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Friday, November 06, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Hundreds apply for jobs as "toilet ambassadors" in New York...
Amid a struggling U.S. economy, hundreds of jobseekers applied on Thursday at the open auditions for the opportunity to interact with guests at the Times Square restrooms, lured by the promise of $10,000 for six weeks' work.
In addition to greeting guests the five lucky applicants will comment and blog about the experience on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
"I'll glue myself to a toilet for $10,000," actor Carlos Lozada told the panel of casting agency judges who will select the winners of the national search. More...
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Hitler coached a ... football team?????
The astonishing results emerged from a study of 2,000 children between the ages of nine and 15 which tested them on their knowledge of facts of both world wars.
More than one in 20 thought Hitler managed Germany's football team rather than the leader of the fascist Nazi Party.
Twelve per cent worryingly assumed McDonald's Golden Arches was the symbol of Remembrance Day.
And 40 per cent didn't even know that Remembrance Day falls on November 11th. More...
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Baby-sitter in India rented out baby to beggars!!! WTF!
The worst nightmare of working parents entrusting the care of their children to nannies became a reality for a city couple recently. As soon as they would kiss their little one goodbye, the nanny would feed him and get him ready - for a day of begging on the streets of Bangalore. Instead of milk, the baby was fed sedatives; instead of the clothes carefully put out by his parents, she would dress him up in rags.
The modus operandi was simple - she would hand the seven-month-old baby to beggars for Rs 100 a day and lie back at her employers' home, watch soaps and feed herself to her heart's content. And this was not an `ayah' picked up by hearsay reference, she came duly recruited by an employment agency, considered a safe option.
The horrifying story was revealed when the child's mother - who works for an MNC - returned home early one day. She found the nanny sitting in front of the TV but the baby was missing. Taken aback, she confronted the nanny who then confessed that she had been sending the baby for begging for the past three weeks. More...
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Obama's brother in China talks about their abusive father...
President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel _ the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.
In his first interview, Mark Ndesandjo told The Associated Press that he wrote "Nairobi to Shenzhen" in part to raise awareness of domestic violence."My father beat my mother and my father beat me, and you don't do that," said Ndesandjo, whose mother, Ruth Nidesand, was Barack Obama Sr.'s third wife. "It's something which I think affected me for a long time, and it's something that I've just recently come to terms with." More...
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Stop eating meat to ‘save the planet’? Burger off!
In an interview with The Times (London) this week, Lord Nicholas Stern became the latest high-profile proponent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to suggest that avoiding meat would help to ‘save the planet’. In September 2008, Rachendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), delivered a lecture in London on meat consumption and climate change, arguing that producing meat had a bigger impact on global temperatures than transport.
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But never mind innovation and problem-solving. The truth is that eating meat, jetting around the globe and so on do not fit in with the hairshirt mentality of environmentalists, either the radical ones or the ones in officialdom. For greens, humanity should be apologising for its very existence and doing everything in its power to make the smallest possible impact on the Earth. If the treehuggers want to stay at home eating lentils and composting, that’s up to them; different strokes for different folks, as they say. However, when the leading lights of the climate change industry like Stern try to tell us that we’ve got to change our wicked ways – often on the basis of flimsy or overblown evidence – there’s only one thing to say: burger off. Full story...
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- Australia's burping buffalo is accused of global warming!!!
- Why I eat meat (and why you should too...)
- Denmark and Ireland set to tax ... cow farts!!!
- The McCartneys want Mondays to be Meat-Free days...
- Belgian town wants Thursdays to be Vegetarian Day!!!
- PETA: vegetarians have better sex!!!
- PETA is bullshit, say Penn and Teller...
Calf walks again ... with prosthetic limbs!!!
The calf, named Meadow, was found a few months ago by rancher Nancy Dickenson and her stepdaughter, Martha. She had lost both her rear hooves and half of her ears to severe frostbite. Having experience of rescuing animals, the Dickensons bought Meadow from her owner, and set about getting her back on her feet. More...
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She thought her father was still in Irak...
Elle croyait que son père était toujours en Irak...
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Teen in Mumbai robs father to marry lover!!!
There are two twists in this tale. A 38-year-old Kurla-based businessman returned home one day last month to find that his house had been broken into, and that Rs 3 lakh and gold ornaments worth Rs 6.5 lakh were missing. He lodged a police complaint, and the probe led to a thief inside the house. It turned out that the culprit was the businessman's daughter, who had stolen the money and valuables to raise money to marry her boyfriend.
Then came the second twist. The businessman, after discovering that it was his daughter who was the thief, sought to withdraw the case. He was, however, unable to do so, as an FIR had already been registered. As he was bracing himself to see his daughter go to police custody, a sympathetic police official came up with a brainwave. More...
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- Girl in India murders rapist father...
- Young Indian lovers who killed seven people explain...
- Impotent husband in India allows father to rape wife...
- He uses his fiancée's money... to marry another woman!!!
- A man in Mumbai rapes his daughters to attain prosperity!!!
- Couple in India forced to become siblings for 'illegitimate' love affair!!!
Pakistan models defy the Taliban with "bare" fashion show...
Fashion week in Karachi will showcase 32 local designers over the four-day event, though security fears have kept foreign models and designers away.
Bare shoulders, backless gowns and pouting models are wowing Pakistan's glitterati as Karachi fashion week shows the world a different side of the Taliban-troubled nation.
While women in much of Muslim, conservative Pakistan opt for headscarves over baggy shalwar khamis or even burkas, on the catwalks of financial capital Karachi, designers are exposing midriffs and flashing cleavage. More...
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Facebook mob tries to get headmaster sacked...
More than 300 children signed up to the group calling for principal Nardeep Sharma to be sacked.
Many also posted offensive comments about him and other teachers at Colne Community School and College in Brightlingsea, Essex.
The page, which featured a photograph of Mr Sharma and was filled with spelling mistakes and poor punctuation, said: 'If you have an issue with Nardeep Sharma then voice it here! More...
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CIA tortured prisoners in Lithuania?
ABC journalists’ allegations about secret CIA prisons for suspected terrorists near Vilnius shocked Lithuanian inhabitants. It isn’t still proven whether it was true or not, but some people say they existed.
Lithuania’s parliament voted Thursday to probe into allegations of the existence of a secret CIA prison on Lithuanian soil in 2005, RIA Novosti reports. The investigation findings are to be presented by December 22. More...
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Abbas to stand down as Palestinian president?
The announcement, made as Mr Abbas’s political standing hit an all-time low, exposed the deep Palestinian frustration at the US Administration’s failure to halt construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
It was prompted in part by remarks made last weekend by Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, who semed to cave in to Israel’s refusal to halt the growth of Jewish settlements on the West Bank.
Mr Abbas, 74, who succeeded Yassir Arafat, told a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation that he would not run, his aides said. More...
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China to ban beating web addicts...
There are dozens of treatment centres offering to wean youths, mostly boys, from spending hours on the web.
Many of them are military-style boot camps that rely on tough programmes of physical exercise and counselling.
Two boys were beaten at separate camps earlier this year, one died and the other was severely injured. More...
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- Another teen beaten up at China internet boot camp...
- Youth dead in China because of "internet addiction?"
- China bans electro-shock therapy for Internet addicts...
- China has more than 50 million bloggers!!!
- We can't live without the Internet, say 75% of UK youths...
- How they treat drug addicts at the Serb Orthodox Church in Serbia...
Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe...
A higher percentage of adults in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and France took cannabis last year, the EU agency said, with the highest being Italy at 14.6 percent. Usage in Italy used to be among the lowest at below 10 percent a decade ago. More...
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Al Gore set to become world's first carbon billionaire...
Al Gore, the former US vice president, could become the world's first carbon billionaire after investing heavily in green energy companies.
Last year Mr Gore's venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology.
The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient.
The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants, the New York Times reports. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts. More...
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Ukraine flu hysteria; what's going on?
The situation is so bad, the mayor of Kiev is even planning to have the Champions League football match between Dynamo Kiev and Italian side Inter-Milan played behind closed doors on Wednesday evening. At the very least - at the least spectators will be asked to wear face masks.
The country ordered 650,000 doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu at the weekend and hundreds of thousands more doses are already on their way. Millions of face masks are also being produced. More...
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'Druglord dad burned $1.5m in cash to keep daughter warm'
Slain druglord Pablo Escobar lit a bonfire using wads of US dollars at the hideout, while he was on the run from the security forces, to cook besides keeping his daughter warm, British tabloid Daily Mirror quoted Escobar's son as telling 'Colombian' magazine.
In fact, Sebastian Marroquin, who changed his name from Juan Pablo Escobar, told the leading magazine that his father burned the money as he thought his girl was suffering from hypothermia.
Escobar, the head of the Medellin cartel, who had an estimated £18 billion fortune in 1989, was listed by the US 'Forbes' magazine as the seventh-richest man in the world. More...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Swine flu is a massive American cover-up, says Dr. Russell Blaylock...
As with all such studies one has to integrate and correlate previous experiences with epidemics and pandemics. As you will see, a great deal of my material comes from official sources, such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the New England Journal of Medicine. Thus my distracters cannot claim that I am using material that is not within the mainstream. More...
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US spies buy stakes in firm that monitors blogs, tweets...
In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using ”open source intelligence” — information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in the flood of TV shows, newspaper articles, blog posts, online videos and radio reports generated every day. More...
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Woman is allergic to her husband's ... sperm!!!
Mike and Julie Boyde had been going out for two years when they got married and decided to have unprotected sex for the first time that evening.
But almost immediately the bride was in unbearable pain - and eventually they discovered it was because of Mike's sperm. More...
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The story of a sign, a lesson in marketing...
L'histoire d'une affiche ,une leçon de marketing...
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Oops! Priest shows racy photos just before Mass!!!
The Rev. Edward P. Lyman was using his personal computer to project an informational DVD about the diocesan Annual Appeal fundraiser when he accidentally showed the "inappropriate personal photographs" that were stored on his computer, according to a diocesan statement read at the Throop Masses on Sunday.
Diocese spokesman William Genello said the photos were not pornographic and did not display nudity or sexual activity. The photos were not of the Rev. Lyman, nor did he take the pictures, Mr. Genello said. More...
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- Irish archbishop accused of sex assault on teenage girl...
- Drunk pastor makes lewd remarks at funeral!!!
- Canadian bishop arrested on child porn charges...
- The priest, the stripper and the baby...
- Pastor in India arrested for raping shelter refugees...
- Sikh priest in India caught watching porn during prayers!!!
Here comes Obama's Youth Corps...
Back in 1980 one of my sons sold books for SOUTHWESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY. At that time the book company recruited college students, who went door to door and sold educational type books. It was a great learning experience for the students and my son earned enough during the summer to pay for his senior year in college. The Obama administration is now recruiting college students that will not only get paid for knocking on doors but will “earn college credits” while advocating for change. It’s called ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA (OFA) and could be a part of Obama’s young and educated civilian army. More...
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Switzerland suspends treaty with Libya...
Libya's "systematic refusal" to cooperate with Switzerland in the case of two Swiss businessmen who have been prevented from leaving the country for more than a year prompted the decision, a government statement said.
The government said that the two men had been "abducted in violation of international law", and it is not known where they are currently being held. "The Libyan authorities are refusing all visiting rights," the statement added. More...
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Brian Hyland and Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini...
Two Sri Lankans and an Indian beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
Mohammed Barmil from India and Sri Lankan Bandar Nikar entered the home of Mariam Hussein, a Saudi woman, suffocated her and stole money and jewellery, official SPA news agency reported, quoting a ministry statement.
They had entered with the help of Hussein's Sri Lankan maid, Halima Abdelkader, the ministry said. More...
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Optician masturbated while giving teen eye-test!!!
A Knottingley optician pleasured himself while giving an eye test to a schoolgirl, a court heard today.
Gill, 36, of Hunters Way, Selby, denies engaging in sexual activity in front of a child but Michael Smith, prosecuting, said the alleged victim saw the defendant with his hand down his trousers while she was having a field test. More...
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- Have sex before playing, cricketers are advised!!!
- Teacher caught masturbating in class...
- They are masturbating like hell in Damascus!!!
- Shanghai sperm bank denies "helping hand" rumour!!!
- UNESCO wants to teach masturbation ... to five-year-olds!!!
- Ernest Borgnine: The secret of long life? I masturbate a lot!!!
Un général d'armée coupable de pédophilie...
Ancien chef du Service d'information et de relations publiques des armées (Sirpa), le général Germanos, 68 ans, a été renvoyé le 9 octobre par la juge d'instruction Géraldine Rigollot devant le tribunal correctionnel de Paris pour "détention d'images pédo-pornographiques", selon cette source.
Le général Germanos encourt deux ans d'emprisonnement et 30000 euros d'amende. Suite...
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La Suisse suspend son accord avec la Libye...
L'accord signé le 20 août à Tripoli entre le président de la Confédération Hans-Rudolf Merz et le premier ministre Al Baghdadi El-Mahmoudi prévoyait notamment les excuses officielles du gouvernement suisse pour l'arrestation d'Hannibal Kadhafi en juillet 2008 à Genève ainsi que la création d'un tribunal arbitral pour enquêter sur cette affaire. Suite...
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Blanchiment de la peau; attention, danger...
Les produits éclarcissants peuvent nuire gravement à la santé. C'est le principal message de la campagne d'information lancée par la mairie de Paris, en partenariat avec URACA (Unité de réflexion et d'action des communautés africaines). Des affiches sont disposées dans trois arrondissements (10, 18e et 19e) dès le 4 novembre. Un guide pédagogique , ainsi qu'une bande dessinée sont aussi publiés. Suite + vidéo...
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Taxe carbone? Les pauvres vont payer, les riches vont trinquer! Comme d'habitude, quoi...
Tant que les gens ne disposeront pas d’alternative à la consommation d’énergies fossiles, la taxe carbone sera injuste. Elle serait équitable parce que tout le monde la paie ? Baliverne, comme à chaque fois que l’UMP parle d’équité ! Comme si l’effort était identique pour un travailleur pauvre contraint de prendre sa voiture pour aller gagner un mauvais smic et pour l’habitant des beaux quartiers qui engloutit sans que cela ne pèse sur son pouvoir d’achat des hectolitres dans son 4X4. Mais il y a pire et là encore, on est dans la grande tradition UMPiste de la tartufferie : que vaut le principe du pollueur payeur lorsqu’on prend soin d’épargner les entreprises ? Suite...
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Saudi paedophile to be beheaded and crucified...
An appeal court in the capital Riyadh approved the death sentence handed down in June by judges in the northwestern oasis city of Hail where the convicted 22-year-old man carried out his crimes.
The rapist - who was not named - was arrested several weeks ago as he tried to seize another boy after offering him a ride home from school.
The seven-year-old - who escaped unharmed - helped identify the culprit. More...
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Fisk: US performing its familiar role of propping up a dictator in Afghanistan...
First the Palestinians held fair elections in 2006, voted for Hamas and were brutally punished for it – they still are – and then the Iranians held fraudulent elections in June which put back the weird Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whom everyone outside Iran (and a lot inside) regard as a dictator. But now we have the venal, corrupt, sectarian Karzai in power after a poll far more ambitiously rigged than the Iranian version, and – yup, we love him dearly and accept his totally fraudulent election. More...
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Life is not easy but good deeds can be contagious...
Une bonne action peut être contagieuse…
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Malaysia seizes 15,000 Bibles...
"The church uses the bible and it is part of the worshipper's life. There is no reason why it should be confiscated," said Reverend Hermen Shastri, general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia.
"The bibles are used in the church," he said, dismissing suggestions by Islamic officials that they could be used to help convert Muslims who make up some 60 percent of the 27 million population. More...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Outrage in Sri Lanka over police brutality...
There has been an outcry against the police over brutal acts they are said to have committed.
People have also been protesting against their crackdown on organised crime, saying they are getting out of control.
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Dinesh's father Sangadasa says it was late the same night that he discovered his son's fate.
"On my way to the police station I heard people saying a nice-looking boy had been killed and his body was on the beach.
"I rushed to the seashore. I saw his body there. I went into shock."
Dhanushka's body was found later by a railway track. Full story...
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- Footage of mental patient in Sri Lanka forced to drown...
- After the Tamils, Sri Lankan govt. going after Muslims?
- Tamil journalist in Sri Lanka sentenced to 20 years jail...
- Top Sri Lanka academic gets death threats...
- Thousands protest after youths die in police custody...
- Sri Lankan editor's astonishing article about his murder...
- Sri Lanka and the white van syndrome...