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At Filthy McNastys, an Irish pub in London, the sign over the bar says, "Oh, Lord Make Me Pure, But Not just Yet."
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 5:38:50 am)

Decoy:
According to Tipsy McStagger, the market tanks on uncertainty, and booms when they know tomorrow's news; It almost doesn't matter what the news is.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 6:55:16 am)

Decoy:
If it gets to 8300 today, I'm cashing out; The war/terrorist reprisals should be a 3-5% gimmie.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 6:57:08 am)

Decoy:
God bless America.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 6:57:27 am)

Froupie:
today's news is tomorrow's chip paper. it's a beautiful sunny day here.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 7:27:20 am)

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http://195.92.224.73/j20/content/host.asp
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:02:30 am)

bela:
Decoy, you'll be getting some tour pics soon I would guess.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:13:02 am)

Myk Murphy:
Good morning, folks. Decoy is absolutely correct: the unknown is the big problem with stocks. A beginning to the war means that there is an end. Also, most agree that, unless things go horribly, oil will drop and the gouging will stop.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:16:05 am)

bela:
Queenie, don't you read any editorials?
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:24:39 am)

Heruka:
I don't. Thanks to my third eye, I see all, and don't have to rely on half wits for my vital information.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:29:18 am)

Chewing Wax:
Good morning.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:29:25 am)

Heruka:
yeah yeah yeah
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:33:37 am)

Froupie:
bleuch, i just ate some kosher chocolate, it's horrid stuff.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:34:21 am)

bela:
Yeah, those chocolate coins. The worst.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:35:33 am)

Froupie:
i am surrounded by kosher gift baskets for my boss. i'm not even going to bother opening the kosher wine, i bet that's foul too.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:36:35 am)

bela:
Its just a preparation process, it shouldn't be that bad.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:38:03 am)

Chewing Wax:
Is it passover or something?
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:40:25 am)

bela:
Purim maybe?
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:41:32 am)

bela:
Wax, did you get my email pics? Franco.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:42:43 am)

Froupie:
i dunno, it was some holiday yesterday as all these presents arrived. the pineapple looks nice though.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:42:49 am)

Heruka:
I need a message. I'm feeling very tense here lately. Stressed out.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:43:15 am)

bela:
Me too.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:44:18 am)

Chewing Wax:
I just got them. The Franco one is great.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:45:18 am)

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gmornin.....48 hours to get the hell outta he hey hey!!!!
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:47:03 am)

bela:
Cute right? I love Franco. He found a little patch of sun.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:48:06 am)

Froupie:
slap someone, great stress reliever.
http://www.urban75.com/Punch/index.html
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:49:47 am)

Detlef Sping:
Ow!
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 9:58:38 am)

Myk Murphy:
Kosher wine and chocolate? I once had israeli white wine. It was dry but in a good way.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 10:01:02 am)

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Money is needed to rent or buy stages, sound systems, permits and portable toilets, and tabs often run as high as $200,000 per demonstration — much more than the average grassroots peace group will ever have in its coffers.

So who is picking up the tab?

"The major anti-U.S. government demonstrations are organized by people who have been around for a long time, particularly the Workers World Party, which has existed for more than 30 years now and has always supported the enemies of the United States," said Herbert Romerstein, a retired agent of the U.S. Information Agency.

The Workers World Party describes itself as Marxist in nature.

Officially, protest organizers are groups such as Not in Our Name and International A.N.S.W.E.R., but the demonstration's sponsors have long histories of backing anti-government causes.

Not in Our Name is financed by the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization. I.F.C.O. is a million-dollar-a-year non-profit that supports Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and once sponsored a group headed by Sami Al-Arian — the University of South Florida professor being charged with fundraising for terrorist organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

A.N.S.W.E.R. is an offshoot of the International Action Center, which intelligence officials say is a front for the Worker's World Party. A.N.S.W.E.R. canceled a scheduled interview with Fox News but a worker in the Seattle field office acknowledged there are ties.

"There are some Workers World Party members in A.N.S.W.E.R.," said A.N.S.W.E.R. coordinator Jim McMahan.

The International Action Center was founded by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who is a longtime public face of the anti-war movement.

The Workers World Party supports North Korea's brutal regime and I.F.C.O. defied U.N. sanctions when it made a trip to Iraq in the mid-1990s. Now, both are sugar daddies to the anti-war movement.

"The American people have the right to know whether stooges of [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Il or Castro or Saddam Hussein are involved in these demonstrations," Romerstein said.

(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 10:03:13 am)

Heruka:
HA ha! I get it. dry. DRY! Because of the desert!! That's tooo funny.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 10:04:06 am)

Froupie:
mmm the pineapple is delicious, i don't think i'll share it.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 10:10:25 am)

Chewing Wax:
I hate this limbo between St. Patrick's Day and the first day of spring.
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 10:46:43 am)

Chewing Wax:
Maybe I'll try to start some seeds for the pepper garden. I
(Tue Mar 18, 2003 - 10:47:04 am)