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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Invokes “Absolute Immunity,” In Civil Suit
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, recently charged for involvement in a prostitution ring, is also being accused of raping a hotel housekeeper – and since he seems to be losing that whole prostitution thing, he’s had his lawyers try to dismiss the case because his former position as head of the International Monetary Fund gives him “absolute immunity.”
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Astonishing Story Of Young Malawian Who Saved His Family With A Homemade Windmill [VIDEO]
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Check out this short documentary about a young Malawian called William Kamkwamba who built a windmill out of scraps and saved his family, and then ultimately his village, when famine and destitution threatened to destroy them. Real African success stories like this are hard to find, and this one is nothing short of extraordinary.
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Google’s Self-Driving Car With Blind Driver Behind The Wheel [VIDEO]
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month we told you about Nevada legalising self-driving cars. But how do they work exactly? Check out this video of Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius being “driven” by a guy that is 95% blind.
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Amazing Shots Of Afghanistan-Bound U.S. Army Servicemen Flying Off To War [PICS]
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Check out this amazing gallery of shots taken of U.S. Servicemen about to ship out to serve in Afghanistan. Despite the risks, and the promises that the U.S. and NATO role in the conflict is due to end within two years, hundreds of troops are being shipped into Afghanistan each month to help secure the civilian population and the post-Taliban government there.
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Spike Lee Accidentally Terrorizes Innocent Elderly Couple
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An blog post allegedly featuring the residential address of George Zimmerman – the man who killed Trayvon Martin – has gone viral. The post went viral after it was retweeted by Spike Lee to his 250 000 followers. Unfortunately, the address actually belongs to an innocent elderly couple, who now live in fear.
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Woolies Hot Cross Buns Stoke Up Hot Cross Christians
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
Woolworths South Africa has earned the Almighty’s ire, not to mention that of dozens of their (former) Christian customers on Facebook, by besmirching their delicious, fruity hot cross bun packages with Halaal certifications. If it’s not soft drinks, it’s holy baked goods! Have they no shame?! Full details of this outrage after the jump!
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Awesome iPad Presentation Is Awesome [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Still don’t get why the iPad is the best tablet out there? Then check out this presentation by two Swedish magicians – their use of seven iPads, along with some old-fashioned trickery, should clear things up for you. Bucket loads of amazing are waiting for you – after the jump.
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New York City To Make Offensive Words Like “Dinosaur” And “Birthday” Extinct
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
The City of New York’s Education Department has issued a list of about 50 English words and topics that will no longer appear on standardised tests for fear of offending students’ sensibilities. Unfortunately for them, when you accommodate an entire world of cultures in a single city, students’ sensibilities become a very broad category to cover indeed! Full list of this insanity inside!
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Smashing Pumpkins To Release “Album Within An Album” In June [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has spent the last three years slaving away at a massively insane internet-only, 44-song concept record, called Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. That album now includes an “album within an album” called Oceania, which will be released via traditional record-label channels, with EMI on June 19. Check out the epic title track below.
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British Student Jailed For Racist Muamba Abuse On Twitter [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Welsh university student has been jailed for 56 days for a “racially-aggravated public order offence” after making offensive tweets about Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed with heart failure during a FA cup tie with Tottenham Hotspur on March 17. See the full Twitter feed, after the jump.
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Marshall Is Selling Mini-Fridges That Look Like Guitar Amps [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Iconic amplifier company Marshall has expanded into selling people drums and headphones over the past couple of years – and now they’ve announced a mini-fridge that looks like an amp on the outside, but has an inside made to hold dozens of cold beverages. Shut up and take my money.
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Helen Zille And The Eastern Cape “Health Refugee”
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Less than a week after Helen Zille’s latest Twitter-storm about comments she made about the state of education here in the Western Cape versus the same in our neighbours – she called students from the Eastern Cape who attend school here “refugees” – she has gotten all up in the ANC’s grille once more with fresh comments regarding the state of health here versus there.
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Deadmau5 Calls Madonna A “Fucking Idiot” For Talking About Drugs
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Toronto’s Deadmau5 has been blasting Madonna on his Facebook page for asking folks at the Miami Ultra Music Festival if they’ve seen “molly,” which is young-person speak for MDMA. Deadmau5 moved from slating Madonna’s embarrassing use of drug slang to a spiel about equating electro with drug use – with a couple of tasteful expletives thrown in.
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Presidency Enters Grabouw Fracas To Try Resolve Differences
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Despite a lull in tension, all is still not well in sleepy Grabouw. Residents are still at each others throats over the apparent discrimination in the administration of local school facilities. So much so, that the Presidency has taken an unusual step to actually do something about it. More of this alleged good governance after the jump!
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Wine Tasting Do’s and Dont’s
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wine tastings. To state the bleeding amputated and mangled obvious, wine tastings are generally the best places to learn about wine if you don’t have an overflowing bank account, or an incredibly well stocked cellar. I can’t recommend going to tastings strongly enough if you are keen to broaden your vinous horizons. That being said, I thought I would give you a little guide of what not to do when you are there. For the most part, the parameters extend to everyday life, and can be summed up neatly as “don’t be a douche”.
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Chubby Contestant Stuns Simon Cowell On Britain’s Got Talent [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Inevitably, at some point during reality TV talent show auditions, a heavyset and/or ugly contestant will walk onto stage and be greeted with ridicule and laughter. But then said contestant opens his/her mouth, and everyone – including Simon Cowell – starts to cheer and cry hysterically. Step inside for that magical moment.
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World’s Large Paper Aeroplane Launched In Arizona [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon, Arizona recently launched a 14-metre long paper aeroplane, in world record attempt. Because that’s the kind of stuff you have to do to get press when you’re an Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Check the launch after the jump.
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Dolce & Gabbana Takes Small Hout Bay Shop To Court
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A Hout Bay shop owner faces legal action from world famous Italian design house, Dolce & Gabbana, over her alleged “misuse” of the Italian brand by calling her small gift store, Dolce and Banana. Italian sense of humour FAIL!
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Miss Universe Canada Finalist Disqualified For Being Transgender
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
6’1′ bombshell, Jenna Talackova of Vancouver was disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant for “not meeting the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” according to competition officials. By which they mean she was disqualified for being born with male genitalia.
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France To Make Visiting “Hate” Websites Illegal
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy announced late last week that his government will make visiting websites that advocate terrorism or hate a crime, punishable by fines or even prison. Au revoir, internet freedom?
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Apache Down! Shocking Footage Of Military ‘Copter Crash Emerges [VIDEO]
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A U.S. Department of Defence publication recently released this amateur footage of an Apache AH-64 military helicopter losing control and crashing in Afghanistan’s Paktiva province. We’ve got the shocking footage, and the official explanation for this US$20 million whoopsie, after the jump!
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Nokia Develops World’s First Vibrating Tattoo
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
So! Nokia filed a patent for the world’s first vibrating tattoo, to alert users about call, text message or email alerts. Because that’s something people would want. The idea being that Nokia’s haptic tattoo would transmit “a perceivable impulse” through the skin whenever it receives magnetic signals from a phone. The future is gross.
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Update: ANC Allegedly Concedes, Pretoria To Keep Its Name
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Despite his insistence that Pretoria’s name would be history by the end of this year, it seems Tshwane Metro’s mayor, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has had to concede that while the city name “Pretoria” will stay, a handful of street names will be made over. Details after the jump!
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“The Hobbit” Pub Saved By Stephen Fry & Ian McKellen
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s an old Southampton pub called The Hobbit under threat from the company that controls Lord of the Rings licensing. The company eventually agreed to sell the pub a license to keep using the name it has had for decades. Stephen Fry and Ian McKellan decided this was stupid, so they paid the fee themselves.
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Google Street View In The Amazon Basin [VIDEO]
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year, Google announced that it was sending its Street View team to the Amazon basin – and images from that trip are are now being made available on Google Maps. You probably won’t end up using it for directions, but there are some awesome panoramic images on display.
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Teen Bags Porn Star Prom Date Using Twitter
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An American teenager has managed to persuade an LA-based porn actress to go with him to his senior prom, but he needs to overcome a few obstacles first: one, his parents; two, his principal; and three, finding enough cash to fly the minx in for his big night!
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Abalone Raid Stirs Local Rage In Hangberg Near Hout Bay
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
While South Africans took the day off yesterday to reflect on Human Rights Day, the small community of Hangberg near Hout Bay was rocked by violent protests as residents took to the streets to lash out against a police taskforce that raided local homes looking for abalone poachers.
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Obama Answers Deaf Student In Sign Language [VIDEO]
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here is a great example of how easy it is to ensure yourself a long, celebrated career in politics. After attending a conference in Washington recently, Barack Obama greeted some audience members. A deaf student in the crowd signed to him: “I am proud of you.” Not missing a beat, Obama signed back: “Thank you.” Video after the jump.
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Soccer’s Richest Stars Revealed
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
France Football magazine has released this year’s list of the world’s highest-earning soccer players – Rooney earned $32,6 million for a single goal, and Samuel Eto’o got $37 million for moving to Russia. And to everybody’s surprise, Beckham isn’t the biggest earner anymore; see who’s taken the lead after the jump.
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Walk Off The Earth Return With New Viral Video [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Remember when we all freaked out over that video of five people playing and singing on one guitar? The band’s name is Walk off the Earth, and they’ve just uploaded a new video onto YouTube. This time they cover the song, “Little boxes” from the TV show “Weeds”. Expect loads of cardboard box awesomeness – after the jump!
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