Sarah Palin: 10 things we’ve learnt
[postpic=center]84177[/postpic] It has been a week since Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was catapulted from relative obscurity to centre stage as US Republican John McCain-s choice for running mate. Here are 10 things we now know about her. 1. Her five children are named Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and, last but not least, Trig Paxson Van Palin. According to the Washington Post newspaper, Track was named after the course of the sockeye...
Matt Damon: Sarah Palin Presidency Would Be Like a ‘Really Bad Disney Movie’
[postpic=center]84176[/postpic] Actor Matt Damon said a Sarah Palin presidency would be like “a really bad Disney movie.” “I think there-s a really good chance Sarah Palin could become president, and I think that-s a really scary thing,” he told the Associated Press, referring to the Republican vice presidential nominee. Damon suggested the odds are John McCain won-t survive his first term. “It-s like a...
Sarah Palin Is Quite Attractive
[postpic=center]84164[/postpic] Chace Crawford likes the look of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. “I-m not gonna lie. Sarah Palin is quite attractive,” Crawford admitted Wednesday at the Stand Up For A Cure Concert Series at Madison Square Garden in NYC on Wednesday. Who is Crawford voting for? “I can-t talk politics,” he said. Crawford recently revealed to Usmagazine.com that he would love 30...
Hurricane Ike keeps Gulf production shuttered
[postpic=center]84158[/postpic] Oil and natural gas producers in the Gulf of Mexico have stopped sending workers, evacuated from offshore rigs because of Hurricane Gustav, back to the platforms as Hurricane Ike approaches, a government agency said Wednesday. The Minerals Management Service (MMS), which tracks offshore operations, estimated that 452 of the 717 manned production platforms – about 63% – remained evacuated in...
Evacuations begin in Texas ahead of Hurricane Ike
[postpic=center]84157[/postpic] The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation-s largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants. Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the strengthening storm was expected to blow ashore early Saturday somewhere between Corpus...