||||| MILITIA TSAR REVEALS INFLATION ADJUSTED GASOLINE PRICES ARE
LOWER TODAY THAN THEY WERE IN 1980 ||||

As you can see in this attached image (if your or somebody's software
hasn't
removed it), gas peaked at $1.20 a gallon in 1980 and has gone down
ever
since in inflation-adjusted dollars, resuming an upward trend during
the
last nine years. A big bowl-shaped price trend. This spells
"speculators".

Thank the democrats for the inflation.

Thank the republicans for the price going down.

Thank yourselves for enjoying declining gas prices for twenty years,
followed by ten years of gas increases, suddenly getting worse as the
curve
peaks up. The chart looks like gas is going to keep on going...

Believe it or not, Congress is still secretly attempting to pass some
form of amnesty for illegal aliens. Our elected officials still
haven’t gotten the message that the American public DOES NOT want
amnesty in any way, shape or form.
House Democratic leaders are currently proposing a secret backroom
amnesty deal that would create a special type of Visa ONLY for illegal
aliens!
And 14 members are Congress are currently even suing to stop the
building of a border fence, saying it would violate the Clean Air Act!
Join the campaign to STOP AMNESTY by visiting the following www.stopamnesty.net
today!
Over and over, the American people have risen up to pressure Congress
to oppose passage of amnesty legislation. Yet Congress continues to
come back, year after year, proposing amnesty and hoping...

Rush just beats the living shit out of you kooks day after day. It is
like Muhammad Ali beating up on a dwarf. The guy is very logical and
you lunatics are so emotionally challenged. It is just a good old
fashion ass whipping day after day.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Soldier_suicides_could_trump_war_to_05052008.html

Soldier suicides could trump war tolls: US health official
AFP
Published: Monday May 5, 2008

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Suicides and "psychological mortality" among US soldiers who served in
Iraq and Afghanistan could exceed battlefield deaths if their mental
scars are left untreated, the head of the US Institute of Mental
Health warned Monday.

Of the 1.6 million US soldiers who have been deployed in Iraq and
Afghanistan, 18-20 percent -- or around 300,000 -- show symptoms of
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression or both, said Thomas
Insel, head of the National Institute of Mental Health.

An estimated 70 percent of those at-risk soldiers do not seek help
from the Department of Defense or the Veterans Administration, he told
a news conference launching the American Psychiatric Association's
161st annual meeting here.

http://tinyurl.com/4may65

Attack of the killer ravens: Flocks are suddenly slaughtering lambs -
what is going on?
By JANE FRYER - n 4th May 2008

High in the darkening sky, a flock of enormous ravens swoop and swirl -
narrow black wings stretched wide, heads protruding forward and huge
hairy beaks scything through the air.

Every few minutes they let out deep, throaty, honking calls as they soar
effortlessly, circling around until, finally, they spot their prey and
swoop.

But forget dormice, voles or even small furry rabbits; these sinister
looking birds are feasting on something far larger - newborn lambs.

Raven attack: Farmers report a rise in the number of calves, lambs and
sheep pecked to death

And instead of hanging around for a few discarded bones or a forgotten
carcass to pick and claw at, they've started killing live farm animals -
by pecking them to death, in horrific scenes reminiscent of Daphne du
Maurier's The Birds, turned by Alfred Hitchcock into one of the most
chilling movies of all time.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4511353a18075.html

Brazilian football striker Ronaldo fears his reputation has been
ruined forever after his "shameful" run-in with transvestites in Rio
de Janeiro last week.

"I've done something really stupid in my personal life," the AC Milan
player said today.

"We are all subject to making mistakes and I made a mistake in looking
for this. I did not at any moment know they were tranvestites," the
31-year-old added in his first public appearance since the incident.

"I cried a lot afterwards. I was incredibly ashamed."

Police said Ronaldo, who is recovering from a knee injury, went to a
motel in Rio's upmarket Barra da Tijuca district with three call girls
only to find out they were transvestites.

The police have said they are considering charging one of the
transvestites with extortion and stealing Ronaldo's driving licence.

Ronaldo admitted the incident had done irreparable damage to his
reputation.

"This was the worst decision of my personal life," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/what-john-mccain-told-me_b_100183...

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Posted May 5, 2008 | 04:43 PM (EST)
At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, I
was talking to a man and his wife, both prominent Republicans. The
conversation soon turned to the new president. "I didn't vote for
George Bush" the man confessed. "I didn't either," his wife added.
Their names: John and Cindy McCain (Cindy told me she had cast a
write-in vote for her husband).

http://tinyurl.com/4gkooo

Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows them

By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer Mon May 5, 4:22 PM ET

GENEVA - An Iranian envoy said Monday his government will not submit to
extensive nuclear inspections while Israel stays outside the global
treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons.

"The existing double standard shall not be tolerated anymore by non-
nuclear-weapon states," Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh told a meeting of
the 190 countries that have signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Nuclear safeguards are far from universal, he said, adding that more than
30 countries are still without a comprehensive safeguard agreement with
the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure full cooperation with
that U.N. body.

"Israel, with huge nuclear weapons activities, has not concluded" such an
agreement or submitted its facilities to the IAEA's safeguards, Soltanieh
said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/us/politics/05web-nagourney.html?_r=1&hp&oref=...

[Zeppnote: this raises an interesting question: if, as seems likely,
Obama is the nominee, will Clinton be forced to choose between his
party or his marriage? Or will Hillary encourage him to campaign for
Obama?]

How Bill Clinton Got His Campaign Groove Back
Jeremy M. Lange for The New York Times

Former President Bill Clinton in Marion, N.C. on Sunday. More Photos >

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: May 5, 2008

BEECH GROVE, Ind. – For anyone who has observed Bill Clinton over the
past 20 years – witnessed his intuitive command of his audiences, his
keen ability to frame an issue, the heads nodding in agreement whether
he is speaking to a gymnasium crammed with voters or a newspaper
editorial board– his performance this year on his wife’s behalf has
been startling.

People Exclusive
John & Elizabeth Edwards: What We Like (and Dislike) About Clinton &
Obama
By Sandra Sobieraj Westfall
Originally posted Monday May 05, 2008 05:10 PM EDT
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20197952,00.html