Loads of us have phones with video cameras these days. We see the effect in the news every day – there is film footage of events that we’d never previously to get see; be those fires, inside of wars, riots, rescues or just animals being cute. Surely this means that our chances of catching video […]
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Giant snake spotted escaping Mississippi floods
The American army have opened flood gates in Louisiana to try and protect large cities along the Mississippi River. The move means some 3,000 square miles of land will be flooded, some 25,000 people and 11,000 buildings may be effected. Boing Boing have unearthed a photo that suggests some rather interesting animals have also been […]
The First Day of Judgement – May 21, 2011
The Apocalypse starts on Saturday says an American Christian sect. Harold Camping, who runs Family Radio, believes that there is a hidden calendar in the bible and that it marks 21st of May has the beginning of the end of the world. Camping teaches that the Bible is in its entirety is the Word of […]
The loss of Native American Lands
This animated gif shows the loss of Native American land in North America. It’s a series of maps that start at 1784 and animate up to the present day. These maps are based on a collection by Sam Hilliard of the Louisiana State University and animated by Sunisup In Pure Spirit Do you think the […]
TSA fires employee for being a scary Wiccan
America’s Transportation Security Administration (aka the TSA) had an interesting HR issue on their hands when one employee complained because she feared another employee might cast a spell on her. Carole Smith, the Wiccan, had worked for the TSA for 7 months, was still a probationary employee but was in the top 10% of for […]
Spaghetti fight on the New York Tube
Is it terribly rude of people to eat on the tube? In New York one traveller certainly thought so and went out expressing her distaste. She may well have done it without the sort of diplomatic skills necessary for making your point safely to busy passengers. What follows is foul mouthed exchange. The sound quality […]
American Congress denies climate change exists
Each and every Republicanin the House Energy and Commerce Committee has voted that the Earth is not warming. This is an American political collective, part of Congress, that works to line up US lawmaking. Currently the Committee had been working on the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The Act would bar the Enviormental Protection […]
American Judge not treating atheist killing as a hate crime
In most democracies if you shoot and kill a Christian for being a Christian it is considered a hate crime. A religious hate crime. As you would expect the same is true if you shoot a Jew for being Jewish or a Muslim for being a Muslim. If you shoot someone because of their religious […]
Chattanooga: The pothole battles between PETA and KFC
Fast food powerhouse KFC has donated $3,000 to the American town of Chattanooga to help repair potholes in the road. In exchange for the money the road repair crews use chalk sprays to mark the repairs as “Refreshed by KFC”.
Until the temporary chalk logos wear off over time they act as advertisements for KFC. This has enraged the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) who approached Chattanooga with a counter offer.
PETA offered Chattanooga $6,000 and vegetarian lunches for the road crew. In exchange PETA wished to chalk the repairs with a caricature of KFC’s Col. Harlan Sanders and the phrase “KFC Tortures Animals”.
Clean Business Summit recognises Gillian Christie
The CEO and founder of Christie Communications picked up the Joe Nida Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at the Clean Business Investment Summit held this year in Santa Barbara.
Christie Communications describe themselves as a full-service agency offering everything from the strategic approach to the tactical. Their site notes there is nothing they can’t do.
The agency has worked with the South African Rooibos PK Limited and the Gourment Garden HErb and Spice Blends company from Australia.
