Snoop Dogg To Perform At Prince William’s Bachelor Party – Rap royalty, meet British Royalty. Snoop Dogg has announced that he has recorded a special song for Prince William’s upcoming nuptials – and will perform it at the Prince’s bachelor party.Snoop’s PR team called the song, titled ‘Wet,’ (via Vulture) the, “perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin’.” [huffers]

Muammar Gaddafi Demands £4 billion From EU Or Europe Will Turn ‘Black’ – During an EU-Africa summit, the Libyan leader described European’s economic relationship with the African continent as a “failure”. Unless “Christian, white” countries gave him extra funding, Colonel Gaddafi predicted that Europe would be flooded with illegal immigrants leaving impoverished Africa. If we don’t stop illegal immigration, Europe will become black,” he said. My God! [telegraph]

French Chain To Sell Foie Gras Burgers – A French fast food chain said Monday it intends to offer foie gras “burgers” at bargain prices as a treat for customers ahead of Christmas. Quick burger said its “Supreme Foie Gras” will consist of the normally expensive duck foie gras, beef, relish and lettuce and go on sale for only 5 euros ($6.57) at more than 350 outlets across France from December 17th to 19th. Sounds awesome. [yahoo]

Jo’burg Borrows R1.2Billion – Last week, the council gave permission for the city treasury to borrow R1.2-billion from development finance institutions for capital projects. The DA has raised concerns about the city’s increased appetite for debt and the impact this might have on the balance sheet and ratepayers. Drama drama drama. [timeslive]

Charles Barkley Threatens To Kick Obama’s Ass – Former NBA star Charles Barkley appeared on Conan Tuesday night and analyzed President Barack Obama’s basketball skills. They discussed Obama’s basketball injury that resulted in him receiving 12 stitches and then Conan asked how he would do playing against the president in a 1-on-1 game.”I’m an old fat guy, but I’d kick his ass,” the TNT basketball analyst said. [huffpo]

NASA Press Conference Ignites ET Rumours – NASA has announced a press conference today “to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life,” and alien enthusiasts have been wondering: have scientists found ET? An insider’s tweet debunked that rumor, but the net remains abuzz with curiosity over what NASA might have planned. Are our lives about to change? [newser]

Amazon Drops Wikileaks – The website of WikiLeaks, the organization that just released a trove of sensitive U.S. State Department documents, appears to have lost or left its main Web host, Amazon.com.The main website and a sub-site devoted to the diplomatic documents were unavailable from the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday, as Amazon servers refused to acknowledge requests for data. [salon]

Russia Will Blow Up Wikileaks – American intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, outraged by their inability to stop WikiLeaks and its release this week of hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables, are convinced that the whistleblowing website is about to come up against an adversary that will stop at nothing to shut it down: the Russian government. [dailybeast]

Artist Sells Chunks Of Polar Ice Cap – So what you’ve got here is a pair of artists who traveled to the north pole, lopped off a chunk of the ice cap — you know, the one that’s melting into oblivion because of global warming — then lugged it back home to Amsterdam, where they’re selling pieces in capsules for 25 Euros (about $33) a pop. “Come get your relic from the last ice age,” they say in the linked video, “your piece of history, and bring the heated discussion home.” [fastcodesign]

Boss Orders Female Staff To Wear Red Bracelets When On Their Periods – A boss in Norway has ordered all female staff to wear red bracelets during their periods – to explain why they are using the toilet more often. The astonishing demand was revealed in report by a workers’ union into ‘tyrannical’ toilet rules in Norwegian companies. The study claimed businesses were becoming obsessed with lost productivity due to employees spending too much time answering the call of nature. [dailymail]

Google To Launch E-Book Venture – Google Inc. is in the final stages of launching its long-awaited e-book retailing venture, Google Editions, a move that could shake up the way digital books are sold. The long-delayed venture—Google executives had said they hoped to launch this summer—recently has cleared several technical and legal hurdles. It is set to debut in the U.S. by the end of the year and internationally in the first quarter of next year. [wallstreetjournal]

Royal Bracelet Breaks Auction Record – A bracelet owned by Wallis Simpson, whose affair with Edward VIII led to his abdication, has sold for a world record-breaking £4.5m ($7m) at auction.The diamond panther bracelet, was sold by Sotheby’s. It was the most expensive bracelet and most expensive Cartier item to be sold at any auction. [luxuo]

’Tis The Season To Get Your Braai On – And you’ll want to do that with the proper tools. Time to throw that old piece of junk out and replace it with the real thing: the Weber One Touch Silver. The guys from OneDayOnly know just where to get you one on the cheap. [onedayonly]

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