Men and boys from neighboring villages fight each other in Bolivia’s annual Tinku festival. They believe these bouts please the spirits, and the strongest fighter will bring his village a good harvest. Spilled blood is seen as an offering to the spirits. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic …
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Woman BLASTS Anti-Choice, Anti-Science Lawmakers in Texas
“Thousands of Texans have rallied against the restrictive bill that would criminalize abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and shut down most abortion clinics in the state. One activist, a 28-year-old Texas woman named Sarah Slamen, delivered a powerful speech against the legislation during a hearing on Monday.”* Sarah Slaman …
Read More »Fox News Pundit Waging War on US Muslims
“Yesterday afternoon on Fox’s The Five, co-host Bob Beckel suggested that if it were up to him, there would be a temporary moratorium on new mosques built in the United States until we could verify who is or is not involved in terrorist activities.”* Bob Beckel, Fox News’ alleged “liberal” …
Read More »Hilarious Raunchy Grandma Hits On Shocked Reporter
“Getting old can be frightening, debilitating, and a generally not-so-fun time. But apparently that’s not the case for one particular great-grandmother in the New York metropolitan region. In a recent unaired interview with News12, an unidentified 100-year-old woman had a rollicking good time, effectively derailing the conversation by repeatedly referring …
Read More »The U.S. Isn’t The Fattest Country Anymore(!)
“Mexico has overtaken the United States as the fattest country on this half of the globe, CBS News reports. With a 32.8 percent adult obesity rate, Mexico just inches past the 31.8 percent obesity rate in the United States, according to a study released last month by the United Nations …
Read More »Can Republicans Just Change Obamacare If They Disagree?
“Congressional Republicans pressed President Barack Obama on Tuesday to delay a requirement under his healthcare law that Americans obtain insurance next year after the administration gave employers a one-year reprieve from having to provide it to staff.”* Obama may have opened a Republi-can of worms by delaying ObamaCare’s employer mandate. …
Read More »Oh No – Sarah Palin Running For Office Again?!
“Sarah Palin said Monday she has considered running for Senate in 2014, although she suggested she would rather see someone else run for the seat held by Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska). “I’ve considered it, because people have requested me considering it,” she told radio host Sean Hannity.”* Sarah Palin is …
Read More »Could Spitzer’s Comeback Really Happen?
“A poll released late Wednesday offers a bit of good news for former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. He leads the former frontrunner, Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer by nine percentage points. But there are a number of reasons his political resurrection is far from complete.”* Former New York Governor …
Read More »Target’s Tips for Handling Latinos – ‘Not Everyone Eats Burritos’
“Three former employees of Target have filed suit against the company, alleging that their management, among other things, distributed a training document clarifying that not every Hispanic “wears a sombrero.”* A Target in Yolo County had a training manual with very “interesting” tidbits on how managers should deal with Latino …
Read More »T-Mobile CEO John Legere unleashed, part two — now with dolls
AKA “Bullshit, revisited.” T-Mobile CEO John Legere made sure the March “uncarrier” press conference was one for the history books — and one that was definitely not PG. The company today announced its so-called “boldest moves yet” — a plan allowing two phone upgrades every year (vs. one phone upgrade …
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