What's up?

1 More and more insiders are questioning the practicality of having a minister in the Cabinet whose duties are still unclear. Some are suggesting that the performer should be elevated.

Several trips

2 Now, just in case you all missed the several trips to the airport and the attendant brouhaha, the story is that they will all be flown back to Florida late Thursday, and then flown back to Kingston on Friday for the grand homecoming. Some say that's just one of the many reasons the private sector is not dipping into its coffers - it doesn't need help to waste its own funds!

Talk business

3 Friends are expressing their concerns over the stability of the loquacious one! Some say that because the business of talk is getting cheaper and cheaper, it has taken a beating and they now fear he has returned to his old ways.

Hard times

4 The once high-profile, big-spending bachelor has now fallen on hard times. The family home is gone. So, too, is the SUV. He has also lost the politically connected job. Friends are advising him to migrate rather than continue the downhill slide. But some say he is living in hope of recouping 40 or 50 cents on the dollar of the millions placed on the scheme that went belly up.

Overlooked, but ...

5 Her political bona fides are not in question but when the position became available first time around, she was overlooked. Now that it is available once again, she is being encouraged to apply.

Invitation foul-up

6 What is the word with the foul-up with regards to the invitation for the wife?

Missing in action

7 Some say the reason she has been missing in action is that after spending a small fortune on plastic surgery and liposuction, the blubber is back, and twofold! The surgeon, they say, is none too pleased!

Watch out!

8 Some are saying some recent deaths are linked to a stalker who picks his victims from online chat rooms.