By Calvin Palmer
Joe the Plumber is cashing in on his 15 minutes of fame. The Ohio plumber, who turned out not to be a plumber, was seized upon by the McCain-Palin campaign after he challenged Barack Obama about his tax plans.
Now something of a celebrity, Joe, real name Samuel Wurzelbacher, has signed up with a [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Joe the Plumber’s celebrity status likely to run hot and cold
October 29, 2008
Christian Science Monitor to end print edition and face the future online
By Calvin Palmer
A part of people’s daily lives for more than a century, the daily newspaper, may well be drawing to a close in the face of a declining readership and falling advertising revenues.
Since the advent of the Internet, the print editions of newspapers have been a dying industry and the Christian Science Monitor is [...]
October 28, 2008
Knox and Sollecito face trial for Kercher murder after Guede found guilty
By Calvin Palmer
A 21-year-old American and her former Italian boyfriend will stand trial some time next year for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher after a ruling by Judge Paolo Micheli.
Amanda Knox, from Seattle, and Raffaele Sollecito, 24, have been held in custody for a year following the slaying of 21-year-old Kercher in Perugia, [...]
October 27, 2008
Agents foil neo-Nazi plot to kill Obama
By Calvin Palmer
In a “closing speech” delivered in the crucial state of Ohio, Barack Obama offered optimism for the future and less emphasis on partisan politics.
Speaking in Canton Civic Center, Obama said: “In one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election; that tries [...]
October 24, 2008
Republican charged over false claim of knife attack by Obama supporter
By Calvin Palmer
The McCain-Palin campaign over the past week or so has focused its efforts on standing for “real Americans.” Anyone who might have been confused as to what a “real American” is, now has the answer.
A “real American” is a 20-year-old female Republican volunteer who self mutilates herself by carving a backwards “B” on her cheek, [...]
October 24, 2008
Scientists unlock the common cold’s mechanism of misery
By Calvin Palmer
We have put a man on the moon, perform incredible life-saving surgeries and create sophisticated electronic devices that have transformed our daily lives but a cure for the common cold has hitherto eluded the best efforts of man’s ingenuity
As someone who has been stricken with a cold this week, and still suffering from that awful [...]
October 24, 2008
Police plan for civil unrest no matter who wins the presidential election
By Calvin Palmer
Police departments in major U.S. cities will be mobilizing extra forces and putting SWAT teams on standby on November 4 to deal with possible outbreaks of violence if people are unhappy with the presidential election result.
Police chiefs in Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and Philadelphia are planning to deploy extra officers on election day.
Oakland [...]
October 23, 2008
Laying on of a heavy hand helps ease Halloween fears
By Calvin Palmer
They take Halloween seriously in Texas. Not just the children dressing up in costumes to go trick-or-treating but the law enforcement agencies who have this fear that every sex offender who has ever been convicted, and subsequently placed on a sex offender register, is just waiting for Halloween and the chance to indulge once [...]
October 21, 2008
Taliban guns down aid worker for preaching Christianity
By Calvin Palmer
Aid workers in Afghanistan are increasingly worried by the deteriorating security situation following the killing of Gayle Williams in Kabul.
The Taliban yesterday claimed responsibility for the death of Williams, 34, from London, who was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle, as she walked down a street. She worked for the Christian [...]
October 19, 2008
‘Family Guy’ nails McCain-Palin ticket
By Calvin Palmer
Never a truer word is spoken in jest and tonight’s episode of Family Guy was spot on in its satirical comments on the Republicans and the McCain-Palin campaign.
Stewie, Brian and Mort Goldman went back in time to the Second World War courtesy of Stewie’s time machine. The only problem was that they couldn’t return [...]
