Cognitive Dissonance, or just stress release?? tomorrow's (Friday 7/27) press conference with John Hagelin is outlined in TMO Media Alert here:
http://www.globalfinancialcapitalny.org/press/2007_07_23b.html where they state: As predicted one year ago, a surging U.S. stock market has charged to record-breaking highs, the longstanding nuclear crisis with North Korea is quietly being resolved without incident, and public backing and congressional support are on the rise for peaceful new approaches to resolving the Iraq war and other conflicts around the world. These dramatic and unexpected developments are just a few of the concrete signs of the success of the Invincible America Assembly in Iowathe largest-ever scientific demonstration project to document the effects of large group meditations on the economic and social trends of the nation, according to Dr. John Hagelin, world-renowned quantum physicist, executive director of the International Center for Invincible Defense, and President of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, who is leading the Assembly. Dr. John Hagelin to present preliminary findings of the first year of the Invincible America Assembly and to lodge predictions for the coming year This Friday, July 27, at 11:30 a.m. in New York, Dr. Hagelin will hold a global news conference to announce the preliminary results of research conducted during the first year of the Assemblyand to lodge predictions for improvements to be seen in all areas of national life for the coming year. The news conference will be held at the Global Financial Capital of New York, 70 Broad Street, which is one block from the New York Stock Exchange. Members of the press are invited to attend the news conference in person or view it live at www.GlobalFinancialCapitalNY.org >>>> Meanwhile, back in the real world, Yahoo news reports the opposite: AP - Nikkei Index Plunges 2.5 Percent Thursday July 26, 9:20 pm ET Nikkei Follows Wall Street's Fall, Declines More Than 2.5 Percent in Early Tokyo Trading TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's main Nikkei stock index plunged more than 2.5 percent during early trading Friday, following an overnight fall on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 index lost 450.88 points, or 2.55 percent on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, to 17,251.21 points about 20 minutes after the market opened. Prices tumbled after Wall Street suffered one of its worst losses this year Thursday as investors succumbed to months of worry about the mortgage and corporate lending markets. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 311.50, or 2.26 percent, to 13,473.57, its worst close since the 416.02 it lost on Feb. 27
