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VICE News: The Chemical Valley - Part 2
NEWS I Left My Lungs in Aamjiwnaang Breathing the Most Polluted Air in Canada By Patrick McGuire One of the many unintentionally ironic signs in the Chemical Valley. The first thing you notice about...
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My Time with One of Somaliland’s Khat Kingpins
The author, sitting with the owner of the Gargaar company. At around 9 PM in Hargeisa, Somaliland, a man shuffles in through the side door of the Gargaar company headquarters carrying a lumpy burlap...
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Cry-Baby of the Week
It's time to shame two enormous cry-babies again! Cry-Baby #1: Lorenzo Riggins (via Reddit) The incident: McDonald's messed up a guy's order. The appropriate response: Complaining to the manager....
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Itty-Bitty Kitty, Giant Spirit
All photos by Terry Richardson I f you’ve spent any time on the internet, you probably already know all about Lil Bub. The tiny, adorable cat – who is a “perma-kitten” thanks to several genetic...
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Question of the Day: Is It OK to Steal from Rich People?
Kim Kardashian – a rich person with lots of stuff. (Photo via) I know, I know – we were all brought up to understand that stealing is wrong. But is stealing really that wrong when the person you're...
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According to Ordinary Citizens, the Israel-Palestine Peace Talks Are 'Boring'...
So it seems the entire internet is extremely pessimistic about the new round of John-Kerry-brokered peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. But seeing as most people online don't have a...
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We Are Not Men: Scott Disick: American Psycho
Desperation is mostly inseparable from masculinity. Men strain for fame, for female attention, for sad, trivial triumphs over one another. We are a people perpetually trying to figure it all out –...
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Drinking Camel Urine in Yemen
People have been consuming camel piss on the Arabian Peninsula for a long, long time. It’s been used by the Bedouin people as a shampoo and medicine for centuries, and it’s part of Muslim tradition as...
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Fashion Tidbits Roundup: Designers Are Making Tiny Clothes for Oppressive Dolls
A weekly roundup of anything fashion-related that's made us excited about having bodies that we can dress with clothes. BARBIE CAN AFFORD THE CLOTHES YOU CAN'T Barbie's been making headlines pretty...
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Greg Palast's Column: 'The Con' Is Leaving a Trail of Blood Across the Planet
Photo by Joe Stramowski Greg Palast is an investigative reporter and author of several New York Times bestselling books including his latest, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. A lot of smug British...
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Interviewing the Editor of the Middle Eastern Version of The Onion
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mohamed Morsi playing squash. (All images courtesy of the Pan-Arabia Enquirer) For reasons pertaining to sanity, it tends to be useful to occasionally find the humour in the...
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Pretty Girl Bullshit: Why Are We So Awful to Each Other?
Photo via Hi I'm Bertie, this column is basically a place for me to call bullshit on girl related things I think are stupid. Liz Jones, the Daily Mail's mad-aunt-in-residence, released a book last...
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I Left My Lungs in Aamjiwnaang
One of the many unintentionally ironic signs in the Chemical Valley. The first thing you notice about Sarnia, Ontario, is the smell: a potent mix of gasoline, melting asphalt, and the occasional trace...
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London's Gays Protested Against Putin This Weekend
It's a torrid time to be gay in Russia. A series of gruesome and depressing incidents have recently taken place in the country – whether it be cruel paratroopers throwing their weight around outside...
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This Week in Racism: Oprah Accused a Swiss Person of Racism
Photo by Flickr User whoohoo120 Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of 1 to RACIST, with “1” being the least racist and “RACIST” being the most...
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Sympathy for the Beijing Airport Bomber
Beijing Capital Interational Airport terminal three, without a trace of the bomb set off by Ji Zhongxing. Photo via Flickr user thewamphyri. The day before Ji Zhongxing detonated a homemade explosive...
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Werner Herzog Made a Documentary About the Dangers of Texting While Driving
Our friends at Grolsch Film Works have a website where you can find out what they’ve been up to and read/watch interesting stuff about films. Every week we'll be plucking the highlights. This is that....
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Long Live the New Flesh
Slate and Stone jacket, Benson shirt, Richard Chai pants Photos By Richard Kern, Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos Photo Assistant: Max Dworkin; Hair and Makeup: Tayler Treadwell; Set Design: Scott...
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