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Nelson Mandela Car Air Freshener
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nelson Mandela is awesome. The whole world knows that. Upon pushing through the Protection of Information Bill in Parliament just over a week ago, a number of South African MP’s seemed to momentarily forget that.
Here’s something they should put in their cars, to remind them of how good Nelson Mandela smells.
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Secret Software Is Probably Tracking Everything You Do On Your Phone
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The Carrier IQ software, installed on most modern Android, Blackberry and Nokia phones, is supposed to record some of the things phones do so manufacturers can do quality control. Except it’s also been logging everybody’s text messages, web searches, and phone calls. Which is pretty bad.
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Riot Police Clearing LA Occupy Protesters [LIVE VIDEO]
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Police in riot gear are moving in on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles right now. They’re enforcing the mayor’s order to evict protesters who have camped outside City Hall for the past eight weeks. Supporters are streaming into the area in a show of solidarity as the protesters seek to defy the order and risk arrest.
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Now Google Wants To Map Your Floor Plan Too
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month, Google Maps’ Street View functionality started displaying photos of retail spaces’ interiors; now Google Maps itself is headed indoors, too, with a proposed Google Maps Floor Plans feature. This would mean Google maps of airports, shopping malls, and other buildings that you might somehow be able to get lost in.
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Voila! It’s The Urine-Powered Mens Room Video Game
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a blow to those with shy bladders, a UK company has piloted a new urinal entertainment system that allows the pee-er to play a video game on a LCD screen positioned above the urinal, using their pee stream to control the game play.
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Amazing Flash Mob In The World’s Second Most Populous City [VIDEO]
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A scene which could’ve come right off the pages of Slumdog Millionaire took place at a Mumbai train station recently when a citizen-initiated flash mob erupted in the midst of commuters.
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The Contagion-esque Superflu That Could Kill Us All
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sealed up in the lower levels of a medical faculty building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands lies a genetically altered flu strain which could potentially cause a pandemic which could kill half of the world’s population.
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Benetton Is At It Again
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Italian clothing label’s controversial advertising campaign, Unhate, which was launched less than two weeks ago, is surely going to garner more raised eyebrows with their latest stunt: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu kissing Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas on a large billboard in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Gun Club Lets Children Pose With Santa And Some High-Powered Firearms
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An American gun club has invited children and their families to pose for pictures with Santa Claus – and a high-powered firearm! They are able to choose between grenade launchers, assault rifles and AK-47s. The picture, taken against a festive backdrop, will then feature on a holiday card. Afterwards, the families also get a chance to test out the machine guns.
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The “Fun-Vii” – Toyota’s Insane Futuristic Concept Car
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s president, described the freshly-unveiled Fun-Vii as “a smartphone on four-wheels,” which sounds like something you would say to describe a car with lots of gadgets. Except Toyota’s new concept car, unveiled ahead of the Tokyo Auto show is like a smartphone on four wheels because it has giant touchscreen doors.
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Mexico City’s Record-Breaking Zombie Walk
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nearly 10 000 people dressed up in zombie gore and wandered through Mexico City this weekend, in a bid to set the new world record for zombie walks, which is a thing. Once verified by Guinness, the walk will blaze past the previous record of 4 093 zombies, set in New Jersey last year.
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Lab Dogs See Sunlight For First Time [VIDEO]
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Beagle Freedom Project rescues dogs that are bred and used for lab testing. These dogs are born in laboratories and live in cages their whole lives. The project recently rescued 40 dogs, between ages four and seven, who have never seen outside sunlight.
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London Woman’s Racial Outburst On Tram Goes Viral [VIDEO]
29 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
Please enjoy this video taken on a London tram, showing a charming young English woman ranting and raving about ethnic minorities sharing the train with her and how they are ruining Britain – all while her son sits on her lap. Having spent three years living in London, this video comes as no surprise. These […]
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This €110 Million, 82m Superyacht Belongs In A Spy Movie
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fully equipped with a personal submarine, a helicopter that nests in a hydraulically operated hangar and water cannons, the PJ World Yacht is the ultimate floating luxury mansion that you’ve always dreamed of… and will never have.
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Children’s Book About Marijuana Reissued In Time For Christmas
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s Just a Plant is an illustrated picture book about marijuana for the younger members of society. The plot is fairly simple: Jackie catches her folks smoking a joint one evening, and then her mother takes her on a trip the next day to learn more about marijuana.
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Creative Combat Gear Worn By Egyptian Protesters [PICS]
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The saying goes that you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight. But in Egypt, where violence is once again reaching a crescendo, protesters are protecting themselves with whatever they can find as they fight fierce street battles with the military. Check out their home-made armour consisting of garden buckets, gas masks and…egg boxes.
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This Seems About As Close To A Jet-Pack As We’re Likely To Get
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The first person to fly with a pair of jet-propelled wings, Yves “Jetman” Rossy, recently completed a flight over the Swiss Alps in formation with two jet planes. Wearing a pair of wings and four jet engines, Rossy jumped out of a helicopter and flew alongside the jets using his body movements to perform midair […]
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Google Doodle Supports Egyptian Elections
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Egyptians began voting today in the first election since toppling former President, Hosni Mubarak in February. These elections are the first of a programme of elections that will last until March 2012, and although only a tiny proportion of the population has internet access, Google is continuing to do its bit for democracy and hoping to inspire Egyptians to vote.
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The First Beer In Space [VIDEO]
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A couple of “Natty Light” enthusiasts approached the brewer, Natural Ice with the idea to make the mediocre frat-house beer slightly more remarkable by making it the first to be sent into space. Their spacecraft’ was a styrofoam cooler, a GPS tracking device, and an HD camera, launched into space with a weather balloon last week.
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Polish Far Right Group Registers “No Gay Sex” Sign As Official Logo
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A far right political group, the National Rebirth of Poland party, came under fire from gay rights activists in Poland on Wednesday. They’d gotten word about a little-known judgement that had been passed allowing the political group the use of a ridiculous logo.
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Botox Fail: Woman Gets 100 Silicone Injections In Lips [PICS]
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kristina Rei from Russia clearly never watched that Absolutely Fabulous episode where Eddie tells Patsy that your lips should always be smaller than your face. She has just had her 100th botox injection – bringing her total expenses on these procedures to R50 000 so far. Her quest is twofold: to emulate cartoon diva Jessica Rabbit, and have the world’s biggest pout.
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First Wedding Snap From Archie’s Gay Marriage Issue
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s a first look at the cover of the upcoming issue of ‘Life With Archie’, featuring Kevin Keller and his husband Clay, being cheered by the Archie gang after tying the knot.
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Adult Movie Shot In Tents At Occupy Oakland
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While it’s pretty obvious that most of the “Occupy” protestors are banging in their tents (hell, there’s even an entire tumblr dedicated to Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street), a New York based adult film company has now shot a porn in the tents of Occupy Oakland. The name of the film? “Occupy My Throat.”
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Scorned Wife Kills Husband, Attempts To Cook Him
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Pakistani woman has been arrested for killing her husband and subsequently trying to cook his flesh, during what appeared to be a raging fit of pique about her spouse’s disloyalty. The 32-year-old woman, Zainab Bibi, killed her husband after she found he was planning to marry another woman without first seeking her permission.
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Photographer David Goldblatt Turns Down Award To Protest Info Bill
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The ramifications for forcing through the Protection of Information Bill as it stands have been far and wide. International media sniggered, and local media took their grievances to new levels. Now, world-renowned Apartheid photographer, David Goldblatt, has decided to denounce a top South African award in protest against the bill in an open letter to President Zuma.
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Porsche Is Designing A 57 Storey Highrise With Car Elevator
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Porsche is designing a $650-million, 57-story highrise to go up in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Which isn’t that big of a deal. What is pretty insane, however, is the fact that the highrise will feature a robotic car elevator that takes condo owners directly to their door while still in the vehicle.
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Drug Dealer Throws Cocaine Worth R1,5 Million Out Of Car
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Footage showing a Liverpool drug dealer throwing R1,5 million worth of cocaine from a moving car has been released by police. The guy tossed 2kg of the drug from the window of a Mercedes while being followed by police filming the chase.
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Cheeky, Illiterate Thief Taunts Victims In “Apology” Letter
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As part of what is the ‘most rigorous’ form of non-custodial punishment, a young offender was told to write an apology letter for his crimes. Instead, he took the opportunity to mock and insult his victims.
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Google Now Censoring The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, & Other File-Sharing Services
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google seems to be dabbling in the censorship game too, these days. They’ve added sites like The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, and 4Shared to their “blacklist”, which doesn’t prevent the pages from showing up if searched for, but does prevents the names of sites appearing in their Instant and Autocomplete services.
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Fox News Anchor: “Pepper Spray Is Essentially A Food Product” [VIDEO]
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few nights ago on the Bill O’Reilly Show on Fox News, anchor Megyn Kelly claimed that pepper spray was a “food product”, essentially. If an online petition has its way, she may literally be forced to eat her words.
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