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Herman Cain leaving the campaign trail: Why now? Herman Cain is surging in popularity in a number of polls. So why is Herman Cain putting his campaign on hold for the next month? The Hermantor Experience is, by almost any measure, the hottest thing going in the GOP presidential primary (not named Chris Christie). < snip> But Cain seems destined to squander it. And here’s why. As NBC’s thoughtful First Read points out this morning, Cain's promoting a book - and appears to be taking himself off the campaign trail for almost a month. Cain won’t be back in the...

RICHMOND -- Hoping to quell a growing uproar on Virginia's college campuses over gay rights, Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) issued a directive to all 102,000 state employees Wednesday that prohibits discrimination in the state work force, including on the basis of sexual orientation, and warns he will reprimand or fire anyone who engages in it. McDonnell's directive comes a week after Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli distributed a letter to the state's public colleges and universities asking them to remove references to sexual orientation from their campus nondiscrimination policies. Cuccinelli argues only the General Assembly has the authority to extend...

If there was ever any doubt that Sarah Palin is a fool, she has removed it. Once the governor of Alaska and a vice presidential candidate, Palin has left the confines of public office for the more sympathetic offices of Fox News. She has also been acting as something of a de facto leader of the Tea Party movement. Unfortunately, her new roles have not lent her the gravitas she was lacking as a politician. ... Palin has consistently shown herself to be thoughtless, uninformed, impulsive and opportunistic. If these are the qualities people look for in a leader, then...

A public alert was issued early this evening by Buffalo Police, warning that a gang could be staging rear-end collisions tonight on area roadways and then attacking drivers as part of an initiation ritual. Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson called an emergency news conference at police headquarters just before 6:30 p.m. to make the announcement. He said police received "credible information" late this afternoon suggesting that the initiation ritual could involve gang member recruits intentionally causing rear-end collisions and then robbing or assaulting the other driver. Gipson suggested motorists be aware of their surroundings. If they do become involved in a...

On 3/27/08, the Delano Police Department Gang Unit received information that a California Criminal Street Gang is going to be holding gang initiations in the Cities of Delano and McFarland. Prospective members are to collide their vehicles into random vehicles from behind. As the driver of the victim vehicle exits, the prospective members will open fire. This information has not been substantiated nor do we know if it is credible. As always, the Delano Police Department is concerened with the safety of all Delano residents and therefore, we are strongly suggesting that everyone use extreme caution if they are involved...

(Robert Anton Wilson is the author of "Illuminatus Trilogy" and many other books) -------------------------------------------------- Position Paper #1 After refusing many pleas to run for governor, I have reconsidered and now enter the race as an unofficial write-in candidate. After all, why shd I remain the ONLY nut in California who ain't running? My party, the Guns and Dope Party, invites extremists of both right and left to unite behind the shared goals of 1) Get those pointy-headed Washinton bureaucrats off our backs and off our fronts too! 2) guns for everybody who wants them; no guns for those who don't...

Something to Yak About – Gears Grind to Halt in Great Democrat Disinformation MachineHow many times have we heard various and sundry members of John Kerry’s Coalition of the Wild-Eyed level baseless charges about the president and other people in the administration not being straight about intelligence on Iraq? Now, official non-partisan reports on both sides of the Atlantic show that all use of intelligence by the Bush administration and Tony Blair’s UK government totally did the right thing all along! The Wall Street Journal also noted, “The political goal was to portray the President as a ‘liar,’ regardless of...

Some Key Conservatives Uneasy About Bush SCOTT LINDLAW Associated Press WASHINGTON - When an influential group of conservatives gathers in downtown Washington each week, they often get a political pep talk from a senior Bush administration official or campaign aide. They don't expect a fellow Republican to deliver a blistering critique of President Bush's handling of the Iraq war. But nearly 150 conservatives listened in silence recently as a veteran of the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations ticked off a litany of missteps in Iraq by the Bush White House. "This war is not going well," said Stefan Halper, a...

'Al-Qaida' member holding college students Armed man claiming ties to terrorist group took over classroom Posted: September 17, 2003 7:20 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com An armed man claiming to be a member of the al-Qaida terrorist network took over a college classroom this afternoon in Tennessee. Authorities identified the man as Harold Kilpatrick Jr., a 26-year-old Memphis man who was staying with his sister in the town of Dyersburg. Kilpatrick, who had a 9 mm pistol and a knife, released four people several hours after the standoff began about 1 p.m. Central time at Dyersburg State Community College, about...