Eartha Kitt 1927-2008

Eartha Kitt was known as a singer and an actress. To me, she will always be known as Catwoman from the third season of "Batman" in the 1960s.

Rest in peace, Eartha.

Santa visits the Pyramids

I have just seen the following video report arrive here at the Viewpoint newsroom from NORAD.



More updates as we get them, as we continue to track Santa.

Santa over Moscow

Santa, or as he is also known worldwide, Saint Nicholas, is currently flying over Russia. These pictures have just been picked up by the NORAD SantaCams stationed in Moscow.



As we get more pictures in, we'll bring them to you.

Santa visits the International Space Station

Santa has taken a detour from his terrestrial route and gone up into space to visit the Astronauts in the International Space Station in orbit over the Earth.



Santa has sent me a message here at Viewpoint to let all European boys and girls know that they should be in bed, ready for him to visit later. He assures me that he's making good time, and as I write this, he's just arrived in the African continent.

Santa passes through India.

Santa has been in India just recently. We've recieved pictures of him at the Taj Mahal, but I have read reports as well that Santa made a brief stop in Mumbai and has passed on his very best wishes to the relatives of those who lost the lives in the Mumbai attacks.



I've just recieved a report that says Santa is gaining height at the moment, and I expect a report any minute.

Santa spotted over Mount Everest

Our SantaCams have spotted Santa flying over Mount Everest and the rest of Himalayas in Nepal. This report came into us a little earlier on.



More footage coming into the Viewpoint newsroom here and we'll bring it to you shortly.

Santa arrives in China

Santa arrived in China earlier, and made his way into Russia as well. The following pictures were recieved from our cameras tracking him along The Great Wall Of China. Even Santa has to use whatever aids he can for navigation.



More reports on their way into us here at Viewpoint.

Santa passes through Japan like a bullet!

Earlier today, Santa passed through Japan, famous for its bullet trains. We recieved the following video report earlier on from NORAD, who are tracking Santa's progress around the world.



More reports coming into us and we'll bring them here shortly.

Santa goes through Australia

Earlier today, Santa crossed the Tasman Strait and into Australia near Sydney. The following footage was sent to us from NORAD.



There's more footage on its way into the Viewpoint newsroom, and I'll bring it to you shortly.

Santa in New Zealand earlier

Earlier today, NORAD picked up Santa flying over New Zealand. These pictures came into us in the Viewpoint newsroom a short while ago.



More pictures are on their way into our newsroom here at Viewpoint.

Santa Cam at the North Pole.

Earlier today, NORAD picked up radar emissions from Rudolph's nose, and we received the following video report.



More reports coming into us here at Viewpoint and we'll continue to update.

If Bozo The Clown and The Malk Maid are more sensible than you, You're In Trouble!!!

And THAT is exactly what has happened to Fox & Friends' Gretchen Carlson, and "The Mannity" himself, Sean Hannity, or perhaps that should be "The Vannity", on recent Fox News Channel programming. So noticeable was it, that it caught Keith Olbermann's attention and made last Friday's Worst Person In The World.

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Special mention as always to the one, the only, the O'Riginal Fox News nutball, Bill O'Reilly, for saving the "War On Christmas!" Only so he can inflict it again on us all next year. Yawn!

Viewpoint Update: TSX technical glitch

BNN is now reporting that the TSX will not trade today due to the computer crash that happened earlier today.

The good thing is, with the Dow and US markets having only slightly moved at this point, Dow down about 36 points, there is little in the way of catch up to do. However, I do expect to see some extra trading tomorrow, or whenever the TSX next opens.

TSX in Toronto closed after computer crash.

BNN in Canada is one of the few online places that is reporting the Toronto Stock Exchange has halted trading after a computer crash. I'm looking out for more information on this, but a lot of other sources are not reporting this story. Fox Business Network seems to be the only one so far, with neither CNBC or Bloomberg seemingly acknowledging the story.

There's currently no information on when the TSX will resume trading, or indeed if it will resume today. The market closes for the day at 4pm EST, same as the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ. I will keep monitoring this story, but I'm surprised this is not regarded as much of a story in the global business media. The exchange trades around half a billion shares a day, so although it is not a large exchange, it does some serious trading. And all too often, it doesn't get much coverage as it's New York neighbours do.

This is the third time this year that the TSX has halted due to technical issues, and it is a situation I will continue to keep a close eye on.

Sometimes, Less IS more!

In this London Comment from CBS News Up To The Minute, BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive presenter and former ITN reporter Peter Allen tells us all how we could make do, with a little bit less.



Now that's probably the most useful thing I've seen on the internet today!

Nigella winds up PETA. Kudos to her.

Several sources are reporting this story about Nigella Lawson's comments on BBC1's The One Show on Tuesday. The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, Metro, The Daily Star and The Sun, are all amongst the many sites reporting this story.

PETA are widely quoted but PETA and their celebrity endorsers have been shown to be hypocrites before, and no doubt will be again. But it seems their outrage has yet to reach their own website.

On doing a search of their site for Nigella Lawson, it came up with no results at all.
Not only that, but even their front page has nothing relating to this "growing controversy".
This faux outrage of a common-all-garden pressure group is sounding more tired than Rip Van Winkle! So-called Animal Rights supporters have shown their true colours before, by kidnapping people, who are merely just a different breed of animal, and even graverobbing! And these actions only undermine the message and do nothing to help against real animal cruelty. So instead of taking out their outrage on celebrities, perhaps they should be dedicating their time, to supporting the RSPCA in the UK or the ASPCA in the US, who take action against people who REALLY committ cruelty to animals, and help bring real offenders to justice.

I won't hold my breath waiting for them to actually do something useful.