FROM THE LA TIMES
JERRY CROWE:
Rainbow Man, once ever-present, shows his dark side
Rollen Stewart, the wig-wearing self-promoter who showed up at major athletic events through the 1970s and ’80s, is serving time for hostage-taking, which he says was attempt to warn the world of coming Apocalypse.
May 19, 2008
IONE, Calif. — For more than 10 years starting […]
THE TIME SEEMS SO, ER, EH, OUT OF DATE…..BUT OF COURSE THERE IS A NEW VICTORIANISM IN THE LAND, MOST OF IT SOUTH OF THE 49TH PARALLEL. AS CANADIANS SHAKE THEIR CORSETS, AMERICANS SEEM TO WANT MORE AND MORE TO BE DONNING THEM…..OR IS IT JUST THE REPUBLICAN RIGHT (A THREATENED SPECIES!)
ANYWAY, HERE IS THE […]
BUT ARE WE SURPRISED?
McCain’s national finance co-chair exits over lobbyist ties
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer
Sunday, May 18, 2008
(05-18) 17:19 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) –
John McCain’s national finance co-chairman has stepped down, the latest casualty of a presidential campaign eager to cauterize damage caused by its ties to lobbyists.
Former Texas Rep. Thomas G. Loeffler, one of […]
Obama ready to declare himself winner
Ewen MacAskill in Washington
The Guardian, Monday May 19 2008 Article history
Barack Obama in Roseburg, Oregon. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP
Barack Obama is planning to declare himself the effective winner of the long-running contest with Hillary Clinton at the close of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries tomorrow.
At that point, he should have […]
FROM THE OBSERVER…..(GUARDIAN)…….
Republicans fear Obama victory after polls shock
John McCain’s supporters are reeling after a humbling defeat in a Mississippi by-election. Paul Harris in New York finds the Democrats daring to dream of a return to the White House
Paul Harris
The Observer, Sunday May 18 2008 Article history
The language of the internal party memo was stark […]
FROM CNN AND TOO MUCH AN ECHO OF WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE AND WHAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE INDEFINITE FUTURE….TRYING TO WIN OVER THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF IRAQIS, AFGHANS, AND WHO KNOWS WHO ELSE……
Behind the Scenes: Apology for a desecration
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
When a gunshot-riddled Quran is found, a tenuous partnership is threatened
U.S. military officers apologize […]
FROM THE GUARDIAN…..
Murdered: the war veteran who stood up to Mugabe
Gibson Nyandoro told The Observer of his disillusionment with the regime. Now he is dead, a victim of new violence as Zimbabwe faces an election rerun
Tracy McVeigh
The Observer, Sunday May 18 2008 Article history
Gibson Nyandoro defected to MDC from Robert Mugabe’s party, Zanu PF. His […]