BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Pope hits out at consumer culture also see ”Crimes of fashion” Pope Benedict XVI has attacked popular culture and consumerism in a formal address to tens of thousands of young Roman Catholics. The pontiff also warned that natural resources were being squandered, in the speech in Sydney, Australia. The pope [...]
Glittertind was founded in 2001 by Torbjørn Sandvik (b-1985). He wanted to start a project inspired by Norwegian tales, traditions, history, art and culture. All these ingredients were mixed in a black pot together with punk, metal and folk, or like Metal Hammer put it: “A bizarre combination of folksy mellowness, hardcore punk riffing, Nordic [...]
A few years back, the mysterious singer/songwriter, Jim Neversink, arrived in Johannesburg from the East Coast of South Africa. Armed with a collection of 8-track demos, documenting the heartache of his past, Neversink reunited with old studio acquaintance Matthew Fink. Fink, absorbed by the Orbison-like quality of the vocals, immediately began the process of re-recording [...]
On this day, June 14th 1986, ANC member Robert McBride planned, planted and participated in the bombing of Magoo’s Bar, a popular hangout for the South African Security Police forces in Durban. Three white women pedestrians were killed when the bomb exploded, and many bar patrons were wounded. No policemen were in the bar. During [...]
Cuba has authorised sex-change operations and will offer them free to qualifying citizens, officials say. The move is the latest in a series of policy changes implemented by President Raul Castro since he succeeded his elder brother, Fidel, in February. Raul Castro’s daughter, who heads the National Centre for Sex Education, spearheaded the changes in [...]
The BBC files this under entertainment for some bizarre reason: A French court has fined former film star Brigitte Bardot 15,000 euros (£12,000) for inciting racial hatred. She was prosecuted over a letter published on her website that complained Muslims were “destroying our country by imposing their ways”. It is the fifth time Ms Bardot [...]
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“Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. Ubuntu also means “I am what I am because of who we all are”. Ancient is the operative word here because there is definitely no Ubuntu left on this shithole continent we call Africa. We all know what’s going on in South Africa and Zim [...]
You have two cows. They cost too much money to care for because everybody is buying milk imported from some cheap East-European country and would never pay the fortune you’d have to ask for your cows’ milk just to be competitive. You apply for financial aid from the European Union to subsidise your cows and [...]
