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World
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Obama and Bin Laden Doppelgangers Hang Out
13 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ananias Rodrigues da Silva, the Brazilian Barack Obama lookalike, stopped by São Paulo to pay a visit to Francisco Fernandes – a bar owner who has been repeatedly harassed for his resemblance to Osama bin Laden. The two had a couple of shots and posed for photographs. It’s pretty great.
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Largest Ever Insider Trading Case Involving Hedge Funds Reaches Guilty Verdict
12 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Billionaire co-founder of Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, has been convicted in what prosecutors called the largest insider trading case ever involving hedge funds. He remains free on $100 million bail and was placed under house arrest at his Manhattan home to await sentencing on July 29.
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Digging Up The Real Mona Lisa
12 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Archaeologists in Florence, Italy, began searching yesterday for the remains of a woman thought to be the model who sat for Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”. The reason: curiosity.
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Pitzer College To Add Secularism Major To Curriculum
11 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of America’s more notably known liberal arts schools, as they call them over there, has decided to add a major on secularism to their curriculum thereby making them that little bit more liberal than some of their competitors. This will be the first of its kind in America.
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The Middleton Smut Implosion – Siblings Offered Porn Roles
11 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following their collective rise to fame on the veil of Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa and Will Middleton have had the gory details of their private lives scrutinised with repulsive efficiency by the world’s tabloid media. It’s a textbook case of “what goes on the internet, stays on the internet”.
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Presbyterian Church Votes To Allow Openly Gay And Lesbian Clergy
11 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The US Presbyterian Church passed an historic ruling on Tuesday evening. They have decided to allow openly gay men and women in same-sex relationships to be ordained as clergy. This comes after a similar mandate that was to allow gay clergy was defeated two years ago.
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Facebook Apps Have Been Leaking Private Data To Advertisers For Years
11 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Surprise! Security firm Symantec yesterday reported that a hole in the Facebook security system allowed third-parties like advertisers access to user accounts and private data – and that this hole has been in place for the past four years, since Facebook first started offering apps to its users.
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Scrabble Adds ‘Grrl’ To Scrabble Dictionary
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
And now I don’t want to live on this planet anymore. Around 3,000 words have been added this year in the “most comprehensive Scrabble wordlist ever produced,” which I would be more upset about if most of my Scrabble games didn’t end in tears and fire. Also included: ‘innit,’ ‘thang,’ ‘fansite,’ and ‘Facebook.’
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Biggest Tagged And Released Great White Shark Caught
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The crew of National Geographic Channel’s hit series Shark Men announced this past Friday that they had broken the previous record for the biggest Great White Shark ever caught and released alive. They exhibited their capture on Sunday night on the US version of the show. We’ll unfortunately have to wait a bit to see it over here in Africa.
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RIP ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ Actress Dana Wynter
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, we seem to be running out of classy damsels nowadays. Dana Wynter, 1950’s starlet, best known for starring as the token distressed heroine in low-budget science-fiction film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” died May 5 of congestive heart failure in Ojai, California. She was 79.
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Attention Bigots: This Guy’s On Your Team [VIDEO]
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This charming fellow is a member of the English Defence League, which is something similar to the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but for racist chavs. He’s clearly afraid of the the encroaching influence of “Muslamic” law. And did I hear him say “Muslamic Ray Guns” at 1:20?
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Ernie Els Eases Into Hall Of Fame
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The man with the effortless swing, and who is otherwise referred to as the “Big Easy”, has been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The ceremony included a tribute to another hall of famer, Spain’s Seve Ballesteros, who passed away Saturday after being diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago.
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Joburg’s Ranking On World’s 26 Best Cities for Business, Life, and Innovation
10 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new survey was recently done of the global capital cities of finance, innovation and tourism. The report graded 26 metros from Stockholm to Santiago on business opportunities, culture, livability, and innovation. Johannesburg, the only African city on the list, came in at number 25 – basically beating only Mumbai.
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Naked News Comes To South Africa
09 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, I’m not sure how to feel about this – I mean Naked News has been a thing worldwide for a while now, and it’s great that SA’s catching on to the idea of having attractive news anchors strip while letting you know what’s up on NASDAQ. Nevertheless, ultimately this is basically a way of subscribing to see folk naked on the internet.
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Captured Soldier’s Dad Seeks Help Via YouTube [VIDEO]
09 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The father of an American soldier held captive for the last two years in Afghanistan, has sought the help of Pakistan’s military via a heartfelt Youtube message. In this video, Bob Bergdahl directly addresses Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff as well as the head of their country’s intelligence service. Also notice how he hasn’t cut his beard since his son’s capture as sign of support.
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Paul McCartney Is Getting Married. Again, Again.
09 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So hey, third time lucky and all. Paul McCartney, 69, is taking another shot at that whole ‘marriage’ thing with New York socialite Nancy Shevell, 51 – there’s still a nice two-decade gap there, so Paul still gets high fives, but it’s not a creepy two-decade gap. The two met at the Hamptons in ’07.
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Happy Birthday, Coca Cola! [VIDEO]
09 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
CocaCola turns 125 today, friends. “Nothing refreshes like CocaCola!”.
Indeed, except for cocaine, which put the Coca in CocaCola for the first thirty-odd years of production. Now you know.
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Anyone But Verwoerd
09 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Any statue or symbol of apartheid South Africa is cool, just not Verwoerd, says ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu. He made the statement in response to the furore over the removal of the statue in the DA-controlled Midvaal municipality in Meyerton.
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Win Herschelle Gibbs’ 438 Man Of The Match Medal
09 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South African cricketing legend and loyal 2oceansvibe pundit, Herschelle Gibbs, has finally made the announcement about how you can win his man of the match medal he received for his magnificent 175 runs from 111 balls in the infamous one day international match between South Africa and Australia. The one where we scored 438. Details after the jump.
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Al Qaeda Confirms Osama Bin Laden’s Death And Vows Revenge
06 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Al Qaeda confirmed Osama bin Laden’s death on Friday and warned of retaliation. The announcement came via a statement posted on internet website forums commonly used by the militant group and reportedly warns that Americans’ “happiness will turn to sadness.”
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Taxi Driver Found Crucified, Wearing A Crown Of Thorns
06 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is perhaps the most macabre crime story I’ve ever heard. A South Korean man was found dead, on a cross, wearing a crown of thorns. Although police had declined to release further details, the press in South Korea depicted the gruesome scene with the man wearing a crown of thorns, dressed only in his underpants.
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It’s Friday: Here’s A Giant Water Balloon Exploding In Slow-Motion [VIDEO]
06 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You guys like water balloons, right? Look outside, of course you do. And slow-motion things are pretty swell. And it’s Friday. So click through, start your weekend right. Seriously though, this isn’t so much a bursting water balloon as an exploding water bed. They’re called red giants.
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Just What Is Obama Watching Here?
06 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
I’ve been really intrigued by the whole Osama getting what was coming to him thing, as I’m sure you are. And chances are that you’ve also come across the photo of Obama and his national security team sitting in the Situation Room on Sunday. The image has been viewed over two million times on Flicker and has been re-published countless times on news websites worldwide. But just what are they all looking at?
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Brazil Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions
06 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brazil’s Supreme Court last night ruled unanimously that civil unions between same-sex couples were to be allowed – which is a big deal, what with Brazil being home to the world’s largest Roman Catholic population and all. The vote stopped short, however, of legalizing gay marriage.
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US Woman Wakes Up From Surgery With A British Accent
05 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This story, although bizarre, doesn’t belong in the tabloids; it’s real. Believe me. When Karen Butler, of Newport, Oregon had oral surgery about a year and a half ago, nothing much changed, other than the fact that she looked a bit like a chipmunk from the swelling, and that she had acquired a thick new British accent.
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Last Living World War I Combat Veteran Dies
05 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Claude Stanley Choules, the last surviving World War I combat veteran, passed away today, aged 110, in a Perth nursing home. Choules joined the Royal Navy at the age of 15, starting a military career that spanned 41 years, across both world wars. He is survived by his three children.
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EU To Pay Fishermen To Catch Plastic
05 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may or may not be aware of television programmes like Trawlermen or Deadliest Catch. Times can be more than just physically and emotionally tough aboard these fishing vessels, they can go ages without catching anything substantial too. Now the EU is planning to offer the fishermen an alternative income stream. And hopefully curb pollution obviously.
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Juggling – It’s A Thug Life [VIDEO]
05 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Meet Jacob Sharpe. He’s an MIT Engineering graduate, and professional circus performer. Also, he likes rap music, squash courts, and minimal couture. We’re not entirely sure where the pink shorts come in. They are quite small, but then, we do have a proud tradition in South Africa of athletes wearing kortbroek (here’s to you, Naas), so maybe we can get behind that.
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Reuters Publish Grisly Photos Of Osama Bin Laden Raid (+ Top Secret Helicopter)
05 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
While the world morbidly waits for the release of pictures of a dead Osama bin Laden, new photos have emerged taken inside and outside the bin Laden compound – following the Navy SEAL raid. The pictures show dead bin Laden soldiers on the ground, as well as a radical top secret US helicopter. Click link […]
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Pixar Auctioning Off Props & Sketches For Japan Relief
05 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The nice thing about Pixar is that all of its movies make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Charity helps people AND makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. With this in mind, Lee Unkrich, Pixar director, is letting you enjoy the indulgence of both, by auctioning off Pixar stuff for Japan aid.
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