Day January 20, 2004

Suspicious trading preceded bank megamerger Exchanges saw a huge spike in the purchase of Bank One options even before news of the huge J.P. Morgan acquisition broke. The transactions were enormously profitable for a fortunate few.

AFL-CIO joins grocery strike at national level This is wonderful news The AFL-CIO is taking control of national strategy for the California supermarket strike and lockout, assigning two veterans of labor wars to turn around a battle in which employers…

Camejo for President A campaign is underway to draft Peter Camejo as Green Party candidate for president. Camejo ran for governor of California in 2002 and 2003. A lot of people noticed him. He has recently initiated the Avocado Declaration,…

What happened to Dean? From Political Wire Dean’s “outsider campaign” had trouble assimilating insiders. His plunge coincided almost perfectly with endorsements from Al Gore, the ultimate insider, and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), the most coveted endorsement in the state. Negative ads…

Israeli envoy trashes art exhibit An Israeli envoy to Sweden sabotaged a piece of artwork on exhibit, saying it was anti-Semitic. Let’s look at the facts: The artwork, titled “Snow White and the Madness of Truth”, “featured a pool of…