June 2007
10 Most Bizarre Beers →
Swingers: sex fiends or liberated lovers? →
Welcome to the wonderful world of Brisbane Swingers; a community of broadminded, sexually secure and very sociable folk, happily flourishing between the sheets of Brisbanetown. If you believe the online hype, that is. But how happy are we as a city to play host to such raunchy house parties? And more to the point, are swingers really satisfied?
Staying alive: the women who are immune to Aids →
In the past 30 years Agnes has had unprotected sex with up to 2,000 infected men. Yet she and a small number of her fellow sex workers are still free from Aids. Stephanie Nolen travels to Majengo, a slum in Nairobi, to meet the extraordinary women and researchers who are changing the history of HIV
Al Qaeda link to car bomb →
A failed plot to detonate two car bombs in central London appears to have been inspired by al-Qaeda and intended as a message to the new British government of Gordon Brown, analysts said today. Police defused two bombs left in cars that were found in London’s entertainment district early Friday morning, two days after Brown succeeded Tony Blair as prime minister. The plot appears...
World Stats Clock
This site has stats collected from all over the world, showing population, prison growth, births, US illegal immigrations, divorces, species extinct, forests lost, barrels of oil, and LOADS more, including in depth death stats. Highly interesting. (via News dugg by marszau)
I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? →
Dracula's castle up for sale →
In the cutthroat business of real estate, US-based firm Baytree Capital Associates has been chosen to market Dracula’s castle. Archduke Dominic Habsburg, who lives in New York State, and his family have retained the private investment firm to market Bran Castle and the surrounding property in the Transylvanian region of Romania. “They’re looking to flat out sell the entire...
“So public message to people - start up your own torrent sites, make the internet...”
– brokep - the pirate bay admin. BitTorrent Survival: The Way of the Hydra | TorrentFreak
WSJ Reporters Stage Mass Murdoch Protest
Wall Street Journal reporters across the country chose not to show up to work this morning.Read the reasons after the break. (via News dugg by marszau)
Plastic duck armada is heading for Britain after...
A flotilla of plastic ducks is heading for Britain’s beaches, according to an American oceanographer.For the past 15 years Curtis Ebbesmeyer has been tracking nearly 30,000 plastic bath toys that were released into the Pacific Ocean when a container was washed off a cargo ship. (via News dugg by marszau)
If an iPod costs $299, who gets that money?
Who makes the Apple iPod? Here’s a hint: It is not Apple. The company outsources the entire manufacture of the device to a number of Asian enterprises, among them Asustek, Inventec Appliances and Foxconn. But they only do final assembly. What about the 451 parts that go into the iPod? Where are they made and by whom? (via News dugg by marszau)
For Every 100 Girls - The Boys Project
For every statistic on 100 girls, how do the boys fare? (via News dugg by marszau)
Gordon Brown is new Prime Minister of the United...
Labour leader Gordon Brown is the UK’s new prime minister after being asked to form a government by the Queen. He takes over from Tony Blair who stood down earlier after 10 years in the job, following warm tributes from MPs. (via News dugg by marszau)
Gaddafi urges pan-African state →
Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi has described the African Union as a failure and vowed to press ahead with plans for a single African government. Speaking in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, Mr Gaddafi said there was no future for individual African nation states. He urged leaders attending next month’s African Union summit in Ghana to decide to create a United States of Africa.
Australian drivers hit below belt →
A new Australian ad campaign is seeking to reduce road deaths by questioning the manhood of speeding drivers. The series of TV ads shows women shaking their little finger - a gesture used to symbolise a small penis - as speeding male motorists race past. The $A1.9m (£805,400, US$1.6m) campaign aims to make speeding socially unacceptable among young drivers.
WatchFunny or Die - Good Cop, Baby Cop
“it takes two people to start a revolution…one person crazy enough to...”
– synthetic mind decay
Jock Dynamite Music →
RAY CASTLE →
Entourage S04E02 →
With the gang arriving back in America, Drama plans a party for Vince at his new condo. Ari learns that his son might not be accepted to an exclusive private school. Billy’s insecurities may prevent Vince and Eric from seeing the first cut of Medellín.
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook...
Well-to-do, stable American teens with “good prospects” end up on Facebook, while poor, queer, marginal and non-white teens end up on MySpace (even in the military, grunts are on MySpace and officers are on Facebook — guess which one the military banned!) (via News dugg by marszau)
Aussie town reclaims 'biggest pub crawl' title →
THE city of Maryborough has staked its claim to having hosted the world’s biggest pub crawl after 2800 drinkers sloshed and slurred their way through at least one drink in every one of 10 city pubs. Organisers of the event proudly boasted after the Sunday night binge to have reclaimed the title cheekily won from them in a smash and grab by London in 2006. The south-east Queensland city,...
MPs not keen on being random drug-tested →
FEDERAL politicians have declined to endorse a Liberal senator’s call for random drug testing for MPs. New South Wales Liberal Bill Heffernan, a confidant of Prime Minister John Howard, made the call after meeting former junior rugby star and drug addict Darren Marton last week. Senator Heffernan said that testing politicians would send a strong message to the community about drug use.
If your clueless like me about spices, this guide...
Spices are the basis for flavoring your barbecue. They are many and are everywhere in the world. In days of old they were a sign of wealth. They were traded, and the quest for them has spawned new nations and caused wars. Once you learn how to work with spices, you can make your own spice mixtures, to season your barbecue, and even more… (via News dugg by marszau)
How fat would you have to be to stop a bullet?
Full Experiment w/ PICS (via News dugg by marszau)
Cyber attack on Pentagon e-mail →
A hacker has managed to penetrate one of the Pentagon’s e-mail systems, leading officials to take up to 1,500 accounts offline.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip S01E21 →
The long day’s journey into night continues as we learn more, in flashback, about how Matt and Danny came to be fired in the first place.
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say...”
– Voltaire
No sex please, we're confused →
NEARLY one in three Britons think that if a woman jumps up and down, washes or urinates immediately after sex, she can prevent pregnancy. It was one of a string of revelations in the survey carried out by the Family Planning Association (FPA) at the start of Contraceptive Awareness Week. They reveal “widespread confusion and misunderstanding” about some of the basic facts, said the...
Iran 'unable to take Australians' →
Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned. The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British sailors and Marines in March. The Australians, though, to quote one military source, “were having none of it”.
WatchMySpace Videos: Elemance djing @ Elio Mode, Brisbane by Cam Marsland (aka Elemance)
WatchMySpace Videos: Mime Poverty Protestors -> Dancing to Elemance by Cam Marsland (aka Elemance)
Boozle.com.au : Search For Australia's Cheapest... →
Boozle.com.au searches 1000’s of liquor stores in Australia to find you your favourite booze at the cheapest price, and at your closest outlets.
Top 20 Magic Trick Tutorials Of All Time
Be the life of the part, or get the interest of that girl. These are the 20 most amazing magic tricks tutorial videos that you will find anywhere. (via News dugg by marszau)