What a Week!
Apparently we didn't know soon enough

Apparently we didn't know soon enough
September 28th was "Right to Know day" Maybe they should tell somebody about that.

Where's GreenPeace when you need them?
Forget the whales, languages are dying off at a considerably faster rate.

Sisters are doing it for themselves
A convent has had to be closed after there was a fist fight between two of the last three nuns.

Sad, so sad.
In Zimbabwe, a country that is starving and has 6,000% inflation, farmers are taken to court for farming their land.

First they came for the verbs, and I did nothing
In Brazil, the government has banned the use of the present continuous (in English, that's the -ing verbs) in government documents because they're used to hide a lack of progress.

FUN FINAL NOTE

Challenging the Haka
New Zealand always starts rugby matches with a Maori war chant called the Haka. In the recent match against, France, the French players chose to try to stare it down. Interesting video.

— SGP

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Mach the Week

Apparently we didn't know soon enough

Banning Boyhood

The Force is strong in your headband

Hacking Ikea furniture

Love, American Style

Do you Miss America?

Everyone Point at New Zealand and Laugh

Gov't gone wild

Bend it like What's-his-face

Rubber ducky, you're the one!

Just say NO

We're Number 3!

Big Money versus a Stone Age Tribe

Winnie-the-Who?

Spelling Bees are for Wussies

Up in Smoke

The Culture of Smiling

The First Rule of Geek Club...

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

McCain Bombs the Beach Boys

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