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Atheist nations are more peaceful
Written on 4 Jun, 2009 at 13:29 in Featured, Really? | viewed 278 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Atheist countries are, in fact more peaceful. A blogger proved this statistically from the data obtained from the 2009 Global Peace Index. Which is put together by assessing 23 criteria, including foreign wars, internal conflicts, respect for human rights, the number of murders, the number of people in jail, the arms trade, and degrees of democracy. Peaceful countries have more atheists and fewer regular worshippers. The difference is highly statistically significant (P=0.001 or less) - in other words it’s real, not just a chance finding. Full Story : Bhascience…..
Topless coffee shop burns down
Written on 4 Jun, 2009 at 11:52 in Featured, Really? | viewed 244 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
In the end, a coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine, that gained national attention for its topless waiters and waitresses simply proved too hot — the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop burned to the ground early Wednesday morning. The building of the topless coffee shop was completely destroyed by a fire Wednesday morning. The building of the topless coffee shop was completely destroyed by a fire Wednesday morning. A state fire official said it was arson. Full Story : CNN.com….
U.S. Accidentally Releases Secret List of Nuclear Sites
Written on 3 Jun, 2009 at 10:35 in Featured, Really? | viewed 263 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing the precise locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons. The publication of the document was revealed Monday in an online newsletter devoted to issues of federal secrecy. Full Story : NYtimes.com….
Religious school grads likelier to have abortions
Written on 2 Jun, 2009 at 13:02 in Featured, Really? | viewed 177 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Unwed pregnant teens and 20-somethings who attend or have graduated from private religious schools are more likely to obtain abortions than their peers from public schools, according to research in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Results revealed no significant link between a young woman’s reported decision to have an abortion and her personal religiosity, as defined by her religious involvement, frequency of prayer and perception of religion’s importance. Full Story : MSNBC.com…..
Egyptian reportedly severs penis for love
Written on 1 Jun, 2009 at 13:33 in Featured, Really? | viewed 184 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower-class family, police reported Sunday. After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, a police official said. The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of Egypt’s poorest and most conservative areas that is also home to the famed ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor. Full Story : USAToday.com……
3yr old buys mom heavy earth digger in online auction, thought it was toy
Written on 27 May, 2009 at 16:09 in Featured, Really? | viewed 283 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Sweet little 3-year-old Pipi Quinlan of New Zealand was able to cast the winning $12,300 bid (NZ$20,000) for her mom on an online auction site called TradeMe. The auction was for a full-sized piece of heavy earth moving equipment, as is used by construction workers, and not the toy the little girl thought it was. Fortunately, however, the mother was able to contact TradeMe, explain the situation, and the auction site understood completely. They reimbursed the seller’s costs and agreed to relist the digger on their auction site. Full Story : Geek.com….
Accidental millionaire Leo Gao ‘dreamt of getting rich quick’
Written on 22 May, 2009 at 14:55 in Featured, Really? | viewed 470 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
An international search is underway for Leo Gao, a Korean national, and his girlfriend Cara Young, a New Zealander, who disappeared two weeks ago after finding their bank account had mistakenly been credited with $NZ10 million (£4 million). He had applied to Westpac Bank for a $NZ100,000 loan but were given ten times that amount instead. Full Story : TimesOnline.co.uk…..
Swine Flu May Be Human Error; WHO Investigates Claim
Written on 17 May, 2009 at 12:55 in Featured, Really? | viewed 327 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by an Australian researcher that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error. By pinpointing the source of the virus, scientists also may better understand the microbe’s potential for spreading and causing illness. Full Story : Bloomberg.com…..
Hate goes viral on social network sites
Written on 17 May, 2009 at 2:31 in Featured, Really? | viewed 441 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Examples of what the report calls “digital terrorism and hate” range from a Facebook group named “Death to gays” in Croatian to a YouTube video of a Koran being burned and various Web sites promoting militant groups such as Hezbollah, the Taliban, al Qaeda and Colombia’s FARC. Full Story : MSNBC.com…..
(Continue reading)Intelligent women enjoy sex more
Written on 12 May, 2009 at 19:58 in Featured, Really? | viewed 445 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A study of more than 2,000 female twins showed that those with greater emotional intelligence had larger numbers of orgasms. Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to monitor and manage feelings and emotions in oneself and others. The findings suggest that low EI is a risk factor for female orgasmic disorder, one of the most common sexual problems suffered by women. Full Story : Telegraph.co.uk…..
Saudi judge: It’s OK to slap spendthrift wives
Written on 11 May, 2009 at 12:10 in Featured, Really? | viewed 301 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday. Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested Al-Razine’s statement, and were shocked to learn the remarks came from a judge, the newspaper reported.Full Story : CNN.com…
Home hit by Russian space debris
Written on 8 May, 2009 at 22:26 in Featured, Really? | viewed 228 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A part of a Russian booster rocket used to deliver a spacecraft into orbit has fallen on the roof of a two-storey home in Russia’s Altai Region, in South Siberia, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Friday. The Soyuz booster rocket carrying the Progress-M-02M cargo spacecraft started for the International Space Station on Thursday night. The Progress-M-02M is expected to dock with the ISS on May 12 at 23:23 Moscow Time. Full Story : Mosnews.com…
Irish student’s Wikipedia hoax dupes newspapers
Written on 7 May, 2009 at 13:55 in Featured, Really? | viewed 236 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A WIKIPEDIA hoax by a 22-year-old Dublin student resulted in a fake quote being published in newspaper obituaries around the world. The quote was attributed to French composer Maurice Jarre who died at the end of March. It was posted on the online encyclopedia shortly after his death and later appeared in obituaries published in the Guardian, the London Independent, on the BBC Music Magazine website and in Indian and Australian newspapers. Full Story : Irishtimes.com…..
More cell phone users dropping landlines
Written on 7 May, 2009 at 11:45 in Featured, Really? | viewed 159 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. Twenty percent of households had only cells during the last half of 2008, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey released Wednesday. Full Story : Washingtonpost.com….
Flu Fears Lands Afghanistan’s Only Pig In Quarantine
Written on 6 May, 2009 at 23:35 in Featured, Really? | viewed 206 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Regrettably, the global swine flu panic has not spared Afghanistan’s only known pig. A resident of Kabul Zoo, the little porker has been locked up in a room since Sunday because visitors have voiced concerns about a possible swine flu infection risk. This unfortunate turn of events could be the freshest example of misinformation and overreaction to the specter of a pandemic. Full Story : Treehugger.com….
Faithful People are more likely to Support Torture
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 12:20 in Featured, Really? | viewed 190 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey. More than half of people who attend services at least once a week — 54 percent — said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” or “sometimes” justified. Full Story : CNN.com….
Girl, 8, gets divorced in Saudi Arabia
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 12:05 in Featured, Really? | viewed 372 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
An eight-year-old girl from Saudi Arabia has been granted a divorce from her 50-year-old husband. The girl’s marriage was arranged by her father and backed twice by a judge on the condition that it was not consummated until she reached puberty. The girl herself has been living with her mother, and was never told that she was married, or of the international controversy her case had provoked. Full Story : Telegraph.co.uk……
Student buys African orphanage
Written on 25 Apr, 2009 at 11:42 in Featured, Really? | viewed 185 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A student who visited a run-down African orphanage was so moved by the children’s plight that she raised £30,000 to buy it. The undergraduate at Bath Spa university raised more than £30,000 in just seven months. Full Story : Telegraph.co.uk……
(Continue reading)Obama, Biden Relocated After Small Planes Stray
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 21:31 in Featured, Really? | viewed 229 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were relocated briefly while at work at the White House after two small planes strayed today into restricted airspace over the Washington area. Two Coast Guard helicopters and two Air Force F-16 fighters were sent to intercept the planes. Full Story : Bloomberg.com…..
A living Hobbit?
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 10:56 in Featured, Really? | viewed 633 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
A mysterious figure resembling a human being was sighted on the Doha Corniche’s parking lot in Qatar. she had seen the strange figure while walking in the area. Quoting the woman, the daily said she took a picture of it in spite of being terribly frightened. Full Story: Gulftimes.com….