Some things never change: The UN has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory, the BBC has learned. One Worlders would like to give this organization a global monopoly on military force? Hat tip to Reynolds, who adds that since US forces aren’t involved the story won’t get much play internationally.

Brack Obama’s longtime spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, brought his public rehab campaign to a dinner held by the Detroit chapter of the NAACP Sunday night: “I am not one of the most divisive” black spiritual leaders, he said. “I’m one of the most descriptive.” Actually, Wright is a floor wax and a dessert topping. He opened with a jab at the “corporate-owned media,” though he gave a shout

The campaign of presumptive presidential nominee John McCain continues to inspire supporters… of Ron Paul: RENO, Nev. (AP) — Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention. Outnumbered supporters of expected Republican presidential nominee John McCain faced off Saturday against well-organized Paul supporters. A

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In an article about the White House Correspondents Dinner, AP writer Christine Simmons attempts to give some context to President Bush’s tweaking of the current candidates: Bush then referred to scandals that have dogged the campaigns of the two remaining Democratic candidates, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, in explaining their absence: “Hillary Clinton couldn’t get in because of sniper fire and Senator Obama’s at church.” During the ongoing campaign,

The Late, Late Show’s Craig Ferguson has — in the course of becoming a US citizen — read our book: Please, never, ever, ever agree with each other. Never stop arguing, never stop fighting. You cranky, magnificent bastards. Thus is a late-night comedian revealed as getting America more than Barack Obama and John McCain. All of which is a high-minded way of saying that TVNewser has a picture of Julie

Despite the general level of Obama fatigue, it is hard to ignore that more about the characters that populate Obamaland continue to bubble to the surface in the blogosphere. Larry Johnson notes that Obama has been less than honest about his relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers.  We already knew that Ayers held the first fundraiser at his home to help launch Obama’s state senate campaign in 1995, and that