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24
Feb
The United States and Britain
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Feb
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Feb
Martha Stewart’s business manager testified Tuesday that she reminded the homemaking mogul a month after Stewart dumped her ImClone Systems stock that her broker had wanted her to unload it at $60 or $61.
Heidi DeLuca placed the conversation with Stewart on Jan. 29, 2002, six days before Stewart gave her first interview to investigators in [...]
24
Feb
American consumer confidence fell further than had been expected this month, a report revealed today, as the US public fretted over the economic revival’s failure to deliver new jobs.
The Conference Board, the US-based research group, said its index of consumer confidence dropped to 87.3 in February, the lowest figure since October, from a downwardly revised [...]
24
Feb
Analysis by JCMach1
Today, we learned that {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=4420732/ “the U.S. Army said on Monday it was canceling the $39 billion Comanche helicopter program being developed by Boeing Co. and United Technologies Corp., saying it had become obsolete and the money could be better spent on other aircraft.”}} This alone might actually be a good [...]
23
Feb
Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation’s largest teachers union a “terrorist organization” during a private White House meeting with governors on Monday.
Democratic and Republican governors confirmed Paige’s remarks about the National Education Association.
“These were the words, ‘The NEA is a terrorist organization,’” said Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin.
“He was making a joke, probably [...]
23
Feb
Under questioning from defense lawyer David Apfel, Martha Stewart’s business manager backed up Stewart’s and former broker Peter Bacanovic’s story that they had an agreement to sell ImClone stock at $60.
Jeremiah Gutman, former lawyer for key prosecution witness Douglas Faneuil, describes his meeting with Faneuil, who appeared emotional.
Heidi Deluca said that in a November 8, [...]
23
Feb
by P.M. Carpenter
Tony Blankley appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball the other night, looking a bit ashen. As a panel member discussing the president’s grave and gathering problems, the former Newt Gingrich evangelist and current Reverend Moon spokesman volunteered that even Republican support for George W is beginning to slip. This is bad, in his view. I’d [...]
22
Feb
Having Expressed Desire to Be a Lifetime Pilot, He Gave Up His Wings in 1972
Texas Air National Guard Lt. George W. Bush was eager to fly fighter jets and settled into the role nicely, filling out the image with a fast sports car, a Houston bachelor pad and a brisk social life. The recent Yale [...]
22
Feb
The government rested its case Friday against Martha Stewart and her stockbroker, and a judge said she would hear arguments next week on whether some charges in the case should be thrown out.
Prosecutors called 21 witnesses over 14 days of testimony, all designed to prove Stewart lied about why she sold 3,928 shares of ImClone [...]
21
Feb
Japan and Europe are the only ones getting in on the action of the world’s second largest UNTAPPED reserves.
USD2bn Iran, Japan oil deal
Iran and Japan have inked a USD2bn deal to develop the southern half of the Azedegan oil field, one of the largest untapped fields in the world. Japex, Inpex and Tomen will develop [...]
20
Feb
GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Law Enforcement:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver’s
license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has
been “lost” and is not available.
Military:
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went [...]
20
Feb
Editorial By: JCMach1
It is almost a certainty that the votes Ralph Nader received in 2004 cost Al Gore the presidency. In 2004, Nader appears to be playing things true to form and will be running as a spoiler in what in all probability will be a very close election this Fall. In addition, [...]
20
Feb
The Republican proscecutors who were out to get Martha seem to have run out of limbs to climb on. Today, the main case seemed to unravel as an ex-friend of Martha’s backtracked on previous testimony.
It’s time to FREE MARTHA!!!
Martha Stewart Pal Backtracks
A close friend of Martha Stewart admitted on Friday that some of her [...]
20
Feb
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