All the news unfit to print for Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thanksgiving goodbyes.. Black Friday recovery Random rakings
Turkey one day and dead the next.. A 34-year-old Wal-Mart temp worker succumbed to his final fate when crowds eager to get cheap foreign made products trampled him to death.. And in India, chaos is a little calmer as terrorist attacks die down after days of explosions and shooting in Mumbai.. Other news from around the world worth knowing..
Worries over Arkansas earthquakes.. Expert says it could be a 'warning' .. The area being affected didn't have a permanent seismograph, so researchers asked the University of Memphis in Tennessee if they could use its portable equipment.. There have been 5 small quakes that hit central Arkansas this month..
Of mice and menus: A link appears between fast food and Alzheimer's in mice.. According to a scientist, "These mice showed chemical changes in their brains, indicating an abnormal build-up of the protein tau as well as signs that cholesterol in food reduced levels of another protein called Arc involved in memory storage"
All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, November 25, 2008
INTRIGUE OVER BUSH PHOTO: PRESIDENT DOWNING A PISCO SOUR COCKTAIL
Bush back on the sauce? One of the rules of someone that gives up liquor is that one drink can send you back on the road to perdition..
A Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing Pisco (a Peruvian brandy), lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and regional bitters, and according to Andina online's coverage of the 2008 APEC summit, Bush was drinking the Peruvian cocktail during a meeting on Saturday...
No sip goes unnoticed: The HUFFINGTON POST gave national attention to the overseas cocktail on its website today..
For years since Iraq and Katrina, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER has reported to supermarket shoppers (and other interested parties that decline to admit they read it weekly) that Bush was drinking on a regular basis ..
The photograph of Bush's senior years will raise already curious eyebrows around the globe.. The cameras are always on..
"Beatie, 34, who is legally a man but kept female reproductive organs when he had a sex-change operation 10 years ago, is in his first trimester of pregnancy, he told celebrity interviewer Walters for the ABC news program "20/20" that will air on November 14. Walters highlighted the interview on her daytime chat show, "The View," on Thursday."
The random rakings from around the world and beyond..
The market rallied today--because investors bought shares of beaten down companies cheap. Even good news is bad news (By the way, the DOW swing was a 911 point event).. the worst recession in decades. President Bush today said, "This crisis did not development overnight, and it's not going to be solved overnight." This just as King Henry Paulson made statements saying that the $700 billion dollar bailout will not aim to buy up bad debt, as it originally was going to .. Anger in ranks of Congress that ended up supporting the bailout..
McDonalds up .. Wal-Mart up. The new economy..
Some other news from around the world:
Amazing: Fuzzy photographs revealed of the world beyond.. Is anyone out there.. and if so, can we borrow any money? It's only a matter of time before "we get a dot that's blue and Earthlike," said astronomer Bruce Macintosh of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab"
Go West young man: Kanye West claims he's the voice of this generation Ehh.. what's humility getcha anyway?
Most beautiful bottom contest held in Paris..51.9 inches of legs in Times Square..
Australia may be banning websites and limiting freedom of websites, but it looks like an "anything goes" nude party will be held "down under" for a month long..
Two words: Mission Accomplished. He regrets it. I think we all do..
"Bush told CNN's Heidi Collins when asked to reflect on his regrets over his two terms as president. "Like 'dead or alive' and 'bring 'em on.' My wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States, be careful what you say""
Bush went on,
"I am proud to be the commander in chief of people who are so selfless and so courageous that they would volunteer to serve our country in a time of war. I'm proud when I see people feed the hungry. I'm proud when I'm in Africa and see volunteers helping those citizens dying of HIV/AIDS"
All the news unfit to print for Saturday, November 8, 2008
FOX NEWS: At a crossroads
President-Elect Obama held his first press conference yesterday *(and yes, insulted Nancy Reagan, but he said sorry..)* . .but even more interesting was the fact that Mr. Obama cut out questions completely from FOX NEWS, the long hated network that liberals and Democrats felt was overly kind to President Bush..
I got the election prediction pretty correct.. and let me state for the record my thoughts on the future of FOX: I believe they will become quite fair to President Obama, once he takes office and heads the nation. Something just tells me that. I could be wrong, and they may continue to be conservative friendly.. but we need a network that is, right? MSNBC has gone to the left.. FOX NEWS has gone to the right.. And we're left, again, with CNN pretty much maintaining the sense of newsworthy unbiased reporting (sometimes) that they try to do.. We'll see how everything transpires, but I think FOX will take a lesson from the dramatic results last week: Ratings first.. Country second. Right? After all, profit is America. And this is America..
The NEW YORK TIMES was ready: They printed 35% more than the usual number of newspapers when Barack Obama was put on the front page as the victor.. But did they envision their paper being sold on Craigslist and eBay for more than $200!?
I'd imagine not.
Newspapers across the country sold out instantly in many places--even local papers saw sales go up. A sudden demand for the old media in a time where the new media led a new generation to vote? Fascinating. There's something about holding that black and white page in front of you in the morning.. something about seeing the news in front of you in your hands when something big in the world happens, or when the world as we know it changes.
You can save websites, but it's not the same as newspapers. They still have a place--even with sales in general are down in big numbers..
Barack Obama will focus on the economy and how his tax plans would help the middle class in a half-hour political infomercial Wednesday .. 8pm evening.
UK DAILY MAIL REPORTING: Her lawyers say that 40-year-old Ritchie's comments made Madonna feel worthless, unattractive, unfeminine, insecure and isolated during their eight-year marriage
All the news unfit to print for Friday, October 3, 2008
There's no place like Wasilla
Reaction to the Biden Palin debate has been fully aired on TV, radio, and Internet all day--plus on factory floors and around office water coolers across America.
Judging from ratings of the event, lots of people got the chance to talk about the debate today.
Record setting. The overall rating of BidenPalin: 45.0, which means 45% of all TV households in the country tuned in.
The Neilsons off the charts; 69,989,000 viewers. The most viewed since the PerotBushClinton debate in 1992. The biggest vice presidential debate--of all time. And higher ratings than Obama vs McCain..
Today, the Barracuda from Wasilla has taken the fight against the media--perhaps McCain's last best hope to energize the base .. a base smaller this year as target markets have been registered to vote in record masses by the Obama campaign..
Germans are changing ways they have sex.. This has contributed to plastic surgery on genitals, and growing pressure on couples to have "porn-style sex" at home..
Code red! Homeland Security can read minds!? The best intentions.. often go awry
Science fiction got boring. Reality is scary.
According to FOX NEWS there is a new federal computer program called MALINTENT. It's the 'brain child' (not pun intended?) of the Human Factors Division of Homeland Security .. and according to the designers and reporters that are quietly spreading the story, the program searches a human body for clues that could predict a terror attack.
The miracle of technology:
But this is no polygraph test. Subjects do not get hooked up or strapped down for a careful reading; those sensors do all the work without any actual physical contact. It's like an X-ray for bad intentions
The best intentions of men often go awry. Perhaps the best intentions look bad. Would the Human Factors Division be able to tell the difference?
The story goes on:
This whole security array — the scanners and screeners who make up the mobile lab — is called "Future Attribute Screening Technology" — or FAST — because it is designed to get passengers through security in two to four minutes, and often faster.
If you're rushed or stressed, you may send out signals of anxiety, but FAST isn't fooled. It's already good enough to tell the difference between a harried traveler and a terrorist. Even if you sweat heavily by nature, FAST won't mistake you for a baddie.
Feeling uneasy yet?
Anyone else worried?
Worried.. for me is Newspeak for damn creeped out.
"At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.
Among other details: Camp Obama wanted the economics debate to come last, being that they believe it's Obama's best issue.. However, the foreign policy debate will be last--presumably McCain's best suit.
The TIMES also reporting: "Obama aides also agreed to use lecterns at the first event, which Mr. McCain preferred; at the third debate, the two men will be seated at a round table, in the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock positions, with the moderator at 6 o’clock."..
Even more: The scar..
McCain aides said that they were conscious of the fact that Mr. McCain has a prominent scar on one side of his face, and that they could not predict how prominent it would appear with the camera angles, lighting and make-up.
Few people may realize the amount of debate goes into forming the real debate. Arguments between candidates about the setup and stage occur every four years--often times arguments just for the sake of one side threatening to pull out.
But each year, we see our candidates on stage about three times.. For better or worse, we make our choice on how they act. Gore's sighs in 2000 led him to lose, while Kerry's grandiose verbiage caused yawns.. We vote on looks. Kennedy in 1960 looked a lot better than a sweaty Nixon.. Reagan made people laugh in 1984. Clinton bested Dole by looking young.. And now in 2008, Obama vs McCain: The 20th century vs the 21st, on our TV sets of the 20th century, blogged on the net of the 21st, and watched by people of both centuries. A wild election so far, getting wilder and meaner, ready to be in living rooms across America in only days...
All the news unfit to print for Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bad news at 6: The latest in economic news from around the world..
The Stock Market was up again today. .After another mini-money belch yesterday of over 400 points on the exchange, the Market went back up over 400 points today. .Why?? Because of a rumor that made Wall Street happy. Some rumblings going around that the government is going to put together and release a plan for another bailout--this time for the Americans to bail out banks! No joke, the government may create an entity that will take over banks' bad debt.. Paid for by you and me.
All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Some events of the day..
No news is good news. And a lot of news isn't. Today's news.. not all good--bad? It's all relative, I suppose. In my theory, it's not good. So it's news..
Speaking of the amazing race: Polls are still showing an advantage for McCain over Obama--several states have moved towards the Republican ticket.. We still have debates.. and an election. Polls are only a snapshot of a few people at one time.
Team McCain--until the pick of Palin--was fond of those big forums where no questions were off topic.. Nothing was out of bounds.. But John McCain's second string now with Sarah Palin as the pick for VP.. and he's quickly adapting to Palin country and how to win in it..
Obama said today that he's not worried about today's news of Palin's popularity.. A Gallup survey showed McCain leading over Obama among independents, and Republicans more strongly backing the McCain Palin ticket..
But while America shifted this week a little towards McCain, the world we live in continues to support Barack Obama in huge numbers.. It's too bad the world doesn't bring any electoral votes to the table...
All the news unfit to print for Sunday, September 7, 2008
IT'S ALIVE!!! The multibillion-dollar Large Hadron Collider gets fired up
Hold on to your knickers.. if the world ends by the earth swallowing itself, it's going to be now.. Right? Those that fear the Large Hadron Collider have said for years that when it gets fired up, it could create a black hole and swallow the earth hole.
This past summer, I spoke to a few friends with some cold beer around a warm campfire. We all agreed that maybe this wasn't the best idea. . And if a few Coal Regioners from Eastern PA think this, why didn't anyone else stop this!?
I'm only half joking..
The real news is this: The powerful *at least the makers hope it's powerful* atom smasher will be fired up on Wednesday.
"The first beams of protons will be fired around the 17-mile tunnel to test the controlling strength of the world's largest superconducting magnets. It will still be about a month before beams traveling in opposite directions are brought together in collisions that some skeptics fear could create micro "black holes" and endanger the planet.
The project has attracted researchers of 80 nationalities, some 1,200 of them from the United States, which contributed $531 million of the project's price tag of nearly $4 billion"
So enjoy Monday and Tuesday, just in case. And when NOTHING happens to the earth on Wednesday, enjoy that day, too. And all the while, try your best to understand what the hell they are trying to do, because on matter how many times I try to research this, I leave simply scratching my head...
"MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night"
Finally! The convention coverage was abominable.. Completely biased--low ratings. CNN and FOX outdid MSNBC by big numbers.. Thanks to the tense, awkward, and biased convention programming presented by anchors Olbermann and Matthews..
UPDATE: 10:12
NEW YORK TIMES STORY ON TAKING THE ANCHORS FROM THE HOT SEATS..
All the news unfit to print for Saturday, September 6, 2008
Flag flap: Republicans use trashed flags as issue
After the DNC convention, the Democrats threw out over 12,000 flags.. McCain's campaign salvaged them and will use them in a rally.
Not a great deal to do with issues, but an enormous amount to do with character and the perception of the candidates..Old Glory rescued!! The Republicans starting to love recycling..
The DNC put out a statement that changes the tenor of the story, stating 75,000 people waved flags and that the McCain supports wrongfully took leftover flags from stadium..
Oh.. these important issues.. But people rarely vote on issues..
Expect to hear a lot about patriotism, respect, and flags.. 8 more weeks until November..
Photo above: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
All the news unfit to print for Friday, September 5, 2008
THE POLITICS OF CHANGE.. STARTING TO STINK .. World of the photoshops: Did you get the Palin email yet?
A few months ago, I had to combat people at work who thought Barack Obama was born in a different country and was a Muslim.. It was tough . .especially with the constant flow of emails into inboxes overwhelmed with untrue messages about Obama's heritage and faith..
And now, the new rock star of American politics, Sarah Palin, is getting her share of Photoshopped press. Emails flying around of Palin with a gun, wearing an American flag bikini with underage children drinking in the background.. Pictures so well-done it forced one very intelligent man I know to believe the photos were true. He sent them to a lot of people.. I showed him Snopes .. but I think he discounted factual evidence and still continued to believe the Palin Photoshops to be real..
During Obama's Muslim fictitious days, hardcore close-minded Republicans believed Obama was a traitor and sold out America and for these reasons wasn't qualified to be president... During these new Palin-crazed days, hardcore close-minded Democrats believe Palin is an unintelligent right-wing nutcase that isn't qualified to be vice-president. And they are set out to prove it! Even if it means believing fiction..
I just got new emails to my inbox: Palin's kids drinking.. More fakes... and fakes.. and fakes. Didn't get an Obama email lately, though. I guess I'll get it again in October...
I hate to brag, but I predicted the Palin thing a few days back. I know, it's only days..
And yes, there are some topless rumors going around .. more fakes..
The refreshing "politics of change." Looking more and more like the politics of 1800s and 1900s every day. Some brave new world. Some 21st century....
Drudge Report controversy: Slams Oprah over refusal to allow Palin sit on the couch
Matt Drudge reported early this morning that Oprah won't allow Sarah Palin to appear on the show.. Oprah responded to the Drudge Report, which ended up getting some other press about the press from other sources, saying, "The item in today's Drudge Report is categorically untrue. There has been absolutely no discussion about having Sarah Palin on my show. At the beginning of this Presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates. I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over."
After it's over..If Sarah's free?
According to history books on weather, the most total storms at one time ever recorded....drum roll...
"Four hurricanes occurred simultaneously on two occasions. The first occasion was August 22, 1893, and one of these eventually killed 1,000- 2,000 people in Georgia South Carolina. The second occurrence was September 25, 1998, when Georges, Ivan, Jeanne and Karl persisted into September 27, 1998 as hurricanes. Georges ended up taking the lives of thousands in Haiti. In 1971 from September 10 to 12, there were five tropical cyclones at the same time; however, while most of these ultimately achieved hurricane intensity, there were never more than two hurricanes at any one time (from Blake et al. 2005.) "
VETTING SARAH PALIN: MCCAIN PUSHES BACK AGAINST ATTACKS
The strange saga of Sarah Palin continues.. since she was chosen days ago by Senator John McCain to join the Grand Old Party ticket, blogs have slammed her, news coverage has lampooned her, and politicians have taken part in a whisper campaign against her..
The world seems to be piling up on Sarah.
John McCain can only hope the pileon will end up helping..
John McCain said today, "My vetting process was completely thorough." ..Reports state that Palin turned over several years of tax returns, submitted written answers to over 70 questions, and she was once fined for a fishing license violation.. Palin disclosed her 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy in a private conversation..
Palin hired lobbyists when she was a mayor in a small Alaska town.. John McCain said today that America is 'excited' over his choice of Palin..
The Republican party's grass roots seems to be fired up over Palin as VP .. they got even more so when nasty rumors abounded on blogs that Palin's youngest son with downs syndrome was really her daughter's first son... And even more fired up when it was revealed that her daughter is pregnant..
Opponents, however, keep piling on.. Prediction markets bet that Palin will withdraw, news today that she belonged to a Secessionist Party, and today Obama hit 50% in a Gallup poll for the first time since the campaign began..
With all that said, Pat Buchanan writes today that Palin is paying off for McCain, "big-time."
Paying off with conservatives, big-time, yes.. But with all of America? Can't tell yet.
But the world is watching.. And viewing a once obscure Alaskan Governor--and her family--through the lens of a media circus..
Palin addresses the Republican convention Wednedsay..
All the news unfit to print for Sunday, August 24, 2008
Madonna still knows how to get attention
PHOTO: AFP/Leon Neal Fake controversies produced for the audience causing a stir..
Madonna's tour is back on the road--and she couldn't ask for more attention than what she is getting today: The "Sweet and Sticky" tour off to a political start..
Madonna kicked off her international tour Saturday night at Millennium Stadium in Wales, with a video of global destruction, Mugabe, Hitler--and McCain.
All the news unfit to print for Saturday, August 23, 2008
GRAMPS THE LANDLORD: THE SCHMUCK OF THE WEEK
AFP/Alfredo Estrella America may wish that John McCain was the national landlord: if he was, perhaps he'd forget how many properties he has and forget to charge rent.
McCain fell into the biggest trap and candidate could fall into this week. When asked how many homes he owns, his mouth dropped and he didn't know. He had no clue..
The embarrassing moment is helping solidy the silent campaign against McCain: He's old and he's out of touch.
Obama, reeling from a horrible summer of slumping polls and reckless foreign policy comments, trounced on McCain's forgetfulness over the home count.
While both McCain and Obama are wealthy, there is something about forgetting the amount of homes someone owns.
In the year 2000, George W. Bush was asked names of world leaders. He was clueless..
In 2008, McCain was asked an even simpler questions.. This one hits "home" harder.
In 2000, America thought of Bush as their kind of guy .. America didn't know those foreign leader names, either. But Bush wore a cowboy hat, had a ranch, and symbolized a tough American.
In 2008, McCain may know world leaders, he may have been to Georgia (not the state) more times than he could count on two hands, but not knowing a basic simple aspect of his own personal economics? That hurts. And it hurts even more when America finds out one of the homes he owns is a 'servant's quarters.'
If McCain picks Romney, the elitism and snobbery will be full steam ahead. Romney is a little reminiscent of an old 1950s slick vitamin salesman.. or a door to door insurance salesman.. Good with words, never a messed hair, and awfully rich.
McCain was a war hero.. He was a symbol of American pride and strength.. But in 2008, he appears to be more like Abe Simpson.
But even Abe probably knows how many homes he owns.
If McCain loses this year, he could look back to these hot dog days of August and remember his gaffe. And maybe sell a few houses....
All the news unfit to print for Friday, August 22, 2008
FOX NEWS reporting...
Major Garrett reporting that Obama/Bayh bumper sticker is too ugly to be true.. too unrealistic to be real..
Instead, reporting that Biden may stand the strongest chance..
Obama was doing a good job with the secret.. until now
The word HAS to get out. It's like a little trickle turning into a flood..
Tonight's Drudge Report giving national play to report:
"FLASH: Fri Aug 22 2008 17:52:03 ET /// KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reports a company in Kansas City, which specializes in political literature, has been printing Obama-Bayh material... MORE... Gill Studios, would not confirm information about the material. They would not deny it either. At least three sources close to the plant's operations reported the Obama-Bayh material was being produced.."
No proof that the object or costume photographed and released was Bigfoot..
In a way, this makes me feel better. Just knowing that the real Bigfoot is out there .. somewhere .. casually walking through the woods .. strutting his stuff in the forest world.
He won't be caught. Either because it's too smart.. or just merely because his existence is only within the imaginations of people that want to believe.
Of course, Bigfoot believers that really want to believe are the minority. There are, after all, aliens amongst us. Just look at Michael Phelps..
All the news unfit to print for Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Julia Child: American hero
Not for her food, but due to the fact she was part of a World War II era spy ring managed Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt..
Take notes: Julia Child making an omelet..
"Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" by starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.
He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.
At lunch, Phelps gobbles up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
And some just think he's an alien.
For dinner, Phelps really loads up on the carbs - what he needs to give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen - with a pound of pasta and an entire pizza. "
He eats like we all did in high school..
But the difference is he has won 11 more gold medals than all of us..
DEFLATED CROWD IN CHINA: YAO MING FAILS TO BEAT AMERICANS
REUTERS PHOTO The United States ended the game viewed by presidents of the US and China 101-70. China will next play world champion Spain on Tuesday afternoon, while the Americans will meet Angola that night..
Disgruntled conservative hard-liners have been dismayed by the administration's policy in many areas, particularly North Korea, Iran and Israel. John Bolton, formerly Bush's U.N. ambassador and a superhawk, publicly makes the case for betrayal. When Burns joined the talks with Iran, Bolton fumed sarcastically on television that the State Department was obviously "doing its best to ensure a smooth transition to the Obama administration."
..he goes on to write,
"That president, of course, was George W. Bush. His decision to blindly repudiate anything associated with Bill Clinton is what got us into this mess in the first place. Let's hope that the next president, no matter how much he despises Bush, will take a careful look at his administration's policies, America's interests, and the world beyond and do the right thing for the country and its future"
Zakaria seems to believe the new world order is coming.. but only delayed a few extra years by a bumbling couple years of the Bush Administration. Fareed writes, "An obsession with terrorism has also made the administration devote too little time and energy to the defining feature of the new world order —"the rise of the rest," by which I mean the growth in economic and political power of countries like China, India, Russia, Brazil and a series of regionally prominent nations like South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico and Kazakhstan. "
The new world order.. It's coming. Only delayed by Bush 43. The NEWSWEEK article argues that 2009 will bring the return of the freight train heading down the path of the new.. world .. order.
The United States tops so far--but it's just opening day...
China is making a play to earn the most gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..
The Americans swept Canada in a women's fencing event..
Medal count:
United States: 2 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze
China: 2 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze
30 below their record high.. lessening demand, lessening prices. They zapped the money out of Americans' pockets until no more was had to be spent.. They have no other choice but to cut a break..
Even more, one of the International Olympic Committee's most senior figures dismissed the yellow-grey haze that periodically hangs over the city as mist, and blamed the media for overstating pollution problems..
Mist.
The mist.. not the Stephen King mist, I hope..
But at least Stephen King's mist was fiction..
The filth hanging in the air in China is very real.
"I have to stay on the bus forever": Canada bus beheading suspect asks to be killed
Strange details of the sick crime that is rocking Canada coming to light..
Officials say that Vince Weiguang Li had had a plastic bag containing the ear and nose of the victim..
Vince Weiguang Li responded to questions from police: "I have to stay on the bus forever"..
Li is being charged with second-degree murder for the beheading of 22-year-old carnival worker Tim McLean .. Witnesses to the murder on the bus also say that Li cannibalized McLean..
According to reports, the judge asked Li if he wanted an attorney..Li shook his head and then quietly said "please kill me."
more..
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Reaction to the Biden Palin debate has been fully aired on TV, radio, and Internet all day--plus on factory floors and around office water coolers across America.
Judging from ratings of the event, lots of people got the chance to talk about the debate today.
Science fiction got boring. Reality is scary.
The amazing race: 
It's Sunday again.. arguably the most depressing day of the week, for some odd reason.
This week, though, a new face lit of screens across America: Sarah Palin's ratings were high .. the GOP convention actually beat the Dems for the final night by a few hundred thousand. And now, the catwalks and sidewalks of the modeling world appear to be busy with models wearing Palin-wear: Glasses, shirts, and Palin thongs. I don't know if America would wear a Hillary thong.. but we're wearing Sarah-wear. I don't know if it means we like her. Perhaps it means she's a passing fad of 2008..? The AP reported yesterday that McCain's rallies are getting better crowds lately--most likely not for McCain but instead to see this vice presidential candidate that seems to have electrified the nation, or at least half of it. In the end, maybe Obama should have re-thought that non-vetting of Hillary..?
Either way: A collection of news events from around the world, more on Hurricane Ike coming later:
A top United Nations expert today calling for the world to 
A few months ago, I had to combat people at work who thought Barack Obama was born in a different country and was a Muslim.. It was tough . .especially with the constant flow of emails into inboxes overwhelmed with untrue messages about Obama's heritage and faith..
And now, the new rock star of American politics, Sarah Palin, is getting her share of Photoshopped press. Emails flying around of Palin with a gun, wearing an American flag bikini with underage children drinking in the background.. Pictures so well-done it forced one very intelligent man I know to believe the photos were true. He sent them to a lot of people.. I showed him 
The world was rocked about 10:10 pm EDT last night..
Sarah Palin spoke.. and the 
Happy Meteorological Fall!
The convention is back on track.. Gustav is a depression causing widespread flooding in the South .. And there's a few more storms. Yes, a few.. Hanna, going to the East Coast, Ike, going somewhere, and Josephine.. somewhere.. And a few more waves off Africa that need to be watched..
In the meantime, some other news making news.. in the news .. around the world:
Michael Phelps did it. He got eight gold medals at the Olympics.. He made some great history, and made America proud.
He eats, sleeps, and swims. In a way we all have something in common.. eat.. sleep .. work. The biggest difference is his endurance level is high and we don't get gold medals for work.
The Sunday morning sidewalk .. random rakings from around the world..
Arguments and debates continue over the Shroud of Turin: 
Bikinis?
Half nude women playing volleyball at the Olympics?
It's worth a shot..
NBC has been lit up with coverage of half naked women sweating under the hot China sun.. 
Newsstands set to anger anti-Bush readers this week . .NEWSWEEK cover in all red: "What Bush got Right"..
More..
