Obama’s Old Car For $1 Million
Posted on 2 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
As a junior United States senator, the now President Barak Obama, hired a 2005 Chrysler 300C to drive around the streets of Chicago, during 2005 and 2006, prior to beginning his presidential campaign in 2007. Owner of the car, Tim O’Brian says he has the original Illinois title, showing that the president actually used the [...]
Apple’s Chinese Factories Targeted
Posted on 1 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Business, Society
Customers worldwide enjoy life-changing technology, with their smart phones, tablets and ipads etc. Yet behind all this ‘make-our-life-easier-to-communicate’ gadgets, lies a story that is nothing short of horrifying. Hardly able to walk after standing for so long on a 24-hour shift, suffering from carpel tunnel (repetitive muscle stress) that sometimes causes hands to completely cease [...]
Soccer Riot Kills Dozens
Posted on 1 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Politics, Society, sports
Hard on the heels of the Arab Spring which saw the Egyptian president, Hosni Murbarak, overthrown and around 300 killed and 1,500 protestors and 750 policemen injured during clashes, Egypt has experienced its worst soccer riot. After a match between fierce rivals, al-Masry and Al Ahli, trouble started when Al Ahli fans unfurled banners insulting [...]
Australian PM Loses Shoe
Posted on 1 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Politics, Society
The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Goddard, was quickly hustled into her car, after a protest by 200 indigenous rights activists threatened to turn ugly. The prime minster was advised to leave the restaurant in Canberra, when the so-called Aboriginal protestors began banging on the window, where the prime minister and the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, [...]
Exploding Recipe Costs Thousands
Posted on 1 February 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in food and wine, Society
It took seven long years for 14 people to win a lawsuit against a Chilean newspaper. The paper had published a recipe for cooking a fried doughy snack of churros, which obviously had a typing error in it. (At least that is what most people are trying to believe.) The recipe, which was instructions to [...]
Switzerland’s Stolen Generation
Posted on 23 January 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
The generation of children stolen from their parents has been well documented in Australia, with the Australian government issuing an apology to the lost generation. However, another stolen geneneration has finally reared its head in Switzerland. In Australia it is believed that between one in three and one in ten indigenous children were forcbily removed [...]
Glitter Bombed
Posted on 23 January 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
Would-be-presidents have to run a daunting gauntlet. Not only do they have to knock out their political opponents, they have to take whatever the crowd sees fit to throw at them. As Rick Santorum, Repbulican presidential candidate, completed his speech during the South Carolina primary, on building strong family values, a gay rights activist hurled [...]
Restaurant Blasts Customer On Social Networks
Posted on 23 January 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society, Women
The power of the Social Media has once again come to the fore in an incident that saw a well known restaurant publicly abused one of its customers, in words that most of us will not reprint. The Tweet and Facebook post have since been removed, but users managed to capture screenshots before they were [...]
Factory Workers Threaten Mass Suicide
Posted on 19 January 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
At the Xbox Plant, in Wuhan, in Hubei Province, China, 300 workers threatened their boss with mass suicide from the top of a six-story building, over a dispute about a vital pay increase. According to unconfirmed reports, the workers took to the roof of the Taiwanese-owned factory in a protest against their employers. Allegedly the [...]
More Guns Than People
Posted on 9 January 2012 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Society
In the peaceful looking countryside of Swifts Creek, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, there are more guns than people. Registered firearms total 774 among a mere 278 residents, which is equal to 2.78 guns per person. Annual figures, recently released in Australia, reveal that there has been an increase of 62% in robberies, involving firearms, in [...]
