‘Our president..Barraco Barner’ – British Girl’s Tweet Sparks Worldwide Twitter Ridicule

When 20 year old British beautician Gemma Worrall (pictured above) realised relations between Russia and Ukraine were at crisis point, she decided to share her feelings on Twitter and without pausing to check her facts, or her spelling, Gemma wrote: 'If barraco barner is our president, why is he getting involved with Russia, scary.' Lol.

Within hours, Gemma was trending in countries around the world as her message was retweeted over 6,000 times.

By the time she had realised her mistakes, and deleted the tweet, it had already been screengrabbed and shown on television programmes in Australia and Belgium, among others.  Continue...


The hashtag #barracobarner was trending around the world, and new spoof accounts @BarracoBarner (UK prez, chilling at Number 10) and Michelleo Barner (First Lady of the United States of Britain) were set up.

Meanwhile the beautician, who works in a salon in Blackpool, was being invited onto TV and radio chat shows and having to fend off unkind comments calling her 'stupid', 'spaz' and 'dumb' on the social media site that made her name.

The youngster tried to correct the situation, writing a tweet saying : 'Right, I get it, I'm no good with politics I'll just shh now'.

And she pleaded with people to stop retweeting her original message, adding: 'CAN'T BREATHE, wtf is going on, phone's blowing up - retweets.'
She eventually signed off: 'Feel tight on my nan. She’s going to have a heart attack when she sees me in the paper.'

Today she described the reaction to her tweet as 'unbelievable', and said she had received bullying threats from around the world.

Source: UK Daily Mail

Michael Sam -- Now Open for Business

If you had "under one month" in your "When Will Michael Sam Cash in on His Newfound Fame" office pool, then congrats ... YOU'RE A WINNER!!! Sam, who is about to be drafted into the NFL and thus become the first openly gay man to play in the league, has launched his own line of merchandise, which is now for sale on his website. Hey Guys, #StandWithSam and #SamStrong gear is finally available at t.co/8eA9jfcnOx... — Michael Sam (@MikeSamFootball) March 8, 2014 The site is selling t-shirts and buttons with slogans like "Stand With Sam" and "#SamStrong." The majority of the merchandise is in black, white, and gold (his college colors). But Sam is no fool ... he's got a few items for sale thats use the rainbow flag, a prominent symbol in the gay rights community. As the old saying goes ... know your customer.A portion of the proceeds will be going to at-risk youth in the St. Louis area.

Sad! Malaysia Airlines

This is not good at all. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact over the South China Sea on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, raising fears that the plane might have plunged into the pacific ocean.

The plane, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost communication two hours into the flight in Vietnam's airspace at 1.20am local time, China's official Xinhua News Agency reports.

The aircraft left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing 12: 11 am on Friday and had been expected to arrive China at 6:30 am but lost contact with traffic controllers over the South China Sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.

Passengers were from 14 countries, including 153 from China, 38 from Malaysia, seven Australians and four Americans.

Search & rescue have begun and families and next of kin of passengers and crew have been notified. The last time a plane went missing like this, the plane, an Air France aircraft, was eventually found in the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in the deaths of 228 people. This was in 2009. This is not good.

Bieber and Selena Gomez -- Screw Banging

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez got hot and sweaty for a few hours Friday afternoon in Texas ... and they even had someone watch -- but it wasn't the cuckold you're imagining.J.B. and Selena hit up Action Dance Studio in McAllen, TX yesterday after their coffee date ...  spending 2 hours in a private rehearsal space  with a choreographer.The door was covered with a plastic mat during the sesh ... and security stood guard. The owner says the couple seemed "really close and into each other."What we don't know ... why there were in a dance studio.  BTW ... the rich really do get richer ... they didn't pay the studio a dime.

Kcee Becomes Peace Ambassador by Madam Patience

Music act, Kcee has been appointed as a peace ambassador by the first lady, Patience Jonathan.  He was honoured by the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) which is headed by Nigeria's first lady. The singer announced this on his official instagram page this afternoon. 

LOL! Samuel Eto turns an Old Man on the pitch.

After scoring a goal against Spurs at yesterday's match, Chelsea footballer Samuel Eto'o celebrated the goal by posing as an old man, (pictured above) making fun of recent reports that he's closer to 40 than the 32 he's claiming. He also showed that he bears no hard feelings to his coach Jose Mourinho who was caught on camera saying he believes the Cameroonian striker is 35 and not 32.

"I didn’t suggest the celebration but I knew about it. We thought it was good because the best way to defuse the situation is to make fun of it." Jose Mourinho said of the pose

Whether 32, 35, or 39, Samuel Eto's has consistently shown he's still a force to be reckoned with. He will celebrate his 40th birthday...oh sorry...his 33rd birthday tomorrow March 10th.

President Jonathan’s N9bn Jet Develops Sudden Fault

The President yesterday and some other top government officials in the country escaped an air mishap at the Minna Airport in Niger State when a presidential jet developed a technical fault, while they were aboard.

The presidential jet, Nigerian Air Force 001 (5N-FGT), had earlier brought the president to the state to attend a PDP rally before heading back to the airport after the rally for a trip to Sokoto, but when the president and other top government officials boarded the jet, the jet refused to move. They were there for several minutes and all efforts made by the crew members and engineers proved abortive.

While this was going on, Vice-President Namadi Sambo; President of the Senate, David Mark; all PDP governors, members of the National Assembly and members of the Federal Executive Council were watching under the scorching sun.

They were later conveyed into the Jet that brought the vice president, but only a few could fly with the president because the jet was smaller. Namadi Sambo later joined the senate president in a smaller presidential jet that flew him down, before leaving the state.

Car Shows Put Automotive Excellence

Each year the new car show circuit captures the attention and imaginations of enthusiasts from all over the world. It is at these events that automotive manufacturers unfurl their new creations and accessory makers show off the latest and greatest gadgets for making cruising more comfortable, classy or just plain fun. If discovering what might make its way to showroom floors in the coming months sounds like fun, the show circuit is worth visiting.

In Car Exhibition Auto For Women Expo

Some women have the believe that car insurance is more expensive for them than for men or families, but in fact car insurance for women is based on the driving record, the age of the car, and various other factors. In fact women are frequently quoted lower rates than their male counterparts because of their safer driving records.

Justin Bieber And Selena Gomez Starbuck Each Other in Texas

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are back at it again -- eyewitnesses tell TMZ, the on-off-on-off-again couple has been canoodling all morning in Texas ... hitting up a Starbucks together and a local breakfast joint.Selena Instagrammed the Starbucks photo about 15 minutes ago -- and sources inside the Starbucks tell us Selena was there with Bieber in the last hour.Bieber and Selena were also spotted leaving a place called Royal Perfume. Sources inside the store tell us, Bieber bought 2 colognes (Obsession by CK and Pour Homme by Givenchy).Selena's performing Saturday night in Hidalgo, TX -- 15 minutes from the McAllen, TX Don Pepe's she just hit up with Justin for breakfast. It's unclear if Justin bee-lined from Miami to Hidalgo just to see Selena, but it definitely appears that way.Bieber has no other reason to be in Texas -- Usher is performing Saturday too, but that's 5 hours away from Hidalgo.As we reported, Bieber stormed out of his deposition in Miami Thursday after lawyers for the photog who's suing the singer grilled him about Selena. He refused to answer any Selena questions.