Posted by Nick on December 15, 2007 ·
The secret to the white house have been revealed. Here’s how New York Senator Hillary R. Clinton will plans to fight the republicans off like a real man. She’s got my vote.
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Posted by Nick on October 29, 2007 ·
Once again, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in a poll. This time, she was top choice when people were asked which major 2008 presidential candidate would make the scariest Halloween costume.
Asked about costume choices, 37 percent in an Associated Press-Ipsos survey this month chose New York Sen. Clinton, [...]
Posted by Net Joker on July 26, 2007 ·
A planned Republican fundraiser in New Hampshire aims to promote gun ownership in America by letting supporters fire powerful military-style weapons — from Uzi submachine guns to M-16 rifles.
The Manchester Republican Committee is inviting party members and their families to a “Machine Gun [...]
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Posted by Nick on July 13, 2007 ·
Duncan M. McDonald is finally off the voter rolls after the Australian shepherd-terrier mix was sent absentee ballots for three elections.
King County Elections Director Sherril Huff said she canceled the voter registration Tuesday for the dog owned by Jane K. Balogh, 66, who registered her pet to protest [...]
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Posted by Nick on April 11, 2007 ·
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally is no longer laughing about his suggestion that he saved President Bush’s life during a recent White House visit.
The No. 2 U.S. automaker has apologised after Mulally said his claim that he had intervened to prevent U.S. President George W. Bush from [...]
Posted by Nick on April 8, 2007 ·
When former CIA operative Valerie Plame testified at a congressional hearing bristling with TV cameras, Midge Potts was right there, a distracting figure in a shocking pink shirt emblazoned with “Impeach Bush Now.”
She’s been ejected, arrested and detained for protests demanding U.S. [...]
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Posted by Nick on April 6, 2007 ·
Joe Selle didn’t exactly get voted out office this week, but he wasn’t re-elected, either. Selle, who was running unopposed for City Council, didn’t get any votes at all. Not even one from himself. Selle, 42, said he simply forgot that Tuesday was election day, and apparently [...]
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Posted by Nick on March 10, 2007 ·
Mayan leaders will spiritually “cleanse” ancient ruins in Guatemala after a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, unpopular here because of foreign policies going back to Central America’s civil wars.
The leaders said they would hold a spiritual ceremony to restore “peace and [...]
Posted by Nick on March 7, 2007 ·
Most people who call the Legislative Information Center at the state Capitol are looking for their district’s lawmakers, not advice on the afterlife. But that’s what they get if they dial the number for the center listed in the 2007 legislative directory.
The helpful 78-page booklet includes [...]
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Posted by Nick on March 2, 2007 ·
Secret Service agents have questioned an Alameda man about a display in his front yard featuring a cardboard cutout of President Bush with a knife through his head.
Michael McDonald said he was grilled for about 90 minutes by two agents who asked about his personal history and his political views. They [...]
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Posted by Nick on March 1, 2007 ·
As ministers in Congo’s first democratic government in four decades settled into their new offices on Thursday, there was one notable absentee.
In a very brief political career, Trade Minister Andre Kasongo Ilunga has become the country’s most notorious cabinet member, thanks to a controversy [...]
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Posted by Nick on February 28, 2007 ·
The senior Bush administration official who briefed anonymously on Vice President Dick Cheney’s visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan sounded suspiciously like, well, Cheney himself.
The White House transcript of the Tuesday briefing left little room for doubt as to the official’s identity, [...]
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Posted by Nick on February 27, 2007 ·
Finnish voters searching for trustworthy politicians to elect in March polls can now use an Internet Web site to summon up photographs of candidates who resemble themselves.
The Intopii computer firm says its Web site was inspired by studies suggesting people are more likely to trust those with similar [...]
Posted by Nick on February 26, 2007 ·
Could latex puppets of France’s top presidential candidates — depicting one as an aggressive dwarf and the other as a slow-speaking bimbo — determine the winner?
Satirical daily television show ‘Les Guignols de l’Info’, a scathing spoof of French public life inspired [...]
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Posted by Nick on February 23, 2007 ·
New Yorkers got to kick President George W. Bush’s butt on Thursday, sort of.
Performance artist Mark McGowan kicked off his bid to crawl for 72 hours across Manhattan dressed as the president, offering the opportunity to kick his backside.
The controversial artist from London began his odyssey [...]