Homeless people who attended a government-run event in Malaysia were given household appliances as gifts. To make the event, organised by the Federal Territory Ministry, special for the less fortunate guests, the minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor, chose to give them presents.
But the kind gesture sent out the wrong signals when some of the homeless excitedly unwrapped their gifts only to find kitchen and electrical appliances. Pertiwi Soup Kitchen founder Munirah Abdul Hamid said although the initiative was much welcomed, she was surprised electrical appliances were handed out as gifts to the homeless.
Have you seen Angela Merkel?
The Announcer (HaMevaser), a small orthodox newspaper in Israel, has removed all female world leaders from a photo at the rally against terrorism last weekend in Paris.Missing from the image is Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorington-Schmidt and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.Here is the original photo:
“Including a picture of a woman into something so sacred, as far as we are concerned, it can desecrate the memory of the martyrs and not the other way around,” said editor Binyamin Lipkin.In the ultra-orthodox community showing women in photos is typically
a big no-no, due to modesty concerns, and Lipkin said he was worried about what children might think.Altering a news photo at a march focused around issues of censorship and free speech is bad enough as is, but the paper’s photoshop skills aren’t that great either.Here’s a closeup shot of a stray black glove, with no body attached.
A 15-year-old boy at a high school in Staten Island, New York received eight stitches after a 17-year-old girl allegedly beat him with a metal stool. The row between the students exploded Monday after the girl accused the boy of farting on her, New York Magazine’s Daily Intelligencer reported.
Is this Marvel’s newest superhero?A man in China was arrested this past weekend for trying to smuggle in 94 iPhones from Hong Kong where they are cheaper to purchase.
Customs officials were suspicious of the way he was walking, so they had him go through the metal detectors.
That’s when they discovered $49,000 worth of Apple products (both iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S models) taped to his midsection in this makeshift suit of armor.
Crotch Siri is now scarred for life.
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I’d stab that black dude with that pitchfork!
I hope that chick on the balance beam won that competition for the save alone! I’d have broken my skull, chin and nuts up there!
Someone ought to mail that picture of wood chipper man to his life insurance company! Sick fuck that I am, I’d actually sit there with my camera at the ready if I came upon that scene. I actually held up traffic one day watching a guy pouring gas into his car from a gas can while lighting a cigarette directly above the fill point. I still wonder what I might have done if he had actually burst into flames………..I mean after I stopped laughing of course.