7. januar 2006

Irish iron age men used imported hair gel Irish men 2,300 years ago styled themselves up using hair gel imported from France. The preserved remains of two prehistoric men discovered in an Irish bog have revealed a couple of surprises --- one used hair gel and the other stood 6 foot 6 inches high, the tallest Iron Age body discovered. "He would have been a giant...the other man was quite short, about 5 foot 2 inches," said Ned Kelly, head of antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland. "The shorter man appeared to attempt to give himself greater stature by a rather curious headdress which was a bit like a Mohican-style with the hair gel, which was a resin imported from France," Kelly told BBC radio. Pre-historic punk? Disturbing. 4:47:58 PM    comment []  trackback []

Jordan schoolbook explains wife-beating Human rights researcher Suleiman Sweiss has gone through schoolbooks in Jordan and found a lot of faulty and outright scary statements. He added that an Islamic Education secondary school textbook for 2005 included the line, “the husband has the right to beat his wife softly in a manner that would not leave any traces on her body.” Sick. Sounds like something from a banana republic torture manual. Via Terrorism Unveiled. 3:30:13 PM    comment []  trackback []

Walking through solid glass Via Snopes, here is a video clip of an amazing illusionist trick by "Mindfreak" magician Criss Angel, who walks straight through a solid glass window (without breaking it). I just love these illusionist tricks, and really have no ambition of finding out how he does it. I just enjoy the magic, if you will, of how our minds and eyes can be fooled by a clever guy. 3:03:36 PM    comment []  trackback []

London suicide bomber left behind £121,000 "So much for poverty causing terrorism," Tim Blair writes. A suicide bomber who killed eight people at Aldgate Tube station on July 7 left £121,000 [~$213,000]. The origins of Shehzad Tanweer’s riches are unknown as the 22-year-old terrorist worked part time at his family’s chip shop in Beeston, Leeds. As has been shown again and again, terrorists are very rarely the poor and deprived. That fact doesn't fit very well with a marxist interpretation of the struggle, so the media and the talking heads consistently pretend it doesn't exist. 1:09:32 PM    comment []  trackback []

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