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Obama chooses Biden as running mate
Barack Obama has announced that Joe Biden would be his Vice Presidential Running Mate. The first people to learn of the news were alerted by Text Message, after they signed up for alerts via the Barack Obama Campaign website. The next people to learn were the other possible running mates, Governor Tim Kaine and Senator [...]
Chinese Government Excuses
Recently the Chinese Government competed in Olympic Gymnastic with underage girls. Although their passports claim they are 16 there are older articles that have been found reporting the girls to have been 13 months earlier. With the intent to build better international relations with China I offer up these excuses they can use to get [...]
Georgia claims Russians have cut country in half
The world watches on as Georgia has been effectively cut in half when Russia captured the main east to west highway located near the city of Gori. Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili, is outraged at the action, but Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has asked Georgia to relax and wait ensuring that after the initial shock [...]
Is this for real?
I have never heard of anything this insane. Ever! The below is from an AP article: Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses “how he would have committed” the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said. The two-part [...]
write it like ripoff
So my friend Erik Tanouye has a blog where he comments (or writes humorous jokes) about news articles. Its really good (and linked over on the side of this site) and it makes me wish I was motivated to do the same thing. So slightly inspired by him I present this post where I comment [...]
News Bits for September 3, 2008