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Tim Stanley Dr Tim Stanley is a historian of the United States. His biography of Pat Buchanan is out now. His personal website is www.timothystanley.co.uk and you can follow him on Twitter @timothy_stanley. Obama's literary agent says he was 'born in Kenya'. How did the mainstream media miss this? By Tim Stanley US politics Last updated: May 18th, 2012 16 Comments Comment on this article Conservatives claim that Obama manipulated his Kenyan roots to gain attention Whatever you think of Breitbart.com’s punishing vetting process, it has exposed just how little work the mainstream media did in investigating candidate Obama back...

The eye-opener here concerns Obama's first job out of college. In his autobiography, "Dreams from My Fathers", Barack Obama writes of taking a job after graduating from Columbia University in 1983. He describes his employer as A consulting house to multinational corporations" in New York City, and his functions as a "research assistant" and "financial writer" In fact he was recruited by Business International Corporation that was continuously being accused of as a CIA front company. Wikipedia, an independent source, supports this, The company has been identified as cover organization for the Central Intelligence Agency, e.g. see Lobster Magazine, and...

It has all the makings of a holiday toy: a miniature Santa Claus that lights up, chuckles "Ho, ho, ho" and sings a Christmas carol. But thereÂ’s a catch: To activate those cool features, a person has to flick the lighter switch and spark a flame. And that is why thereÂ’s an effort to ban it, along with other novelty lighters. State Rep. Ed Wildberger, a Democrat from St. Joseph and a former firefighter, has pre-filed a bill that would make it illegal to sell novelty lighters in Missouri. The proposed law would specifically prohibit lighters that look like cartoon...

Okay, so I had bought this Bic pen like 4 years ago. Yesterday I found it in a drawer and it's missing the cap so I'm afraid to carry it in my pocket. Does anyone know where I can buy another cap? Does Bic have a website?

<p>The historic Sheaffer pen factory in Fort Madison will close in 2006, the plant's owners announced Monday.</p> <p>Bic USA Inc. had warned March 10 that it was seriously considering closing the plant. Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack and other officials tried to persuade the French-owned company to keep the plant open and save 115 jobs.</p>