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Insight: The Kruger National Park Hotel Development Saga
02 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
2oceansVibe staffer and avowed earthchild, Bearded Wiseman, sinks his teeth into the weighty issue of hotel development in the Kruger National Park, and nails his colours firmly to the mast of the godless neo-conservative capitalists who critics say want to turn the Kruger National Park into Disney Land. Notes from the thinking man’s greeny – here’s […]
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Muslim Group Runs Provocative Billboard Campaign To Promote Interfaith Relations
02 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Billboards have emerged across Australia carrying the slogan “Jesus: a prophet of Islam”. The Islamic group behind it, MyPeace, has done this in an attempt to encourage interfaith relations between Christians and Muslims. But not everyone is impressed with this gesture, and believes it to be more provocative and offensive than helpful.
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How To Buy Any Drug Imaginable
02 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Tired of having to mission to a parking lot to score some hash? Constantly fearing the wrath of the pigs? Scared of your Nigerian coke dealer? Now, according to Gawker, there’s a safe and easy way for you, the tech-savvy drug-aficionado, to source your drug of choice: online.
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Balloon Boy’s Dad Wants To Sell His Flying Saucer For One Million Dollars [VIDEO]
01 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Richard Heene, father of “Balloon Boy” and creator of a hoax that saw global TV coverage in 2009 (and eventually got him and his wife arrested), wants to sell the infamous “flying saucer” balloon for $1 Million Dollars to aid the relief effort in Japan.
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Tumblr Follows The Life Of An Unknowing Macbook Thief
01 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
So Joshua Kaufman had his MacBook stolen in March. Which sucks – he reported the crime to the police, but they couldn’t help, due to lack of resources. Except Kaufman has the Hidden app on his MacBook, which lets him remotely stalk and photograph the thief – and put them online. Thanks, Internet.
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Twitter “Kills” Will Smith
01 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Social networks were all yesterday with rumours that Will Smith had died on the set of his latest movie, currently being shot in New Zealand.
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Joburg’s Only Refugee Centre To Close
01 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Johannesburg is undoubtedly the economic centre of Africa. With this follows the allure of prosperity and the chance to better ones life through economic empowerment and social status. Now the only centre for asylum seekers and refugees in Joberg will be closed after local businesses won a court application against the Department of Home Affairs.
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Pentagon Says Certain Hacks Constitute ‘Acts of War’
01 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Pentagon is due to publically release it’s first formal cyber strategy next month, and the understanding is that it’s going to be classifying some kinds of computer sabotage as acts of war; apparently, a serious enough computer attack could be interpreted as a “use of force” that would warrant physical retaliation.
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Ex-Pats In France Beware Of CORINE CACHARD And JACQUES VIGNEAU
01 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ex-pats living in France or those thinking of settling in one of the most beautiful countries on Earth – beware! Apart from the vagaries of its law and mind-numbing French bureaucracy, there are qualified and supposedly ‘upstanding’ lawyers (called ‘advocat’) and Notaries (called ‘notaires’) who lose no opportunity to fleece well-meaning and honest new residents to their country. Follow the link for this public interest warning.
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“Virginity Checks” Forced On Female Protesters By Military In Egypt
31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Multiple news sources reported today that a senior Egyptian general has come forward to confirm that forced “virginity checks” had been performed on women arrested during demonstrations. This had previously been denied by military authorities, but general Amr Imam has not only confirmed but defended the practice as a protective measure for the women’s own good.
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Punny Tiger Woods Headline: The New York Post Is Quite Naughty [PIC]
31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There comes a time in any man’s life when he is faced with a difficult moral decision. I was going to attempt to outwit The New York Post’s photograph, headline, and strapline on Tiger Woods, but I won’t. Instead I’ll present it as is, in all its symphonic brilliance. I’ll also give it the official 2oceansVibe stamp of approval for best Tiger Woods-related headline to date. It’s a pleasure.
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Smartphone Cigarette Sharing: Marlboro ‘Bump A Smoke’ App
31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The concept for a Marlboro cigarrette-swapping smartphone app has been making the rounds – the idea being that social smokers would be able to trade digital cigarettes for real ones using bump technology, and ‘hardcore smokers’ would be able to redeem the digital smokes for real ones once they’d accumulated enough.
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The Pathology Of A Human Balloon
31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Proctologists world-wide get thousands of people every year wandering into their offices with things lodged in their asses saying, “Doc, I really don’t know how it got up there. I just sorta fell on it.” But I really don’t know what to make of this one: A New Zealander very nearly exploded after literally falling on a high-pressure hose.
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Persol “Steve McQueen’s” From Sunglass Hut – Pure Cool…
31 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
My extensive collection of sunglasses is well documented, and I can tell you right now, without hesitation, that this new pair of Persol “Steve McQueen‘s” from Sunglass Hut is EASILY one of my favourites. They are the epitome of ‘classic’ and the contrast of the light tortoiseshell frames against the blue lenses make me so […]
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Pothole In China Swallows Entire Lorry [PIC]
31 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Thanks to China, I am officially never complaining about the state of our roads in South Africa ever again. A lorry (pictured) has fallen down a massive fracture in the road which opened up as the truck drove over it. Scary. This comes just after four other lorry drivers in February were lucky enough to survive after a bridge collapsed as they drove over it.
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200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne On Auction
30 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You guys remember that shipwreck they found last year in the Baltic, with the 168 odd ancient-but-preserved bottles of champagne? Well I do. And they did. And now two of those fancy old champagne bottles are going on auction because why not?
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Desperate Pedo Gets Arrested For Checking Facebook At An Apple Store
30 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Facebook is highly addictive and a much better way to spend your time than say, actually living your life. So what would happen if your access was snatched away from you in an instant? Well one pervert had this happen to him, so he decided to act, by wandering into an Apple Store to check his account.
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Australian Senator Demands FIFA “Refunds” Bid Money
30 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a statement titled “Red Card for FIFA”, independent senator Nick Xenophon has urged the federal government to ask for a refund from FIFA of the A$45.6 million spent on the failed bid to host the 2022 World Cup, saying the bid could not succeed because of corruption within football’s world governing body.
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German Hotel Holding Parties In Former Nazi Work Camps
30 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Please save your ‘holla-caust’ comments for the end of the article. Hotel Stadt Hameln, a four-star hotel in northern Germany, has converted an on-site jail into a themed party location, sort of the way the Nazis converted the jail into a forced labour camp during World War II. Some people are angry about this.
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Is It A Boy Or A Girl? Parents Not Telling, Baby Will Decide
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The name Storm is gender-neutral, but it’s also listed as a synonym for controversy in some dictionaries. And at just four months old, blond-haired, blue-eyed Storm and its (sic) Canadian family have opened up a debate that is getting traditionalists and liberals understandably excited.
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Computer Error Leads To The Release Of 450 Violent Criminals
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A number of system errors have allowed 450 criminals with “a high risk of violence” to walk free in California. And what’s worse is that the authorities aren’t doing much to address the problem. This sounds a bit like somewhere I know.
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Google Has A Shiny New Mobile Payment Service
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google Wallet and Google Offers launched yesterday, both of which sound supremely cool – PayPal’s grumblings (and lawsuits) about commercial espionage notwithstanding. Google Wallet lets users swipe their phones in lieu of credit cards, even allowing subscription to a new prepaid Google debit card; Google Offers looks to work like a virtual loyalty card.
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Gaddafi Said To Seek Refuge In Tripoli’s Hospitals At Night
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A European government official has claimed that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is travelling between Tripoli’s hospitals at night to elude bombing raids by NATO jets. The official has said that he is doing this because he knows that the hospitals are something that the air raids will not target.
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Take A Look At Kim Kardashian’s $2 Million Engagement Ring
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Hoo. While working their way through LAX airport, Kim Kardashian and her just-recently-announced fiance Kris Humphries made a point of flashing her new bling – you remember, that $2 million custom-designed, 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring? It’s, um, it’s kind of hard to miss. Click through for our engagement ring photo gallery.
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Man Makes Billboard Mocking ‘End Of The World’ Predictions
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A user at reddit.com promised that he’d put up a billboard in response to Harold Camping’s failed billboard campaign that claimed the rapture was on its way. The billboard reads: “That was awkward”. Somewhat of an understatement I think.
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The Hammerl Family’s Open Letter To President Zuma
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The family of slain photographer Anton Hammerl have published the letter that they have written to President Jacob Zuma ahead of his trip to Libya for “discussions” with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi next week. It’s hoped that this will put further pressure on Zuma to ensure the secure return of Hammerl’s remains to South Africa.
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Did Osama Bin Laden’s Wife Rat Him Out?
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An in-depth pocket guide to Osama Bin Laden’s hideout that was used by U.S. Navy Seals suggests a mole was living alongside the terror leader. And apart from his wife and children, there weren’t many other people around… But how did this guide come to light? It was dropped by one of the special forces soldiers when they raided the home, of course!
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You Can Buy The Patron Saint Of Venereal Disease’s Head
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Heh. So apparently they’ve found skull of Saint Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint of venereal diseases and, it’s going up for auction. Because what else would you do if you found it? Assisi won sainthood for performing miracles on those with bladder and genital disorders in 13th century Italy. Please buy his head.
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They Shut Down The Mars Rover
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ending a seven-year mission, NASA has decided to cut off communications with the Mars rover Spirit. Data was last received from Spirit in March 2010, and it hasn’t been heard from since – the thinking is that the rover was damaged during the martian winter when there wasn’t enough solar power for its survival heaters to run.
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Saudi Authorities Censor Protest Coverage
25 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Manal al-Sharif, organizer in the Saudi Right-to-Drive campaign, was arrested on Sunday after posting a video of herself driving, while urging women to take part in a “drive-in” protest on June the 17th. Since then, the event’s Facebook page has been deleted, and a fake Sharif Twitter account has claimed that the campaign was off.
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