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[Mo1]

T h r e a d ... 3 3 3

[Mo1]

Sweet Dreams

[ValerieUSA]

Just to keep the gossip warm, I'll go to bed now, too. *L*

[Mo1]

LOL .. Sweet Dreams to you to Val ..

[Mo1]

Well I'm off to try and get at least an hour or two sleep

[Mo1]

[ValerieUSA]

I don't want to see the horse that those horeshoes fit.

[ValerieUSA]

The incredibly rich aren't as incredibly rich as last year

Saturday, September 14, 2002

By REBECCA GOMEZ..THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK -- The rich are getting less rich in America.
For the second straight year but only the fourth time in 20 years of rankings, the combined net worth of Forbes magazine's 400 wealthiest Americans declined this year, reflecting the economy's continuing troubles.

Their total net worth of $872 billion was down from $946 billion in 2001 and $1.2 trillion in 2000.

Even the benchmark for being ranked dropped. The 2002 survey included individuals with a minimum net worth of $550 million -- down from the required $600 million in 2001.
The top 10 remained the same, with some reshuffling of the order.

The biggest loser on the list released yesterday was also the richest person: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Gates lost $11 billion for a net worth of $43 billion. He now has lost $20 billion since the tech meltdown began in 2000, due largely to the drop in value of his Microsoft shares.

The biggest winner was investor Warren Buffett, who remained No. 2 on the list. His net worth increased -- to $36 billion from $33.2 billion.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen also maintained his ranking -- third -- but saw his net worth fall to $21 billion from $28.2 billion.

Five relatives of the late Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., tied for fourth. Their net worth increased to $18.8 billion each from $17.5 billion in 2001, thanks to strong consumer spending.

Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison, who fell from second in 2000 to fourth in 2001, dropped to ninth this year. He's now worth $15.2 billion, down from $21.9 billion last year.

Rounding out the top 10, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer suffered a $3.2 billion dollar loss, for a net worth of $11.9 billion.

Neither AOL Time Warner's Steven Case nor Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy made the cut this year, casualties of the Internet implosion.
Martha Stewart was also among 35 people bumped, largely because her company's stock drastically declined in value following her legal troubles.

Forty-six women made the list, including the three granddaughters of oilman J. Paul Getty. They each inherited $400 million in 1986.

The youngest among the 400 was 30-year-old Daniel Ziff, who shares a $1.2 billion inheritance with his two brothers, ages 34 and 38. His father William Ziff Jr., built and sold a publishing empire that included PC Magazine, Boating and Car & Driver magazines.

The oldest person on the survey is 94-year-old Max Fisher, who made his fortune in oil and steel. "I'm not a billionaire," he said. But he's not that far from it, according to Forbes, with a net worth of $750 million.

The list also included 16 newcomers, including discount retailer Leon Levine, who turned a $6,000 loan and the concept of a bargain into a multibillion-dollar business. His Family Dollar Stores now has 4,600 outlets in 41 states with $3.7 billion in sales. His net worth: $800 million.

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OH GEEEEZ .. I killed the biggest ugliest spider I've ever seen ... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Was it wearing a turban?...

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I don't give a hoot if they were JUST joking ..

It was NOT funny and I AIN'T amused

Too bad she wasn't heeled. She coulda taken care if the problem at the restaurant, and explained later.

There isn't a court in the land that would convict her.

and maybe the little joke bull shit would stop...

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If they were joking it was an ethnic hate joke. They were doing it to ridicule small town southern people... pre-profiling.

VERY good point!!!

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It's part of the plan to intimidate Americans to just be quiet - let the terrorists be because they have LAWYERS

The ultimate terrorist weapon...

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Funkle!

[ValerieUSA]

aaaccckkk! I'm too late to save you!

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neener neener neener!!!

[ValerieUSA]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134535634_adlouni14.html

FBI reportedly interested in former state engineer

PORTLAND — A former Washington state Transportation Department engineer yesterday has found himself, his imam and his mosque swept into an unfolding investigation by Portland's joint terrorism force led by the FBI.

Farid Adlouni, a civil engineer and U.S. citizen who once worked out of the Vancouver office, was profiled in The Oregonian newspaper yesterday as a man with business ties to a top Osama bin Laden aide and who has attracted FBI scrutiny.

Adlouni, 38, yesterday said he had "done nothing wrong."

The imam, Mohammad Abdirahman Kariye, also a U.S. citizen, was recently charged with two felony counts of Social Security identity fraud. He was arrested at the Portland airport Sunday as he tried to leave the country with his four children and his brother. Traces of explosives were found on two of Kariye's bags, according to a federal prosecutor.

[ValerieUSA]

I posted the whole story on a thread of its own
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/750603/posts

[ValerieUSA]

Andrea Yates "justice" alert!

http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/4390846p-5417444c.html

Ventura County woman sent to mental hospital for trying to drown children

Published 4:35 a.m. PDT Saturday, September 14, 2002
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A Ventura County woman who was convicted of trying to drown her two children has been ordered to a state mental hospital.

Narinder Virk, 42, of Port Hueneme, was convicted of attempted murder in July. A jury later found she was insane when she pushed her son and daughter, then 9 and 6, into a bay near Channel Islands Harbor in 2000.

Under the order issued Friday by Superior Court Judge Ken Riley, Virk will remain at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County indefinitely.

Virk's attorney, Deputy Public Defender Cynthia Ellington, said outside of court that she believes her client will be freed within two years.

"I'm hoping for six months," she said.

By law, that's the minimum amount of time Virk must stay at the hospital, Ellington said.

During the trial, prosecutors described Virk as a vengeful woman who was mad at her husband for threatening to divorce her. In response, she tried to drown her two children and herself, said Deputy District Attorney Richard Simon.

"I believe that she was mentally ill, but not legally insane," Simon said at Friday's hearing.

Three experts, however, testified during the trial that Virk was delusional, psychotic and legally insane, a condition her lawyers said stemmed from years of physical and sexual abuse by her husband.

[sweetliberty]

"I don't want to see the horse that those horeshoes fit."

[Mo1]

Beautiful Horse Picture

[sweetliberty]

Some of the draft horses are some of the most beautiful and gentle of horses. My family had draft horses and mules. I used to ride these giants bareback.