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Monday, 6 July 2009
quote [ The ABC's Middle East correspondent Anne Barker became caught in violent street protests involving ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem at the weekend. This is her graphic account of her ordeal. ]
Thugs in holy disguises
[politics] [by afrasr@12:46amGMT] [+7 WTF] [81 comments] |
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Sunday, 5 July 2009
quote [ ... the world's most peaceful and egalitarian primate... Lacking ready mates, males may become frustrated... facilitates "gang" attacks... ]
Lack of sex predisposes to violence? Wow. You think conservative religious and political leaders know that? (NSFW in case of graphic responses)
[by maryyugo@10:10pmGMT] [+3 Interesting] [44 comments] |
quote [ Kandovan is a tourist village near Osku and Tabriz, Iran. Its fame is due to its special houses which are carved inside rocks. Some of the houses are at least 700 years old and are still being inhabited. Kandovan also has scenic beauty. Its mineral water is also popular by visitors and is believed to be a cure for kidney disease. ]
Cool, it can be 110 degree's outside, but, inside these rock-carved houses its a cool 60 degrees all year round.
[by JOECAM@9:17pmGMT] [+6 Underrated] [9 comments] |
quote [ After a rigorous session of super-sleuthing, (the Youtube guy) was able to find out more about this guy. It seems that he is a performance artist from Japan that goes by the name of 'wotaken.' Here's his home page: main link ]
Update of http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/68992
Which was the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffDPTKn7HiY [art] [by lilmookieesquire@9:11pmGMT] [6 comments] |
quote [ Joey "Jaws" Chestnut ate 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual 4 July contest at Coney Island in New York, shattering his old record of 66.
[games] [by f00m@nB@r@8:19pmGMT] [+3 Good] [30 comments] His main rival, Japan's six-time winner Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, ate 64 and a half. It is thought the two men ate around 19,000 calories between them. ] |
quote [ Olive oil has a HIGH fat content. ]
Ironically, I'm not a huge fan of weed (I'm already chilled out enough as is)... but a recent article got me thinking. (included in comments)
I noticed they were going to put a cancer warning on medical weed. I was wondering... why does everyone assume THC must be smoked? Hypothetically speaking, wouldn't eating it make for a better medical treatment? As such, cooking tips, stories and debate are appreciated. [by lilmookieesquire@8:14pmGMT] [+6 Interesting] [48 comments] |
quote [ This music video was shot for Sour's 'Hibi no Neiro' (Tone of everyday). The cast were selected from the band's fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. ]
Cool idea. Must have required a ton of planning.
[music] [by andyou@8:06pmGMT] [+10 Good] [3 comments] |
quote [ The tantalizing question about William Gibson's ideas in his novel Neuromancer involves their relationship with the course that the Web took and continues to take as Neuromancer's publication date--July 1, 1984, 25 years ago today--recedes farther into the past. ]
damn,I'm getting old...
[literature] [by Coulter@1:33pmGMT] [+10 Good] [47 comments] |
quote [ A group of sailors from HMAS Success was sent home and an inquiry launched after they allegedly organised a challenge to have sex with as many female crewmates as possible. ]
ASK SE: Is this such a big deal? 18-25 year olds having consensual sex. I can understand the sleaziness factor, but is it any different than any boys night out?
[by underdog@8:57amGMT] [+3 WTF] [38 comments] NSFW because of "sex"in the headline |
quote [ Why Do We Rape, Kill and Sleep Around?
The fault, dear Darwin, lies not in our ancestors, but in ourselves.... ...Back in the late Pleistocene epoch 100,000 years ago, the 2000 book contended, men who carried rape genes had a reproductive and evolutionary edge over men who did not... ] This article, while very much in style of popular science, attempts to lists various suppositions of "Evo Psych" and address them in a critical manner making for an interesting read and good commentary.
[by Pablio@1:49amGMT] [+5 Interesting] [125 comments] |
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