In a half-assed bid to woo undecided Clintonites, John McCain has selected Alaskan governor, anti-abortionist and gun-lovin’ Sarah Palin to be his running-mate for the upcoming POTUS election. And should McCain go on to win, Palin will once again be the runner-up in a major political contest.
The Miss America Organization is pleased to announce that [...]

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Double-header this weekend: Charlie’s Angels 2’s Bosley (left) and South Park’s Chef(right) kicked it on Saturday and Sunday respectively, Mac from pneumonia (having previously been diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a disease that affects the immune system) and Hayes from a suspected heart attack.
Coincidently, both co-star in the upcoming movie Soul Men, which I’d never [...]

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After getting indirectly dissed by John McCain in one of his campaign commercials, Paris has hit back with a pitch of her own.
Fine, Paris is a total airhead, but it’s quite scary how much political influence she wields. This whole thing isn’t doing McCain any favours - and the Hiltons are Republicans! So if [...]

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She may not have been the oldest Golden Girl in real life, but she’s the first to check out.

Estelle Getty, who played meddling mother Sophia on “The Golden Girls,” died Tuesday morning. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman [...]

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Oh, well - there go the ratings. And my lunch.
17-year-old Chloe Marshall is making history this weekend as she becomes the first ever size 16 girl to take part in the Miss England final. (more)
Some retards folk think that a move like this is progressive. Well, those people should all be invited to a [...]

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Legendary cynic and anti-establishment comic George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 71. Very sad. George was a funny guy. But this is less of an obituary and more of a celebration of his seminal routine: “7 words you can’t say on tv”. Enjoy.
Cheers, George.

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Senator Barack Obama this morning became the first black presidential nominee in American history, hours after his defeated rival Senator Hillary Clinton floated the proposal that she be his vice-presidential running mate. (more)
Great. Now we all can get back to ignoring US politics again.

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A few days ago I posted a story about a thirteen-year-old who maxed out his dad’s credit card on hookers, XBox and Oreos. Quite understandably, there was concern that the story wasn’t entirely accurate. Those concerns were well founded.
Warning: the following extract contains vomitous online technosperm.
Online marketer Lyndon Antcliff recently helped a client achieve over [...]

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A New Zealander has been convicted of common assault after chucking a hedgehog at a teenager. Luckily for the perp, the crime was downgraded from the more serious charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Police said he threw the animal at the 15-year-old in the street, hitting him in the hip, leaving a welt and [...]

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Aaah. The fourth most popular story on the BBC News website this morning. You can’t buy advertising like this!
Twelve people have been killed in South Africa’s city of Johannesburg since Friday in a wave of attacks against immigrants, officials say.
Only twelve? Sheesh! Is Joburg on a go-slow or something?
For those of you in the [...]

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