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ITWeb has reported that the FCC of America will be freeing up the vacant airways, or “white spaces” between between television channels, making them available for long distance, low frequency, ultra fast “Super WiFi”.

So does this mean EVERYTHING web related gets an upgrade? If so, what could we expect? A few predictions:

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There are two major reasons to discuss the new Gulfstream G6. Firstly, there is a Top 5 song in the US iTunes charts called “Like a G6” by a group called Far East Movement. And secondly, tomorrow’s jackpot for the SuperEna Lottery is EUR 150 Million (R1.5 Billion) – which is probably the only way you will be able to buy such a stunning toy.

Let’s check this toy out:

The G-6 – Now you’re killing it..

The Gulfstream G650 (official name) is a twin-engine business jet aircraft under development by Gulfstream Aerospace. It was formally launched as an internal company project in May 2005, and publicly unveiled on March 13, 2008. At the public announcement occasion, company executives stated the new airplane would become Gulfstream’s largest, fastest and most expensive business jet when it enters the market.

The G650 will fly at cruise speeds of Mach 0.85 to 0.90, with maximum speed of Mach 0.925 and will have a range of up to 7,000 nmi (13,000 km). It will be equipped with a full kitchen and bar and may be equipped with a variety of entertainment features including satellite phones and wireless Internet. The new jet will use the new Rolls-Royce BR725 engine producing a maximum thrust of 17,000 pounds-force (75.6 kN). Gulfstream states that with a weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,360 kg), it will be able to land at small airports avoiding the busy airports around the world.

[more here]

I’m absolutely fine with that vibe! CLICK HERE to read more about the plane.

And, at $58 Million to buy one, I strongly suggest you buy a ticket to tomorrow’s SuperEna lottery! It just makes buying these things that much more seriously!

CLICK HERE to buy a lottery ticket from our trusted online ticket purchasing service.

That’s because the first thing that headhunted potential employees ask themselves is, “Is this company a sinking ship?”

And SA Rugby, the company, is a sinking ship.

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You know, I gave a talk recently and in the powerpoint presentation was a screenshot of an article from 2007. The article happened to be 2oceansvibe’s annual declaration of the opening of summer. I noted the date – 17 September, 2007. My goodness but it came early that year!

Not so three years later as we find ourselves welcoming the Summer of the beautiful on this, the 30th day of September, almost two weeks later than that glorious day.

Enjoy this pic taken at Camps Bay beach yesterday:

  
Camps Bay beach – yesterday (Click that)

That, combined with this sensational lineup for the next week, can only mean one thing..

And it’s 20′s all the way after that my baby!

Ladies and gentlemen, 2oceansvibe hereby declares Summer 2010 OPEN!

Make it count this time!

Qaddafi Goes To Hollywood – Libya’s business ties are coming under scrutiny today during a new hearing over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. But it seems the Qaddafis have even grander aspirations, making films starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, and Mickey Rourke. In the same way that the U.S. has been drawn to Libya for its most wanted export, Libya now wants a piece of America’s most undeniable commodity: Hollywood movies. [dailybeast]

Iranian “BlogFather” Gets 19 Years In Prison – Iranian-Canadian Hossein Derakhshan, 35, nicknamed “the Blogfather” and credited with launching a blogging revolution in Iran, has been held in prison in the Islamic state since 2008 on what the media has said are suspicions of spying for Israel. “We were surprised that Derakhshan has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for co-operating with hostile countries, spreading propaganda and insulting religious figures,” said a human rights activist. [telegraph]

‘Penis Cops’ Sentenced To 205 Years – Two former policemen found guilty of murder in an apparent argument about genitals have been sentenced on Wednesday to 205 years in prison by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court. On September 10 2008 the Steven brothers shot dead Shawn Strydom, 32, Nic Jansen van Rensburg, 47, Rory Menzies, 41 and Bruce Edwards, 57. There had apparently been an argument over the size of a patron’s genitals at the Merseyside Pub in Umbilo. [news24]

Study Finds Athletes Fast Approaching Peak Performance – At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, swimmers set 25 world-record times while dominating the pool. By comparison, only five world records changed hands during the track and field events. But many of those swimming records fell only as a result of newly instituted bodysuit technology, relative advances that aren’t applicable to runners, high-jumpers, and shotputters. Have humans reached their peak athletic performance? [wired]

Cops Claim Possible Break In Maddie Jonbenet Ramsey Cold Case – Boulder Police detectives recently met with Burke Ramsey, the brother of six year old JonBenet Ramsey, to talk with him about his sister’s murder. JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her family’s Boulder home in December of 1996. Burke was 9 years old at the time. He is now 23 and recently graduated from college. [kwgn]

Facebook and Skype Readying Deep Integration Partnership – Facebook and Skype are poised to announce a significant and wide-ranging partnership that will include integration of SMS, voice chat and Facebook Connect. The move by the pair–which have tested small contact importer integrations before–is a natural one for the social networking giant, which is aiming to be the central communications and messaging platform for its users, across a range of media. [allthingsdigital]

Oprah Lands Interview With Mel Gibson’s Ex – Mel Gibson’s ex, Russian gold-digger singer Oksana Grigorieva, will sit down with the daytime diva to talk about her rocky relationship with the 54-year-old actor, with whom she has a baby daughter, Lucia. Winfrey, 56, whose 25th season ends this year, had been battling 60 Minutes for the sought-after sit-down. Nice one, Oprah. Please grill that peace of trash. [ismagazine]

Pay Less For Cableway Tickets Online – Buy your Table Mountain Cableway tickets online from October 1, 2010 and pay less until September 30, 2011. Visitors pay less for both return and one-way tickets purchased online, than those bought at the ticket office at the Lower Station. Buy your tickets online at www.tablemountain.net and only pay R170 adult return, R90 one-way; and R80 for children under 18 years return, R40 one-way. [tablemountain]

Claudia Schiffer To Launch Fashion Line – Claudia Schiffer is following in the footsteps of fellow supermodel Eva Herzigova and launching her own line of clothes. At the Salvatore Ferragamo show during Milan Fashion Week, Claudia Schiffer told WWD that she will launch her own fashion line at an event next month. Few other details were released except that her debut collection will launch in time for winter 2011. [luxuo]

TechCrunch Sold To AOL – Mike Arrington is selling his five-year-old blog company TechCrunch to AOL. And he’s sticking around for at least three years to keep running the site. Arrington made his announcement on stage at his Disrupt conference in San Francisco. No financial terms were disclosed — initial reports are $25 million to $40 million — but Arrington said TechCrunch’s editorial freedom would be preserved under terms of the deal. [gawker]

It’s David Bowie Time – For more than four decades, David Bowie has adopted personas the way most of us adopt internet handles. No one — from Marilyn Monroe clones like Madonna to Madonna clones like Lady Gaga — has been able to replicate the complicated process with as much artistic integrity. This gallery charts Bowie’s postmodern manifestations. Watch, and be more like Bowie. [wired]

Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? When you’re not tuned in to the 2OV Radio set? Today Dean Fuel is visiting the studio, along with Peter Sarstedt, oh yes he is. I see that you don’t believe us, I tell you its the honest truth. Come down to Shop 107, Cape Quarter, and watch us chill in the glass booth! [2oceansviberadio]

[thanks barry]

That’s if you’re living in the UK.

Indeed, recently-conducted research (which is is of course always reliable; remember the Da Vinci Code?) has indicated that Britons between the age of the thirty and forty are the most unhappy group of people in the whole world.

What’s there to be unhappy about?

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The Other Guys, from the same actor/director duo that brought us Step Brothers, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Adam McKay and Will Ferrell sure know how to get a laugh, taking the seemingly ordinary, flipping it on its head and surgically removing the funny. If they were doctors, they’d specialise in funnybonology and if they were plumbers… they’d crack you up or not even wear any pants at all!

They’ve done the same stunt with The Other Guys, a homage to the mismatched buddy action-comedies of the ’80s. This cop comedy ranges from dead serious to downright ridiculous… throwing Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in a sensible cocaine-dusted pursuit vehicle together as partners. They’re an unlikely team, but boy do they work well together with Wahlberg playing the tough Brooklyn beat cop just out of the cooler and Ferrell taking the Stranger Than Fiction government auditor character into much sillier terrain as a desk-bound police accountant with a disrespect for hot women.

Catch the rest of the review and the trailer after the jump…

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Andy and the gang from Smart About What pulled through to 2oceansvibe Radio the other day, to get the lowdown on internet Radio. It’s a fantastic video and, dare I say it, quite informative too!

Check it out by clicking the image below:

Our boy kicks off with:

As a 20 something Cape Tonian Caucasian, I really only have two choices of radio station to listen to. I don’t count Cape Talk as a radio station – it’s a glorified soapbox on which people call in and give their zero value input on the rehash of issues that were covered in the previous week’s Carte Blanche episode (Easy, it was just a joke dad, Cape talk is very informative). From the few short stints I’ve had in Jo’burg, moving north only really adds Highveld Stereo into the mix, and while I was kind of impressed with the setup, it hardly offered me with a unique approach to contemporary radio.The crux of my issue with FM radio is this: the songs are all the same and somebody neutered the DJs (I don’t blame the DJ’s for this btw).

CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

Keep an eye on Smart About What – they cover all sorts of topics and bring you up to speed with what, why and how!

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Tape: Doesn’t help

Die Pompmasjien ry nog weer!

Steve Hofmeyr, a South African “music artist” best known for extreme fertility singing Neil Diamond covers and accusing South Africans of lacking originality in the same breath, has proffered his cutting insight on yet another weighty topic.

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One of the world’s most celebrated DJs, JIMPSTER, is playing live at Cafe Caprice on Saturday night. And, what’s more, his entire set will be broadcast live on 2oceansvibe Radio. So if you’re unable to make it, you can have your own little party on your ace in your bedsit in Balham!

Good lord, it’s gonna be a schtoinker!

Australia’s Next Top Model Presenter Announces Wrong Model As Winner – It’s one of those moments that thankfully does not happen a lot, but on the live final of Australia’s Next Top Model, after a celebratory speech they realise they have announced the wrong winner! See video above. “Oh my God, i don’t know what to say right now”, says the presenter as shock descends over her face as producers tell her she has announced the wrong winner. [atv]

Our Dear Leader Makes Son A General – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has been appointed a general, amid rumours he is being anointed as successor. State television said the elder Kim had been re-elected as leader, at the start of a meeting of the ruling party. The Workers’ Party has not met for decades and observers believe Kim Jong-il may be cementing the family dynasty. Hmmm… do ya think? [bbc]

PigSpotter Plays ‘Open Cards’ And Hires Lawyer – Twitter’s South African traffic celebrity PigSpotter has hired a lawyer and approached the Director of Public Prosecutions to have charges against him dropped. The Twitter user, who faces trouble with the law for warning motorists about speed traps, is being represented by lawyer Karl Schuler. Take him, Karl Take hiiiiim! [mail&guardian]

Blackberry Launches iPad Rival ‘Playbook’ – The company behind the BlackBerry phone has unveiled a tablet computer it hopes will rival Apple’s iPad. The PlayBook, which was showcased at developer Research In Motion’s annual conference, has a 7in screen and two cameras. Like some models of the iPad, it comes with WiFi connectivity. However, it needs to be hooked up to a BlackBerry smartphone to access 3G networks. [skynews]

Ed Rooney (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) Pleads Guilty To Sex Offender Charges – Jeffrey Jones has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2003 sex offender case. Jones, who played Principle Rooney in ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ admitted to failing to update his sex offender registration, TMZ reports. As a result of his plea, he’s been sentenced to three years formal probation and 250 hours of community service. Charming! [popeater]

Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Is Lightest Lamborghini Ever – Till now we have seen the watchmakers taking their design cues from autos for their car-themed timepieces, this time it’s the other way round with the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition. The Italian brand has teamed up with the world-renowned watchmaker for this special edition racing car which will make its debut at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. [bornrich]

Jesse Eisenberg (Not Michael Cera) Plays Mark Zuckerberg In Facebook Movie – The 27-year-old New Yorker with the fiercely intelligent blue eyes, frenetic energy, and slouched shoulders is far more like the self-conscious and too-smart kid he’s played in nearly 20 films than the leading man of what may be the biggest movie of the year. Which actually makes him ideal to play Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s least CEO-like CEO. [dailybeast]

Barack Obama’s Rolling Stone Interview – Rolling Stone had interviewed Barack Obama twice before – first in June 2008, a few days after he won the Democratic nomination, and again that October, a month before his election. This time I sat with the president in the Oval Office, flanked by busts of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. The conversation stretched on for nearly an hour and a quarter. The president began by complimenting my multi-colored striped socks. “If I wasn’t president,” he laughed, “I could wear socks like that.” [rollingstone]

Eiffel Tower Evacuated After ANOTHER Bomb Scare – Police evacuated tourists from the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Tuesday after the second bomb alert this month at one of the world’s most visited sites. The latest alert came amid official warnings that France faces a serious threat of imminent terrorist attack and just a day after a major Paris train station was evacuated after a bomb alert that proved to be a false alarm. [timeslive]

George Clooney’s Bird Keeps Her Clothes On During Dinner – George Clooney led the way for Elisabetta Canalis after dinner at Nobu in Milan last night. They were joined by Roberto Cavalli, who stopped by the amfAR gala to pose with Heidi Klum on the red carpet earlier in the evening. Elisabetta has stripped down to almost nothing as a model for Cavalli Underwear, and she’s been close with the designer for some time. George also accompanied Elisabetta to the Georgio Armani show yesterday where he couldn’t keep his hands, or face, off her. [popsugar]

Mexican Mayor Stoned To Death – A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state. The Michoacan state Attorney General said the bodies of Tancitaro Mayor Gustavo Sanchez and city adviser Rafael Equihua were discovered in a pickup truck abandoned on a dirt road near the city of Uruapan. The spokesman said initially that the victims were hacked to death with a machete, but the attorney general said they were killed with stones. Much better. [associated]

The Plans For Steve Jobs’ New House – After nearly a six years of detailed cost comparisons, environmental impact surveys, court appeals, and unrelenting legal kung fu with state and local preservationists, it appears the 1920s Woodside mansion Jobs bought in 1984 will finally have its date with the bulldozers. In its place, the Apple CEO plans to erect a brand new $8.45 million single family home. You gotta see this thing. [wired]

The South Of France Uncovered – Cap D’Agde in the South of France is just like any other holiday village, except that the holidaymakers there wear no clothes. A curious Deirdre Morrissey got her kit off and joined the nudists, the swingers, the hedonists and those who are simply trying to spice up their sex lives. It was to be a holiday she would never forget. [independent]

Lindsay Lohan Is Back In Rehab *Yawn* – Four days after a judge briefly detained her for failing court-mandated drug tests, Lindsay Lohan has entered a live-in rehab facility in Southern California to seek help for substance abuse, TMZ is reporting. No other information is given in the report, other than that the train wreck will likely stay at the facility until her next court date on Oct. 22. [popeater]

Massive Meteor Crater Found On Google Images – The Kamil crater, which is 16 metres deep and 45 metres wide, is deep within the Egyptian desert, and was unknown until it was found using the search engine’s satellite images. Caused by a 10 ton mass of iron travelling at more than 12,000kph, it is one of the best preserved sites ever found. The impact would have generated a fireball seen more than 1,000 kilometres away. Scientists believe it is relatively young – less than a few thousand years old. A spring chicken, you might say. [telegraph]

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Yes it’s true that you can stream 2oceansvibe Radio on your smartphone just by going to www.2ov.fm, but we have a special new treat for the 2oceansvibe iPhone users out there.

Finally we have developed the 2oceansvibe iPhone app!

The app is free and you can CLICK HERE to check it out and download it now!

Now you can get LIVE 2oceansvibe Radio, anytime you want, with just 1-click!

We will be adding more functions to the app as time goes by, including live song titles, 2oceansvibe News Feed, Twitter Feed, What’s Hot and more!

A MASSIVE thank you goes out to our app developers, Marc and Juliaan at Appink (www.appink.net) – they come highly recommended! (Mention 2oceansvibe for special discount

And if you don’t yet have an iPhone, remember to get yours with a special 2oceansvibe discount from Digicape.

Yes, it’s true… a tribe of underage North Korean programmers have been hard at work over the last couple of months, diligently developing the all-new 2oceansvibe website. As was mentioned by our glamorous representative at this year’s SA Blog Awards, 2oceansvibe will no longer be competing in this esteemed event.

This is purely because the new 2oceansvibe will no longer be a blog, but rather a ‘preferred news source’ with multiple writers, delivering you the same hand-crafted mix of content. Content that you really care about. Content that people really talk about.

The all-new 2oceansvibe – landing on Monday

Just as 2oceansvibe Radio promises to deliver content and programming that fills that very empty niche left by local radio, so too will the new 2oceansvibe.com – giving you something that deters from the ongoing Zuma/Malema narrative. You see, we believe that there is more to life than the local political soap opera. There is international news, sport, business, technology, science, entertainment, music and social media to be had, and we want to deliver it to you.

Not that we won’t discuss local news – oh sure, we will – but we will cover it when it needs to be covered. You know, when something actually happens – but we certainly won’t be fueling the same pessimistic talk which has permeated our lives for the last 16 years.

It’s a safe place. A real place where we talk about real things to real people.

People like you.

Because you’re better than that.

Scores of dead pigeons lay strewn across the Table Bay Boulevard in Cape Town on the weekend, metres from the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

A report has indicated that while the birds were initially thought to have suffered from a mass bout of the deadly avine Newcastle’s Respiratory Disease (no relation to the mining black lung of Newcastle, KZN), the SPCA has since concluded that the birds were poisoned.

Poisoned, you say.

We say, slain in the spirit. Of evil.

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Steady and The Film Guy shot this little vid for Sloggi Underwear. They sent it with the caption, “though you might enjoy.”

THOUGHT?

MIGHT?

Give me a break – you should’ve just written “You love this – FACT” before I had even seen it.

And that lovely blonde lass in the video? Wow – very cool vibe she’s got going there. Apparently she was so much fun “on set” and bought everyone drinks and washed everyone’s car.

Ja – like really down to earth and all that.

A real all-rounder. We’re big fans of that, here at the vibe.

Cool backtrack there as well – called Crazy Eyes by Steady and Ran McSherry. Get it here.

The film rights to Nelson Mandela’s bestselling biography, Long Walk to Freedom, have been sold to South African film producer, Anant Singh.

This is the same man who produced such gems as:

• Mr Bones
• Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past
• Mama Jack
• Wulin Warriors: Legend of the Seven Stars

So prospects are looking good on the filmic integrity front.

That said, it wouldn’t be fair to omit that Singh has also produced the Oscar-winning locally produced drama, Yesterday.

But the international arms deal investors that Singh has lined up may end up being the actual focal point of this story.

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Old Demi Moore (or JoAnne Galloway, as you might know her) needs no introduction. Mrs Ashton Kutcher has been in our lives for many years and she has successfully made the jump from high scool teenage wet-dream to cougar extraordinaire. Which makes it even more surprising that I have never seen these pics of her before – taken during the earlier years – before she became seriously famous.

Demi Moore – Today’s Tuesday Tabs ambassador

It’s clear why she is the all-time favourite of many men (and women, mind you) around the world! It is those people in particular that I wish to warn about these next shots. Make no mistake her Tuesday Tabs offering is fantastic, but I fear that the way women “used to roll” in those days, was somewhat different to now. They were more free, if you get my drift? they really ‘let their hair down,’ you could even say.

So with that in mind, I urge you to consider clicking the below link before you do it – it is, without doubt, NSFW.

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Video Of David Beckham Confronting Fan Over Sex Claim – David Beckham is accused of shelling out lots of money for a steamy threesome with a pair of prostitutes. One ex-call girl has publicly come forward, and the other prostitute has backed the story while remaining anonymous. An infamous madam also insists that Beckham cheated on his longtime wife.For his part, Beckham has sued the magazine In Touch over the story. [huffpo]

Owner Of Segway Rides Segway Off Cliff And Dies – The multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company died in a freak accident yesterday when he rode one of the high-tech two-wheel machines off a cliff and into a river. Former miner Jimi Heselden, 62, plunged into the River Wharfe while riding around his West Yorkshire estate in Boston Spa on a rugged country version of the Segway. He was using one of the machines to inspect the grounds of his property before everything went tits up. [dailymail]

SAA Flight Attendant Gets Seven Years For Smuggling Drugs – A South African Airways (SAA) flight attendant has been jailed for seven years in the United Kingdom after trying to smuggle drugs into the country, the UK Border Agency said on Monday. Elphia Dlamini (42) from Cape Town tried to smuggle cocaine into the UK in her bra and underpants in June, the agency said in a statement. Silly tart. [mail@guardian]

Facebook Movie Is Going To Break Records – Days before The Social Network hits theaters, critics are saying to forget the Oscar race—David Fincher’s Facebook movie has already won. How good is it? Read the reviews here. It has already been compared to Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Balzac. Its Rotten Tomatoes score is a perfect 100 percent. Which by all accounts is very good. [dailybeast]

Google Loses Defamation Case – A French man sued Google because typing in his name resulted in search suggestions for “rapist,” “satanist,” “rape,” and “prison.” The court today ruled against Google in the defamation suit.In what could either be a landmark ruling or one of the most easily overturned decisions ever, the French court ordered Google to 5,000 euros ($6734) in damages. Hmm, I wonder if they thought this through properly.. [tgdaily]

Wal-Mart To Buy Massmart – Massmart’s 12% surge on the JSE on the back of news of an imminent buyout from Wal-Mart Stores in the USA pushed the local bourse higher on Monday. The JSE closed higher on Monday following news that Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart has chosen retailer Massmart as its vehicle for expansion into Africa. By 17:00 local time the JSE all share index was up 0.85%, and Massmart shares surged 10,58% in the day after being up as much as 12% during trade. North of 10…nice. [businessday]

Paris Hilton Sues Hallmark For Using Her “That’s Hot” Phrase – Paris Hilton has filed a federal lawsuit over a $2.49 Hallmark greeting card that uses a photo of the heiress and her trademarked phrase “That’s Hot.” In a complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Hilton alleges that Hallmark has, among other transgressions, misappropriated her image and invaded her privacy with the card, a copy of which you’ll find after the jump. [thesmokinggun]

High-School Dropout Poses As Secret Agent, Gets Friend To Kill Mother – Corderral Smith used props from a board game to convince the hired killer that he was a legitimate agent working for the US Government. He faked an arrest warrant which described his 50 year-old mother Gloria Ryan as “dangerous and unfit to be around anyone.” Prosecutors said 22 year-old Smith convinced the hired killer Jason Rizzi that if he carried out the murder he would be hired as an undercover agent. Awesome! [telegraph]

Is Japan Heading For a Crash? – “A rapidly aging population and the government’s deepening financial struggles make Japan a potential powder keg for international investments. We try to avoid hyperbole as much as possible at Hedgeye, the research firm where I work as an analyst. But after researching Japanese demographics and pension obligations, we have to say that in our opinion, they present one of the most dangerous potential risks to global investing over the next 10-20 years.” [fortune]

The Proof Is in the Placenta – In The Obama Identity, a new satirical novel by Edward Klein and John LeBoutillier, C.I.A. agent Theodore J. Higginbothem III is ordered to check out all the conspiracy theories about Barack Obama: Was he born in America? Is he a Muslim? Is he a socialist? In this exclusive Vanity Fair excerpt, Higgy finds himself in Hawaii on the trail of Barack Obama’s birthplace. [vanityfair]

Kim Jong Il To Hand Power Over To Mini Me – North Korea’s powerful military has given its tacit backing to the dynastic succession plans of Kim Jong-il after electing his youngest son as a delegate to a historic ruling party meeting, it has been claimed. At the last such meeting, in 1980, the then 38-year-old Kim Jong-il was officially declared as his father’s successor at the start of a 14-year apprenticeship that eventually saw him take over as leader following the death Kim Il-sung in 1994. [telegraph]

Photographs Surface Of Lindsay Lohan Apparently Injecting Heroin – According to a photo appeared in News of The World, Lindsay seems to injects a substance in her arm with a syringe. According to a source, “These images of her with the syringe are terrifying. What no one knows for certain is just how often Lindsay does drugs – or exactly which drugs she does. [inrumor]

Now Is the Time to Sell Your Sex Slave Memoir – Jaycee Dugard has sold a memoir about her 18 years in captivity with depraved sex maniac Phillip Garrido. By coincidence, Natascha Kampusch—the Austrian girl who escaped from a sex dungeon at age eighteen—just sold a memoir, too. In other words, now is better time than any to get yours out there. [gawker]

Cape Quarter Spring Food Specials Madness! – Its the final week of the Cape Quarter’s ridiculous Spring Food Specials running across all their fine eateries and outlets. We’re talking half price sushi at Vanilla, Happy Hours and great meals from Chenin, breakfast and specials from Cru Cafe, Andiamo’s two pasta/ pizza with wine for R99, Lazaris 1st anniversary 30% off specials . The list is pretty much endless! [capequarter]

Do You Still Carry A Stiffy Around? Don’t. Get a lightweight Toshiba 500GB mobile hard drive at a mere R679 from OneDayOnly. That’s cheap. In other news, their iPad competition is coming to an end. Better catch up with what’s happening if you don’t want to miss out. Become a fan on Facebook and subscribe to their newsletter to stand a chance to win. Do it. [onedayonly]

So You’ll Be at Rocking The Daisies? You don’t have tickets? No sweat, tune in to 2OV Radio between 8am and 12pm. RTD organiser, Craig Bright will be our guest, and he’ll sort you out. Luca and Josie are in the house from 12pm to 3pm today, and internationally renowned chef, Neill Anthony Vaughn will be swinging by the glass box for a spot of foodie banter. This, and great music is what we do. For you. Because we love you. Lots.

Mustache = Totally legit

The publisher of the New Age newspaper, which launches next month and has been billed as a staunch pro-ANC mouthpiece, was arrested this weekend.

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I was somewhat bowled over the other day when I learnt that a number of my friends and loved ones were yet to see the music video for Eminem’s hit We Made You. I would just like to fix that, right now.

It’s awesome and I want you all to watch it.

He pushed it a bit with Kardashian’s backside, wouldn’t you say?

And the punishment dealt to Jessica Simpson and Sarah Palin? Wow, “kudos” as they gratuitously say on the social media infrawebs.