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What are your three wishes for Christmas? derf LOL!
Why this is a fun board ??????? Just having some fun!!!
How to tell a Democrat from a Republican during the Holiday Season!!
And you thought you could tell Republicans from Democrats by how they vote. Not so! Just observe how they act during the holidays:
Republican say "Merry Christmas!"
Democrats say "Happy Holidays!"
Republicans help the poor during the holidays by sending $50 to the Salvation Army.
Democrats help the poor by giving $50, one buck at a time, to panhandlers on the street.
Democrats get back at Republicans on their Christmas list by giving them fruitcakes.
Republicans re-wrap them and send them to in-laws.
Democrats let their kids open all the gifts on Christmas Eve.
Republicans make their kids wait until Christmas morning
When toasting the Holidays, Republicans ask for sherry or mulled wine.
Democrats ask for egg nog.
When not in stores, Republicans use a catalog.
Democrats watch for "incredible tv offers" on late night television.
Democrats do a lot of their shopping at Costco and WalMart.
So do Republicans, but they don't admit it.
Democrats give their children gifts that make a political statement.
Republicans give their children gifts that will keep them out of their hair.
Republican parents have no problem buying their kids toy guns.
Democrats refuse to do so. That is why their kids pretend to shoot each other with dolls.
Republicans spend hundreds of dollars and hour of work decorating the yard with outdoor lights and Christmas displays.
Democrats save their time and money and drive around at night to enjoy the scenery.
Democrats favorite Christmas movie is "Miracle on 34th Street."
Republicans favorite Christmas movie is "It's a Wonderful Life."
Right-Wing Republicans favorite Christmas movie is "Diehard".
Republican always take the price tag off any expensive gifts they buy before wrapping.
Democrats also remove price tags off pricey gifts... and reposition them them to make sure they are seen.
Republicans wear wide red ties and green sport jackets during the festive season.
Democrats do too, all year round.
Most Republicans try, at least once, enclosing indulgent, wretchedly maudlin form letters about their families in their Christmas Cards.
Public ridicule from Democrats usually discourages them from doing it again.
Democrats favorite Christmas song is "Deck the Halls".
Young Democrats favorite Christmas song is "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
Republicans favorite Christmas song is " White Christmas."
Young Republicans favorite Christmas song is "White Christmas".
Cheapskate Republican buy an artificial Christmas tree.
Tightfisted Democrats buy a real tree, but they wait until the week before Christmas when the lots lower their prices.
Democratic men like to watch football while their wives, girlfriends or mothers fix holiday meals.
On this, Republicans are in full agreement.
Republicans see nothing wrong with letting their children play "Cowboys and Indians".
Democrats don't either, as long as the Indians get to win.
Republicans first began thinking like Republicans when they stopped believing in Santa Claus...
Democrats became Democrats because they never stopped believing in Santa Claus...
OOOOOOOOOOOO Yeah!!!!!!! 31 Days LOL!!!
Rager the real meaning of Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to you
For those of you that might not have heard the REAL story of Christmas, enjoy!
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should deliver. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddled clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, Let us go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which has come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Luke 2:1-20, KJV
HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!LOL
My Christmas wish!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I could have one wish for christmas, it would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sings in unison all with smiling faces.
If I could have just two wishes for christmas, the first one would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing while happy and smiling, the second would be for 30 million dollars to be given to me on a monthly basis, deposited in a swiss bank account.
If I could have just three wishes for christmas the first would be for all the children to hold hands and sing, the second for 30 million dollars to be deposited monthly in my bank account, and the third would be to have absolute power over all the creatures of the earth and sky and the whole universe.
If I could have four wishes for christmas, the first would definately be that children crap, the second would be the 30 million dollars, the third would be absolute power trough the whole universe and the fourth would be that every year, one month would be set aside, and i would have a 31 day orgasm.
Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!
My Christmas wish!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I could have one wish for christmas, it would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sings in unison all with smiling faces.
If I could have just two wishes for christmas, the first one would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing while happy and smiling, the second would be for 30 million dollars to be given to me on a monthly basis, deposited in a swiss bank account.
If I could have just three wishes for christmas the first would be for all the children to hold hands and sing, the second for 30 million dollars to be deposited monthly in my bank account, and the third would be to have absolute power over all the creatures of the earth and sky and the whole universe.
If I could have four wishes for christmas, the first would definately be that children crap, the second would be the 30 million dollars, the third would be absolute power trough the whole universe and the fourth would be that every year, one month would be set aside, and i would have a 31 day orgasm.
'Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the cells
The convicts were locked up
All madder than hell
Except for the lifers
Kicked back in their bunks
Heads filled with visions
Of fat little punks
When suddenly from the roof top
There arose such a roar
That the bulls thought it was
A riot for sure
The goon squad ran in
And stood ready to hit
A big guard yelled out
Who started this shit
It came from the roof top
Snivelled a snitch
It must be a breakout
Oh, son of a bitch
They climbed to the roof
By way of the stairs
Found a fat little freak
In red underwear
No, No yelled the dude
I bring you good cheer
Damn said the Captain
We found us a queer
Alright mother fucker
Get your hands on the wall
They shook him down good
Asshole and all
They beat him and threw him
Into the hole with a kick
Well so much for Christmas
They locked up St. Nick
Twas the "NET" before Christmas
When all through our house,
Not a creature was typing
nor moving a mouse.
Our Monitors hummed
and were glowing within,
In hopes that Saint Nicholas
would soon "Modem" in.
The teenagers were crashed
in their messy bedrooms,
and dreaming of boxes
With games such as Doom.
Mom back from aerobics
and done kissing me,
We just settled in for some
much needed ZZZ's.
When in the home office
there arose such a din,
I shot down the stairs,
Had the fax just come in??
Away to my keyboard
I leaped to my chair,
Typed in my password ...
But no Fax was there!!
My screen came alive
it was wildly aglow,
The hard drive went crunching
The "One and the "O."
When what my bifocaled eyes
should I see,
But a Brand New Web Browser
not AT&T.
From server so rapid
(not one on the slates)
That I thought for a moment
"It must be Bill Gates!!"
Incoming more quickly
than 14.4 fame,
Screeching, now flashing,
Calling "Plug-Ins" by name.
"Now Java! Now Shockwave! & ReaL Audio!
On Website! On Quicktime! & 3VDO!"
To the World Wide Web System
To the great Hacker's Ball,
Now Cache away!
Cache away!
Cache away all!!
Beyond all the strengths
Of new chips I see,
This CPU giant bought Power to Me
And into my Ram a new Browser Sublime(!)
Brimming with programs
Saint Nicholas is on my Line!!
Then I in a second
Heard soundboarding in,
Saint Nicholas's jolly laughter
Above all this din.
I pulled back my hands
and fell out of my chair,
In shock at the sight
Of Saint Nick standing there!
Though made up of Pixels
He seemed very real,
With clothing quite Modern
And full of Appeal.
A bundle of CD's
Were slung from his bag
He looked like an "X" er
With middle aged sag!!
He wore cool sunglasses
His face was electric,
His cheeks Two Mac Apples
His nose Neon Pink!
His handsome full lips
Were set in a grin,
With a Snow White
Bohemian Beard set on his chin.
With the butt of a Cuban
Lit up with flare,
I saw Cyber Smoke
Making rings in the air!
He got that "Hip" look
and acted so mellow,
But his belly still shook
Still a Jolly Old Fellow!
Flashing Peace signs to all
and nodding his head,
Lead me to think
I had nothing to dread!
He spoke not a word
But went straight to the show,
Left shiney new Laptops
And then turn to go ...
And laying his finger
aside of the node,
As quick as a wink
Through the Monitor he flowed.
He appeared on the Screen
On the keys poked delete
And transported away
His Mission Complete ...
But I heard him exclaim
As the screen had turned white,
"CYBER CHRISTMAS TO ALL,
AND TO ALL A GOOD BYTE!!"
Twas the "NET" before Christmas
When all through our house,
Not a creature was typing
nor moving a mouse.
Our Monitors hummed
and were glowing within,
In hopes that Saint Nicholas
would soon "Modem" in.
The teenagers were crashed
in their messy bedrooms,
and dreaming of boxes
With games such as Doom.
Mom back from aerobics
and done kissing me,
We just settled in for some
much needed ZZZ's.
When in the home office
there arose such a din,
I shot down the stairs,
Had the fax just come in??
Away to my keyboard
I leaped to my chair,
Typed in my password ...
But no Fax was there!!
My screen came alive
it was wildly aglow,
The hard drive went crunching
The "One and the "O."
When what my bifocaled eyes
should I see,
But a Brand New Web Browser
not AT&T.
From server so rapid
(not one on the slates)
That I thought for a moment
"It must be Bill Gates!!"
Incoming more quickly
than 14.4 fame,
Screeching, now flashing,
Calling "Plug-Ins" by name.
"Now Java! Now Shockwave! & ReaL Audio!
On Website! On Quicktime! & 3VDO!"
To the World Wide Web System
To the great Hacker's Ball,
Now Cache away!
Cache away!
Cache away all!!
Beyond all the strengths
Of new chips I see,
This CPU giant bought Power to Me
And into my Ram a new Browser Sublime(!)
Brimming with programs
Saint Nicholas is on my Line!!
Then I in a second
Heard soundboarding in,
Saint Nicholas's jolly laughter
Above all this din.
I pulled back my hands
and fell out of my chair,
In shock at the sight
Of Saint Nick standing there!
Though made up of Pixels
He seemed very real,
With clothing quite Modern
And full of Appeal.
A bundle of CD's
Were slung from his bag
He looked like an "X" er
With middle aged sag!!
He wore cool sunglasses
His face was electric,
His cheeks Two Mac Apples
His nose Neon Pink!
His handsome full lips
Were set in a grin,
With a Snow White
Bohemian Beard set on his chin.
With the butt of a Cuban
Lit up with flare,
I saw Cyber Smoke
Making rings in the air!
He got that "Hip" look
and acted so mellow,
But his belly still shook
Still a Jolly Old Fellow!
Flashing Peace signs to all
and nodding his head,
Lead me to think
I had nothing to dread!
He spoke not a word
But went straight to the show,
Left shiney new Laptops
And then turn to go ...
And laying his finger
aside of the node,
As quick as a wink
Through the Monitor he flowed.
He appeared on the Screen
On the keys poked delete
And transported away
His Mission Complete ...
But I heard him exclaim
As the screen had turned white,
"CYBER CHRISTMAS TO ALL,
AND TO ALL A GOOD BYTE!!"
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!! You betcha I do hahahahLOL!!!
Can't Wait to put those Christmas lights up on the new house YEAPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
?????????????? LOL!!!!!!!
All I want for Christmas is:
14K Gold Lexus
Paprika
TV show "Cops" to do a bust on the neighbors
Coupon for a 30-minute lobotomy
Godfather, Part 8 coming to a theater near you
Mount Vernon
2-liter bottle of Ginger Ale
Five tickets to last year's Superbowl game
Janet Reno's autograph
My family to leave the country
hahahahahahahahh!!!!!!
BREAKING NEWS: BUSH SEEKS TO ENJOIN SANTA FROM CHECKING LIST TWICE
Lack of Standards Decried
Austin, TX (Dec. 13)--Attorneys for President-Elect George W. Bush filed suit in federal court today, seeking to prevent Santa Claus from making his list and then checking it twice. The complaint seeks an immediate injunction against the beloved Christmas icon, asking the court to effectively ban his traditional practice of checking the list of good boys and girls one additional time before packing his sleigh.
The suit filed in Federal District Court in Austin, asks a federal judge to "hereby order Mr. Claus to cease and desist all repetitive and duplicative list-checking activity, and certify the original list as submitted without amendment, alteration, deletion, or other unnecessary modification."
"There are no standards for deciding who is naughty, and who is nice. It's totally arbitrary and capricious. How many more times does he need to check? This checking, checking and re-checking over and over again must stop now," said former Secretary James Baker.
Baker further claimed that unnamed GOP observers witnessed an elf remove all boys named Justin from the 'nice' list, filing them under 'naughty instead because "everyone knows all boys named Justin are brats."
Bush cited the potential for unauthorized list tampering, blasted what he called the "crazy, crazy mess up there at the North Pole."
"Their security is really awful, really bad," said Bush. "My mother just walked right in, told 'em she was Mrs. Claus. They didn't check her ID or nothing."
Meanwhile, Dick Cheney, issued a direct plea to St. Nick himself. "Mr. Claus, I call on you to do the honorable thing, and quit checking your list. The children of the world have had enough. They demand closure now," Cheney said, adding that his granddaughter has already selected a name for the pony she's asked for.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was quick to respond to the latest development with plans to lead his protesters from Florida to the North Pole via dogsled. The "Rainbow Mush for Justice" is scheduled to leave Friday. "We need red suits and sleighs, not law suits and delays," Jackson said.
Santa Claus could not be reached for comment, but a spokeself said he was "deeply distressed" by news of the pending legal action against him.
"He's losing weight, and he hasn't said 'Ho Ho Ho' for days," said the spokeself.
Experts feel that future Christmas celebrations could be placed in jeopardy. Santa is apparantly not qualified for any other job, and no one is sure what he might do if he loses this battle.
http://www.huumor.com/joke_3564
What is the difference between men and women?
- A woman wants one man to satisfy her every need.
- A man wants every woman to satisfy his one need.
Late-breaking news: Federal investigators have revealed that yesterday's record drop in the stock market was apparently triggered by two high-school students operating out of a basement somewhere in Western Pennsylvania. The names of the suspects, both minors, have not been released. Arrest warrants have allegedly been issued, but the student hackers apparently have not yet been apprehended. A spokesman for the FBI refused to comment on the rumor that the two had managed to leave the country carrying millions of dollars in cash and gold.
Just after the close of stock trading on Monday, the Washington Post received a call from two individuals who claimed to be the stock market "hackers." The callers explained that they have been breaking into the computer systems of major brokerage houses for several months, "adjusting" the price of various stocks. This was done by telephone, using a Macintosh personal computer and, later, a Perq workstation that the pair had retrieved from a dumpster at CMU. The callers claim that they finally "cracked" security on the New York Stock Exchange's new supercomputer about two weeks ago.
"It was ridiculously easy," said one of the hackers, who identified himself only as "Captain Weenie." "The password was `Scrooge'. What turkeys! After we bounced a few stocks, they got suspicious and changed the password, but it was too late. We had Trojan horses planted all over that system by the time they got wind of us. We were just playing around, trying to keep ahead of them, and making some pocket money on the side. We had a big pile of gold hidden in this hollow tree. We joked about buying a Cray with it, but we didn't have enough yet. You can't just buy the machine and put it in the basement, and my mother would have been pretty suspicious if we put up a big air-conditioned building in the back yard. The projection TV was bad enough--we told her we did some programming for the guy who owned the store. Anyway, today the (expletive deleted) Perq went crazy and we decided that we had better go underground in a hurry."
The two went on to explain that the record-breaking plunge in stock prices was triggered unintentionally when faulty floating-point microcode on the Perq put the machine into an infinite loop in the middle of a routine that selected a stock at random and issued bogus "sell" orders. By the time the machine's plug was pulled, nervous investors had noticed the dramatic downward trend and had begun to sell off their own holdings. "The market was probably going to crash anyway," one of the callers claimed, "but I wish they had debugged that microcode."
Professor Douglas Tygar of Carnegie-Mellon University, an expert on computer security, has been summoned to the White House for urgent consultation on how such break-ins can be prevented in the future. As he was boarding the private jet at Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Tygar was heard to comment that the root password for the stock exchange's main computer should have been at least eight characters long, and probably should not have been the name of a comic book character. Tygar denied rumors that he had accepted the post of Secretary of the Treasury, claiming that he would rather be director of the National Security Agency.
http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/87/3491.1.html
The Blackberry Question
Research In Motion, makers of the popular Blackberry email device, has moved closer to losing its patent-infringement battle with NTP, a small patent holding company in Arlington, Va. A federal judge has nixed a $450 million settlement the two companies had agreed on, but NTP later decided wasn't enough.
The ruling has taken RIM closer to a court injunction that would prevent it from selling its Blackberry email service in the United States. The company is expected to continue arguing that U.S. patent laws do not apply to it because it operates in Canada. The court, however, has rejected this argument before, and it's unlikely to change its mind.
RIM is trying to reverse its loss of a patent-infringement suit filed by NTP, which claimed RIM infringed on several patents, including NTP's radio-communications technology. Given the popularity of the Blackberry among businesspeople, stopping the service would leave lots of companies scrambling.
Experts say a settlement could cost RIM as much as $1 billion. The company, however, says it has no intention to pay. Instead, if it loses in court, RIM promises to release a "software workaround" that would allow it to maintain its U.S. operations.
For RIM customers, particularly large companies, it would be a good idea to start working with RIM now on its "workaround" plans. This case appears to be more of a question of when NTP gets the injunction, not if, so Blackberry users better be prepared.
Drop me an email to let me know what you think.
Posted by Antone Gonsalves at 03:58 AM | Permalink
http://internetweek.cmp.com/blog/archives/2005/12/the_blackberry.html#more
TiVo seems to do everything right, but still can't make any money. The company that was the first to offer the digital video recorder to the TV-watching public is hoping to take an early lead in delivering Internet services over the boob tube.
The Alviso, Calif., company says it has partnered with Yahoo and others to deliver a variety of services, including movie listings and tickets, Web radio, podcasts and local traffic and weather. This is surely just the beginning, and more online content will eventually find its way to TiVo subscribers.
The company is not alone in looking to merge the Web and TV. Microsoft, for example, is moving aggressively in the space, partnering with MTV to deliver programming via a PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
The trend is sure to accelerate, as the number of U.S. households with broadband connections rise. Currently, more than half have high-speed connections to the Web.
But for TiVo the future is murky. The company, which lost nearly $80 million in the last fiscal year, is playing in a market that's sure to be dominated by cable and satellite operators and telephone companies. All are expected to offer as standard equipment set-top boxes with DVRs built in, which would take away any incentive for consumers to buy a TiVo box.
For TiVo to survive in the long term, it will have to partner with cable and the rest to distribute its products and services. Without major distribution deals, TiVo may become a footnote in the history of consumer electronics.
Drop me an email to let me know what you think.
On another topic, InternetWeek readers were split on whether Microsoft would remain a runner-up in the market for software-as-a-Web-service. Based on InternetWeek's unscientific poll, 46 percent agreed that the software giant would always play catch up to Google, Yahoo and Salesforce.com, while 45 percent believed that Microsoft would spend what it takes to become a leader. Fully 9 percent of readers had no opinion.
Posted by Antone Gonsalves at 08:50 PM | Permalink
http://internetweek.cmp.com/blog/archives/2005/12/struggling_tivo.html;jsessionid=JLVW2BXOWXJ02QSNDB...
Wiggles is watching these!!!!!!
Watchlist for January 3, 2005
January 03, 2005
There's not much out there that I want to mess with for swing trading right now. Perhaps things will look better once we get a little further away from the recent low volume days.
Here are some articles that caught my eye this morning:
Avaya starting to enjoy life on its own - Avaya (AV) happens to be on the swing list today.
Yukos and Emerging-Market Risk
Yahoo Finance's Financial New Year's 2005 Special Report
From Digital Images To Golf Club Shafts - IBD looks at some of 2004's big winners.
The Limits of a Purely Technical Approach
Mastering Support and Resistance Levels
January 2005 Trading Strategies
2005's first Carnival of the Capitalists
Partying like it's 1999? - Mark Hulbert examines the bullishness of newsletters today vs. five years ago.
Currently holding:
Long - ADBE, CME, DVA, EYET, THQI
Short - None
Looking for swing trade entries in:
Longs - AV, IFN, OI
Shorts - None
Potential day trades:
(From Briefing.com)
Gapping Down
SUNW -3.7% (cut to Underperform at Bernstein, tgt $4.40), SUPG -12% (announces withdrawal of Orathecin NDA), AGIX -12% (provides update on AGI-1067 trial), MOTV -8%, TAYD -5.5% (tsunami play losing some steam, follows 9% drop on Friday), CYBX -5.4% (receives warning letter from FDA), RRD -2.8%, MIKR -2.4% (profit taking from 40% move on Friday).
Gapping Up
Mad cow stocks are higher on news that Canada has confirmed its third mad cow case: VITX +40%, EMRG +11%, DOC +10%, ADSX +8%..... Other News: MVIS +11% (signs license and development deal with JNJ subsidiary), WGAT +10% (continues recent momentum), TIVO +7.3% (now allows subscribers to transfer programs from TiVo box to a laptop), ANTP +7.3% (continues 300% move in last month), KNTA +7.1% (Roth notes co's exposure to online tsunami relief agencies), DCAI +6.4% (debuts on IBD top 100 list), PXLW +5.8% (BofA upgrade), PKS +5.2% (Lehman upgrade), ANGO +4.7% (moves up on IBD list), NVDA +3.7% (to debut entry-level AGP-capable GeForce 6-series chip), IDNX +3.7% (selected to power national ID program for Middle Eastern country), ELN +3% (highlighted in Barron's, which was out intraday Friday), YHOO +2.7% (Goldman raises ests above consensus), GOOG +2.6% (lead story on 60 Minutes; also Goldman raises ests above consensus), ERICY +2.3%, TASR +2%.... Under $3: INSG +34%, HOFF +23% (momentum from 44% move last Friday), NYER +7%, INSM +7% (submits new drig application).
Disclaimer & How I use this list
Posted by Michael at 09:00 AM to Watchlists
http://tradermike.net/2005/01/watchlist_for_january_3_2005
911 is a Joke in Austin, TX
All of these police and 911 dispatchers need to be fired for joking about a fire in a nightclub the other day. I wonder how many times a day these kind of sentiments are expressed by cops across the nation. We only know about these clowns because they were bold enough to send all of these electronic messages...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five police officers and four dispatchers were suspended for sending computer messages after a nightclub caught fire joking about the blaze and quoting a line from the song Disco Inferno— "burn baby burn."
Witnesses at the Midtown Live club saw the "burn baby burn" message on the computer screen inside an officer's patrol car during the Feb. 18 fire. Police Chief Stan Knee said a commander and corporal who responded to the scene worked to calm angry witnesses.
The club has a mostly black clientele, and there were suggestions after the fire that the messages revealed racial bias in the department.
Documents released Friday indicate that after hearing a transmission about the fire, officer John Lengefeld sent a message from his patrol car to fellow officer Josue Martinez that said "burn baby burn."
Martinez replied that he was laughing, and "Those were my exact thoughts." Other officers chimed in with more than two hours of messages.
Among those receiving 15-day unpaid suspensions was officer William White, who sent a note that said, "U can smell from (Interstate) 35. It is the smell of victory."
Dispatcher Susan Negron wrote, "I have some extra gasoline if they need it," according to the documents, and "My nite is made. I just had a lady ask me if it was burning. I said yep. She was upset. I was enthralled."
Dispatcher Ashlye Bauerle wrote, "You hear that Midtown is on fire!! The roof of a club. .. That's funny! Gives a whole new meaning to the roof, the roof is on fire," the documents said.
Knee called the messages "inappropriate." All the suspended dispatchers and officers said they regretted their actions and that their messages were intended as jokes. A sixth officer received a written reprimand.
The messages also indicated that the officers were tired of responding to calls at the establishment. Statistics show that police responded to 129 calls last year for reports that included a stabbing, gunshots and public intoxication. The calls made Midtown the fifth busiest club for police response citywide, according to police statistics.
Knee said a sergeant and an additional dispatcher remain under investigation
Posted by Michael on March 8, 2005 10:48 AM | Permalink
http://tradermike.net/movethecrowd/archives/2005/03/911_is_a_joke_in_austin_tx.php
Li Ka-shing: New Ruler of the Information Superhighway
Global Crossing, Enron's evil twin, is about to be "rescued" by a Chinese billionaire with ties to the People's Liberation Army.
Why not? He already controls the Panama Canal. Will it threaten national security to have a Chinese company controlling the fiber-optic network our defense department uses to communicate and store data?
That's something we should be asking.
In 1999, several Republicans on Capitol Hill were worried about the fact that the Panama Canal had fallen into the hands of the Chinese. After almost 100 years of US control of this vital port for moving goods and troops around the world, the time had come to withdraw our troops and give the canal back to Panama. By that time, Panama had already leased the ports at both ends of the canal to a Hong Kong company owned by Chinese billionaire Li Ka-shing in a deal many considered to be underhanded.
By that time, too, control of Hong Kong was returned from the British government to the People's Republic of China, making the Li Ka-shing's company a Chinese company.
It made Trent Lott and a few others nervous, as it had in 1997 when Hutchison-Whampoa, Li Ka-shing's company, originally sought to control the ports. That year Lott wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense William Cohen saying, "U.S. naval ships will be at the mercy of Chinese-controlled pilots and could even be denied passage through the Panama Canal by Hutchinson, an arm of the People's Liberation Army." Moreover, "the Chinese Communist Party will gain an intelligence information advantage...."
Lott and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) fought vocally against the lease of the ports, but Li Ka-shing had one important thing going for him, a lobbyist named Nancy Dorn from Texas. This seasoned foreign agent had been a Defense Department official under Ronald Reagan and was Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil) under George Bush, Sr. Her responsibilities included matters associated with the Panama Canal Commission With Li's bankroll and Nancy's experience, she easily convinced Congress that Hutchison-Whampoa would be no threat to commerce or national security and the company secured a 25-year renewable lease.
Incidentally, Nancy Dorn now holds the job of Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appointed by President Bush in December and confirmed in February. Her job responsibilities are "the preparation, management and administration of the federal budget."
Which brings us to Global Crossing, "the world's most extensive fiber-optic network." Although Global Crossing's bankruptcy received less attention, it mirrored the Enron Saga in every way, right down to the document shredding.
In July of last year the company was awarded a $400 million defense contract to provide "advanced wide area network Internet service to the Defense Research and Engineering Network [DREN], which links more than 6,000 scientists and engineers at defense laboratories, test centers, universities and industry sites."
The contract was suddenly pulled away in August, amid security concerns and rumors of influence peddling during the Clinton administration. Global Crossing, a larger campaign contributor than Enron, donated more to Democrats than to Republicans. After playing golf with President Clinton, Global Crossing founder Gary Winnick donated a million dollars to the Clinton Presidential Library. Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McCauliffe turned a $100,000 investment in Global Crossing into $18 million.
Although the allegations are under investigation, Congressional investigators have been ordered not to comment on the case. Surprisingly, in October DREN quietly announced that it was reopening bidding, and that Global Crossing is still in the running. According to a Washington Post report in February, things are looking pretty good for the bankrupted telecommunications giant.
Li Ka-shing, with 79% control of the company, will get a bargain with plenty of important work lined up to get Global Crossing back on its feet.
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CIA Executive Director “Buzzy” Krongard managed firm that handled “PUT” options on United Airline Stock
by Michael C. Ruppert
FTW - October 9, 2001 – Although uniformly ignored by the mainstream U.S. media, there is abundant and clear evidence that a number of transactions in financial markets indicated specific (criminal) foreknowledge of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the case of at least one of these trades -- which has left a $2.5 million prize unclaimed -- the firm used to place the “put options” on United Airlines stock was, until 1998, managed by the man who is now in the number three Executive Director position at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Until 1997 A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard had been Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown. A.B. Brown was acquired by Banker’s Trust in 1997. Krongard then became, as part of the merger, Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust-AB Brown, one of 20 major U.S. banks named by Senator Carl Levin this year as being connected to money laundering. Krongard’s last position at Banker’s Trust (BT) was to oversee “private client relations.” In this capacity he had direct hands-on relations with some of the wealthiest people in the world in a kind of specialized banking operation that has been identified by the U.S. Senate and other investigators as being closely connected to the laundering of drug money.
Krongard joined the CIA in 1998 as counsel to CIA Director George Tenet. He was promoted to CIA Executive Director by President Bush in March of this year. BT was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999. The combined firm is the single largest bank in Europe. And, as we shall see, Deutsche Bank played several key roles in events connected to the September 11 attacks.
THE SCOPE OF KNOWN INSIDER TRADING
Before looking further into these relationships it is necessary to look at the insider trading information that is being ignored by Reuters, The New York Times and other mass media. It is well documented that the CIA has long monitored such trades – in real time – as potential warnings of terrorist attacks and other economic moves contrary to U.S. interests. Previous stories in FTW have specifically highlighted the use of Promis software to monitor such trades.
It is necessary to understand only two key financial terms to understand the significance of these trades, “selling short” and “put options”.
“Selling Short” is the borrowing of stock, selling it at current market prices, but not being required to actually produce the stock for some time. If the stock falls precipitously after the short contract is entered, the seller can then fulfill the contract by buying the stock after the price has fallen and complete the contract at the pre-crash price. These contracts often have a window of as long as four months.
“Put Options,” are contracts giving the buyer the option to sell stocks at a later date. Purchased at nominal prices of, for example, $1.00 per share, they are sold in blocks of 100 shares. If exercised, they give the holder the option of selling selected stocks at a future date at a price set when the contract is issued. Thus, for an investment of $10,000 it might be possible to tie up 10,000 shares of United or American Airlines at $100 per share, and the seller of the option is then obligated to buy them if the option is executed. If the stock has fallen to $50 when the contract matures, the holder of the option can purchase the shares for $50 and immediately sell them for $100 – regardless of where the market then stands. A call option is the reverse of a put option, which is, in effect, a derivatives bet that the stock price will go up.
A September 21 story by the Israeli Herzliyya International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism, entitled “Black Tuesday: The World’s Largest Insider Trading Scam?” documented the following trades connected to the September 11 attacks:
- Between September 6 and 7, the Chicago Board Options Exchange saw purchases of 4,744 put options on United Airlines, but only 396 call options… Assuming that 4,000 of the options were bought by people with advance knowledge of the imminent attacks, these “insiders” would have profited by almost $5 million.
- On September 10, 4,516 put options on American Airlines were bought on the Chicago exchange, compared to only 748 calls. Again, there was no news at that point to justify this imbalance;… Again, assuming that 4,000 of these options trades represent “insiders,” they would represent a gain of about $4 million.
- [The levels of put options purchased above were more than six times higher than normal.]
- No similar trading in other airlines occurred on the Chicago exchange in the days immediately preceding Black Tuesday.
- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., which occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Center, saw 2,157 of its October $45 put options bought in the three trading days before Black Tuesday; this compares to an average of 27 contracts per day before September 6. Morgan Stanley’s share price fell from $48.90 to $42.50 in the aftermath of the attacks. Assuming that 2,000 of these options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the approaching attacks, their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million. Merrill Lynch & Co., with headquarters near the Twin Towers, saw 12,215 October $45 put options bought in the four trading days before the attacks; the previous average volume in those shares had been 252 contracts per day [a 1200% increase!]. When trading resumed, Merrill’s shares fell from $46.88 to $41.50; assuming that 11,000 option contracts were bought by “insiders,” their profit would have been about $5.5 million.
- European regulators are examining trades in Germany’s Munich Re, Switzerland’s Swiss Re, and AXA of France, all major reinsurers with exposure to the Black Tuesday disaster. [FTW Note: AXA also owns more than 25% of American Airlines stock making the attacks a “double whammy” for them.]
On September 29, 2001 – in a vital story that has gone unnoticed by the major media – the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “Investors have yet to collect more than $2.5 million in profits they made trading options in the stock of United Airlines before the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, according to a source familiar with the trades and market data.
“The uncollected money raises suspicions that the investors – whose identities and nationalities have not been made public – had advance knowledge of the strikes.” They don’t dare show up now. The suspension of trading for four days after the attacks made it impossible to cash-out quickly and claim the prize before investigators started looking.
“… October series options for UAL Corp. were purchased in highly unusual volumes three trading days before the terrorist attacks for a total outlay of $2,070; investors bought the option contracts, each representing 100 shares, for 90 cents each. [This represents 230,000 shares]. Those options are now selling at more than $12 each. There are still 2,313 so-called “put” options outstanding [valued at $2.77 million and representing 231,300 shares] according to the Options Clearinghouse Corp.”
“…The source familiar with the United trades identified Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, the American investment banking arm of German giant Deutsche Bank, as the investment bank used to purchase at least some of these options…” This was the operation managed by Krongard until as recently as 1998.
As reported in other news stories, Deutsche Bank was also the hub of insider trading activity connected to Munich Re. just before the attacks.
CIA, THE BANKS AND THE BROKERS
Understanding the interrelationships between CIA and the banking and brokerage world is critical to grasping the already frightening implications of the above revelations. Let’s look at the history of CIA, Wall Street and the big banks by looking at some of the key players in CIA’s history.
Clark Clifford – The National Security Act of 1947 was written by Clark Clifford, a Democratic Party powerhouse, former Secretary of Defense, and one-time advisor to President Harry Truman. In the 1980s, as Chairman of First American Bancshares, Clifford was instrumental in getting the corrupt CIA drug bank BCCI a license to operate on American shores. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and banker.
John Foster and Allen Dulles – These two brothers “designed” the CIA for Clifford. Both were active in intelligence operations during WW II. Allen Dulles was the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland where he met frequently with Nazi leaders and looked after U.S. investments in Germany. John Foster went on to become Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower and Allen went on to serve as CIA Director under Eisenhower and was later fired by JFK. Their professions: partners in the most powerful - to this day - Wall Street law firm of Sullivan, Cromwell.
Bill Casey – Ronald Reagan’s CIA Director and OSS veteran who served as chief wrangler during the Iran-Contra years was, under President Richard Nixon, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker.
David Doherty - The current Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange for enforcement is the retired General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
George Herbert Walker Bush – President from 1989 to January 1993, also served as CIA Director for 13 months from 1976-7. He is now a paid consultant to the Carlyle Group, the 11th largest defense contractor in the nation, which also shares joint investments with the bin Laden family.
A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard – The current Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is the former Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown and former Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust.
John Deutch - This retired CIA Director from the Clinton Administration currently sits on the board at Citigroup, the nation’s second largest bank, which has been repeatedly and overtly involved in the documented laundering of drug money. This includes Citigroup’s 2001 purchase of a Mexican bank known to launder drug money, Banamex.
Nora Slatkin – This retired CIA Executive Director also sits on Citibank’s board.
Maurice “Hank” Greenburg – The CEO of AIG insurance, manager of the third largest capital investment pool in the world, was floated as a possible CIA Director in 1995. FTW exposed Greenberg’s and AIG’s long connection to CIA drug trafficking and covert operations in a two-part series that was interrupted just prior to the attacks of September 11. AIG’s stock has bounced back remarkably well since the attacks. To read that story, please go to http://www.copvcia.com/stories/part_2.html.
One wonders how much damning evidence is necessary to respond to what is now irrefutable proof that CIA knew about the attacks and did not stop them. Whatever our government is doing, whatever the CIA is doing, it is clearly NOT in the interests of the American people, especially those who died on September 11.
[© COPYRIGHT, 2001, Michael C. Ruppert and FTW Publications, www.copvcia.com. All Rights Reserved. – May be reprinted or distributed for non-profit purposes only.]
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Hazelnut Crunch: Noci Croccante
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
This hazelnut brittle is delicious on its own or as a topping for your favorite ice cream.
Recipe Summary
Yield: 1 1/2 pounds
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutess
Inactive prep time: 30 minutes
Ease of preparation: Intermediate
Special equipment: Candy thermometer
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup dark corn syrup
2 1/2 cups coarsely chopped toasted hazelnuts
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
Line a heavy large baking sheet with parchment paper. Stir the sugar, water, light corn syrup, and dark corn syrup in a heavy large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to high and boil without stirring until a candy thermometer registers 260 degrees F, about 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Mix in the hazelnuts, butter, and salt (the mixture will be thick and nutty), and cook until the thermometer registers 295 degrees F, stirring constantly, about 15 minutes. Quickly stir in the baking soda. Immediately pour the caramel onto the prepared baking sheet, spreading it as thinly as possible. Let stand until hard.
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Ginger Cookies
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These chewy cookies, packed with fresh spices and ginger preserves, are simple to prepare.
Recipe Summary
Yield: 30 cookies
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Inactive prep time: 40 minutes
Ease of preparation: easy
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
5 cracks freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar, plus more for rolling the cookies
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsulphured molasses
2 tablespoons ginger preserves (see cook's note)
Instructions
Whisk the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, mustard, salt and black pepper together in a medium bowl.
Beat the butter and the sugars with a hand mixer or electric mixer on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat on medium speed until just incorporated, about 20 seconds. Add the molasses and ginger preserves and continue beating until the batter is an even light brown color, 30 seconds more.
Add the dry ingredients all at once, beating slowly to make a soft, smooth dough. Use a rubber spatula to make sure all ingredients are combined. Then beat again for 20 seconds. Cover the bowl with plastic and refrigerate the dough until firm, about 25 minutes.
Put about 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl. With a cookie scoop or a small ice cream scoop, portion the dough into a slightly heaping tablespoon for each cookie. Roll the dough, by hand, into balls. Roll the tops of the balls in the sugar, and space them 2 inches apart on a nonstick or lightly oiled cookie sheet. Refrigerate until firm, about 25 minutes. (The chilling is what gives this cookie a beautiful, crackly crunch on top, and a soft, chewy center.)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Bake until the top is crackly, and the insides peeking out are dark and moist but not raw, about 15 to 20 minutes. Briefly cool the cookies on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
Serve or store in a tightly sealed container for up to 3 weeks.
Cook's Notes
• Ginger preserves give lots of flavor without the hard chunks of crystallized ginger. They are found in most grocery stores.