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U.S. finds vast deposits of mineral wealth in Afghanistan but no sign of Bin Laden – LOL | The Boston Globe
From General Smedley Butler – US Marines
“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small ‘inside’ group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.”
Flight over BP Oil disaster Day 52 with Marine Biologist, Dr. Carl Safina
Tony and Barack take a well deserved break, yachting and golfing while the serfs clean up their mess.
Its good to be king!!
Oil Volcano ( THE THREE STOOGES drill for oil! ) starring Pres. Barack Obama, “British Petroleum” Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg and CEO Tony Hayward; supporting propaganda from the U.S.Congress | grooveTEK.net
Interesting Timeline
March – Goldman Sachs – According to regulatory filings, RawStory.com has found that Goldman Sachs sold 4,680,822 shares of BP in the first quarter of 2010. Goldman’s sales were the largest of any firm during that time. Goldman would have pocketed slightly more than $266 million if their holdings were sold at the average price of BP’s stock during the quarter
March 17 – Tony Hayward – Since he disposed of 223,288 shares on March 17, the company’s share price has fallen by 30 per cent.
April 20, 9:45 p.m. CDT – the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in fire.
May 6, 2:45 p.m. EDT – the Dow dropped 1,010 points. Flash Crash
Jim the Wonder Dog
A short “tail” of my life
by Evelyn Counts (who always believed in me)
Jim was a Llewellyn setter born of pureblood champion field stock in Louisiana. Though his litter mates were selling for $25 each, a goodly sum in 1925, he was considered the most unlikely of the litter and came into Sam VanArsdale’s hands for less than half that amount. Attempts to train Jim for the field seemed futile as he lay in the shade watching while the trainer worked with the three other dogs. However, when taken to the field that fall for the first time, he immediately went to a covey of quail, came up on perfect point, held steady until the quail was shot, and immediately brought the bird to Mr. VanArsdale on the order to “fetch”. He proved to be a marvelous hunting dog, knowing where there were quail, and refusing to hunt where there were none. His master, an avid hunter who traveled from state to state hunting, kept track of birds shot over his beloved dog. He stopped counting at 5,000, a total no other dog ever reached. Outdoor Life Magazine termed him “The Hunting Dog of the Country”.
Full StoryPixies Call Off Israel Concert Following Raid on Food Flotilla| Boycott underway | via Spinner
The Pixies will not be performing a scheduled date in Tel Aviv this summer, AP reported Sunday. The band released an announcement through a publicist this weekend informing fans that “with great regret” it has decided not to make the trip to Israel. The concert was part of the band’s sizable summer tour, which will soon take them to Italy, New Zealand, and back to the U.S. for more than a dozen dates.
News of the cancellation follows last week’s raid by the Israeli military against an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, which killed nine pro-Palestine activists. However, the Pixies’ publicist in Israel, Shuki Weiss, did not name the raid — or anything else — as the reason for the cancellation.
Despite the political unrest in the region, performers including Elton John and Rod Stewart still plan to play Israel this summer, according to AP.
Full StoryEast Jerusalem eviction orders threaten new embarrassment for Netanyahu – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Settlers evict Palestinians from their home in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, December 1, 2009. As PM heads to Washington to expunge memories of row with U.S. over Jewish building in the capital, settlers’ push to oust Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah risks reigniting tensions. East Jerusalem eviction orders threaten new embarrassment for Netanyahu – Haaretz [...]
Full StoryLEBANON: Iranian film festival kicks off in Beirut, highlights ties between the two countries | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
Scores of veiled women, men and families poured into a cultural center in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday night for the opening of the third annual Iranian film festival in Beirut.
The festival is sponsored by the Iranian cultural center in Beirut and Hezbollah’s TV channel Al-Manar, among other organizations, and highlights the intertwined relationship between the two countries.
For the next four days, festival-goers can watch two Iranian films per night at the festival center, located two floors underground.
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