OK I am over it now.
New rule: If you can’t find out what is going on – why your dll never gets from the obj to the bin directory with phantom shadow errors then exit VS2008.
Mental note –> EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT EXIT
Don’t waste two hours doing “get latests” dozens of times, building the solution ad infinitum and tracking dll’s all over your hard drive.
EXIT VS2008, curse Microsoft three times and continue on your merry way!!