And if the country’s billionaires could select the president, Bloomberg News is reporting President Bush would easily win. According to Bloomberg, nearly four times as many billionaires have contributed to Bush’s candidacy than to Kerry’s. Bush has received donations from a total of 131 billionaires including Bill Gates of Microsoft. John Kerry has received the backing of 31 billionaires. Donald Trump was one of six billionaires to give to both campaigns.

Raymond Luc Levasseur Released from Prison
And Raymond Luc Levasseur has been released from prison after 20 years. He was a founding member of the anti-imperialist United Freedom Front and the Sam Melville/Jonathan Jackson group. Levasseur and the Ohio 7 were linked to 22 bombings in the late 1970s and early 1980s including offices of South African Airways, Mobil Oil and Honeywell as well as many military installations. Advocates for political prisoners have long called for his release. Levasseur is now scheduled to live at a halfway house in Maine until his formal release on Nov. 4.