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Former WWE star Jesse Ventura has admitted he is considering jumping in the ring with a wildcard presidential run — only days after bashing rumors about it. “OK, I’ve decided I’m going to test the waters. IF I were going to run for president, the GREEN party would be my first choice,” the 68-year-old wrestler-turned-Minnesota governor tweeted Monday. “To be clear: I haven’t filed anything. I authorized a letter of interest that was sent on my behalf to the Greens and I’m testing the waters for Green Party nomination,” he said. “I’m an independent. I’m not a Democrat or a...

The euro has recovered some lost ground and is trading at $1.232 so it’s looking like a bit of score-draw for the single currency so far. It’s a bit of a different picture for the Italian stock market which seems set to fall sharply later today. Futures trading points to a 1.3% drop in the Italy 40 index of leading companies, according to online trader IG. ...Italy’s ruling centre-left Democratic Party has admitted it had suffered a “clear defeat” in a general election after coming in third according to projections. ...More than 50% of Italians voters supported populist parties. ...The...

Transcribed manually from the magazine, The New American, the official publication of the John Birch Society ( www.JBS.org ), from August 11, 2003, pages 27 & 28 of the printed magazine. Regretably, this article is not 'on line'( I do subscribe & read the magazine ). The latter third is truncated for its predicatable redundancy-though I worked to avoid any change in tone, intent or meaning. [Accompanied by large photo of Mr. Bremer, with harsh facial expression, standing in front of a private contractor or governmental security agent, who is quite properly poised to employ his rifle ( his hand...