Archive for July, 2008
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Monday, July 28th, 2008People now are extremely worried about blood diamonds and why shouldn’t they? Blood diamonds fuel wars and are passed through so many hands that it is nearly impossible to figure out where they came from. This is why the Kimberly Process was set up. Put into effect in 2003 the KPCS is there to insure […]
War, What is it Good For?
Monday, July 28th, 2008I don’t think I will ever be able to comprehend the cruel brutality of war. Nothing could be worth the systematic eradication of human beings! Not for the sake of a few more miles of land or the upper hand in a political situation. Life is much to precious to throw away with hardly a […]
Hailstones Turn Toilet into Ejection Seat
Saturday, July 26th, 2008“I heard the pipes rumbling a bit, and suddenly hailstones the size of golf balls started exploding out of the toilet like it was a popcorn machine.”
Those are the words of an understandably traumatized Martin Bierbauer of Austria, who suffered cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of a freakish toilet accident earlier this month.
Unusual […]
Breaking Dawn: Vampire Lore Revamped
Monday, July 21st, 2008Vampires are the worlds most condemned and glorified symbols. Beautiful. Charming. Sensual. Alluring. They illustrate the timeless struggle between what we know is right and the darker aspects of our nature. Flawless statuesque beings, driven by the most primal of all desires and the need for dark nourishment, they feed our forbidden fascination with the […]
Starbucks or Bust
Monday, July 21st, 2008They’re everywhere they’re everywhere. Wowzers even on the web starbucks rapes my senses with their massive amounts of green and brown. Now make no mistake I love my starbucks coffee but even I have my limit. Where I live a starbucks has found a way to spring up right across the street from another. In […]
Outrage On Dog Restrictions in Beijing
Friday, July 18th, 2008Animal activists and lovers are outraged at the restrictions on dogs in Beijing. It is illegal to have a dog over 35cm (1.1ft), which limits the dog adoption availabilities. Large dogs are banned due to their size and that they are ‘violent’. It is sad that all large dogs are viewed this way. I have […]
Acai - Health Miracle or Bank Breaker?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Even though you can only pick it in the Amazon rainforest, you can now pick it up everywhere - including a Tropicana line of special juices and Campbell’s V8 Fusion juices, in your grocery store. Acai, “wonder berry”, supposedly an incredible antioxidant, is taking the world by storm. MySpace is filled with Mona Vie Acai […]
“Colony Collapse Disorder”
Monday, July 14th, 2008“Colony Collapse Disorder Because Disease Doesn’t Seem Applicable Here”
What’s happening to all the bees? A very misunderstood disorder has been claiming the lives of countless bees throughout the US and Canada. Colony Collapse Disorder describes a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive, in this case European bees abruptly disappear? There have been numerous […]
Jackson Wants Obama’s Nuts Either Way
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Here’s the moral of the story before the story’s told:
If you’re doing a television interview, or indeed anything involving a microphone and a recorder or camera, don’t ever think that you’re “safe” saying something during commercial breaks, or whispering something under your breath. It doesn’t work. We’ve seen this time, after time, after time. It’s […]
China Races for Obesity Title
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Now we know China is a superpower.
As if there was any doubt that China will soon top the rest of the world in virtually everything, they’re getting on board the obesity train.
Other big-time players like the United States and Australia have been duking it out for fattest populus for some time. China, considered a developing […]