aims was to congratulate the new Iraq government and nation, and wished them well in their efforts to prevail over future problems notably terrorism and security.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Israeli occupation opens fire at ambulance with pregnant woman
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) called Saturday for providing an immediate protection to Palestinian paramedics working in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006

British, Palestinian organizations Urge UN, EU to restrict Israel
The British Hickman & Rose (H&R) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on "the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 5,000

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Berners-Lee: Web Is Ready To Evolve - Walaika K. Haskins, newsfactor.com Sun May 28, 1:15 PM ET

The mainstream Web is ready for the next step in its evolution, the father of the Internet proclaimed at this year's World Wide Web Conference (W3C).

Twenty years from now, we'll look back and say this was the embryonic period," Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with creating the Web, said last week during the opening of conference. "The Web is only going to get more revolutionary."

Supporters of what is called the "Semantic Web" predict an entirely new Internet that enables computers to do more of the heavy lifting in terms of processing data and being able to better interpret the information found on Web pages.

Interactivity, Customization

The Semantic Web is characterized by a greater focus on interactivity and customization, and an emphasis on media content and social technologies. In terms of e-commerce and other functionality, experts say, the Semantic Web will bear little resemblance to the current Internet.

The higher level of performance will be achieved, in part, by new technologies that move well beyond traditional keyword-search strategies.

As fleshed out at the conference, Berners-Lee's vision of the next-generation Internet is one in which Web sites, links, media content, and databases are "smarter," having the ability to automatically provide more meaning than what is available to users today.

The Semantic Web would make better sense of the glut of data on the Internet and give it context.

More Automation

Using new programming languages, the technology would augment the Web with a "Semantic layer," explained Alex Linden, a former analyst at Gartner.

Linden explained that, for average Internet users, the technology initially will mean better searches. "Because of the additional data that can be processed better by computers, it will feed all kinds of search, analytics, and reporting," he said.

"More automation is always great," Linden said, pointing to Google's Froogle search engine as an early example of Semantic Web technology. The Semantic Web will be "a great improvement in user experience," he said.

"I think there's a chance actually that we can do better this time around," said Berners-Lee during a W3C panel discussion about the Semantic Web.

Sunday, May 28, 2006
• Volcano's Lake Turns From Blue to Red (11:58PM EDT)

Questions on a Palestinian referendum on Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Palestinians indirectly recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 border boundaries and East Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Analysis, 5/29/2006

Lebanon border fight with Israel following assassination
Al-Manar reported today that the launching of an attack against Israeli targets across from the Lebanese border, was done anonymously, and came following the assassination of a Palestinian Islam Jihad leader in south Lebanon Friday morining.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/29/2006

South Iraq said to be lawless, report
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that "Southern Iraq, long touted as a peaceful region that's likely to be among the first areas returned to Iraqi control, is now dominated by Shiite Muslim warlords and militiamen who are laying the groundwork for an Islamic fundamentalist government, say senior British and Iraqi officials in the area."
Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2006

Two Pakistanis kidnapped and killed in Iraq
Reports suggest that the kidnapped Pakistanis were working for a Kuwait-based American transport company. One section of the same company is also working in Iraq
Iraq-Pakistan, Local, 5/29/2006

Tamimi: Israel breaches international & human law against the Palestinians
Islamic Chief Judge Sheikh Tayssir Tamimi affirmed that Israel breaches international and human law in the Palestinian Territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Poverty, unemployment worsen in Israeli-occupied Arab territories
4 out of every 10 Palestinians were living under the official poverty line of less than $2.10 a day.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Arab League backs Iran's peaceful nuclear activities
Moussa's at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Malaysia said the Middle East region should be free from weapons of mass destruction, he said, adding that peaceful use of nuclear energy is Iran's inalienable right.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/29/2006

US Marines shot unarmed Iraqi civilians
..... surrounding a Nov. 19 incident in Haditha, Iraq, in which 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/29/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 31 May 2006 — An internal military investigation has confirmed that US Marines killed as many as 24 Iraqis — including women and children — in the city of Haditha last November
http://www.arabnews.com/

British academic boycott of Israel welcomed
Palestinian academics have cordially welcomed a decision by the largest university and college lecturer's union in the United Kingdom to boycott Israeli academics and institutions that refuse to publicly condemn Israel's decades-old occupation of the Palestinian territories
Palestine-UK, Politics, 5/30/2006

Israel kills 7, bulldoze 2 Palestinian homes
Israeli occupation forces today killed seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured today, as they conducted four attacks in the Gaza and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/30/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli acts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned today the ongoing "Israeli massacres" against the Palestinian people, which caused in few hours the death of seven citizens and the injury of dozens others in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Coalition forces, ie., some British officer(s), etc., express(es) outrage over criminal american war crimes and ie., states that if forced to choose, he would fight alongside russians against americans.

Memories That Should Never Fade
Muhammad Salahuddin, Arab News
A few days ago the Palestinian National Council commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Al-Nakba, the Zionist eviction of Arabs from Palestine, under the chairmanship of Saleem Al-Zaanoun in Amman,...


Israel targets Muslim charity in campaign to starve Palestinians
Islamic Relief has accused Israel of launching a smear campaign against the British-based charity after the freeing of its program manager for humanitarian projects in Gaza.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 5/31/2006

Israeli practices against Palestinians considered collective punishment
Israeli occupation forces swept today into Jericho city and arrested three citizens, sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Positive example, 5/31/2006


US Marine falsified report on killings of Iraqi civilians
Asked about the incident of US Marines killing of Iraqi unarmed civilians, US Deputy Director for Regional Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brig. Gen. Carter Ham said "two investigations under way."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/31/2006

U.S. troops kill pregnant woman in Iraq (AP)

U.S. troops kill pregnant woman in Iraq
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
Wed May 31, 11:03 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces killed two Iraqi women — one of them about to give birth — when the troops shot at a car that failed to stop at an observation post in a city north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials and relatives said Wednesday. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, was being raced to the maternity hospital in Samarra by her brother when the shooting occurred Tuesday.

Haditha inquiry finds false reports: Washington Post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military inquiry into whether Marines tried to cover up the killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha will conclude that some officers gave false reports to their superiors, who then failed to scrutinize the information, according to a newspaper report on Thursday.

The Washington Post, citing an unidentified Army official, said the three-month investigation was also expected to call for changes in how U.S. troops are trained for duty in Iraq.

The investigation is one of two ongoing military probes into the November 19 killings of 24 men, women and children in the town of Haditha, 125 miles northwest of Baghdad in an area that has seen much activity by Sunni Arab insurgents.

The newspaper reported that the Army official said there were multiple failures but declined to say whether he would characterize it as a 'coverup' as alleged by Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record).

The Pennsylvania Democrat, a decorated retired Marine, is a vocal critic of the war in Iraq.....

US lawmaker John Murtha, pictured 22 May 2006, said that US Marines tried to "cover-up" the killings in November of some 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha.

Probe finds Haditha killings unprovoked Reuters - Wed May 31, 4:41 PM ET

A video provided to Reuters on March 21, 2006 by Hamourabi Human rights group shows bodies being loaded onto a truck, which Hamourabi says is of bodies of a family of 15 shot dead in their home in Haditha, in western Anbar province.

Report: False testimony in Haditha probe By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

Military investigators have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines in the Iraqi town of Haditha, a senior defense official said last week.

A U.S. military investigation will conclude that some officers gave false testimony to their superiors, The Washington Post reported on its Web site Wednesday night. The superiors then failed to scrutinize reports adequately, the Post reported.

Anonymous writes:

(June 1, 2006) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006

Zebari: Iraq would never allow aggression on Iran
Zebari said his country believes peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's indisputable right
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Expectations for release Iranian prisoners in Iraq
An Iraqi official yesterday evening assured he would follow up release of Iranian nationals still held in Iraqi jails.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Iran, Iraq to broaden ties
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq and after a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, said his aims was to congratulate the new Iraq government and nation, and wished them well in their efforts to prevail over future problems notably terrorism and security.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Israeli occupation opens fire at ambulance with pregnant woman
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) called Saturday for providing an immediate protection to Palestinian paramedics working in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006

British, Palestinian organizations Urge UN, EU to restrict Israel
The British Hickman & Rose (H&R) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on "the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 5,000

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Berners-Lee: Web Is Ready To Evolve - Walaika K. Haskins, newsfactor.com Sun May 28, 1:15 PM ET

The mainstream Web is ready for the next step in its evolution, the father of the Internet proclaimed at this year's World Wide Web Conference (W3C).

Twenty years from now, we'll look back and say this was the embryonic period," Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with creating the Web, said last week during the opening of conference. "The Web is only going to get more revolutionary."

Supporters of what is called the "Semantic Web" predict an entirely new Internet that enables computers to do more of the heavy lifting in terms of processing data and being able to better interpret the information found on Web pages.

Interactivity, Customization

The Semantic Web is characterized by a greater focus on interactivity and customization, and an emphasis on media content and social technologies. In terms of e-commerce and other functionality, experts say, the Semantic Web will bear little resemblance to the current Internet.

The higher level of performance will be achieved, in part, by new technologies that move well beyond traditional keyword-search strategies.

As fleshed out at the conference, Berners-Lee's vision of the next-generation Internet is one in which Web sites, links, media content, and databases are "smarter," having the ability to automatically provide more meaning than what is available to users today.

The Semantic Web would make better sense of the glut of data on the Internet and give it context.

More Automation

Using new programming languages, the technology would augment the Web with a "Semantic layer," explained Alex Linden, a former analyst at Gartner.

Linden explained that, for average Internet users, the technology initially will mean better searches. "Because of the additional data that can be processed better by computers, it will feed all kinds of search, analytics, and reporting," he said.

"More automation is always great," Linden said, pointing to Google's Froogle search engine as an early example of Semantic Web technology. The Semantic Web will be "a great improvement in user experience," he said.

"I think there's a chance actually that we can do better this time around," said Berners-Lee during a W3C panel discussion about the Semantic Web.

Sunday, May 28, 2006
• Volcano's Lake Turns From Blue to Red (11:58PM EDT)

Questions on a Palestinian referendum on Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Palestinians indirectly recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 border boundaries and East Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Analysis, 5/29/2006

Lebanon border fight with Israel following assassination
Al-Manar reported today that the launching of an attack against Israeli targets across from the Lebanese border, was done anonymously, and came following the assassination of a Palestinian Islam Jihad leader in south Lebanon Friday morining.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/29/2006

South Iraq said to be lawless, report
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that "Southern Iraq, long touted as a peaceful region that's likely to be among the first areas returned to Iraqi control, is now dominated by Shiite Muslim warlords and militiamen who are laying the groundwork for an Islamic fundamentalist government, say senior British and Iraqi officials in the area."
Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2006

Two Pakistanis kidnapped and killed in Iraq
Reports suggest that the kidnapped Pakistanis were working for a Kuwait-based American transport company. One section of the same company is also working in Iraq
Iraq-Pakistan, Local, 5/29/2006

Tamimi: Israel breaches international & human law against the Palestinians
Islamic Chief Judge Sheikh Tayssir Tamimi affirmed that Israel breaches international and human law in the Palestinian Territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Poverty, unemployment worsen in Israeli-occupied Arab territories
4 out of every 10 Palestinians were living under the official poverty line of less than $2.10 a day.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Arab League backs Iran's peaceful nuclear activities
Moussa's at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Malaysia said the Middle East region should be free from weapons of mass destruction, he said, adding that peaceful use of nuclear energy is Iran's inalienable right.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/29/2006

US Marines shot unarmed Iraqi civilians
..... surrounding a Nov. 19 incident in Haditha, Iraq, in which 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/29/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 31 May 2006 — An internal military investigation has confirmed that US Marines killed as many as 24 Iraqis — including women and children — in the city of Haditha last November
http://www.arabnews.com/

British academic boycott of Israel welcomed
Palestinian academics have cordially welcomed a decision by the largest university and college lecturer's union in the United Kingdom to boycott Israeli academics and institutions that refuse to publicly condemn Israel's decades-old occupation of the Palestinian territories
Palestine-UK, Politics, 5/30/2006

Israel kills 7, bulldoze 2 Palestinian homes
Israeli occupation forces today killed seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured today, as they conducted four attacks in the Gaza and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/30/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli acts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned today the ongoing "Israeli massacres" against the Palestinian people, which caused in few hours the death of seven citizens and the injury of dozens others in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Coalition forces, ie., some British officer(s), etc., express(es) outrage over criminal american war crimes and ie., states that if forced to choose, he would fight alongside russians against americans.

Memories That Should Never Fade
Muhammad Salahuddin, Arab News
A few days ago the Palestinian National Council commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Al-Nakba, the Zionist eviction of Arabs from Palestine, under the chairmanship of Saleem Al-Zaanoun in Amman,...


Israel targets Muslim charity in campaign to starve Palestinians
Islamic Relief has accused Israel of launching a smear campaign against the British-based charity after the freeing of its program manager for humanitarian projects in Gaza.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 5/31/2006

Israeli practices against Palestinians considered collective punishment
Israeli occupation forces swept today into Jericho city and arrested three citizens, sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Positive example, 5/31/2006


US Marine falsified report on killings of Iraqi civilians
Asked about the incident of US Marines killing of Iraqi unarmed civilians, US Deputy Director for Regional Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brig. Gen. Carter Ham said "two investigations under way."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/31/2006

U.S. troops kill pregnant woman in Iraq (AP)

U.S. troops kill pregnant woman in Iraq
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
Wed May 31, 11:03 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces killed two Iraqi women — one of them about to give birth — when the troops shot at a car that failed to stop at an observation post in a city north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials and relatives said Wednesday. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, was being raced to the maternity hospital in Samarra by her brother when the shooting occurred Tuesday.

Haditha inquiry finds false reports: Washington Post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military inquiry into whether Marines tried to cover up the killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha will conclude that some officers gave false reports to their superiors, who then failed to scrutinize the information, according to a newspaper report on Thursday.

The Washington Post, citing an unidentified Army official, said the three-month investigation was also expected to call for changes in how U.S. troops are trained for duty in Iraq.

The investigation is one of two ongoing military probes into the November 19 killings of 24 men, women and children in the town of Haditha, 125 miles northwest of Baghdad in an area that has seen much activity by Sunni Arab insurgents.

The newspaper reported that the Army official said there were multiple failures but declined to say whether he would characterize it as a 'coverup' as alleged by Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record).

The Pennsylvania Democrat, a decorated retired Marine, is a vocal critic of the war in Iraq.....

US lawmaker John Murtha, pictured 22 May 2006, said that US Marines tried to "cover-up" the killings in November of some 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha.

Probe finds Haditha killings unprovoked Reuters - Wed May 31, 4:41 PM ET

A video provided to Reuters on March 21, 2006 by Hamourabi Human rights group shows bodies being loaded onto a truck, which Hamourabi says is of bodies of a family of 15 shot dead in their home in Haditha, in western Anbar province.

Report: False testimony in Haditha probe By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

Military investigators have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines in the Iraqi town of Haditha, a senior defense official said last week.

A U.S. military investigation will conclude that some officers gave false testimony to their superiors, The Washington Post reported on its Web site Wednesday night. The superiors then failed to scrutinize reports adequately, the Post reported.

Haditha Iraqi civilian shooting report will be public
The US military said the Haditha incident, in which Iraqi unarmed civilians are alledged to have been shot by US military forces on Nov 18th of last year as an act of revenge, was being investigated.
Iraq-USA, Military, 6/1/2006

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron
Palestinian Hana Abu Haikal pointed out that the repressive acts of the settlers are taking place in front of Israeli soldiers who remain motionless and provide them protection, adding it is an attempt to force families to flee.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/1/2006

7 Marines, Navy corpsman to Face Charges in Iraqi's Death From April; being held in solitary confinement.....


BBC CLAIMS NEW U.S. 'IRAQ MASSACRE' TAPE FROM MARCH

Scientist Recreates Mona Lisa's Voice (8:55PM EDT) Riiiiight! Suuuuure!
Who cares! The most over-rated piece of art in the history of this world!

NEW YORK Official-- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi Apologizes For Saying Bush Should Be Shot Between Eyes

REUTERS RUNS PHOTOS OF 'SHRINKING PRESIDENT'.....

Anonymous writes:


(6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Barrons says gold could go to $2,000

Standard and Poors says gold will exceed $700 before year end.

Criminal fraud nation america posits falsely an inflation rate of 1% to defraud/screw ibond holders whose interest rate drops from in excess of 6% to slightly more than 2%. Desperate criminal america is broke.

Dollar has lost and continues to lose value.

Oil nations getting out of the worthless falling dollar.

The anchor said Mr Bernanke had told her at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington on Saturday that he had not intended the markets to infer that the Fed was nearly done raising interest rates.
Oil prices up, gold up sharply in light of the reality of worthless u.s. dollar, paper, and multi-deficits. Do you think that printing dollars and unsustainable deficit spending are wise economic policy for short term political gain? I think not.
How many times do the lunatic frauds on wall street shill the already discounted many times over eventual pause in rate hikes by the fed?
The lunatic frauds on wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, "fed speak" regarding pause in rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.

Job losses up, but gambling stocks up.....riiiiight!
Unemployment claims up 11,000.....Lunatic frauds on wall street ebullient since it confirms already discounted eventual pause in rate hikes and is something to feed their b**l s**t line!
amazon net down 35% but.....beats wall street expectations, so stock is up.....riiiiight! Fake gov. numbers reports to the rescue.....Don't you think that if they're willing to lie to kill innocent civilians, ie., Iraq, they most assuredly will lie given their well deserved political desperation? If China, etc., feels they no longer want to hold worthless u.s. dollars and paper, reality sets in. Guess what?

The inefficient deficit/budget busting corporate welfare program based on pork/government contracts for non-market competitive products/services, etc., cannot be sustained in defacto bankrupt america.
Waning full moon and lunatic wall street on wall street continue rally on near record oil prices.....good for oil company profits.....riiiiight, and, fed minutes regarding end of rate increases.....As if that matters if no one wants worthless defacto bankrupt criminal american worthless paper in worthless american dollars.....The same fed which has presided over the great criminal american decline in every way except largest debtor nation! Commodity prices up, wage price inflation, influx of printed and non-printed worthless dollars, etc.. Inflation up, housing starts down, they play the "beat expectations" game to suck the suckers in this secular bear market.
Lunatic wall street frauds in suckers' bear market rally mode based on "better than (already bad and still bad) expectations" b**l s**t story, a surge in bond yields, Everything about wall street is fraudulent. Record trade deficits (not going away anytime soon), budget deficits and nations getting out of dollar, productivity down and wage costs up and "full employment" (very inflationary), consumer confidence (reflecting reality) down, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., the lunatic frauds on wall street try to "suck them in" in "easter bunny" pre-weekend "full moon" lunatics "feel good" rally. americans spending more than they are saving, record deficits which need financing (debt sales, "crowding out effect"), even the false government numbers are not particularly good (service industry paper pushing, "hamburger flipping", etc., up slightly."You can believe and trust anything they say", like the lie that led to cruise missiles killing (real estimates exceed 100,000) Iraqi civilians including women and children and maiming many more, literally destroying an entire nation. ). The refinance funds from the bubble real estate prices are depleted and amounts owed will not be offset by the bubble bursted falling prices. This bull (s**t) cycle in this secular bear market is effectively over. Global frauds and criminals (I warned not to give bush war powers - pre-invasion) americans are globally known to be.Reality-The Lunatic Frauds on wall street are "running on fumes"(of the deficit-building election year overspending/temporary stimulus), fraud and B**l S**t. Only A Small Fraction Of What wall street Does Is A Net Positive For The Economy (New Investment Capital), The Rest Is Tantamount To A (Economically) "Wasteful Tax" (On The Economy) [In The Form Of Huge Computerized, Computer-Driven, Programmed Trades/Swings, Generating Their Huge Windfall "Churn-and-Earn" Commission Dollars].
The criminal americans are fraud and b**l
s**t.
Number of california homeowners receiving default notices climbs to new high for quarter
Canadian Dollar Cracks 90 U.S. Cents
TOYOTA RECORD SALES; AMERICAN AUTOS CONTINUE DROP
Oil marches toward $75 on Iran tension...
Energy Secretary: Gasoline prices a 'crisis'.....

Goss Forced Out as Director of the CIA...
Bush to Name General Hayden.....
KENNEDY HEADED BACK TO MAYO.....
PAPER: CIA CHIEF TIED TO POKER PARTIES; HINTS OF BRIBES AND WOMEN...
White House Dismisses Reports on Goss...
New Chief Will Find CIA Is Hobbled on Iran...
New Lows For Dumbya: USATODAYGALLUP: BUSH DOWN TO 31% APPROVAL.....
Limbo Champ dumbya bush, How low can he go? Poll:Bush job approval at 29%.....511
PAPER: Tony Blair has now admitted he will quit next year.....
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DROPS 2.6%.....[Too much censorship, much like the networks, fox(murdoch is senile, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), ge/nbc (keep those gov't/war contracts coming)keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through, abc (don't hurt us/mickey mouse mr. gov't regulator, keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), cbs (keep the advertising/bribe $ flow through), etc.]
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years.....
13% approve of Bush's handling of gas prices.....

Hillary Says Bush Has Charm, Charisma.....[just goes to show you how time in arkansas (and now 911 new york) with murderous rapist hillbilly clinton can warp your judgment and perspective].

NYT PAGE ONE LEAD STORY TUESDAY: STATE OF CLINTON MARRIAGE A QUESTION FOR DEMS.....

CENSUS BUREAU: More Than 50 Million Americans Claim to Have a Disability.....
I believe it!

Stocks sink as reality sinks in.....51106
Gold hits $700.....

Mel Gibson Producing Iraq War Mini-Series...

BUSH/BLAIR HIT POLL LOWS...

CHURCH DAMNS DA VINCI

JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'
CANNES CRITICS LEFT COLD
'A stodgy, grim thing'...
'Hanks was a zombie'...
'Da Vinci Code' secret is out: most critics hate it

'ROTTEN' REVIEWS.....

Dollar Weakest Since October 1997.....

MARKETS 'ARE LIKE 1987 CRASH'.....

MURTHA: Marines killed Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood'.....

Grand Jury Indicts Law Firm, 2 Partners.....

John Edwards: Bush 'worst president of our lifetime'.....

10% of Mexico's population now living in United States...

Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs...

Surge of volunteers expected to help illegals cross Arizona's desert...

5-26-06Immigration battle heats anew...

Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX...

NYC Mayor wants DNA, fingerprint database to track all...

National Guard Soldiers to Border Next Week...

91 ILLEGALS FOUND IN TRUCK...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem congressman accepting $100,000 in $100 bills.....

EX-NJ GOV: I CRUISED TRUCK STOPS FOR SEX.....
Personal Data of 26.5 Million Veterans Stolen.....
Europe eclipses Hollywood in hot year for Cannes.....
House Speaker Hastert under investigation: ABC.....
House Speaker not under investigation: Justice.....
GROUP: New Video Exposes Behind-the-Scenes Story of Gore’s Own Energy Use.....
Dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre.....
Official: Iraq Civilian Deaths Unjustified.....
Marines should be charged.....
http://www.drudgereport.com

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

US and Europeans working on incentives for Iran to drop its rights
The UN Permanent Security Council members had met yesterday in the UK to discuss Iran's nuclear file, where the US and Europe are pressing for sanctions against Iran because of unsupported allegations that Iran aims aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran-UN, Politics, 5/25/2006

US propaganda payment in Iraq endangers journalists
The summary of a review examining payments made to the Iraqi media by the US military has concluded that such operations should be re-examined.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Two Palestinians killed, 40 injured by Israel
Sources at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah said two youths in their mid-20s were killed when undercover Israeli troops fired heavily on Palestinians who were throwing stones on Israeli military jeeps backing up the undercover soldiers
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/24/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Iran to respond harshly to mere ideas of aggression
Iranian spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi today referring to the recent claims made by the US President George W. Bush about Iran's nuclear activities stressed that Tehran has repeatedly announced its readiness to hold talks without any precondition.
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/24/2006

Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from harvest
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today five Palestinians, including a woman in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/22/2006

Abbas: Israeli occupation is cause of our problems
"We can not deny that there is no Palestinian crisis, but at the same time, the PM Ehud Olmert should not forget that there is Israeli occupation and continues its aggressions against the Palestinian people," Ereikat said
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Arab leaders: US policy on Iran has no credibility
The World Economic Forum on the Middle East ended on Monday with the Arab leaders calling on the United States to moderate its involvement in the Middle East.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/22/2006

Jewish lawmakers call for Teibi's dismissal as deputy speaker
A number of Israeli Jewish lawmakers have called on Knesset (Zionist parliament) Speaker Dalia Itsek to reject the appointment of Arab Knesset member Ahmed Teibi as deputy speaker of the house.
Israel, Politics, 5/22/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli crime in Nablus
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today condemned the new Israeli crime in the West Bank City of Nablus, that resulted in killing two Palestinians and wounding three others.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/17/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 10 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli occupation forces arrested today 10 Palestinians, including a handicapped one, in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said. In the village of Beit Awwa, south west Hebron, Israeli soldiers stormed houses and arrested 6 citizens, including the handicapped Ashraf Massalma 22.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/16/2006

On the European nuclear offer to Iran
Any call to suspend or halt nuclear activities is an illogical demand given Iran's full transparency in its nuclear program and the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency
Iran-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas: Roadmap is only reference to peace with Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas renewed Saturday his full rejection to the Israeli unilateral moves and solutions.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

European Parliament to ask for visas to Hamas deputies
The European Parliament is set to ask Belgian authorities to grant entry visas to Hamas deputies invited to attend meetings at the EU assembly
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/20/2006

Israeli law deprives Palestinian Israelis of right to family reunification
"The Supreme Court has upheld a law that unfairly targets Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW. "This ruling undermines the rights of thousands of Israelis to live together with their families, and the rights of certain Israeli children to live with both parents."
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/20/2006

Abbas calls for giving Hamas-led government a chance
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today said that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government must be given a chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community.
Palestine-European Union, Politics, 5/16/2006

Israeli occupation kidnap Palestinian in Bethlehem
Israeli forces kidnapped today a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/9/2006

Ahmadinejad: Iran would change policy if sanctions are ever adopted
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that no independent state will accept the claims of the bullying powers. "Our stances on nuclear activities are based on the international regulations and those taking stances against our country in the case of nuclear energy should know that if nuclear energy is good, why we should not have it and if it is bad, why they should have it,"
Iran-USA, Politics, 5/5/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Israel would fall without support
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that without Western support the Israeli regime would fall.
Iran-Palestine, Politics, 5/11/2006

Israel pressures the Palestinians by cutting fuel
Ghazi Hamed argued that the problem is first and foremost political. "We have an agreement with that company, the problem is not the money, the problem is political. Israel is trying to scuttle this government in a sea of crises, they are saying that openly."
Palestine-Israel, Economics, 5/11/2006
Double-standard: No UK plans to take Israel to UN over nuclear weapons
The UK government has rejected a call in parliament to take Israel to the UN Security Council over its illegal stockpile of nuclear weapons and seek its participation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/5/2006

Israel kills 3 Palestinians in cold blood, bars 274 gravely ill from treatment
Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairstoday said that the Israeli occupation forces executed three Palestinians in cold blood after arresting them alive and arrested 620 others, including 65 children in April.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/8/2006

How Saudi Arabia repress reform
Despite domestic and international pressure for reform, government and religious authorities in Saudi Arabia employ a wide array of behind-the-scenes controls to curtail coverage of sensitive religious and political news. Writers are routinely blacklisted, editors dismissed, and news blacked out
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/9/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Olmert Rejects Abbas Talks Offer
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
Israel’s West Bank Wall: The Damning Facts
Neil Berry, albionroad@tiscali.co.uk
During the last couple of years two prominent British Liberal MPs have been conspicuously punished for voicing outrage at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. One-time Liberal frontbencher, Jenny Tong,.....

GAZA CITY, 6 May 2006 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday turned down an offer from the moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks as five Palestinians were killed..... Full Story
The Way Israeli Media Distort the Truth
Uri Avnery, uri-avnery-admin@mailman.sweethome.co.il
Those who listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these... Full Story
http://www.arabnews.com

Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza City (12:08PM EDT)
The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/international law violator/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace!

Grim picture of Iraq's condition
A poll conducted this March to find out what Iraqis think paints a very pessimistic picture of life and conditions in Iraq.
Iraq, Politics, 5/6/2006

Jewish settlers assault Palestinian children
Jewish settler attacks on Palestinian school children in the southern West Bank continued unabated amid Palestinian accusations that the Israeli army is conniving with settlers and doing nothing to stop the attacks.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/6/2006

Iranian President: Israel 'a regime based on evil that cannot continue and one day will vanish'...

Israeli occupation wounds women, child and arrests 12
Israeli occupation forces wounded today a child and a woman and arrested twelve Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarem and Bethlehem, witnesses, medical and security sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/10/2006

UK denies illegally helping Israel to obtain nuclear arms
The British government has denied that it illegally helped the Zionist regime develop its stockpile of nuclear weapons outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty but refuses to detail any related material or technology it may have supplied.
Israel-UK, Politics, 5/10/2006

Israeli occupation uproot Palestinians' trees
the Israeli occupation forces "destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/12/2006

Iraq's electricity not improved since US invasion
The British government has admitted that there has been slow progress in restoring Iraqi essential services since the US-led invasion, especially in the supply of electricity where the situation is worse.
Iraq, Economics, 5/23/2006

UK troops in Iraq under increasing attacks
The number of attacks of British troops deployed in southern Iraq have almost tripled in the first four months of the current year, Defense Secretary Des Browne has revealed.
Iraq-UK, Military, 5/23/2006

Peace Now: Israeli government supports Judaisation of Jerusalem
An anti-occupation Israeli organization revealed that the Israeli Government supports a plan of judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli-Western blockade on Palestinians beginning to collapse
The American-led and Israeli-enforced financial and political siege on the estimated 3.7 million Palestinians languishing under Israel's occupation lost a brick Monday when the European Commission drew up a plan to provide tens of millions of dollars to run Palestinian ministries
Palestine-Israel-European Union, Politics, 5/23/2006

Israeli occupation arrests 25 Palestinians
Israel said today it captured in Ramallah, the West Bank, commander of the Hamas military wing, 41-year-old Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/23/2006

Zebari: Iraq would never allow aggression on Iran
Zebari said his country believes peaceful nuclear technology is Iran's indisputable right
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Expectations for release Iranian prisoners in Iraq
An Iraqi official yesterday evening assured he would follow up release of Iranian nationals still held in Iraqi jails.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Iran, Iraq to broaden ties
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki today after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq and after a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, said his aims was to congratulate the new Iraq government and nation, and wished them well in their efforts to prevail over future problems notably terrorism and security.
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 5/27/2006

Israeli occupation opens fire at ambulance with pregnant woman
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) called Saturday for providing an immediate protection to Palestinian paramedics working in the Palestinian territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006

British, Palestinian organizations Urge UN, EU to restrict Israel
The British Hickman & Rose (H&R) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on "the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries,"
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/27/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah (AFP) - 5-24-06

Palestinian journalist says Israelis tortured him
Israeli prison authorities yesterday released Palestinian journalist Awadh Rajoub after spending six months in jail for what the Israeli army describes as "security-related" violation.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Egypt: Israeli provocations need to stop
Egypt described an Israeli raid into the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday as provocative and incompatible with peace efforts. "We demand an immediate end to the use of disproportionate violent measures which are likely to deepen the chasm between the sides," said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 5/25/2006

Lebanon says Iran has right to uranium enrichment
Iran's new Ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Ravuf Sheibani in a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh today referred to the friendly ties between the two countries and underlined Lebanon's support for Iran's right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/25/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Journalist Investigated for Mocking Putin

Israeli-Palestinian Gunfight Leaves 2 Dead

Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
By JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer
May 12, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general denies the Holocaust occurred and said Friday he will speak this weekend in New Jersey to a "pro-white" organization that is widely viewed as being racist.

Larry Darby concedes his views are radical, but he said they should help him win wide support among Alabama voters as he tries to "reawaken white racial awareness" with his campaign against Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson.

The state Democratic chairman, Joe Turnham, said the party became aware of some of Darby's views only days ago and was considering what to do about his candidacy.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

Gibson inspired by 'fear-mongering' Bush Friday May 12, 11:45 AM By WENN

Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

Cheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps (AFP)

AP World NewsSunday, May 14
• Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank Raids (6:49PM EDT) The Christ-killing jews/israel (u.n. resolution/ international law violators/illegal nuclear weapons proliferator, etc.) are not interested in peace! Christ-killing jews continue their lawless ways.

Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Darby said he believes no more than 140,000 Jewish people died in Europe during World War II, and most of them succumbed to typhus.

Historians say about 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, but Darby said the figure is a false claim of the "Holocaust industry."

"I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," Darby said. "There was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all.".....

The Christ-killing jews/israel kill 7 Palestinians in WBank raids

Israel Upholds Ban on Palestinian Spouses

AP World News 5-18-06
UN: U.S. Must 'Eradicate' Detainee Torture
Human Bird Flu Confirmed Deaths Rise

NY Times:
May 18, 2006
Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
By JULIE CRESWELL
The securities class-action law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman was charged today with several criminal counts, including obstructing justice, perjury, bribery and fraud.

The 20-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, represents the most prominent confrontation between the government and a law firm in years. While federal regulators won multimillion-dollar settlement from big corporate law firms over their role in the savings and loan scandals, no major law firm has faced a criminal indictment in recent memory.

Milberg Weiss has been the dominant law firm in winning multimillion-dollar lawsuits against huge corporations on behalf of shareholders who claimed they were wronged. Its success was so great that Congress raised the legal hurdle for winning such lawsuits in the 1990's.

Today, the firm was accused of secretly paying kickbacks, beginning in 1981 and continuing through 2005, to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. While the indictment does not prevent the firm from practicing law, it is expected to have a huge impact on its business.

Talks in recent days to avert an indictment had stalled between prosecutors in Los Angeles and lawyers representing Milberg Weiss, lawyers involved in the negotiations said. The firm had been unwilling to sign a deferred prosecution agreement in which it have waived attorney-client privileges, put in new monitoring systems and made a substantial payment.

Two of the firm's prominent partners are named in the indictment: David J. Bershad and Steven G. Schulman. The two men, who sat on the firm's executive committee, decided to take leaves of absences late last week in the hopes it would stave off an indictment of the entire firm.

While the indictment caps off a six-year investigation by the Justice Department into the firm's activities, prosecutors have been stymied in their efforts to bring charges against the two primary targets of the investigation, Melvyn I. Weiss and his former partner William S. Lerach.

Before a bitter split in 2004, when Mr. Lerach began his own firm, the two dominated the securities class-action arena through their firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. Mr. Weiss ran the East Coast operations of the firm, "Milberg East," and Mr. Lerach headed up the San Diego operations, known as "Milberg West."

Both men were told in February that they would not be indicted at this time, although people involved in the talks believe they still remain targets of prosecutors.

The indictment against the firm and Mr. Bershad and Mr. Schulman was included in a revised indictment that was originally handed up last summer against a retired California lawyer and former Milberg client, Seymour M. Lazar.

Beginning in 1981 and continuing through about 2004, Mr. Lazar or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 70 lawsuits for Milberg Weiss and received about $2.4 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

While Mr. Lazar has long stated his intentions to fight the charges, another Milberg Weiss client, Howard J. Vogel, signed a plea deal with prosecutors last month, agreeing to provide information against the firm.

A retired mortgage broker, Mr. Vogel admitted that he or members of his family served as plaintiffs in approximately 40 lawsuits from 1991 and as recently as 2005, receiving approximately $2.5 million in "secret and illegal kickback payments," according to the new indictment.

A third figure named in the indictment, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist named Dr. Steven G. Cooperman, or members of his family acted as plaintiffs in nearly 70 lawsuits, receiving approximately $6.5 million in payments, the new indictment said.

Testimony by Mr. Cooperman prompted the original investigation six years ago. He is a highly controversial figure, however, as he offered to provide evidence to prosecutors in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence on his conviction of art fraud charges.

Under New York law, it is illegal for a lawyer to promise or give anything of value to induce a person to bring a lawsuit or to reward a person for having done so, according to the indictment.

Furthermore, the kickbacks created a conflict because the paid plaintiffs had a "greater interest in maximizing the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to Milberg Weiss than in maximizing the net recovery" to others in the class, the indictment said.

UPDATE - Milberg Weiss fired by Ohio attorney general

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 20, 1:29 AM ET

NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The Sunday Times - Business
The Sunday Times May 21, 2006

Markets ‘are like 1987 crash’
David Smith, Economics Editor

CONDITIONS in the financial markets are eerily similar to those that precipitated the “Black Monday” stock market crash of October 1987, according to leading City analysts.


U.N Official Meets With Myanmar's Suu Kyi

FBI raids US House of Representatives office Sat May 20, 10:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI officers raided a House of Representatives office building on Saturday night, and NBC television said it had searched the offices of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson.
"Agents of the FBI's Washington field office executed a search warrant this evening at Rayburn at approximately 7:15," Debbie Weierman, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said.
According to court records filed in the plea deal, Jefferson helped secure a deal with a Nigerian company called Netlink Digital Television and in return demanded payments to a company maintained in the name of his wife and children.

Ney has been named, although not charged, in a bribery scandal centered on former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to plying lawmakers with Super Bowl tickets, travel junkets and other gifts to win favors for his lobbying clients. Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and to violating a one-year ban on lobbying after leaving Ney's office in 2002 and joining Abramoff's lobbying firm.

William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminal corrupt american standards.

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding - republican/democrat they 're all typically criminal/corrupt americans.

War criminal americans kill civilians, including 3 year-old child as they line them up and cut (shoot) them down in purported reprisal for the death of another criminal american war criminal and which war crimes are covered up by the gutless, controlled, criminal american press.

War criminals presidunce dumbya bush and co. push media censor/totalitarian pressure bill in their typical criminal american unconstitutional way to, at the least, create a chilling effect on media/press/first amendment rights.

War criminal presidunce dumbya bush continues to shill his illegal war and huge strategic blunder/debacle. Death toll/march continues.

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Tim Berners-Lee was knighted in the UK for his invention
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.

Recent attempts in the US to try to charge for different levels of online access web were not "part of the internet model," he said in Edinburgh.

He warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

Sir Tim was speaking at the start of a conference on the future of the web.

"What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web," he said.

"Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring."

Imagine the audacity of congress objecting to the enforcement of laws against corrupt members as FBI Agents [the only federal employees that don't take bribes) raid congressional member's office for additional evidence (William Jefferson caught with $100,000 in $100 bills he hid in freezer. He's "innocent" he claims.....riiiiight!- by criminally corrupt american standards). Congratulations to the FBI for a job well done, consistent with the preservation of a meaningful rule of law, and toward the end of reducing if not eliminating congressional corruption (the same should be true for the corrupt courts) (if only there was a statute making incompetence illegal; all congressional members could be prosecuted (record trade deficits, record budget deficits ("crowding out effect" in debt markets), new (higher government) debt ceiling, etc., defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, have been using social security funds for current pork projects (social security is defacto bankrupt, along with medicaid/medicare) etc.].

Indonesia earthquake kills more than 5,000

Detention of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Extended - Time for the World to protest this injustice!

Berners-Lee: Web Is Ready To Evolve - Walaika K. Haskins, newsfactor.com Sun May 28, 1:15 PM ET

The mainstream Web is ready for the next step in its evolution, the father of the Internet proclaimed at this year's World Wide Web Conference (W3C).

Twenty years from now, we'll look back and say this was the embryonic period," Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with creating the Web, said last week during the opening of conference. "The Web is only going to get more revolutionary."

Supporters of what is called the "Semantic Web" predict an entirely new Internet that enables computers to do more of the heavy lifting in terms of processing data and being able to better interpret the information found on Web pages.

Interactivity, Customization

The Semantic Web is characterized by a greater focus on interactivity and customization, and an emphasis on media content and social technologies. In terms of e-commerce and other functionality, experts say, the Semantic Web will bear little resemblance to the current Internet.

The higher level of performance will be achieved, in part, by new technologies that move well beyond traditional keyword-search strategies.

As fleshed out at the conference, Berners-Lee's vision of the next-generation Internet is one in which Web sites, links, media content, and databases are "smarter," having the ability to automatically provide more meaning than what is available to users today.

The Semantic Web would make better sense of the glut of data on the Internet and give it context.

More Automation

Using new programming languages, the technology would augment the Web with a "Semantic layer," explained Alex Linden, a former analyst at Gartner.

Linden explained that, for average Internet users, the technology initially will mean better searches. "Because of the additional data that can be processed better by computers, it will feed all kinds of search, analytics, and reporting," he said.

"More automation is always great," Linden said, pointing to Google's Froogle search engine as an early example of Semantic Web technology. The Semantic Web will be "a great improvement in user experience," he said.

"I think there's a chance actually that we can do better this time around," said Berners-Lee during a W3C panel discussion about the Semantic Web.

Sunday, May 28, 2006
• Volcano's Lake Turns From Blue to Red (11:58PM EDT)

Questions on a Palestinian referendum on Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Palestinians indirectly recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 border boundaries and East Jerusalem.
Palestine-Israel, Analysis, 5/29/2006

Lebanon border fight with Israel following assassination
Al-Manar reported today that the launching of an attack against Israeli targets across from the Lebanese border, was done anonymously, and came following the assassination of a Palestinian Islam Jihad leader in south Lebanon Friday morining.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/29/2006

South Iraq said to be lawless, report
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that "Southern Iraq, long touted as a peaceful region that's likely to be among the first areas returned to Iraqi control, is now dominated by Shiite Muslim warlords and militiamen who are laying the groundwork for an Islamic fundamentalist government, say senior British and Iraqi officials in the area."
Iraq, Politics, 5/29/2006

Two Pakistanis kidnapped and killed in Iraq
Reports suggest that the kidnapped Pakistanis were working for a Kuwait-based American transport company. One section of the same company is also working in Iraq
Iraq-Pakistan, Local, 5/29/2006

Tamimi: Israel breaches international & human law against the Palestinians
Islamic Chief Judge Sheikh Tayssir Tamimi affirmed that Israel breaches international and human law in the Palestinian Territories.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Poverty, unemployment worsen in Israeli-occupied Arab territories
4 out of every 10 Palestinians were living under the official poverty line of less than $2.10 a day.
Regional-Israel, Politics, 5/29/2006

Arab League backs Iran's peaceful nuclear activities
Moussa's at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Malaysia said the Middle East region should be free from weapons of mass destruction, he said, adding that peaceful use of nuclear energy is Iran's inalienable right.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 5/29/2006

US Marines shot unarmed Iraqi civilians
..... surrounding a Nov. 19 incident in Haditha, Iraq, in which 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed in the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/29/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 31 May 2006 — An internal military investigation has confirmed that US Marines killed as many as 24 Iraqis — including women and children — in the city of Haditha last November
http://www.arabnews.com/

British academic boycott of Israel welcomed
Palestinian academics have cordially welcomed a decision by the largest university and college lecturer's union in the United Kingdom to boycott Israeli academics and institutions that refuse to publicly condemn Israel's decades-old occupation of the Palestinian territories
Palestine-UK, Politics, 5/30/2006

Israel kills 7, bulldoze 2 Palestinian homes
Israeli occupation forces today killed seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured today, as they conducted four attacks in the Gaza and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Military, 5/30/2006

Abbas condemns Israeli acts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned today the ongoing "Israeli massacres" against the Palestinian people, which caused in few hours the death of seven citizens and the injury of dozens others in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 5/30/2006
http://www.arabicnews.com/

Coalition forces, ie., some British officer(s), etc., express(es) outrage over criminal american war crimes and ie., states that if forced to choose, he would fight alongside russians against americans.

Memories That Should Never Fade
Muhammad Salahuddin, Arab News
A few days ago the Palestinian National Council commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Al-Nakba, the Zionist eviction of Arabs from Palestine, under the chairmanship of Saleem Al-Zaanoun in Amman,...


Israel targets Muslim charity in campaign to starve Palestinians
Islamic Relief has accused Israel of launching a smear campaign against the British-based charity after the freeing of its program manager for humanitarian projects in Gaza.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 5/31/2006

Israeli practices against Palestinians considered collective punishment
Israeli occupation forces swept today into Jericho city and arrested three citizens, sources said.
Palestine-Israel, Positive example, 5/31/2006


US Marine falsified report on killings of Iraqi civilians
Asked about the incident of US Marines killing of Iraqi unarmed civilians, US Deputy Director for Regional Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brig. Gen. Carter Ham said "two investigations under way."
Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/31/2006

U.S. troops kill pregnant woman in Iraq (AP)

U.S. troops kill pregnant woman in Iraq
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
Wed May 31, 11:03 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces killed two Iraqi women — one of them about to give birth — when the troops shot at a car that failed to stop at an observation post in a city north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials and relatives said Wednesday. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, 35, was being raced to the maternity hospital in Samarra by her brother when the shooting occurred Tuesday.

Haditha inquiry finds false reports: Washington Post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military inquiry into whether Marines tried to cover up the killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha will conclude that some officers gave false reports to their superiors, who then failed to scrutinize the information, according to a newspaper report on Thursday.

The Washington Post, citing an unidentified Army official, said the three-month investigation was also expected to call for changes in how U.S. troops are trained for duty in Iraq.

The investigation is one of two ongoing military probes into the November 19 killings of 24 men, women and children in the town of Haditha, 125 miles northwest of Baghdad in an area that has seen much activity by Sunni Arab insurgents.

The newspaper reported that the Army official said there were multiple failures but declined to say whether he would characterize it as a 'coverup' as alleged by Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record).

The Pennsylvania Democrat, a decorated retired Marine, is a vocal critic of the war in Iraq.....

US lawmaker John Murtha, pictured 22 May 2006, said that US Marines tried to "cover-up" the killings in November of some 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha.

Probe finds Haditha killings unprovoked Reuters - Wed May 31, 4:41 PM ET

A video provided to Reuters on March 21, 2006 by Hamourabi Human rights group shows bodies being loaded onto a truck, which Hamourabi says is of bodies of a family of 15 shot dead in their home in Haditha, in western Anbar province.

Report: False testimony in Haditha probe By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

Military investigators have evidence that points toward unprovoked murders by Marines in the Iraqi town of Haditha, a senior defense official said last week.

A U.S. military investigation will conclude that some officers gave false testimony to their superiors, The Washington Post reported on its Web site Wednesday night. The superiors then failed to scrutinize reports adequately, the Post reported.

Haditha Iraqi civilian shooting report will be public
The US military said the Haditha incident, in which Iraqi unarmed civilians are alledged to have been shot by US military forces on Nov 18th of last year as an act of revenge, was being investigated.
Iraq-USA, Military, 6/1/2006

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron
Palestinian Hana Abu Haikal pointed out that the repressive acts of the settlers are taking place in front of Israeli soldiers who remain motionless and provide them protection, adding it is an attempt to force families to flee.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 6/1/2006

7 Marines, Navy corpsman to Face Charges in Iraqi's Death From April; being held in solitary confinement.....


BBC CLAIMS NEW U.S. 'IRAQ MASSACRE' TAPE FROM MARCH

Scientist Recreates Mona Lisa's Voice (8:55PM EDT) Riiiiight! Suuuuure!
Who cares! The most over-rated piece of art in the history of this world!

NEW YORK Official-- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi Apologizes For Saying Bush Should Be Shot Between Eyes

REUTERS RUNS PHOTOS OF 'SHRINKING PRESIDENT'.....

What is Behind The Haditha Massacre?
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 3 June 2006 - An internal military investigation has confirmed that US Marines killed as many as 24 Iraqis - including women and children - in the city of Haditha last November and then... Full Story http://www.arabnews.com/
Editorial: Other My Lais
3 June 2006
Thirty-eight years ago, US troops massacred hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai, most of them women and children. Initially there was a cover-up, but it got out a year later thanks... Full Story

Iraq war caused London bombs: Muslim leader
The outgoing secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) Sir Iqbal Sacranie suggested today that last year's London bombings would not have happened if the UK had not invaded Iraq.
Regional-UK, Politics, 6/2/2006

israeli provocators Building New West Bank Settlement

Christ-killing israeli jew Envoy Condemns Courageous and Appropriate Canadian Boycott

Analysis: Iraq War Ties U.S. Hands on Iran

dumsfeld: Illegal War May Alienate Muslim Nations.....dah!

peutin of Russia Challenges USA on Human Rights.....

GENERAL BLASTS DELAYS IN PROBING CIVILIAN DEATHS

US commanders knew Haditha deaths from gunfire: NYT

Kerry To Introduce Amendment Calling For 'Total Withdrawal' Of Troops From Iraq By End Of Year.....

U.S. Sailor Convicted of Murder in Japan

Anonymous writes:


(6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic w

Anonymous writes:


(6-5-06) Reality sets in despite the "blame game". (6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since

Anonymous writes:


(06-06-06) Suckers’ rally into the close by the lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers in; they “know all the tricks” and manipulate the closing positions to stay above the superstitious 11,000 “ technical benchmark/support level” (down 46 on the dow) despite a contraindicated reality and substantial downside bias in light of real economic considerations, particularly beyond the moment/trading day. The bull (s**t) cycle in this indisputable secular bear market is over.
(6-5-06) Reality sets in despite the "blame game". (6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless

Anonymous writes:


(06-06-06) Suckers’ rally into the close by the lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers in; they “know all the tricks” and manipulate the closing positions to stay above the superstitious 11,000 “ technical benchmark/support level” (down 46 on the dow) despite a contraindicated reality and substantial downside bias in light of real economic considerations, particularly beyond the moment/trading day. The bull (s**t) cycle in this indisputable secular bear market is over.
Recession Dead Ahead
James B. Stack, InvesTech Research 06.06.06, 6:30 PM ET
(6-5-06) Reality sets in despite the "blame game". (6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Recession Dead Ahead
James B. Stack, InvesTech Research 06.06.06, 6:30 PM ET
WHITEFISH, MONT. -
We wish it wasn’t so, and we wish we didn’t have to say it. But today’s economy is on a collision course with a recession. And the most probable starting point is the fourth quarter of this year or early 2007. Since the stock market typically leads the economy by six to nine months, you can guess what that means for Wall Street this

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(6-8-06) Suckers’ rally into the close by the lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers in; ie., dow up 183 points in less than 3 hours - the "miracle" of computerized manipulated trades, all very commissionable on volume of 2.4 billion shares. What changed? Unemployment claims down 25,000 (in holiday shortened week), riiiiight!
Zarkawi killed (less than 3-10% of the "terrorists" are from outside Iraq, and Zarkawi had already lost favor owing to his anti-Shiite bent and some even opine that the deal-$25 million worth- was done as was Zarkawi pre-bombing, he did look pretty good for post two 500 pound direct hit bombs, and will be or already has been eagerly replaced), riiiiight! This suckers' uptick/suckers' market rally/"dead dog bounce" despite a contraindicated reality and substantial downside bias in light of real economic considerations, particularly beyond the moment/trading day given that this bull (s**t) cycle in this indisputable secular bear market is over. Recession Dead Ahead - James B. Stack, InvesTech Research. The catch-22 remains that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.

(6-07-06) Catching up with reality (there's a long way to go) in the fraudulent "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street!
(06-06-06) Suckers’ rally into the close by the lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers in; they “know all the tricks” and manipulate the closing positions to stay above the superstitious 11,000 “ technical benchmark/support level” (down 46 on the dow) despite a contraindicated reality and substantial downside bias in light of real economic considerations, particularly beyond the moment/trading day. The bull (s**t) cycle in this indisputable secular bear market is over. Recession Dead Ahead
James B. Stack, InvesTech Research 06.06.06, 6:30 PM ET
(6-5-06) Reality sets in despite the "blame game". (6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-22-06)Late day rally by criminal lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers back in falls short.
(5-19-06) No news "good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weaker manufacturing data spurs suckers market ralley/"dead dog bounce" (previously, job creation fell short of expectations and stocks rally with significant up moves registering even infinite (losses) price/ earnings ratios. GM restates so-called erroneous prior numbers).....riiiiight! Oil, metals fall on economic worries(Oil prices tumble below $70 after lower demand is forecast). The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Fed raises 1/4 but who wants overvalued dollars (or dollar denominated assets); they're printing worthless dollars like mad!
Falling dollar and printing more worthless dollars is very inflationary and not reflected in the fake government numbers but is reality.
Disney profit up, but revenue disappoints - no problemo for the frauds on wall street
Cisco earnings beat wall street "lowered expectations game" view .....riiiiight! and the dow rallies to suck the suckers in.

In the last few months, evidence of a real estate crash has become overwhelming. Take a look:

In Bethesda, Maryland-an affluent suburb just north of Washington D.C. - prices declined 16% in one month, from December 2005 to January 2006
In Calaveras County, CA-a popular gold mining country tourist destination 90 minutes from San Francisco-lots that were selling for $100,000 in August can now be had for $50,000.
In Miami, less than 14% of residents can now afford to buy a medium-priced home.
In Las Vegas, CBS news reports that rising materials costs and falling demand have forced some builders to walk away from half-completed condos-instantly impoverishing investors who have paid as much as $41 million for non-existent apartments.
In California, home to some of the country's priciest real estate, mortgage defaults have increased by an incredible 62% in the past year.
Nationwide, the Census Bureau reported home sales fell 10.5% between January and February 2006. In the same period, the median price of a home fell by $6,900 or 3% in a single month.
At NewsMax, we've been warning for nearly two years that a real estate crash was inevitable and that a "soft landing" was unlikely.
Fort Lauderdale: Homes for sale reach 11.4-month supply

What is Wrong with the Stock Market?
Dr. Khaled Batarfi

John D. Rockefeller was once asked why he decided to sell all his stocks just months before the 1929 Wall Street Crash. He explained: One morning, I was on the way to my office and stopped to have my shoes polished. The guy asked my advice about the shares he bought. If people with this kind of talent were now playing the market, I knew there was something wrong.....

The Fed (according to reports) no longer reporting M3 - They're (creating money) printing worthless dollars like they are "going out of style".
[The M3 money supply is a broad measure of money and is an estimate of the entire supply of money within an economy, and thanks to the easy monetary polices of an Alan Greenspan led Federal Reserve, M3 has now expanded to new all time highs. Measured in billions of dollars, M3 has more than doubled since 1995, and it has increased approximately $250 billion this year alone or about 9% annualized. Or put another away, the policies of the Federal Reserve will create almost $1 trillion (you read that correctly) this year alone to the broad money supply.]

They are.....going out of style as foreign and domestic analysts predict even greater (35% +) drop in value of dollar and they hedge or eliminate their risk with other currencies.

Insiders posit manipulation of the equity markets by criminal fraud u.s. government.

Eerily reminiscent of the period immediately preceding 1929 market crash including the budget busting Hoover tax cuts to the wealthy.

Recession Dead Ahead
James B. Stack, InvesTech Research 06.06.06, 6:30 PM ET
WHITEFISH, MONT. -
We wish it wasn’t so, and we wish we didn’t have to say it. But today’s economy is on a collision course with a recession. And the most probable starting point is the fourth quarter of this year or early 2007. Since the stock market typically leads the economy by six to nine months, you can guess what that means for Wall Street this year.
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We’ve actually been watching these pressures unfold for over a year now, with a tightening labor market, rising commodity prices, diverging consumer confidence, and the growing imbalances leaving little room for the Federal Reserve to maneuver. The recently-released FOMC minutes for May confirm both our insights and instincts.
This is how aging economic recoveries end--when “good” news means bad things for interest rates and the stock market. And while everyone likes to think the Federal Reserve is omniscient and omnipotent, the “soft landing” objective is very seldom achieved. In the current climate, with the housing bubble unwinding now underway, we believe the landing gear has already fallen off.
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So whether or not the Fed hikes interest rates again on June 29, the monetary verdict is in. Without a dramatic (and very surprising) shift in pressures, our strategy must now accommodate the high probability of recession and the accompanying bear market. That doesn’t mean crawling under a rock and waiting for the sky to fall, but it will likely require more defensive moves in the weeks and months ahead.
Slowly and methodically, the forces have been moving us toward an imminent recession. These cyclical forces include commodity inflation, which on a long-term basis is at the highest level since the 1970s. But they also extend deeper-- into the monetary forces and even consumer psychology behind the economic expansion.
The yield curve has changed dramatically in the past 24 months, and is as “flat” as we can ever remember seeing it. The danger is the 88% historical probability of a recession that this represents. And if pressures preclude the Fed from easing later this year, one might say the odds of recession are closer to 100%.
In the past 40 years, there have been eight instances where the yield curve (10-year T-bond minus 3-month T-bill) has flattened to this extent. In four of those instances, the yield curve temporarily widened,

Anonymous writes:


(6-09-06) Catching up with reality (there's a long way to go) in the fraudulent "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street! Be very skeptical of up-coming government/colaborative data inasmuch as they are quite desperate and have proven (ie., Iraq war, etc.) that the truth is no obstacle when falsity is expedient.

G-8 Ministers Warn of Rising Energy Prices

(6-8-06) Suckers’ rally into the close by the lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers in; ie., dow up 183 points in less than 3 hours - the "miracle" of computerized manipulated trades, all very commissionable on volume of 2.4 billion shares. What changed? Unemployment claims down 25,000 (in holiday shortened week), riiiiight!
Zarkawi killed (less than 3-10% of the "terrorists" are from outside Iraq, and Zarkawi had already lost favor owing to his anti-Shiite bent and some even opine that the deal-$25 million worth- was done as was Zarkawi pre-bombing, he did look pretty good for post two 500 pound direct hit bombs, and will be or already has been eagerly replaced), riiiiight! This suckers' uptick/suckers' market rally/"dead dog bounce" despite a contraindicated reality and substantial downside bias in light of real economic considerations, particularly beyond the moment/trading day given that this bull (s**t) cycle in this indisputable secular bear market is over. Recession Dead Ahead - James B. Stack, InvesTech Research. The catch-22 remains that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.

(6-07-06) Catching up with reality (there's a long way to go) in the fraudulent "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street!
(06-06-06) Suckers’ rally into the close by the lunatic frauds on wall street to suck the suckers in; they “know all the tricks” and manipulate the closing positions to stay above the superstitious 11,000 “ technical benchmark/support level” (down 46 on the dow) despite a contraindicated reality and substantial downside bias in light of real economic considerations, particularly beyond the moment/trading day. The bull (s**t) cycle in this indisputable secular bear market is over. Recession Dead Ahead
James B. Stack, InvesTech Research 06.06.06, 6:30 PM ET
(6-5-06) Reality sets in despite the "blame game". (6-2-06) Jobs data falls far short as 75,000 (not expected 175,000) are created and 1st quarter job numbers revised downward, along with ..... unemployment now at ..... 4.6% .....riiiiight; but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" in s&p. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
Oil back above $72 and housing dimmer. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.(6-1-06) Sales of American Autos Fell Sharply in May which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news spurs suckers bear market rally and continuation of "dead dog bounce". Walmart results on low end but other retailers the focus for wall street's fraudulent progression, what goes up must come down, and more contrived wasteful commissions to the wall street frauds.
(5-31-06) FOMC minutes reveal continued concern with inflation in light of reality that defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worthless dollar and finance deficits is inevitable but no problemo in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as absence of data/weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce".
(5-26-06)Core inflation was not worse than expected is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of wall street where bad news is good news as weak data spurs suckers market rally/"dead dog bounce" on light volume. Lou Dobbs who gets paid a lot of money to keep track of such things doubts the verity of the government numbers. He is riiiiight!
"Yahoo Market Update: Providing some of the early market support that carried broad-based efforts into the close was the fact that the latest read on core inflation was not worse than expected. Before the bell, the Commerce Dept. showed that an inflation measure closely-watched by the Fed -- the core-PCE deflator -- rose 0.2%. While that wasn't a great number as it relates to Fed policy, since it put the year/year increase above the Fed's comfort zone of 2.0% (range is 1 3/4% to 2%) and left the door open for policy makers to keep raising rates, a figure less than what so many had feared helped ease some of the excessive fears that have weighed on the market over the last few weeks."
The overall picture of the market's health, however, is deteriorating, says Investech’s Jim Stack......... mounting inflation pressures bode ill for the bull, he points out. Market leadership and breadth are on the verge of breaking down, while the behavior of bellwether stocks is already decidedly negative.
(5-25-06)Revised 1st quarter GDP upward to 5.3%.....riiiiight!.....oil prices up, along with oil and other stocks in suckers' bear market rally. The catch-22 is that the defacto bankrupt u.s. is printing worthless paper and borrowing beyond sustainability, which is hyperinflationary despite false government numbers (ie., core inflation number to fraudulently decrease yield to ibond holders, etc.). Higher interest rates to prop worhtless dollar and finance deficits inevitable despite wishin' and hopin' to the contrary.
(5-24-05)Durable goods down 4.8% which is
"good news" in the "alice-in-wonderland" lunatic world of