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Natural Disasters
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Baby Dolphin Saved After Tsunami Dumps It In Rice Field
24 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Japanese have displayed some of the most heroic efforts in aid of fellow man during this, one of the hardest experiences they have had to endure. Now, we’re happy to bring you an animal and man story. No dog, just a small dolphin in a rice field. That needed rescuing. Brace yourselves, this is literally fantastic!
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Child Trafficking In Haiti – Children Sold For As Little As R8,80
22 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The earthquake in Haiti last year caused massive destruction, but even more chaos looms in the aftermath. Traffickers are taking advantage of the situation by kidnapping, buying or stealing children. Some are being auctioned off to well-meaning yet ignorant western families while others are being forced into prostitution.
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Floods, Potholes, Overcharging And Double Road Tax
10 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Today is an important day because it’s the day our President gives his state of the nation address. It should be an interesting one and I heard there may even be autographed heaven cards for sale afterwards. It’s therefore important to highlight some issues our Jozi brethren currently face and ask whether they are getting a fair deal.
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Ex-Girlfriend Wins Breakup With Google
07 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ha. Some kid called Jack Weppler broke up with his girlfriend, so she put a truckload of embarassing Lolcat-style photos of him online – and tweaked it so that they’d all show up if somebody tried to Google him. So hey, that’s something new to worry about.
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Shinmoedake: Yeah, But Eyjafjallajökull Did It First
01 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey, remember the whole thunder/ice/volcano scenario in Iceland that cancelled a couple of European flights? Well a similar sort of deal went down in Japan on Sunday, between the Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures. Insert your own joke about Japan copying the west. Awesome photos follow.
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Sex Toy River Rafters Rescued In Melbourne
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s good to see our antipodean friends still have a sense of humour after all the flooding and disaster that’s hit them. An enterprising couple looked out their bedroom window yesterday, saw the river was coming down hectically and decided to go for a joy ride on blow up dolls when the plan, well, blew up in their faces.
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Australian Floods – So Much For A Water-Scarce Country [VIDEO]
11 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here we have a video of a small creek in an obscure part of Queensland, Australia, transforming from a benign trickle into a hellish monster comprised chiefly of speed, water, mud, and cars from this office’s parking lot. The footage is intense, but the awesome Australian accents are pretty distracting.
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