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CLINTON DROPS OUT!!!! Joint Clinton/Obama press conference planned for 6:30 p.m. eastern. Insiders say campaign collapsed under fund-raising strain. Bill reportedly heartbroken he Hillary didn’t win. Obama campaign said to be elated, exhausted. Candidates agree to deal to seat Florida and Michigan delegations. Democratic party elders breathe a sigh of relief. How will the cable news networks fill the time between now and August? John McCain calls to congratulate Obama, negotiate public fi

Three Campaign Stooges Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele By Joey deVilla | Posted in America, Politics, The Current Situation |

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 – Reviewed – PS3 By Philip Dunkley [IMG clip_image001[4]] Before I get nailed again for reviewing a game with a high score, I would just like to clear things up. I CANNOT HELP THE GAMES ARE GOOD AT THE MOMENT. That said, I would like to introduce you to the grimy world of Vegas, again. I took a specific view on this review, and I decided that I was going to play the whole single player campaign through, and try all the facets of the multiplayer before I even try and rate

As an ardent Obama supporter, I am calling on the Senator from New York to stay in the race for as long as she can stand it. Longer even. I think the calls for her withdrawal are deeply troubling, and even hysterical. Anti-democratic even. This is how an election works. And even though this particular one seems to be poorly designed at best, we are in the midst of the process. Voting: A right, may I remind Mr Leahy, et al -- for which people have fought hard and died. Let me be clear: I belie

Irish News By Barry McCaffrey 28/03/08 THE families of 11 unarmed civilians shot dead by the British army in disputed circumstances are to meet the DUP leadership. The 11 victims, including a Catholic priest, were shot dead by British army soldiers in the greater Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in a three-day period in August 1971. Fr Hugh Mullan and Frank Quinn (19) were shot dead by soldiers as they went to help a wounded man. Mother-of-eight Joan Connolly (50) was shot dead by soldiers a

Irish Examiner 31 March 2008 THE IRA stashed away €250 million in “dirty money” through a tiny bureau de change over just three years, broadcaster TV3 will claim tonight. The money was laundered — or turned into untraceable money — by the Provisional IRA to fund its terrorism campaign across Ireland and Britain. The claims are made in TV3’s show Dirty Money, which is fronted by Sunday World crime correspondent Paul Williams. In the show Williams looks at the Criminal Assets Bureau’s (CAB) in

THE IMPACT OF VIRAL MEDIA: An email from a former student of mine in the UK: It has been a long time since I e-mailed you. Anyway, my wife and I have been living in the UK since early 2000 and have been experiencing the US political scene from a distance since then. I watched the anti-Obama videos you linked today with some interest. I have always been a conservative so I would not vote for the Democractic nominee in any event, but I haven't been an enthusiastic McCain guy. He seemed too mu

From today's print edition: Admitted city job-rigger resigns Daley refused to fire ally who helped hire teen son of carpenters union boss By Todd Lighty and Laurie Cohen Tribune reporters 10:33 PM CDT, March 31, 2008 A city official who helped rig the hiring of an unqualified teenager as a building inspector has resigned, nearly 14 months after Mayor Richard Daley refused to fire him. Christopher Kozicki, who has close political ties to the mayor, has stepped down from his $129,528-a-year

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton, has been a favorite surrogate of the campaign. This is fine. But can somebody help me? Explain to me how you’re not prepared for a Monica Lewinsky question. Today, Chelsea got her second Monica Lewinsky question of the week. She was as abrupt as she was nearly a week ago. First let me say, the question was classless. Again, we are a society that watches FEAR Factor and Montel. We are a society that spends more time on Britney Spears an

This is interesting if not surprising. According to a Democratic strategist unaligned with any campaign but with knowledge of the situation gleaned from all three camps, the answer is simple: Obama blew it. Speaking to Edwards on the day he exited the race, Obama came across as glib and aloof. His response to Edwards's imprecations that he make poverty a central part of his agenda was shallow, perfunctory, pat. Clinton, by contrast, engaged Edwards in a lengthy policy discussion. Her affect was