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Today I offer a news story about a multi-billion dollar theft by government fiat of the Mesquite gold mine reserves that geologists then estimated to be worth between $40 to $100 billion in gold. I haven't investigated to see what the ultimate value was, but if anyone is interested let the rest of us know. This was originally posted by Jim Robinson on April 29, 1998. Free Republic was still in its infancy, and I was a newbie who joined the forum just two Months earlier. I would like to say I remember this, but I don't. It's another...

The Missing Dirt On Arianna Huffington The New Yorker published its profile of Arianna Huffington. Though disappointingly far from the juicy takedown we hoped for, it does contain a few interesting nuggets. We learn, for example, that the Republican-divorcée-turned-internet-publisher bizarrely "hides" all three of her BlackBerrys in her bathroom at night, even though she lives only with a housekeeper and her two daughters. Her gay ex-husband Michael Huffington elaborates on how she knew of his interest in men before their marriage, saying, "in my Houston town house I sat down with her and told her that I had dated women...

<p>KING: One Republican who is staying out of the crowded race for governor of California is former Congressman Michael Huffington. His ex-wife, Arianna, is running as an independent.</p> <p>Michael Huffington joins us live now from Los Angeles. Sir, thank you for joining us on INSIDE POLITICS. Let me begin with this question. You are backing Arnold Schwarzenegger, not what some might call the established Republican candidate, Bill Simon or Peter Ueberroth getting in. What makes you think Schwarzenegger can win this race?</p>

LOS ANGELES -- Former Republican Congressman Michael Huffington announced Thursday that he will support Arnold Schwarzenegger's bid for governor's office instead of seeking it himself. Huffington also took the opportunity to take a swipe at his ex-wife, political independent Arianna Huffington, who announced her candidacy Wednesday, portraying herself as an unconventional candidate for unconventional times. Huffington said, in effect, that he is being responsive to his children's needs while she is not. "This week my children told me that they did not want their parents to run in this election -- either one of us. In consideration of my two...

<p>Columnist Arianna Huffington said Monday she hasn't made up her mind. But she said if she decides to run for the seat, she will do so as an independent to offer Californians a "progressive alternative" to the Republicans trying to oust Davis, a Democrat.</p>