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Saturday, November 23, 2013

And in Vancouver: City to ban doorknobs...

VANCOUVER — Doorknobs are being phased out in Vancouver. The new building bylaw, to come into effect in March 2014, bans doorknobs in new homes, favouring the more accessible door handle instead. The ban not only applies to municipal buildings such as Vancouver City Hall, where most of the treasured... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

And in Amsterdam: Beer for Clean-ups...

In what might seem at first glance to be a little counteractive, the Rainbow Foundation in Amsterdam is now paying local chronic alcoholics with beer for keeping the streets of the city clean. Rainbow Foundation, who are running the project, say this should help to prevent anti-social behavior, by... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

And somewhere off the coast of Somalia: Britney Spears weaponized...

Britney Spears is being used as a secret weapon… to scare off Somali pirates. Her hits are blasted out to deter kidnap attacks, merchant navy officer Rachel Owens revealed. Spears’s chart-toppers Oops! I Did It Again and Baby One More Time have proved to be the most effective at keeping the bandits... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

And in Italy: Sad Irony...

An Italian social worker and “anti-racist” activist became the victim of a hate crime after attending an “anti-racism” event called the “Festival multietnico” in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The rape victim and her fiancé were befriended by illegal aliens during the festival and accepted an invitation to... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

And in Britain: Monty Python on the lose…

Robert Spencer (whom I had the honor to meet recently), the fearless American critic of Islam and its Western sympathizers, was denied entry to the U.K. not long ago… Robert writes: It seems as if Monty Python has taken over the British government without telling anybody, and is ruling Britain... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 18, 2013

And in Toronto: Only Second Best...

Torontonians have something new to brag about. Our city ranks second when it comes to world reputation. Toronto was the only Canadian city to crack the top 10 in a list of 100 nations put together by the Reputation Institute. Canada’s most populous city placed second, only behind Sydney as the most... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

And in Washington: Problems with Delivery Trucks...

Jihadi Media Company Releases Arabic Translation of U.S. Department of Defense Handbook on Combating Terrorism On October 4, 2013, Fursan Al-Balagh, an independent online media foundation which specializes in translating jihadi materials into various languages, released an Arabic translation of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Fun with Fatwas...

Any diligent student of Islam knows that the ‘Religion of Peace’ does not concern itself merely with the pursuit of jihad and blowing up infidels, but also with more prosaic matters of life, such as brushing one’s teeth. The means to that end is the miswak, basically a stick, which can also be used... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

And in Heaven – the Muslim Version...

Muslim Men Enjoy Around 20,000 Women in Heaven: Saudi Cleric [VIDEO] An interesting video uploaded on YouTube about a couple of hours ago reveals a Saudi cleric, declaring that Muslim men are allowed to enjoy 19,604 women in Paradise. Muhammad Ali Shanqiti is described as "Wahabi Terrorist" on... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

And in Detroit: Canadian Women Caught with Stuffed Bras...

A Canadian woman [a woman with a Canadian passport] caught trying to enter Detroit with $59,000 that she and her teenaged daughter had hidden in their bras, told U.S. border agents she had concealed the cash because she didn't want her boyfriend to know she had so much money. In total, border agents... Sign in to see full entry.

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