Terrible Racist AIDS TWEET costs PR Exec's job!

The  infamous tweet above posted December 20 which insulted an entire continent, sick people with AIDS and black people in general all in one fell swoop- by a PR executive at that- caused Justine Sacco her job!  . She was the communications director for InterActive Corp (IAC) an Internet company which owns popular websites as Match.com, Dictionary.com, OkCupid and Vimeo. The now viral tweet created an online uproar and was trending on Twitter  worldwide within a few hours, #JustineSacco and #HasJustineLandedYet . She tweeted the tasteless post when she boarded an 11-hour flight to South Africa which she deleted (including her Twitter account) upon landing in South Africa- apparently too late as IAC already announced they had "parted ways."

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ODD UFC: Ultimate Fat-vs-Thin Championship!

ODD UFC: Ultimate Fat-vs-Thin Championship! 

Hilarious ODD MMA fight at You Tube from brap boy.

Hand-on-Foot Surgery: cut-off hand attached to ankle!

Hand Grafted to Leg!
PHOTO BY XIANGYA HOSPITAL, CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, HANDOUT VIA REUTERS,12/17/2013 11:03 PM

Xiao Wei's severed right hand is seen attached to his ankle before the reattachment surgery at Xiangya Hospital in Hunan, China, in this handout photo provided by Xiangya Hospital, Central South University.

Xiao Wei recovering from surgery.
from news.sky.com

Xiao Wei's right hand was cut off in an accident during his work at a factory. Rather than having a life without the right hand, the doctors offered Xiao a solution to save it by sewing the hand to the ankle to stop it dying while they treated his other injuries. The hand was grafted to his leg for a month in order to perform the surgery to reattach his hand.

Nearly a month after his hand was severed, Mr Xiao had recovered sufficiently to undergo reattachment surgery. According to doctors he will need to undergo several other procedures, but they are hopeful he will regain the full function of his hand.

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Bloomberg Defends NYPD's Controversial Stop And Kiss Program

The outgoing mayor continues to stand by the police's routine kissing of New York citizens. 

Hilarious! Is this real? A spoof? You be the judge!

Published on Dec 3, 2013

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Baby Shower Vagina Cakes: Empowering or Disturbing!

An increasing number of baby showers now feature a “vagina cake”- grotesquely realistic cake rendering of a smiling blood-covered baby bursting through a woman's  nether region with glee vividly representing the act of childbirth. Meant to be funny, vagina cakes, like the ones pictured below (mostly from mommyish.com and cakewrecks.com ), can elicit a shudder even from the most experienced of mothers.  Cutting into one of these cakes at her baby shower will certainly give a mom-to-be a frightening glimpse of what’s in store for her!

These clever culinary concoctions will either make you laugh or will haunt your dreams! Hilarious and empowering, or dark and disturbing? You be the judge!

Related Topics: Stuff • cake • vagina • vagina cakes; Cake, Baby Shower, Modern Parenting, NSFW, Weird News, UK Lifestyle News

Facebook Abortion Post: Odd, stupid and sad...

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'Scandalous' 146 goals in 2 Nigerian football matches leads to lifetime BAN!

ABUJA - Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) imposed a life ban from all football-related activities on players and officials from the amateur clubs involved in two matches that yielded a total of 146 goals earlier this month. Plateau United Feeders crushed Akurba 79-0 while Police Machine demolished Babayaro 67-0 in third division promotion playoffs. Both winning teams had been looking for a superior goal difference to advance.

"Investigation showed that all the players and officials of the four teams were involved in the shameful act.....in one of the games, a player scored 11 times while in the other, four goals were scored within a minute and a player scored three own goals in a match. All the players and officials of the four clubs involved in the two matches including all the technical and administrative staff who led them to the playoff in Bauchi are banned for life,". NFF vice president Mike Umeh. (see another news item on Umeh arrested for money laundering!) 

"The captain of Akurba FC, Arijide Said Timothy, who scored three own goals against his team is believed to have been the arrowhead in the scandalous result. Thus, we recommend his ban from all football activities for life.The four clubs ... are banned for a period of 10 years." " Umeh added.

By Mike Oboh, Reuters

Tags: Nigeria Football Federation, Nigeria , Football , NFF, ABUJA, Plateau United Feeders, Akurba, Police Machine, Babayaro , Mike Umeh, Arijide Said Timothy, Mike Oboh, Reuters

BIG PayPal PAYDAY: credits man $92 quadrillion accidentally!

Chris Reynolds' PayPal account was erroneously credited $92,233,720,368,547,800. from CNN

A man in the United States could have made it as Forbes number 1 richest man on Earth with a $92 quadrillion windfall coming from PayPal last June, a CNN news report said Thursday. Chris Reynolds' account balance swelled to a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800 which he saw in his emailed statement of account for the month of June from PayPal. The AMOUNT WAS 5,500 TIMES THE U.S. NATIONAL DEBT!

When he checked his account online, the balance was brought back to $0, the correct amount. PayPal admitted the error and offered to donate an unspecified amount of money to a cause of Reynolds' choice.

Before this incident, the most Reynolds ever made on PayPal was "a little over $1,000" selling a set of vintage BMW tires on eBay. He is a Pennsylvania PR executive who sells auto parts in online marketplace eBay. 

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NBA Greatest Comeback: 13 points in 33 seconds!

After the exciting 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs (which Miami won); its time to look back at National Basketball Association NBA history at one of the greatest comebacks- if not the greatest- in NBA history by ONE single person!

On Dec. 9, 2004, with the Spurs up by 10 in the final minute, San Antonio totally fell apart and Tracy Mcgrady scored 13 points in 33 seconds to lead an amazing comeback against the San Antonio Spurs! In that final 33 seconds, T-Mac scored 13 points on four three-pointers and a free throw.

As an aside, Tracy Mcgrady was signed by the Spurs for the 2013 NBA season but was never played in the NBA finals with Miami.

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China versus USA: World’s fastest supercomputer

Tianhe-2 supercomputer change color depending on the power load.
from arstechnica.com

According to the semiannual TOP500 official listing of the world’s fastest supercomputers,China has built the world’s fastest supercomputer- almost twice as fast as the previous U.S. holder. The China's Tianhe-2 (Milky Way-2) is capable of sustained computing 33,860 trillion calculations per second (33.86 petaflops per second) knocking out the U.S. Department of Energy’s Titan machine off the no. 1 spot with only 17.59 petaflops per second.

“Most of the features of the system were developed in China...using Intel for the main compute part.....the interconnect, operating system, front-end processors and software are mainly Chinese.” said TOP500 editor Jack Dongarra.

The Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Labs (Tennessee lab run by the US Department of Energy)
is made of nearly 19,000 processing units stitched together with 710 terabytes of memory.
from wired.co.uk

Supercomputers are used for complex work such as modeling weather systems, simulating nuclear explosions and designing jetliners.

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2013 NBA Finals: 7 ODD and Intriguing Facts

from solarsportsdesk.ph

It's Game 1 of the 2013 NBA Finals this Thursday night between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs! Below are some odd  and intriguing facts about the match up from philstar.com

1. Tim Duncan is in line to be the first NBA player to win a championship in three decades if the Spurs manage to dethrone the reigning champions.

2. There are four Final MVP’s participating in this series, with two each representing the West and East champions: Tony Parker (1) and Tim Duncan (3) for the Spurs, and LeBron James (1) and Dwyane Wade (1) for the Heat.

3. This will be the fifth NBA Finals appearance for Tim Duncan; fourth for his longtime teammates Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili and third for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

Tim Duncan,Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James

4. The Spurs have never lost in the finals, having a perfect 4-0 record.

5. Former two-time scoring champion Tracy Mcgrady, recently signed by the Spurs, finally has advanced past the first round in his playing career and all the way to the Finals.

6. All of San Antonio’s championship years came on odd number of years (99, 03, 05 and 07).

7. The last time LeBron James and Tim Duncan met at the NBA Finals, Duncan’s Spurs swept LeBron’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

See related post:

2013 NBA Finals: FUNNY MEMEs

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DISRESPECTFUL Bill Gates? Casual style raises eyebrows in S. Korea.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates casual style was the subject of criticism in some South Korean media Tuesday after he shook hands with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, with one hand in his pocket. The picture above taken April 22, 2013 shows  President Geun-hye (L) shaking hands with Bill Gates before their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. The picture of the meet-and-greet between Gates and Park on April 23 was splashed on the front page of every national daily, some of which cropped out the offending pocketed hand while most chose to highlight it. 

Seoul Korea Blue House (Cheongwadae) Reception Center

Gates was in South Korea as chairman of the nuclear start-up TerraPower, promoting its project to develop a next-generation nuclear reactor. Park, meanwhile, was seeking the Microsoft founder’s advice on her plans to build a “creative economy” that moves beyond South Korea’s traditional manufacturing base.

While the presidential Blue House declined to comment, social networking sites were clogged with opinion on this "issue". You be the judge.....

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8 ODD THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PSY's "GENTLEMAN"!

South Korean pop star Psy is back with the follow-up to‘Gangnam Style’! He finally unveiled  the hip-swinging dance and music video for his new song "Gentleman," aimed at replicating the global success of "Gangnam Style" and its famed horse-riding dance. 

Built around a basic chorus,  "Gentleman" is another foot-stomping, frenetic dance groove with a video which delivers more cheeky irreverence from the pop star. 

The video shows Psy, wearing his signature sunglasses, dancing at various locations (high-end clothing store, restaurant, swimming pool, etc.) in and around the capital Seoul. The story line featured the "obnoxious" singer teasing and pulling off an array of rather juvenile practical jokes like pulling chairs away from women, preventing a man from going to the restroom, kicking a soccer ball away from kids, etc. Since release, the video is on its way to approaching 100 million views -- no surprise given "Gangnam Style" exceeding 1 billion views.

Below are 8 things you need to know about Psy's "Gentleman" video: (selected from latimes.com and berbicemarket.com)1. The song contains more English lyrics this time than "Gangnam Style"- a clear nod to the singer's new found global audience."Let me tell you about myself. I'm such a charmer with guts, vigour and humour," Psy sings in Korean before launching into the song's English catch-line: "I'm a mother-father gentleman." "Gonna make you sweat. Gonna make you wet. You know who I am? Wet Psy!" he sings in English, calling himself a "party mafia."

2. The dance.

The dance is borrowed from K Pop girl group Brown Eyed Girls from a song/video called “Abracadabra”. 

With more swagger than "Gangnam Style", the new move has you rest your hand on your chin, or raised above your head, and sexily swaying your hips back and forth to the beat with a pretty fabulous side-to-side gait.

3. The pranks. Psy has a wicked sense of comedic absurdity and toilet humor which can be initially off- putting but can be gotten used to if you view it again- more subjective than anything else I guess..

4. The mobile game in the video.

The video game in the video is called Candy Crush Saga,  available on iPhone and Android phones. Its blatant product placement but so is most hip-hop.

5. The hot girl.

The hot girl in the gym scene is a member of Brown Eyed Girls, Ga-In and who also has a solo career in K Pop.

6. Those "MC Hammer" Harem pants.

Harem pants or drop crotch pants were seen a lot last fall and in Psy’s “Gangnam” video and years back with MC Hammer. Hammer is often credited with the look but his look was baggier and flouncy while Psy’s is less dramatic with the waist high and inseam lower. As part of a suit or tux, its kinda interesting when paired with loafers or a leather jacket.

7. The blazer fashion. Psy’s haute couture looks in his latest video stepped up his fashion game. Check out the blazers alone: there’s a sparkle-encrusted one, a hot pink and a fierce hounds tooth with exaggerated shoulder pads.

8. Well.....The LYRICS. (In English) from Lyrics Translate.

GENTLEMAN

[Ah~]
I don’t know if you know
why it needs to be hot
I don’t know if you know
why it needs to be clean
I don’t know if you know,
it’ll be a problem if you’re confused
I don’t know if you know but we like,
we we we like to party

Hey there
If I’m going to introduce myself
I’m a cool guy with courage,
spirit and craziness
What you wanna hear,
what you wanna do is me
Damn! Girl! You so freakin sexy!

Ah Ah Ah Ah I’m a…
Ah Ah Ah Ah I’m a…
Ah Ah Ah Ah
I’m a mother father gentleman

I’m a
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman
I’m a
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman

I don’t know if you know
why it needs to be smooth
I don’t know if you know
why it needs to be sexy
I don’t know if you know darling,
hurry and come be crazy
I don’t know if you know,
it’s crazy, crazy, hurry up

Hey there
Your head, waist, legs, calves
Good! Feeling feeling?
Good! It’s soft
I’ll make you gasp and
I’ll make you scream
Damn! Girl! I’m a party mafia!

Ah Ah Ah Ah I’m a…
Ah Ah Ah Ah I’m a…
Ah Ah Ah Ah
I’m a mother father gentleman

I’m a
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman
I’m a
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet
You know who I am Wet PSY

Gonna make you sweat.
Gonna make you wet.
You know who I am
Wet PSY! Wet PSY! Wet PSY!
Wet PSY! PSY! PSY! PSY!
Ah I’m a mother father gentleman

I’m a
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman
I’m a
Ah I’m a
I’m a mother father gentleman

Mother father gentleman

Mother father gentleman

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7 ODD Things You Might Not Know About North Korea

With the whole world all on edge with the nuclear saber-rattling of North Korea , let's take a moment to learn more about the country itself  as led now by the young and inexperienced North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un who is threatening to nuke America. adapted from mentalfloss.com and other sources.

1. Military Might.

from news.com.au

North Korea has a massive military force estimated to have 1.1 million males on active duty military status (fourth largest army in the world) with a reserve force of 8 million (the world’s largest)! This is mainly due to the country's  universal conscription with a constitution which states: "Defending the fatherland is the supreme duty and honor of citizens. Citizens shall defend the fatherland and serve in the armed forces as prescribed by law." 

2. Stunted Growth- North Koreans 1 to 3 inches Shorter than  South Koreans.

from iransnews.wordpress.com

Based on a study  of North Korean refugees by Professor Daniel Schwekendiek from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, compared with those who live in South Korea, there is a difference in height of 1 to 3 inches- most striking in  children. "The height gap is approximately 4 cm (1.6 in) among pre-school boys and 3 cm (1.2 in) among pre-school girls with the South Koreans being taller." The head of nutrition at the World Food Programme, attributed the difference to the poor diet of North Koreans. 

3. Ruling Family Titles and Propaganda.

from news10.net

“Dear Leader”, Kim Jong-Il was called more creatively by the North Korean journalists as :“Brilliant Leader,” “Guiding Sun Ray,” “Ever-Victorious, Iron-Willed Commander,” and “Dear Leader, who is a perfect incarnation of the appearance that a leader should have.”

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Now, the Supreme Leader of North Korea is Kim Jong-un, who also holds the positions of Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, among other titles. He’s the youngest head of state in the world, holds a physics degree, and loves long-range rockets and nuclear weapons. Upon his father’s death, he was declared the "party, military, and country’s supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong-il’s ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage." 

4. Necrocracy- sitting President is DEAD.

Kim Il-sung
Eternal President of the Republic

North Korea is the world’s only necrocracy. The incumbent president of North Korea is Kim Il-Sung who assumed the office of the Eternal Presidency on July 8, 1994- power which he steadfastly holds on to even though he’s been dead for 18 years.

5. Ruling Family's Edifice Complex AND Lavish Lifestyle a midst POVERTY.

Statues of North Korea's founding president Kim Il-sung and his son
Kim Jong-il are unveiled during a ceremony in Pyongyang
Picture: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images

The ruling family has the 'Edifice Complex'- to the extreme! Educated North Koreans would surely have gone to Kim Il-Sung University and might have read the hundred volume Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works. Sports fans can cross the Kim Il-Sung Bridge which will get them to the Kim Il-Sung Stadium. Not to forget are the 34,000 statues of Kim Il-Sung in North Korea not including the Towers of Eternal Life in each town and the Immortal Statue of Kim Il-Sung! Kim Jong-Il  also had 32 residences ranging from ornate beach houses to  massive mountaintop palaces.  

6. Control and Subjugation.

This camp is located in Hwasong in the North Hamkyong Province. (Image: Daily Mail)

Satellite imagery reveals a lot about the terrifying subjugation of the North Korean people through prison camps scattered throughout the country where torture, executions (public and secret), starvation, disease, and infanticide are a common fare. Photographs of the Hwasong Concentration Camp (Camp 16) reveals one of the country’s most notorious prisons occupying roughly 300 square miles, housing 20,000 political prisoners and located near a facility for testing nuclear bombs!

7. North Korea's Internet "Presence".

Kwangmyong (translated as "brilliant")
THE GLORIOUS NORTH KOREAN INTERNET

Kwangmyong is North Korea’s intranet, available for the browsing of Kim fan pages by the North Korean people. It is not connected to the Internet BUT has email, news, an electronic library, and scrubbed science material from the world media. The official Internet presence of North Korea wants you to know that “The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a genuine workers' state in which all the people are completely liberated from exploitation and oppression. The workers, peasants, soldiers and intellectuals are the true masters of their destiny and are in a unique position to defend their interests.”

See Related post:

Kim Jong Un: 10 ODD Things About North Korea’s New Leader

North Korea Kim Jong Un's War Threats.....and other Jokes and Memes...

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