Shadowstalker @ 47

Somebody has bet big bucks on the stock market losing 20% of it’s total value between Sept 14 and Sept 21.

Doesn’t take a genius to see that one coming.

America is well-ARMed, but they might not have problems until October. After all, that’s when the market traditionally tanks.

Army Relief Act 2005 must’ve tanked
A team of Senate and House Democrats today are planning to introduce legislation today aimed at significantly increasing size of the U.S. Army. Via Hill. HoJoe, Hilary, Tauscher and Salazar were all ready to help ChimpO.
… The legislation seeks to raise the cap of the Army’s end strength, said an aide to Tauscher.
…

This kind of legislation really helps us to know which legislators are Democrats and which are Republicans, whatever labels they wear.

Edwards for President — Leadership America needs!

Richmond @ 29

Thanks GSD@10. More scary news.

On Stephanie Miller show, it was just pointed out that just before 9/11 there was a rise in a particular index that bets on a likely event (seems to have been linked to shares in American and United Airlines in part). Now, apparently, this same index is showing an uptick for an event happening here in the U.S. sometime before Sept 21.

I’m pretty sure this isn’t true. See Snopes.

Search the Internet for stories about “9/11 short-selling stocks Krongard” (sp). Buzz became a CIA guy after 9/11. Apparently he knew something and parlayed it into a power job where he could get even more valuable intelligence.

Much of the short-selling (bet that those company’s stocks would fall in value within a certain time period) came from America and Germany. Also, most was never cashed in on. Probably some people got a hot tip and played it, but then realized after 9/11 that they couldn’t profit from that.

GSD @ 10

UK troops head for the Iranian border.

Link.

-GSD

Wow 250 troops, that’ll do a lot.

The last time Brits got near Iranians they were captured. What is planned for this bunch?

They’re our friends, so if something bad happens we won’t have a choice, but to go after the bad guys, all the way to Teheran if need be. All nice and neat logic.

Rayne @ 16: “Because after 6 years, we’d immediately begin to ask why the hell the biggest military in the world and half a trillion dollars hasn’t caught the mofo who claimed to have perpetrated 9/11.”

So. Damn. True.

I’d also ask why the hell the biggest military in the world and all the trillions of dollars spent on it over the years didn’t protect us on that day, but that would be impolite. Yet we put the military on a pedestal and invest such faith and confidence in them when deciding policy.

Wake up Americans! Please!

Look! Over there! Bright Shiny Things!

And while Genrul Betrayus, the ReThugs and the ‘Democrat’ Party play at dogs and ponies the one key question about 9/11 still, still remains unanswered.

mui @ 87

It’s freaking unbelievable, the mortality rate of the authors. It seems way too “coincidental.”

This war has had a out of sight high death rate for journalists and media people too (some of it apparently part of this intentional on the part of our military). Remember the Baghdad hotel incident?

Yes I saw the documentary on Al-Jazeera. One of the crew was killed, and had a young family of course. I also read some article about Chimpy telling the British he wanted to “get” or bomb Al-Jazeera. If that is true, than he is more directly guilty of murdering a journalist/cameraman, (in addition to the whole despicable cost of the war in terms of human loss.)

Perhaps my “surrender-monkey” compatriots have more honour and integrity than… well, you know.

Disclaimer: My wife is a firefighter in said community and I am the “home support” for her. Makes for interesting “wife’s nights out”.

Elliott @ 87

“One of the other five authors of the Times piece, Staff Sergeant Jeremy Murphy, an Army Ranger and reconnaissance team leader, was shot in the head while the article was being written.”

a little more detail on this would have been nice, E&P!

I was thinking the same thing. Anyone know how Staff Sergeant Jeremy Murphy is doing?

Come on this cannot be a coincidence. they have been “Tillmaned”

leftDC:

If you would take the advice Scarecrow so calmly offered above, you would refrain from comments like this:

“Webster’s understands. You do not.”

This was uncalled-for and unnecessary.

ok I am sorry for offending you. I will leave and never come back.