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Run Condi Run! The Washington rumour mill was spinning at warp speed last night when word got out that Condoleezza Rice gave the clearest indication yet that she’s preparing for a 2008 presidential contest against Hillary Clinton. In an interview with the Washington Times, Dr. Rice expressed deftly nuanced views on controversial issues like affirmative… Read more.
If anyone thought President Bush was going to extend his European charm offensive to the United Nations, his appointment this week of John Bolton as Ambassador to that organization should put that notion to rest. Here’s what Mr. Bolton thinks of the UN: There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is an… Read more.
Michael Jackson performing his best in years… In a rather pathetic attempt to delay or escape his trial for sexually molesting a little boy, Michael Jackson failed to show up as required in court yesterday. The judge immediately issued a warrant for his arrest – telling Jackson’s lawyer that he’s fed up with Michael’s prima… Read more.
Bush! in the name of Italy, I demand satisfaction! Yesterday, Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, commanded the attention of millions of grief-stricken Italians as he issued a defiant challenge to his good friend and war ally, President Bush: Come clean now on the killing of our intelligence officer or risk a severe rupture in our… Read more.
See, I can barely walk… News and Politics Read more.
Once again, white Democrats and their very harmonious choir of black supporters are clearing their throats and sharpening their rhetoric to undermine the professional integrity of another black judge, Janice Brown, who has been appointed – by yet another President Bush (George W) – to be the first black woman on the Federal DC Circuit… Read more.
Well, there is water, water everywhere in The Bahamas. So I suppose building a resort undersea makes sense… In truth, The Bahamas is being deluged with foreign investors. And they are paying astronomical amounts to develop a little piece of paradise. This is why the government has begun selling them off-shore real estate. Except that… Read more.
Ted Kennedy stood like a bellowing tower of moral outrage as he appealed to the conscience of his fellow fat-cat Senators to grant the poor workers of America a measly raise in their minimum wages. Sen. Kennedy wasn’t asking for billions more for corporate welfare or billions more for unnecessary military procurements. And that,… Read more.
Dan Rather: I did it my way… Today marks the end of an era for Broadcast News in America. After 24 years, Dan Rather of CBS News reads his final news lines tonight as he bows to the decision of his corporate bosses to sign off, permanently. But, unlike the graceful exit of his rival… Read more.
Captain America? Australian actor Russell Crowe (Gladiator, Master and Commander, etc) revealed today that the FBI informed him in 2003 that he was the target of an Al Qaeda plot. Russell claims that Osama bin Laden planned to follow up his 9/11 strike on New York’s Twin Towers with the kidnapping of “an iconic American”.… Read more.
