Intentious

I’m all for getting what you want, and being open and honest in going about doing so, but I’m always intrigued by different cultures and classes interpretation of this. Only last week saw an Indian millionaire, now living in Mexico, take out a full page ad in The Times of India to seek a wife. […]

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan or incumbent-protected districts. The resulting district is known as a gerrymander (/ˈɡɛrimændər/, alt. /ˈdʒɛriˌmændər/); however, that word can also refer to the process. Gerrymandering may be used to achieve […]

Footage has been released showing a Duluth Police officer named Richard Jouppi, 34, who on September 21st at the Duluth Detoxification Center, repeatedly punched a 50-year-old, intoxicated, wheelchair-bound man repeatedly in the face in aggressive assault. The wheelchair-bound man, whose name is reportedly ‘Jackson’, was taken into the detox center and was being ordered to take his jacket […]

Yesterday saw Korea’s official announcement on its endeavour to seek its continuance of whaling in its waters, as a method in their current “scientific research” projects. Previously, the killing of the endangered species line was condemned and made illegal, through Australia’s involvement in the International Criminal Court in 1982, and saw Japan’s whaling procedures ceased. […]

In an effort to make the javelin throw more interesting this year, the Olympic committee have approved some eyebrow-raising amendments. Rather then using the conventional javelin, athletes will instead use high velocity surface to air missiles. Well I say athletes, but they do not have the technical know-how to handle such a sophisticated system. So […]