August 19th 2008

Running Mates
It was reported Monday that John McCain might announce his VP candidate on August 29th, the day of his birthday. Apparently, the senator needs someone younger to help him blow the candles of the cake.

It was reported Monday that Barack Obama will be announcing pretty soon via text message his choice for a running-mate. If you don’t have a cell phone, don’t worry you’ll be able to find out immediately when Obama makes his choice by hearing Hillary’s screams.

Phil Collins
Phil Collins is paying his third wife $50 million to go away, almost the same amount of money Paul McCartney paid Heather Mills on his divorce not long ago. It is official now; marriage surpassed online music sharing as the number one cause for the collapse of the music industry.

Whale
Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother. Marine Biologists explained later it wasn’t the yacht the whale calf mistook for its mom, it was Rossie O’ Donnel, who happened to be on board.

Olympics
Olympics athletes, especially those who won medals, are going to make quite a lot of money in future endorsements. Michael Phelps is in talks with several cereal companies, the US female beach volleyball team in talks with sport apparel and the Chinese Gymnasts with Pampers diapers.

Bush
President Bush left on vacation Friday even though Russia and Georgia are still in the middle of a serious conflict. Apparently, this time Bush wants every thing to work out fast.

Georgia
The BBC has recently aired a TV report, in which you can see Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili eating his tie. Apparently, he wanted to leave no evidence of his ties with Dick Cheney.

Turtles
About 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead, a conservation worker said on Monday. The good news is that they were able to return to the water, the bad news is they did it as excrement.