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Missing woman found searching for herself

Missing woman mystery solvedA group of tourists spent hours Saturday night looking for a missing woman near Iceland’s Eldgja canyon, only to find her among the search party.The group was … (read more)

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Posted: 16th, September 2019 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Major Wank investigates severed penis

To Eastern Carolina, where Victoria Frabutt, of Newport, has been charged with malicious castration. She is accused of using pair of rose pruners to separate James Frabutt from “his favorite … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment

Donald Trump turns Congress blue giving three f***s at City Airport

Members of US Congress used swear words such as “asshole” , “fuck”, “shit” and “bitch” 1,900 times on Twitter in 2019. That’s a tenfold rise on 2016 – before Trump’s … (read more)

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Posted: 13th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Politicians | Comment

A doctor writes on the joy of treating the old

Dr Sayed A Tabatabai tweets as @TheRealDoctorT. At work as a nephrologist in San Antonio, Texas, a student asked him: “Don’t you wanna see young patients? Isn’t it rough seeing … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Wobble Wedges : capitalism solves every problem

“The power of capitalism is that there’s a product for every problem,” tweets Jim Overholt. “Just spied this at the hostess station of the bar we’re in.” I see your … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, September 2019 | In: The Consumer | Comment

From Leicester to Galashiels and North Pickenham, cannabis is the drug of choice

Would you hide a 1kg brick of cannabis in a place where it could go up in smoke in one huge hit? Two people in Leicester have bene arrested for … (read more)

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Posted: 12th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Public Library receipt shows how much cheaper it is to borrow than buy books

Save the libraries. They’re one of the few place you can go and sit without needing to buying anything. And you can read the books, too. But not everyone appreciates … (read more)

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Posted: 11th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, Money, News | Comment

Raising a penguin without ‘assigned gender roles’

Did you know you a human being can raise a penguin living in the UK without “assigned gender roles? This is not a parody (I think):

This is utterly utterly incoherent, even by the standards of the contorted creed of wokeness.pic.twitter.com/hJer9SufbZ

— Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) September 11, 2019

Meanwhile…on the Island of … (read more)

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Posted: 11th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment

Nine things American women were banned from doing in 1971

We’ve come a long way, baby. On Twitter @WPCelebratio compiled a list of nine everyday things American women were banned from doing in 1971 (via):

A woman couldn’t get a credit … (read more)

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Posted: 11th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Exhibiting nature: artist plants 300 trees on a football pitch

Klauss Littman planted 300 trees on the pitch at Klagenfurt, Austria as part of his For Forest — The Unending Attraction of Nature.

Using 300 trees, some of which weigh up … (read more)

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Posted: 11th, September 2019 | In: News, The Consumer | Comment

Islington bans sale of fur – Hackney furriers rejoice

Islington Council has banned the sale of fur products – jackets, coats, merkins. Leather remains on sale – as do animals as food. The council says the fur industry is … (read more)

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Posted: 10th, September 2019 | In: News, The Consumer | Comment

Dentist promises sedation – GPs doll out uppers

Where America leads, the UK follows. Look out, then,. for a dentist advertising sedation. Rob Beschizza saw a sign of the times:

Driving near Pittsburgh, PA, my wife Heather noticed this … (read more)

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Posted: 10th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

The Pregnant Body in Japanese Woodcuts – 1800s

This Ukiyo-e, or “pictures of floating worlds”, takes inside a pregnant woman in mid-19th century Japan. There’s a lot going on in there.

Spotter: Illustrated Internal Bodily Functions in … (read more)

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Posted: 9th, September 2019 | In: News | Comment

Legalised cannabis will give police less excuse to target black people

When cannabis is legalised in the UK, it will be, says one writer, “dominated by white men in suits”. Why would big co. marijuana be different from every other industry? … (read more)

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Posted: 9th, September 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Former Blackburn Rovers striker Matt Jansen’s autobiography is a tale of anxiety, loss and love

In 2002, Blackburn Rovers striker Matt Jansen was on holiday in Rome. He could have been with England’s World Cup squad in Japan and South Korea. He’d narrowly missed out … (read more)

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Posted: 7th, September 2019 | In: Books, Sports, The Consumer | Comment

Watch Sinead O’Connor perform ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ On Irish TV

This week, Sinead O’Connor performed Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ on Irish TV. She was spellbinding:

As a bonus, here’s the original version of Nothing Compares 2 U Prince wrote for … (read more)

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Posted: 7th, September 2019 | In: Music, News | Comment

The Mystery of Picasso : time-lapse study of the great painter

The great Spanish painter Pablo Picasso’s process is revealed in this neat video. Filmed by Henri-Georges Clouzot with time-lapse photography, the video premiered in the 1956 documentary The Mystery of Picasso. … (read more)

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Posted: 6th, September 2019 | In: Celebrities | Comment