It’s Not About Me Claims Obama

Did you watch Senator Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention acceptance speech last night? If you didn’t catch it you can see Barack Obama’s acceptance speech video right here.

Obama VP Announcement Imminent

Or so speculators would have us assume, The game of who’s to be Senator Barack Obama’s running mate in the forthcoming US election is one that nobody has yet been able to answer as Barack Obama is not letting on who he wants to be his vice president of the United States of America.

Speculation as I said is rife, and the potential vice presidential candidate names that are being bandied about include Senator Joe Biden, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine

Lightning Strikes Twice As Bolt Claims 200m Record

Proof that lightning can indeed strike twice in the same place Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt claimed the olympic 200 m title and broke Michael Johnson’s 12 year old record by .02 seconds to record a time of 19.3 seconds as he left the rest of the field far behind him once again.

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Tropical Storm FAY Could Become Hurricane

Tropical storm Fay which has been causing major problems and evacuation orders over the weekend could become near Hurricane level before it reaches land according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The National Hurricane center says that Fay, which past Cuba Monday morning is heading towards the Florida Keys before moving our to the Gulf of Mexico, could pick up strength and speed by Tuesday morning.

Reports from Jamaica which experience lightning storms and a deluge of rain over the weekend, leaving some residents on the north coast wondering whether the storm was passing closer to them than at first thought.

Evacuation orders have been sent out to areas in the Floriday Keys that are in the path of the storm as a precaution led to heavy traffic on the roads leaving Key West and other low lying areas of the Florida peninsula.

Nadal Claims No. 1 Spot From Federer

After a record 160 weeks as the world’s no. 2 Rafael Nadal has at last claimed the number one spot from Roger Federer. The 2008 Olympic champion won Gold yesterday in the Beijing Olympics, beating his opponent Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (2) and 6-3. Five grand slam singles titles including the French open for the fourth consecutive year and Wimbledon this year, signalled that Rafael Nadal was indeed tired of being the man in waiting and took the number one spot today after victory in his Olympic final.

Bolt of Lightning Hits Mens Olympic 100m Final

Usain Bolt claimed the mens 100 meters Olympic gold medal in Beijing a couple of minutes ago and delivers a new world record to boot. Jamaican track star Usain Bolt streaked ahead his competition leaving them far behind him to finish the Olympic 100 meter final in emphatic fashion is just 9.69 seconds. It is Jamaica’s first gold medal in this event. Read more

FDA Approves Huntington’s Disease Drug Xenazine

The US Food and Drug Administration have  for the first time, approved a new drug that helps to combat the symptoms of Huntington’s disease, a rare inherited disease that affects about 30,000 people in the USA.

The drug which known as Xenazine, will not cure the disease, and has some serious side effects, including an increased risk of suicide, however the benefits are said to make life for a sufferer of Huntingtons much better.

Sufferers who have disease experience uncontrolled movements known as chorea, deterioration of mental abilities and is fatal.

Christian Bale May Not Be Charged With Assault

Actor Christian Bale may not be charged with assault if he accepts a caution it was reported today in London Global Village News understands. The Dark Knight star was arrested last month in London on the eve of the Dark Knight London premier after he was accused of assaulting his mother and sister in a London hotel room. Christian Bale denied the charge and was released on bail to appear before the courts in London later this month.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has apparently said that he can be cautioned about the offence, rather than being charged with what is after all a criminal offense, but in order to escape the criminal charges he will have to admit to the assault.

The british tabloid press reported at the time that the row which led to the alleged assault by Christian Bale was as a result of his sister asking for money to help raise her three children. Bale has been estranged from his mother and family since his parents divorce. Bale opted to go live with his father in the United States.

Russia Invading Georgia Prompts Big Questions

Questions are being asked all over the world as to why Russia is invading Georgia. This former Soviet

Despite pleas from the Georgian leader over this weekend for the West to denounce Russia actions, the

Union territory is being bombarded by air strikes and Russian mechanized army troops in a bid (according to the Russians) to peg back Georgia’s attempts to take over territory it is not entitled to. In addition many news outlets and commentators allude to the current price of oil as a factor. The world’s second largest oil pipeline runs throguh Geoegia, which is a democratic republic.

bombardment continues, with rumours coming to the surface that Russia is about to launch an attack on Georgia’s civilian airport, effectively cutting communications with the countries capital.

President George W. Bush has just made a statement from the Whitehouse, strongly condemning Russia’s

actions and he outlined in his statement what he wants the Russians to do in order to bring the situation under control, this includes a return to the “military status quo of August 6th”.

The Russian president and prime minister have yet to respond, however it seems they have justified their actions, claiming the Georgians have been committing genocide in the area of South

and that they have taken this action simply to reverse Georgia’s encroaching attempts to gain more territory in the area.

We can only hope that some sort of ceasefire can be brokered in order to prevent this conflict escalating into another full scale war, which doubtless will increase the price of oil still further, but more than that will see yet another region of the world involved in bloody conflict that will cost even more innocent lives.

Online Dating For Millionaires

RichKiss is the online dating site that caters for wealthy singles who want to find love and happiness with someone of like financial status. They claim that rich people need love too seems a little confused though, because they don’t only cater for millionaires, but anyone who earns over $150,000 per year qualifies for the site. Then again, a little further down on their online dating site front page, they state that indeed even if you don’t earn $150,000 per year you can still join their online dating service. So is it for rich people or not?

The site seems to have two levels of membership. A guest membership allows you to do limited searches on profiles, and other members can view your online dating profile and contact you via instant messaging or email, you cannot however initiate contact with potential matches. The second level of membership, perhaps aptly named Gold membership allows you all the privileges of the site for a paltry $39.95 per month.

Seems to me that if the site is for rich people, then it should only allow rich people otherwise it’s merely an online dating site like all the rest.

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