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One by one the nails are sealing on a successful presidential run for Hillary Clinton in 2008 (and dare I say McCain). Reuters point out:

A group of murdering terrorists in Nigeria hold Barack Obama "in high esteem," reports Reuters:

Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria's oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were conside

From the Politico:

Meanwhile, in his spare time…

Another Mensa reject - even rejected from the Smarty Pants Dating Service.

My good friend from Reuters struck out.

• Surviving members of the Grateful Dead have given the band's archives -- which includes photos, artwork, press clippings, posters, letters, backstage passes, ticket stubs and other documents -- to a library at UC Santa Cruz. Nice one, banana slugs!

Just an observation that the world has been turned upside down:

Hillary’s moving towards Maggie Thatcher, from the wires:

I’m sure there aren’t too many of you who know of anyone going to Congo, unfortunately I happen to have an important person in my life who has been sent there so this story really caught my eye:
Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 [...]

• Sony BMG has signed up for Nokia's Comes With Music service. (Reuters)

I was to visit Haiti this month with Compassion.  But then this happened…

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians erected fiery barricades and tried to storm the National Palace on Tuesday as protests against rising food prices, which have killed five people, paralyzed the impoverished nation’s capital.