January 13, 2009
Towns in America are flooding the Government with requests for projects to be included in the economic stimulus package being assembled by President-Elect Obama and Congress. USA News reports on how the town of Edwardsville, Alabama has put forward proposals for $375 million of spending. Edwardsvill...
go to article »December 9, 2008
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to the citizenship status of Barack Obama. Hopefully this is the end of the issue. Mind you, I don’t know why the authorities in Hawaii don’t let people see the original birth certificate, just to make this go away. But the record is ver...
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I don’t believe in psychics sensing murder but I do believe in karma, and that is what OJ Simpson got a big dose of. Maybe while he is inside for 9 to 33 years, he can keep searching for Nicole’s killer also! Before he killed Nicole, OJ was not just a big sports star, but almost in a lar...
go to article »December 4, 2008
I have to say that Obama looks to have put together a very strong Cabinet. He has wisely abandoned his pre-election rhetoric about change, and stolen half the former Clinton Administration, including the Clintons! Also has abandoned the nonsense about just fleeing from Iraq by keeping on Bush’...
go to article »November 22, 2008
Barack Obama campaigned on change, but luckily he didn’t really mean it. Instead of hiring a bunch of inexperienced friends to run the United States, he has appointed dozens of former Clinton Administration staffers and experienced Senators to top jobs. His most brillant, yet risky, move is to...
go to article »November 17, 2008
The HoS reports: An explosion in online piracy has forced New Zealand’s free-to-air TV networks to fast-track the screening of top international shows. Superhero drama Heroes and British car series Top Gear topped the list of the most illegally downloaded TV shows in New Zealand last year, wit...
go to article »November 6, 2008
The final electoral college counts looks to be 364 for Obama and 174 for McCain. North Carolina and Missouri are not final but look to go to Obama and McCain respectively. That is around the scale of Clinton in 1996 who won by 379 to 159. On the popular vote Obama has 63,687,862 to 56,283,891 for Mc...
go to article »November 5, 2008
Dead on 5 pm, when the eastern polls close, the TV networks have called the race for Obama, with 287 electoral votes in the bag - 17 more than needed. He is the President-Elect of the United States and on the 20th of January 2009 will become the 44th President of the United States. I predict he will...
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1.40 - Obama leading in Florida by 13% but early days 1.12 - Democrats win one Senate seat - Virginia. Up to 52. They want 60. For updates and discussion of the US election results. Tags: 2008 US Presidential Election ...
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Later today I expect McCain to be beaten by Obama in the Presidential election. I thought it would be worthwhile to reflect on what may have been. If McCain had been elected, he would have been one of the most independent Presidents in history. His legislative history as a Senator speaks for itself....
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