For the first time ever, Hampton University, a historically black school, has chosen a homecoming queen who is not black. Controversy ensues. (Fully Story)
I just love how pissed the girl in the white dress looks in the picture.
A new poll conducted in Russia has found that only 57% of respondents think that Russia needs democracy; 26% believe that democratic governing is not suitable for Russia; 60% said it would be better for Russia if the president controlled both the courts and the parliament; and 95% of respondents said they have little or no influence on what was happening in the country. (Full Story)
In terms of that last statistic, I imagine President Medvedev was one of the 95%. And the other 5% was just Putin answering the question over and over again.
Government ministers in Maldives, the lowest-lying nation on earth, will hold a Cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming. The ministers will wear scuba gear and they will meet around a table that will be on the sea floor, 20 feet below the surface. Ministers will communicate using hand signals and white boards. (Full Story)
"None of the ministers have ever been diving before, except the defense minister, and all of them are very enthusiastic." ...So enthusiastic, in fact, that they have now reversed their stance on global warming.
A Florida manatee got stuck near an oil refinery in New Jersey as the temperatures dropped, and a rescue attempt is being planned (Full Story)
A fate worse than death...being stuck in NEW JERSEY!!!
What the hell are the photoshop editors doing at Ralph Lauren? (Full Story)
Saving the environment, one brothel at a time. A brothel in Berlin is offering discounts to customers who bike or take public transportation to the brothel. It's also an incentive to get more customers during the economic downturn. (Full Story)
The article also mentioned how other brothels are trying out different incentive programs during these hard economic times. "One Berlin bordello offered a flat-rate for an unlimited time before officials' concerns over prostitutes' rights and cleanliness in the club forced them to rescind the offer." Eww.
Today is World Food Day. (Full Story) (Full Story)
"Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, where man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Looks like Sweden has a dark side after all! Some Swedish homes are being heated by the fuel of dead rabbits. (Full Story)
But I still love you, Sweden
And suddenly it became clear to Obama as to who left the box of dictionaries on his desk with the "comeuppance" entry circled in every one. (Fully Story)
I never realized the magazine sales industry was so corrupt and dangerous. Sometimes sketchy, yes. But workers being beaten with baseball bats and golf clubs when they tell their boss they want to quit? No. (Full Story)
The 80s pop group A-Ha have announced that they are calling it quits. (Full Story)
You mean to tell me that they were still a band?! Hearing that they were still around was an aha moment for me (OH!!)
Fifty-three Republicans in the House are asking for Kevin Jennings to be fired. Kevin Jennings is the Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education. He's responsible for promoting school safety (conservatives often refer to him as the "safe school czar"...because they're so obsessed with the czar thing). What's the Republicans' hang-up? He advocates teaching tolerance of homosexuality. Which obviously means he's brainwashing young children to become homosexuals. (Full Story)
A high school student in Mississippi, who is a lesbian, wanted to wear a tuxedo in her high school yearbook picture. The school was unhappy about this and said she couldn't appear in the yearbook in a tuxedo, saying guys are supposed to wear tuxedos, girls are supposed to wear "drapes" (that's the word they used in the article. I think that perfectly describes those things. I also think "smock" is fitting. I can't believe high schools are still doing that. At my high school, the smock had blue glittery zebra-esque stripes. *Shivers*). Now the ACLU is getting involved. (Full Story)
Honduras qualifies for the World Cup on Wednesday and then Thursday was declared a national holiday. The U.S. qualified for the World Cup this past Saturday and on Sunday people say, "We have a soccer team?"
A high school student in Mississippi, who is a lesbian, wanted to wear a tuxedo in her high school yearbook picture. The school was unhappy about this and said she couldn't appear in the yearbook in a tuxedo, saying guys are supposed to wear tuxedos, girls are supposed to wear "drapes" (that's the word they used in the article. I think that perfectly describes those things. I also think "smock" is fitting. I can't believe high schools are still doing that. At my high school, the smock had blue glittery zebra-esque stripes. *Shivers*). Now the ACLU is getting involved. (Full Story)
Side note: The article has a picture along with the story, but with no caption. My first thought was that it was the aforementioned student that wanted to a wear a tuxedo. And I was thinking, Getting your picture in the yearbook is the least of your troubles if you're 40-something (or at least appear to be) and in high school. I checked on another news site and it turns out the picture is the student's mother.
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