This Is the Face Vladimir Putin Made When He Was Confronted by a Topless Protestor – While visiting Germany today, Russian President Vladimir Putin was confronted by a topless protester from the organization Femen. This is the face he made in response. [gawker]
Tributes Flow For ‘Iron Lady’ – Former friends and foes alike from across the world have paid tribute to the late British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, remembering an ‘extraordinary leader’ who stamped her authority everywhere. [skynews]
Margaret Thatcher Helped Invent Soft-Serve Ice-Cream – Here’s one aspect of Margaret Thatcher’s legacy we can all feel unequivocally good about: The Iron Lady, better known for her “bruising political style and free-market views,” helped invent soft-serve ice cream as a chemist in the late 1940s. [washpo]
Morrissey: ‘Thatcher Was a Terror Without an Atom of Humanity’ – “Thatcher is remembered as The Iron Lady only because she possessed completely negative traits such as persistent stubbornness and a determined refusal to listen to others.” [thedailybeast]
Margaret Thatcher Hashtag Confuses Cher Fans – On Monday morning, the world learned of the death of Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister. One of the first hashtags to spring up on Twitter on Monday was #nowthatchersdead, created by a website critical of Thatcher. [wallstreetjournal]
Elon Musk Responds to Sarah Palin’s Claim That Tesla Is a ‘Loser’ – Tesla Motors Founder Elon Musk on Monday responded to Sarah Palin’s claim that his company is a “loser.” [mashable]
As Kim Jong-Un Plays The Tough Guy, His Aunt And Uncle Hold The Reins Of Power – Behind the throne of North Korea’s boy leader is a pair of formidable relatives. [telegraph]
Factories that Ran on Korean Cooperation Go Silent – A factory complex that is North Korea’s last major economic link with the South was a virtual ghost town Tuesday after Pyongyang suspended its operations and recalled all 53,000 of its workers, cutting off jobs and a source of hard currency in its war of words and provocations against Seoul and Washington. [time]
Wikileaks Publishes 1.7m US Diplomatic Records – Wikileaks has published more than 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence reports from the 1970s. They include allegations that former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman in an arms deal and the first impressions of eventual British PM Margaret Thatcher. [bbc]
Trojan Turns Your PC Into Bitcoin Mining Slave – Criminals are trying to take control of PCs and turn them into Bitcoin miners.A new Trojan – spotted on 4 April and spreading via Skype – takes control of infected machines and forces them to do what is known as Bitcoin mining, a way of earning digital currency. [wired story + bitcoin info]
“Hooray, We’re Done”: The Inside Story Behind R.E.M.’s Disbandment – The never-before-told story behind the band’s decision to walk away — and one emotional and private final concert. [salon]
Meet The Most Obnoxious ‘Rich Kid Of Instagram’ Yet – Folks, with the rich kids and cats of Instagram posting their abundantly spoiled lifestyles on the photo-sharing site, we thought we’d seen the worst of it. [busins]
(Another) New Study Suggests Women Do Prefer Larger Penises – The eternal question of whether penis size matters to women has been probed by a team of international scientists who reported on Monday that yes, ladies do find larger men more attractive. [timeslive]
Nutella Heist: 5.5 Tonnes Of Spread Stolen – A gang raided a parked lorry in Bad Hersfeld, Germany, making off with jars of chocolate spread worth £13,600 in total. [skynews]
Jenna Jameson Put Under Citizen’s Arrest – Former porn star Jenna Jameson was charged with battery over the weekend after police said she assaulted someone. [cnn]
Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba Trip Was OK’d By US Treasury Dept – American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z visited Havana last week on a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the United States Treasury Department, according to a source familiar with the trip. [reuters]
If You Care: The Kardashians Are Suing Their Ex-Stepmom – Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, and Rob Kardashian are suing their former stepmom Ellen Pearson — whom Robert Kardashian wed two months before he died in 2003 — over personal possessions belonging to their father. [yahoo]
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