War Slogan Memorial
War Is GREAT For Wall Street
Wall St. Bonuses: So Much Money, Too Few Ferraris
$1,000 discount coupons for charter plane service
“It’s your own private jet,” says Ms. Clark with a smile. “You can go wherever you like.”
In recent weeks, immense riches have been rained upon the top bankers and traders. After a year of record profits, investment houses like Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley are awarding bonuses as high as $60 million. And a select group of hedge fund managers and private equity executives may be taking home even more.
$250,000 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Clients trying to spend $20 million on Manhattan properties
Buying $5 million apartments for their children
“We love hedge funds, they are our favorite people” Ms. Kleier said. “They don’t feel like the money is real and they don’t mind spending it — they don’t mind going up by $500,000 or $1 million increments.”
Private planes, or shares of them, are also on the rise
A typical price for a charter flight is $30,000.
The morning Goldman Sachs announced record fourth-quarter and 2006 earnings, Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and chief executive, implored his employees — many whom would directly benefit from the bountiful earnings — to avoid excess.
“As stewards of the firm’s reputation, I ask each of you to remember that our actions — inside and outside of the office — reflect on Goldman Sachs. Even a perception of arrogance hurts all of us,” he said in a voice mail sent to the entire firm.
Then, at 7:30 a.m., a black Mercedes pulled up, depositing Mr. Blankfein in front of Ms. Clark. The night before, he had been awarded a $53.4 million bonus.
She offered him a voucher. “How are you?” he said, smiling quickly but refusing the voucher.
“I guess he didn’t want it,” she lamented.
Guess he decided to let it ride for the Needy!
Happy Christmas – war is over if you want it
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES
Happy Christmas (War is over if you want it)
6 U.S. Troops Die in Bloody Iraq Weekend
12,000 Iraqi Policemen Killed Since 2003, Official Says; 6 U.S. Soldiers Killed Over Weekend
How to Get More Boots on the Ground
In Some School Districts, More Teens Opt Out of the Military Recruiting Program
IRAQ:
Refugees Run From Violence to Deprivation
ARBIL, Dec. 24 (IPS) – Khanzad, 26, originally Kurdish, returned to Arbil with her family in mid-2004 after 16 years of living in Baghdad. Like many coming from the violence-stricken city, she has a harrowing story to tell.
Iraqi Hopes Dim Through Worst Year of Occupation
BAGHDAD, Dec 22 (IPS) – Despite promises from Iraqi and U.S. leaders that 2006 would bring improvement, Iraqis have suffered through the worst year in living memory, facing violence, fragmentation and a disintegrated economy.
Pentagon wants $99.7B more for wars
The Pentagon wants the White House to seek an additional $99.7 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iraqi Christians Celebrate Christmas
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Umm Salam draws her curtains across her windows, then settles into an armchair in a living room festooned with colored lights and a portrait of Jesus on the cross. Her Christmas tree glitters in the corner.
UK forces destroy police station in Basra
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – British forces killed seven gunmen and flattened the headquarters of the serious crimes unit in southern Basra on Monday after learning prisoners there were about to be executed, the British military said.
And While Wall Street Embrace They’re Extreme New Wealth:
Homeless veterans move off the streets just in time for Christmas
SANTA CRUZ — Move over Santa Claus, this year’s holiday do-gooders are the homebuilders who have been working double duty to move about a dozen homeless veterans into permanent housing in time for Christmas.
Group looks after homeless veterans
SAN FRANCISCO – A line of homeless war veterans waited along Howard Street on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to get in on an early Christmas present.
Initiative aims to keep returning vets off streets
Mayor and the V.A. team up in effort to provide services, permanent housing for those coming back from overseas
As the city braces for a new crop of military veterans who could struggle with emotional or substance abuse problems upon returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to place homeless veterans into permanent housing and to swiftly serve those at risk of becoming homeless.
According to statistics provided by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, the VA estimates that there are about 200,000 homeless veterans; 45 percent are mentally ill and half suffer from substance abuse; and, Like Brown and Laney, the vast majority are single with little or no family support networks.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Failed Policies will Haught Us and the World for Decades!
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” – Edward R. Murrow
I read that Wall Street article and it literally sickened me. Values in this country have gone so far off the rails especially among most of the filthy rich it is beyond belief. I only know this: a society that cares so little for it’s own most vulnerable, and for those who sacrificed so much for others, cannot last for long.
Thank you, Jim, for your service and for never failing dedication to our veterans, and for keeping them present for us all.
times now. I have to ask for ancient wisdom and guidance now from the universe because the stuff that belongs only to me within is spent. I suppose that is as it should be. The power and wisdom ought to come from the depths of humans being because the pervasive diseases are larger than I can ever hope to be and the generations after me deserve a large remedy applied to all of this.
Can’t Read them all, but can still Rate!!
Got a message in to Microsoft about the IE7 and particularly this site not showing all, lets see what happens!
Cindy Sheehan writes that:
Senator John Kerry writes:
You won’t hear at the White House, Halls of Congress, wingnut Homes, rush Radio show, on FOX…………..
Genocide for the Holidays
Posted in reply to above post at another board.
Anybody got the time to put this to a Flash, I may or may not, depending on how the work schedule is for this coming week.
The Message of the Day:
“The poorest deserve the best – when you hear that, I wonder if you can take in just how revolutionary it is”
– Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, England,