There really isn’t much worse that making fun of the way someone looks, especially when that someone is disabled. But that’s exactly what happened online. A disabled man’s “selfie” picture was ruthlessly mocked on Instagram. Even the likes of Shaquille O’Neil, rapper Waka Flocka, and the Utah Jazz’s Trey Burke joined […]
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Disabled Man’s ‘Selfie’ Picture Gets Made Fun Of On Instagram by Shaq, Waka Flocka, And Trey Burke!
Cops Beat Man With Down Syndrome For ‘Bulge In Pants’, When You Find Out What It Was, You’ll Be Furious
A man with Down Syndrome was was badly injured after a confrontation with Miami-Dade Police. His family called it a “shocking” and “unnecessary attack.” Police said that they thought there was a weapon in the man’s pants. It turns out it was his colonoscopy bag. How did the officer who beat […]
Honoring Grassroots Environmental Heroes
Introducing to the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners The Goldman Prize continues today with its original mission to annually honor grassroots environmental heroes from the six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect and […]
Groups Protest National Organic Meeting In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Today, representatives of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and March Against Monsanto San Antonio (MAMSA) staged a protest at the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The groups disrupted the meeting in order to protest the USDA National Organic Program’s (NOP) changes to the process for removing […]
Hedges v. Obama: Supreme Court Leaves NDAA Intact
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to consider Hedges v. Obama, a constitutional claim challenging a law that could enable the indefinite military detention of US citizens—within the US—without trial, charge, or evidence of crime. The decision is remarkable, both for its implications for fundamental rights, and its reflection on judicial independence. A dangerous and […]
Greenpeace Readies To Confront First Arctic Oil Shipment
The first Arctic oil is making its way towards Europe, and environmental campaign group Greenpeace International announced that it is preparing to confront that shipment as part of its ongoing fight to save the Arctic. Russian’s state-owned Gazprom sent off on April 18 70,000 tons of oil from the Prirazlomnaya oil field in the Pechora […]
Occupy The SEC Advocates in D.C. For Financial Reform
On March 29th, 2014, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington D.C. received an aggressively written, pointed letter detailing weaknesses in the current regulations governing the largest banks’ commodities business. Ten days earlier, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation had received a similar one arguing to strengthen the government’s ability to break up too-big-to-fail banks, […]
The Chemistry of a Cannabis High: How THC’s Psychoactive Properties Protect the Brain
1st May 2014 By Marco Torres Guest Writer for Wake Up World Many testing methodologies for cannabis are now significant due to the amount of fake and toxic weed on the market. More agencies are responsible for knowing how safe cannabis is when used for our health purposes. The answer is “very safe” as […]
Unlock the Potential of Your Inner Healer
1st May 2014 By Dr. Lissa Rankin MD Guest Writer for Wake Up World I just finished teaching a workshop at Kripalu about the 6 Steps To Healing Yourself from Mind Over Medicine, and one of the questions that came up over and over was “How do I learn to hear the voice of my intuition?” […]
Obama Backed Opposition Kill 40 More Civilians with Car Bomb
A car bomb blast rocked the city of Homs, claiming the lives of 40 civilians, mostly women and children, according to a source in the province. The bombing, which took place near the heavily-trafficked al-Abassiyeh intersection, injured 116 more. Source Article from http://friendsofsyria.co/2014/04/29/obama-backed-opposition-kill-40-more-civilians-with-car-bomb/ Views: 0
The Group You’d Least Expect Is Fighting for Gay Marriage in a Southern State
The Group You’d Least Expect Is Fighting for Gay Marriage in a Southern State The news: When a group like the American Civil Liberties Union sues to ensure marriage equality, it’s to be expected. But when a group of clergymen stand up to do the same, well, that’s a bit more rare. Yet that’s exactly […]
Two Weeks Later, 234 Nigerian Girls Are Still Missing — And They May Have Met a Scary Fate
Two Weeks Later, 234 Nigerian Girls Are Still Missing — And They May Have Met a Scary Fate Image Credit: AP The news: It’s now been two weeks since 234 girls from a Nigerian boarding school were kidnapped by armed terrorists. With every passing minute, it’s getting harder and harder for the Nigerian military to […]
After Donald Sterling Punishment, Dumb Twitter Users Cry Over the Death of the First Amendment
Following a leaked recording of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments to his girlfriend, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued a lifetime ban against Sterling on Tuesday. Citing his racist remarks, Silver promised to do “everything in [his] power to ensure” that the NBA Board of Governors forced Sterling to sell the Clippers and […]
Bill Gates Reveals the World’s Deadliest Animal — Bet You Can’t Guess What It Is
What’s the deadliest animal Mother Earth has to offer? The hidden shark, with its mouth full of razor-sharp teeth? Nope. How about man, the deadliest game? Pretty close. Velociraptors? Maybe if they weren’t extinct. According to statistics assembled by the Bill Gates’ Gates Notes and transformed into this awesome infographic, the most […]
Something Painfully Ironic Happened In the Town Where Everyone Is Required to Own a Gun
Something Painfully Ironic Happened In the Town Where Everyone Is Required to Own a Gun Georgia passed a new gun law last week that caught the attention of advocates on both sides of the issue. The so-called “guns everywhere” bill, which allows people to bear firearms in bars, churches, airports and even some government buildings, […]
Death Warrant Signed for White-Cop Killing Black Thug
NBC Philadelphia April 30, 2014 Charles Cassidy was killed by the Black thug when he walked in on him robbing a Dunkin Donuts. Gov. Tom Corbett has signed an execution warrant for a man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2007 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer. Twenty-seven-year-old Lewis Jordan, a.k.a. John […]
Another City in East Ukraine Liberated
Daily Stormer April 30, 2014 Liberation forces block Ukrainian riot police in the courtyard of the regional administration building in Luhansk, Ukraine. Pro-Russian forces have taken another city in the East of the Ukraine. LA Times: On Tuesday, about 150 militants armed with clubs and baseball bats drove out local police from the […]
Slavery in Mauritania
Daily Stormer April 30, 2014 We don’t understand exactly how, but this is somehow your fault, Whitey. While the Jewish liberals continue to blame the White man for all the world’s evils, Africa, which has always been the biggest bastion of slavery, continues to own slaves. From Wikipedia: Slavery in Mauritania is an […]
F.B.I. provides criminal with fake bombs, and guns to aid in planned bank robbery and shootings
The F.B. I. recently foiled a dastardly plot to detonate explosives at Walmart which was to divert police away from three planned bank robberies By Staff Writer SHELTON, Wash. (INTELLIHUB) — An undercover officer foiled an ex-con’s plan to blow up a local Walmart before robbing three local banks in the area. Larry Gillette, 53, was […]
The 15 cleanest and 12 most pesticide-laden produce of 2014
By Mike Barrett | Natural Society It is no secret that conventional produce is soaked with health and environmentally hazardous pesticides. Unless you’re going organic, every fruit and vegetable you buy comes with a dose of poisonous chemicals, though not all produce suffers from the same level of toxicity. This is why the Environmental Working […]