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Caucus-Goers Gather At Bar To Pick 2012 Nominee

Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: American Samoa, Samoa Caucus, Video, American Samoa Caucus, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Samoa Caucus 2012, Politics News

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) -- What do you get when 50 or so Republicans gather in a restaurant-bar? In American Samoa, you get a presidential cauc...

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Why the West Is Losing the Pacific to China, the Arab League, and Just About Everyone Else

Cleo Paskal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, US Military, Tonga, United Kingdom, South China Sea, United Nations, Abu Dhabi, Admiral Mike Mullen, Mike Mullen, UN Security Council, Irena, China, Chatham House, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Eni Faleomavaega, Military, Robert Gates, Tonga Energy Road Map, US, Security, Solar Power, New Zealand, Pacific, Arab League, United States, The West, American Samoa, Lord Tuita, Global Warring, Hilary Clinton, World Bank, Geopolitics, Cleo Paskal, Cook Islands, Cleo Pascal, Usaid, HRH Princess Pilolevu, Fiji, World News

Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga. The small South Pacific country of the Kingdom of Tonga has been busy. In a two-week period around the start of Septembe...

American Samoa Bans Plastic Bags

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bag Ban, American Samoa, Plastic Bag Ban American Samoa, Green Living, Smarter Ideas, Green News

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — American Samoa is going to make it illegal for stores to hand out plastic bags once a new law goes into effect early...

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Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Double Indumbnity

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Over in Samoa, Jerri, having profited from the use of Candice's disloyalty, now suggested cutting her loose, for being untrustworthy. Excuse me? Show me one Insufferable who is trustworthy.

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains: Shuffle Bored!

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shuffleboard, American Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Yin/Yang, Survivor Heroes vs Villains, Dr. Jekyll, Twilight Saga, Survivor-Recap, Flash Forward, Survivor Season 20 Episode 11, Cbs, Charleton Heston, Robert Louis Stevenson, Comedy and Satire, Jackie Cooper, Tim Curry, Treasure Island, Pirates, Muppets, Wallace Beery, Yo-Yo Ma, Survivor, Hobbits, Yo-Yos, Larry Talbot, Rupert Boneham, Russell Hantz, Long John Silver, The Wolfman, Jeff Probst, Doctor Who, Entertainment News

No matter what those dopey Twilight movies tell you, werewolves make lousy house pets. But someone else was morphing into a monster under last night's full moon as well...

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Banana Wars.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Happy Shakespeare's Birthday everyone. Let's celebrate by talking about Survivor, which is exactly what Shakespeare would have written if only he had had no talent.

Survivor Heroes vs Villains: Mission Implausible.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Parvati didn't flip and Courtney's skeleton went back to her graveyard or haunted castle or wherever it is that living skeletons hang out. Poor JT. Totally betrayed.

Minimum Wage, and Controversy, Reaches Distant U.S. Islands

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Global Recession, Labor, Human Rights, Pacific Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean, Organized Labor, Neocolonialism, Imperialism, Unions, Postcolonialism, Global Economic Crisis, Politics News

The 2007 increase in the minimum wage was a modest boost for America's low-wage labor force, but it's making a far bigger splash in the Pacific Ocean, on two remote outposts of the American empire.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Shudder Island

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, The Hobbit, Russell Hantz, Comedy and Satire, Reality TV, Survivor Episode Recap, Bowling, Survivor, Survivor Heroes vs Villains, Survivor Season 20 Episode 8, Hobbits, Coach Wade, Survivor-Recap, Rupert Boneham, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Entertainment News

There really is no one left to root for playing Survivor. (It's not like Rupert has a chance of winning. Get real.) The only thing left to make one tune it in is to see the inevitable fall of Bulbous Baggins, aka, Russell The Hobbit on Crack.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Robbed!

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Rob described Tyson the Mormon Moron as having been "as dumb as a bag of rocks," although I think this was unnecessarily insulting to bags of rocks.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Hot Dogs and Bananas.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Survivor Heroes vs Villains, Survivor, Mormons, Superman, Bananas, Mormonism, Survivor-Recap, Rupert Boneham, Cbs, College Basketball, Survivor Season 20 Episode 6, March Madness, Comedy and Satire, Russell Hantz, Cult of Mormonism, Hot Dogs, March Madness 2010, George Reeves, Coach Wade, The Adventures of Superman, NCAA March Madness, Jeff Probst, Entertainment News

After returning from Tribal Council, my beautiful James asked Colby "You want a hug?" and the idiot said: "No." Is he insane? First he turned down chocolate, now he's turned down a chocolate hug.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Russell in Failureland.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff opened the big three hour finale and reunion show by reading my recaps aloud over clips, only he cut all the good jokes. Well, Colby remained, and he's still a joke.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: The Tin-Brained Woodman is Rusty.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Russell Hantz, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, Survivor Season 20 Episode 13, Survivor Heroes vs Villains, Survivor, Survivor-Recap, Rupert Boneham, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Entertainment News

It's almost over. Just one little hour tonight, and then the big two-hour finale followed by live reunion show, which will hopefully be the last anyon...

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Wily Wankers and the Chocolate Factory

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sadly, not every episode of Survivor can be as much fun as last week's dynamite combination of Voldepussy's crying jag and James dripping baby oil.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Never Wear Feathers in Your Hair.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

We opened this week with Voldetool (Ex-Coach Wade for any new readers), going into a ridiculous emotional tailspin because Sandra had dared to point out that he was a lazy, mouth-running, idiot.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Mud-Slinging.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Russell Hantz, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, Survivor Heroes vs Villains, Survivor, Survivor Season 20 Episode 3, Coach Wade, Survivor-Recap, Rupert Boneham, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Lost, Entertainment News

What? Survivor again? All I care about is how feral Claire turned into Rousseau, becoming Clouseau. Oh well, it's a dirty job, especially this week, b...

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Hi Y'all.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Survivor Season 20 Episode 2, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Survivor Heroes vs Villains, Survivor, Vancouver Olympics, Survivor-Recap, Rupert Boneham, Cbs, Lost, Comedy and Satire, Russell Hantz, Coach Wade, Jeff Probst, Entertainment News

Samoa's war between the Likeables and the Insufferables continues. It may not be getting as much international attention the Olympics, but at least in Samoa, the contestants are stripped down.

Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Sugar's Lumps

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Survivor is back for its 20th season. This time, they've promised to answer all our questions. And thanks to a judge who believes in good TV, we don't have Richard Hatch to put up with.

Survivor: Samoa: No Fruit Cup.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Brother Autism Retards, Survivor Season 19 Episode 6, American Samoa, Survivor Season 19, Survivor Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, Survivor, Survivor-Recap, Jeff Probst, Adam Big Brother, Cbs, Big Brother, Entertainment News

My future ex-husband Jaison was shivering, which means he was hot and cold at the same time. And with their amazing losing streak, Tribe Zsa Zsa is losing members faster than the Republican Party.

Survivor: Samoa: Lord of the Gnats

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Survivor Season 19, Survivor Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, Survivor, Sarah Palin, Survivor-Recap, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Survivor Samoa Season 19 Episode 9, Survivor Season 19 Episode 10, Entertainment News

We are right at the midway point of Survivor: Samoa. Our early villains, Evil Russell, and idiot Shambles, have grown into heroic crusaders against a true villain, Evil Laura.

Survivor: Samoa: The Chicken Whisperer

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comedy and Satire, American Samoa, Survivor Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Survivor Season 19, Reality TV, Survivor, Survivor Season 19 Episode 4, Survivor-Recap, Jeff Probst, Cbs, David Letterman, Entertainment News

It was "Bocce Ball Horseshoes," with each player in turn tossing balls towards a pole. Despite sounding dull, it became a nail-biter, that came down to Danger Dave's last ball deciding the contest.

Survivor: Samoa: Shambling Towards Bethlehem.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Survivor Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, False Prophets, Survivor, Survivor-Recap, Prophecy, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Survivor Samoa Season 19 Episode 14, Entertainment News

Even more stomach-churning than watching Brett Two-Spears running his fingers through the Shambling One's abundant head fur, was watching Brett hit on Natalie by quoting the Bible at her at length.

Survivor: Samoa: Stormy Weather

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samoa Earthquake, American Samoa, Survivor Season 19, Survivor Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, Survivor, Survivor Season 19 Episode 5, Samoa Tsunami, Survivor-Recap, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Entertainment News

Shambo on her disappointment: "I feel like I got hit by a train today." So that explains her hair! If you think she looks bad, you should see what's left of that train!

Survivor: Samoa: Macrame.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Survivor Season 19, Survivor Samoa, Survivor Episode Recap, Reality TV, Comedy and Satire, President Obama, Survivor, Survivor Season 19 Episode 8, Survivor-Recap, Jeff Probst, Cbs, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News

As night fell on the remains of Tribe Zsa Zsa, realizing the merge was coming soon, Russell dipped into the Survivor cliche glossary for "When we get over there, dude, game on, the game starts."

VANUATU EARTHQUAKE: Tsunami Alert After 7.8 Quake

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Samoa, Tsunami, Australia, Natural-Disasters, New Zealand, Samoa, Vanuatu, Earthquake, Pacific Ocean, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three strong earthquakes rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago Thursday, generating a small tsunami ju...

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