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0138-Kiss From A Rose or is it a Thorn? Report: Seal has a Naughty Temper

How could someone who sings "Love Divine" so magically beautiful have a bad temper? Well, that's what his wife Heidi Klum says and that's why they are getting a divorce. The rumor is that even though Seal has some impressive hits and a career most would die for, he has slacked in the past few years while wife Heidi is making a comeback. It's the classic machismo resentfulness towards the female part of the coupling. It's always great when the man is the shiniest star and making the biggest bucks - if you happen to be the man. Damn women libbers, they ruined everything. Specific examples of Seal's "outrageous anger" haven't surfaced to the main stream but we can imagine a few scenarios. Anyway, the couple are still nesting together along with the children and probably for the sake of the young ones, who, it's rumored have been subjected to the tirades of their four-time Grammy winning papa. The good news is that Seal may have a comeback in the making and if he can hurry perhaps the marriage can be salvaged. After all, love is divine. (Photo: Hollywooddame.com)

Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 27, 2012 at 2:05pm

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0147-Utah Teenagers Hatch Plot to Bomb School and Escape by Airplane

Two high school students in Roy, Utah were arrested today when authorities discovered they had an elaborate plan to bomb the school and make their get-away by plane. It was reported they had practiced flying using flight simulation and had a fascination with the Columbine shootings that left 13 dead. One of the suspects has not been identified due to his age, 16. He reportedly said he even interviewed the principal of Columbine High School and had plans to make his result more deadly than the Columbine incident. The principal confirmed a visit by the 16 year old. The plot was uncovered thanks to another student who had received numerous text messages including one that ask what she would do if she was advised to stay home from school on a certain day. Additional texts with reference to world destruction also raised suspicion. The 18 year old suspect has been identified as Dallin Morgan. The incident comes at at time when high schools have increasingly become the target of shooting sprees and mass death plots usually conceived by a student or multiple students. 

Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 27, 2012 at 1:42pm

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0199-RIP Cher Twitter Hoax pulled in Kim Kardashian and her 13 Million Followers

It's no wonder Twitter has agreed to censor tweets in some countries, particularly France and Germany which have speech laws that prohibit Pro-Nazi statements. Last night a single tweet in the U.S. set off a plethora of RIP Cher tweets as the 65 year old singer was reportedly found dead in her California home. These kind of tweets will eventually result in more cancellation of Twitter accounts and new methods from allowing such tweets to publish, such as phrase recognition technologies that will require validation of a tweet before it can post. Other celebrities have also been reported dead on Twitter in the past, such as Britney Spears and Etta James. The Etta James tweets may not have been mischief as the singer was ill and in the hospital and sadly did passed away last week. (Photo, CherWorld.com)

Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 27, 2012 at 12:31pm

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0188-How Rick Santorum Could Become the Next U.S. President

You might wonder how a money-strapped dark-horse like former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum could become the next leader of America, and I can tell you how. The answer is basically one word: politics. But okay, I will elaborate. Remember Herman Cain? Everyone just knew he was going to be the man pitted against Obama this November, but personal items got in the way and he, like others, faded into the political sunset. In case you are wondering, a political sunset isn't like the ones you see from the beach in Mazatlan or Acapulco. 



Imagine a scenario in which both Gingrich and Romney fell by the wayside and lost their bids as presidential hopefuls. It can happen as fast as it takes a hummingbird to get from flower A to flower B. In this age of viral web technology and political savvy-ness - or savageness if you prefer, a tiny piece of negative news can turn a politician as upside down as that pretty little house most of us are living in.



Also take into consideration it wouldn't take but a puff of bad air to knock Gingrich out of contention, and some people don't even think he is a contender now, sans a major scandal.



Romney is a different story, but he still has the negatives of looks and personality. He's been called too stiff, unnatural with a grooming that is too groomed. Someone coined the phrase "that guy on top of the wedding cake" and I agree. His handlers need to locate a huge industrial fan, turn it on high and point it at Mr. Romney. Of course his looks and stiffness do not a knock-out make so it would take something more.



The point is there is always that possibility for a slip-up or a news story that could topple Romney onto the icing…

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Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 27, 2012 at 12:12pm

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0168-Study: Cities Give Off Political Vibes

Breaking news here, cities actually give off political vibes - vibrations for the uninitiated, and it's no study, just me being goofy over a cup of coffee. But how do you feel the vibe, from where does it come? Actually the strongest vibe comes from the people themselves, and from a position you probably will not find surprising - on the road, driving ( or stuck in traffic if you prefer.) The second point of reference for political vibes come from the local political structure and law enforcement. The smaller the city the stronger the vibes. ("What brings you to our town, boy?")

 Let's start with Mobile,Alabama since that's where I am at the moment. Mobile is about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. It has a population of about 190,000 just in the city but if you want to count the metropolitan area you are looking at just under a million. The vibe here is strongly conservative so if you are a liberal, and spotted, then you could be subjected to a slight by a "con."



The unexpected assault will likely come from behind the wheel of a car - or truck as the case will be in Mobile, because most people drive pick-up trucks. If you are suspected of being liberal someone could do any of the following:



1. Ride your bumper.

2. Hit you with the high beams

3. Smirk at you

4. Flip you off

5. Pass you AND flip you off

6. Or just simply run you off the road



The science or art, whichever it is, of spotting a liberal or conservative is not exact. Sometimes you could actually be wrong. Basically, in a city such as Mobile conservatives tend to be in a higher income bracket ( strong good old boy networks) and liberals have less money and drive less glamorous cars. There are of…

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Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 27, 2012 at 11:19am

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0157-Vietnam revisited at McDonald's;more truth after all these years

You never k now when you might learn more about one of the most emotional and political events in world history, the Vietnam War, that coldly began in 1955 and ended, also coldly in 1978. For me it was yesterday, sitting in a McDonald's restaurant in Mobile, Alabama where I was writing a blog on presidential candidate Newt Gingrich ( 10 reasons why he can never be president.)


 I am no stranger to the aftermath of the Vietnam war and met many Veterans in San Francisco who landed on the streets there and remained.



It was a poring rain and the gentleman had already eaten, was hanging around until he could get to his car. He volunteered to tell a few of us his experience, his take on Vietnam, and shared that he was retired and under psychiatric care due to exposure to Agent Orange and the sheer experience of what he saw and perhaps did.



 He didn't say his name so I will call him Ralph.  He wanted us to know about the My Lai Massacre, reminding us that he was there and he spoke to persons directly involved in the assault. There had been problems coming from the village. It's been revealed many times that women and children were trained as snipers and were often as skilled as men at hitting their mark - perhaps more so in some cases. It was determined that injuries and deaths of some American soldiers were coming from the My Lai village. Ralph pointed out that North Vietnamese soldiers were adept at using villagers as cover and mingling with them as a method of protection against the enemy. In this case their ploy did not pan out.





Military brass in Vietnam ordered the destruction…
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Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 27, 2012 at 10:09am

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0129-Hillary Clinton positions herself to be America's first woman president

It comes as no surprise since Mrs. Clinton made it clear from the onset - she won't be sticking around as Sec of State should Obama eek out a second win in Washington this November. She's going to take a break, do some reading, writing and traveling - the fun type of travel, not press junkets and emergency foreign interventions failed before her crowded plane could land.



The casual observer might take Mrs. Clinton's resignation with a grain of salt, but the more astute see pepper and relish, and the glint in her "presidential" eye. Let's be blunt here: Hillary Clinton is a fairly likable person, and across party lines she has the ability and charm to win people all the way to 1600 Penn. Ave NW.



Therefore, it would make perfect sense that Mrs. Clinton take four years sabbatical and surface in 2015 as a 2016 Democratic contender.   One might wonder why not Nancy Pelosi, doesn't she make sense as the first U.S. woman president? Yes and no, but mostly no at this juncture, which could of course change in a few years but Hillary is clearly the party choice.



Granted it will be a working sabbatical - an oxymoron to say the least but she will be further planting the seeds of Hillary in both literature and travel. I can see President Hillary Clinton taking oath of office in 2016, that is unless George Prescott Bush decides it's his turn to put the Bush name back in high cotton. The handsome, personable, Hispanic Bush could win over so many hearts and eyes, sending Hillary Bush back on another sabbatical until further notice. Which brings me to this observation: Hillary Clinton this year might be the best and only year you have a chance to be elected president. You might want to rethink that vacation and get a…

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Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 26, 2012 at 3:43pm

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0128-10 reasons why Newt Gingrich will never be President of the United States

It wasn't easy but I managed to find 10 reasons why Republican Newt Gingrich can never hold the highest office in the land. When the water is ice cold, I say just dive it so let's do it.

Reason 1: Everyday is a bad haircut day for Mr. Gingrich

                                                                                                        

Photo: PJMedia.com

No matter how many photos you view or where you see him, Newt Gingrich simply can't sport a presidential haircut. I'm not sure if the blame lies with his handlers or Newt himself . In the photo above it appears he might have just removed a load of  sweaters from the clothes dryer. 

2. Newt Gingrich has always had limited, never a broad appeal



To be able to cite your address as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW you must no matter what your political affiliation, have a wide appeal. That appeal must also cross into enemy territory, meaning if you are a Republican there are still a significant number of Democrats who in the privacy of a voting booth might punch a paper hole beside your name. Mr. Gingrich will always have a hard time getting even a healthy amount of his own party to punch that hole. It may have as much to do with his implied agenda as with his public one. Take Ronald Reagan for example. His boyish mien and contagious smile crossed party lines all the time. The man came from a background in acting and he had a natural gait of congeniality. Bill Clinton also had a winning smile and his Southern intonation - and again we have the boyish charm - could win over even the defiant of…

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Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 26, 2012 at 1:19pm

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0127-How Barack Obama Became a Republican

Obama: "I’m a Democrat. But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That Government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more." 





This was U.S. President Barack Obama during his annual State of the Union address to Congress on January 25, 2012. The rest of the world, including the American public were also invited to tune in but let's just say a lot of them chose not to and got the gist of the address from news outlets the next day.  But let's examine Obama's profound statement drawing a comparison between himself and Abraham Lincoln. The government should only do for us what we cannot do better ourselves. The implication in this statement is that Republicans supposedly believe we should have less government. If they really believed that why don't they start in their own House - and Senate - and start making some cuts there?  And, let's consider a few things we might do better than government. How about running the government for one?  A few years back a gentleman had an idea to include the American people directly in government by allowing everyday citizens to directly participate in government decisions in Congress. He called the idea House of America but for unknown reasons it has not germinated. Oh wait, the reasons are not exactly unknown. That private club called House and Senate would not fare well with the American public having direct input in the running of government. We are still clawing out of the most profound recession in world history, finally, and these guys know what they are doing? 





One thing the American people would demand of government, should we be allowed something other than a lost vote in a plastic booth that doesn't even have full length curtains, is to turn on it's…

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Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 26, 2012 at 1:13pm

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4656-Jerry Yang Resigns from Yahoo

Jerry Yang has reported resigned as head of Yahoo and will have no further activity with the online company that has struggled over the past few years with it's position in a market dominated by Google. This is breaking news that has not yet been officially confirmed by Yahoo or any other party. Yahoo has been the subject of  take-overs and selling attempts that have failed and it is still not clear what the company may plan to do in light of it's  failure to maintain a major spotlight in a fierce, competitive online market. Our opinion is Yahoo focused too much on delivering Hollywood style news and tips on how to keep your man or woman. Just our opinion, but we could be right. 

Posted by Mobile Tribune on January 17, 2012 at 5:22pm

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