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‘Chicks With Steve Buscemi Eyes’ Is A Thing Now, I Guess
13 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well done, internet. It’s nice to know that we have more or less global, instant information sharing networks set up so that people can take photos of Hollywood starlets and pasting their faces over Steve Buscemi’s creepy handbag eyes, and then set up a popular website devoted to that sole pursuit.
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Shrien Dewani Arrested After “Heated Discussion” With Fellow Mental Hospital Patient
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shrien Dewani’s multi-week tenure at Priory Hospital for treatment following a suicide attempt, has come to an end. Dewani has been moved to a “stricter” mental health facility, after he engaged in a “heated discussion” with a female patient.
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Gbagbo Unseated, Arrested In Ivory Coast
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following a military assault on his residence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast politician Laurent Gbagbo has surrendered and been placed under UN guard, thus ceding power to his UN-recognised successor, Alassane Ouattara; this after Gbagbo’s refusal to accept defeat in November’s presidential poll.
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The Winklevoss Twins’ Suit Against Facebook Is No More
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve seen “The Social Network”, then you’ll be aware of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (a.k.a. “the Winklevii”), who, in 2004 sued Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea. Well their great battle against Zuckerberg may finally be over.
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Level Five Becomes Level Seven – The Reality Of Japan’s Nuclear Crisis [VIDEO]
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As reported in morning spice headlines this morning, Japan has decided to raise its assessment of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating on an international scale: from a level five to a level seven, putting the disaster on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion in the former Soviet Union.
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We Can Barcode Animals Now
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The University of Illinois, collaborating with the Equid Research and Conservation lab at Princeton, have put together software that can uniquely identify any striped, spotted or otherwise marked animal with a clear digital photo. Like a barcode!
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Politician Snapped While Watching Porn In Parliament (With FAIL Pic)
12 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An Indonesian lawmaker quit politics yesterday after he was caught watching pornography on his tablet computer during a session in parliament. At least this guy was awake, unlike some of the pictures I’ve seen taken during our parliamentary sessions.
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France Introduces Burqa Ban Today – Ban Defied
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The controversial law banning full-face veils came into effect today in France, home to Europe’s largest Muslim population. Public wearing of niqabs or burqas is now liable for a fine of 150 euros and a citizenship course; people charged with forcing women to wear full-face veils may be subject to jail time.
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Mile High Club, Saudi Style
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Saudis are quite keen on flashing the gold and proving just how powerful and rich they really are, even if the people of that land might not be as free as they’d like. But what they’ve got planned next is sure to outdo just about any other oil-rich country: build a mile-high skyscraper.
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Charl Schwartzel Is Your 2011 Masters Champion [VIDEO]
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South African Charl Schwartzel ended up as an unlikely hero last night. He birdied the last four holes on the back-nine to win the 75th Masters on the 50th anniversary of Gary Players 1961 title. Coincidentally that had been the first time an international competitor had won the Masters.
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Legendary Filmmaker Sidney Lumet Passes Away
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Like most things in life, it’s not always the most talented that become household names. And while not necessarily as known as, say Steven Spielberg or Orson Welles, the impact a select few filmmakers have had on the global film industry is undeniable. Sidney Lumet one such director. You need to drink a toast to this guy.
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Yet Another Tsunami Warning Issued For NE Japan
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Watch out for Japan in the next 100 years, because if this continual natural bombardment doesn’t galvanize a national stoicism, ingenuity and will to survive of epic proportions, then nothing will.
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Monday Morning Radvertising: Segway Joust [VIDEO]
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With this whole ‘viral’ thing, many marketing departments are desperately trying to produce the kinds of advertising that get the internet’s attention – often with depressing results. Fortunately, the ad for the Washington Lottery is awesome; it has two dudes jousting on segways. Not totally sure how that sells lottery tickets, but hey.
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Snakes On A Bus
11 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An overly tense Sam Jackson was not present on Saturday when over 600 snakes were discovered in the luggage compartment of a bus, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Archaeologists Find “Gay Caveman” Near Prague
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Archaeologists have claimed they may well have found the oldest gay in the village. A 5 000 year old burial site and human remains are causing the stir and it’s got to do with the way the skeletal remains have been buried.
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Teacher Teaches Students About Slavery By “Auctioning” Off The Non-White Kids In Her Class
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A US teacher has landed herself in some deep poo after a teaching stunt of hers went wrong. In order to help her class understand the American Civil War better, she staged a mock auction of black and mixed-race students in her primary school classroom. All together now: Only in America!
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It’s Friday, Here Is A Crossbow That Shoots Machetes [VIDEO]
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hello! It’s Friday, everything is awful except this. A German dude who entertains himself by building slingshots and posting videos of them online has built a crossbow that shoots machetes because if you really need a reason to build a machete crossbow, something is broken inside of you. Please, enjoy.
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China Bans Time-Travel Movies
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well this is probably just the cherry on the big ol’ authoritarian cake they got going on over there, but hot damn. All the best movies had time travel in them. Never mind the fact that now a generation of Chinese kids won’t spend every waking moment waiting for their future selves to arrive in a DeLorean.
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One Tweet Leads To The World’s Highest Dance Party
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whether it’s out of the kindness of their hearts or just good PR, KLM has helped set the record for world’s highest dance party.
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One Step Closer In The Quest For A HIV Vaccine
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hooray for science. US government scientists say they have discovered three powerful HIV antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any HIV antibody yet discovered. Details inside.
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Virgin America Spices Up Opening Ceremony With Spaceships
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, Virgin America held an opening ceremony for their new Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport; press were ushered onto a waiting aircraft, and told to keep an eye out for Virgin-Galactic-related-things after takeoff. After about 20 minutes they were asked to look out of their windows, because White Knight 2 and Spaceship 2 were doing fly-byes.
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Fallout From Baby-Dangling Michael Jackson Statue
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hot on the heals of controversy surrounding a statue of Michael Jackson, erected by multi-millionaire Mohammed Al Fayed, outside Fulham Football Club, comes the news of a statue of baby-dangling Michael Jackson. Oh no.
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New York Busies Itself With State Vegetable Debate
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We can all guess what the official fruit of New York State is, can’t we? That’s right – the apple. Official drink of the New Yawkers? Milk. But now the race is on to name the official state vegetable. And the lawmakers are making a meal of it.
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Malawian Man Dies Of “Sexual Sweetness”
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Midway into March Silverstreak reminded us of one of the beautiful things about the English language – the numerous emotive properties created by combining words not often combined, especially so in central African news reports. Now, a Malawian man has been killed by too much “sexual sweetness” while having sex with a hooker.
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Skateboard Tour Of Post-Earthquake Christchurch [VIDEO]
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of skaters armed with handheld cameras take a run through Christchurch in the aftermath of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in February. As earthquake-stricken citizens go, they seem pretty optimistic! And the video is very cool-looking too. Take a look.
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Clarkson Cheats On His Wife, But Probably Not, Actually
07 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The British newspaper, The Daily Mirror, that all too reliable and chock-full of journalistic integrity source, has claimed that Top Gear host, Jeremy Clarkson, is cheating on his wife with a colleague.
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Facebook Launches “Journalists On Facebook”
06 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a much anticipated move, the social media giant has finally unveiled its next step in advancing the power of journalism through social networking. It’s described as a central resource tool for journalists and the public to share, interact and find sources on the site. Try and stop us now Julius, Jimmy, Floyd and the other haters out there.
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Some People REALLY Love Eckō Apparel
06 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wow! Okay. Last week we told you about the ‘Get An Eckō Tattoo, Get A 20% Discount For Life’ they’re peddling, with a couple of metaphorical raised eyebrows. So they sent us a couple of photos of fans that had gotten themselves branded with their logo – bluff called. Amazing.
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Virgin Oceanic: Richard Branson Is Getting Into The Submarine Business
06 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
And business is good. See how I avoided the Beatles reference in the title? Sir Richard Branson, known for doing fancy things with money and vehicles, launched Virgin Oceanic, which aims to explore “the last frontiers of our own Blue Planet: the very bottom of our seas.”
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Tuesday Radvertising: Hot Wheels Loop
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As part of an advertising campaign for toy car line Hot Wheels, a facade loop was installed alongside a highway in Bogotá, Colombia, mimicking the loop tracks that you’re always a little crushed to discover woulnd’t work in real life. It looks pretty rad. Nice job, Hot Wheels. Nice job, Colombia.
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