TUESDAY, October 19, 2010

Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walked off the set of “The View” while Bill O’Reilly was guesting.  Well, uh, they didn’t exactly walk off -- Bill rubbed his Christine O’Donnell doll and poof! They disappeared.

Rampant inflation in Egypt, for years virtually unknown, has reached record levels with rates now at 11.7% and climbing. Nobody is immune. King Tut may have to move back in with mummy and daddy.

A strike by truck drivers in France has virtually shut down the French economy.  The teamsters are protesting the rising cost of gasoline, replacement parts, and truck stop hookers.

Researchers are working on computer software that will dramatically slim movie and TV performers.  It’s being developed by K.O. Images, Inc., a new company founded by Kirstie Alley and Oprah Winfrey.

Distancing themselves from “images of the old south,” students at the University of Mississippi replaced their mascot, Colonel Reb, with “Rebel Black Bear.”  May have some problems, though.  The bear is wearing a pillowcase with eye holes.