From all of our posts about superheros recently, you might just think we’re a little obsessed with them! In celebration of the end of a most historic election and a toughly-fought 2 year campaign, we’ve brought you our newest superhero: the US President-elect, SuperBarack. Feel the energy our next president has brought to the country!

Now that summer break is officially over, it’s once again blogbuzzter time! This month saw some great buzzes. In fact, we were truly spoiled for choice. Here’s our personal selection:

• Yearbook yourself: Don’t tell us you’re the only person who has not yet uploaded your picture to find out what you would have looked like in the frilly 50s/swinging 60s/ugly 80s… Hi-la-ri-ous!

• Paltalk - you’re the next president: THE buzz of this summer. Trick your friends into believing that they have been made the independent presidential candidate.

• I’m a PC: We’ll never get tired of those amazing Apple ads. We did despise the unlucky simple life attempt by Microsoft though. And their new one is not much better. “I’m a PC, and I sell fish”… haha.

• Dita von Teese Wonderbra ad: Boring to death for girls, loved by boys. It buzzed like mad. Any further questions? Watch it.

And of course the US presidential campaigns have unleashed amazing creativity. Barack rolling, the Sarah Palin Name Generator, Michael Moore’s Slackers’ Uprising, Sarah Silverman trying to get Jewish grandchildren to swing the elderly Jewish vote in Florida…

Who won last Friday’s presidential debate at the University of Mississippi? If you’re like me, you’re curious what the political pundits have to say about it. Since the answer was so clear to me, I was surprised to read that the powers that be at the news stations have decided that there was no clear winner.

McCain himself has said that if the media is calling it a tie, that means he’s won. I’m not sure what logic class he took back in college, but obviously not the same one as me. It also seems that he’s taken a class in fortune-telling because hours before even agreeing to show up, his campaign had already published an online photo of the Republican candidate with the words, “McCain Wins Debate.”

Curiously enough, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis has announced that “McCain won the debate– hands down.” However, polls show that since the two candidates went head to head, Obama has actually widened his lead in the presidential race. If that’s hands down winning, I think I’d prefer being on the losing team!

As the post-debate debate continues, I thought you might like to see the new videos each candidate has made attacking the other’s Friday night performance. The McCain camp is accusing Obama of not being ready to lead because he used the polite phrase “McCain is right about…”. Again, I guess McCain and I took different leadership workshops because I always thought that leading included working with people and not stubbornly disagreeing with them for the sake of it. The Obama camp is attacking McCain for NOT ONCE using the phrase “middle class” during Friday’s televised debate.

First off, McCain’s new video:

And now Obama’s:

So, politics aside, who do you think won? Or did they both leave with only minor bumps and bruises? Did either one change your mind about who you’ll vote for come November 4th?

Alaskan governor Sarah Palin has many qualities. For one thing, she might be the first ever woman to become US vice-president. But she has also proven that she is a very creative person, by giving her five children names that are… unusual, to say the least. How would you feel if you were named Trig, Track, Bristol, Willow or Piper? (Two of them are boys – I’ll let you guess which ones. Obvious, isn’t it?) They are not alone though. I always feel sorry for my German friend called Rüdiger…

Creativity often sparks new creativity, and this case is no exception to the rule: blogger David Harrington recently created the Sarah Palin Baby-Name Generator. Want to know what your name would have been had you been Sarah Palin’s offspring? Then go to politsk.blogspot.com and try typing any name. You’ll be amazed at the results. Our favorites:
Barack Obama becomes “Tarp Lazer” Palin.
Joe Biden becomes “Beans Harpoon” Palin.
John McCain’s new name is “Steam Fangs” Palin. (Scary, eh? Still sure you’ll be voting for him?)
Hillary Clinton becomes “Engine Nighthawk” Palin. (He-he-heeelp!)
Bill Clinton’s new name is “Steak Leather” Palin. (Eww…)
And Matt Damon turns into “Crunk Petrol” Palin…

Apparently we are not the only ones to find this hilarious – the staff at NY Daily News even went so far as to use their SPNG names in yesterday’s edition!

The presidential race is in full swing. Democrat Barack Obama has just declared Joe Biden to be America’s future president, ehm, vice-president. Hillary Clinton supports both Obama and his wife Michelle, and Republican candidate John McCain has competition from French fries of the same name…

All this is very exciting. But do you know exactly how the US president is elected? Aha, I thought so. Me neither. (I had to memorize that once for a course called “The Political System of the United States of America,” which was just as comprehensive as its sounds, but the details didn’t stick.) So, here’s how it works: