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  • 2 brides, 1 groom: Chinese wedding in Malaysia leaves locals puzzled

    03/18/2024 7:42:44 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 17 replies
    AsiaOne ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | Bhavya Rawat
    The unconventional wedding puzzled Malaysians, who questioned its legality.A wedding reception with a Chinese groom and two brides has left Malaysians baffled. Some are asking: Can a non-Muslim man marry more than one woman? The wedding reception was reportedly held in a restaurant in Sarawak on Monday (March 11), with the groom and his brides donning both Chinese and Western-style outfits. In photos posted on Facebook, which have since been removed, the groom, a noodle stall owner, was seen holding the hands of both brides during the ceremony. They were also shot pouring a champagne tower, cutting a five-tier...
  • This Frozen-Pizza-Flavored Beer Tastes Like Tangy Tomato Sauce And Pepperoni

    03/18/2024 4:55:47 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    Delish ^ | MAR 18, 2024 | Danielle Harling
    It's not an April Fools' Day joke.It's hard not to love the combination of pizza and beer, but what about pizza in beer? That's exactly the inspiration behind I(Pizza)A, a new collaboration between the frozen-pizza brand Tombstone and New Belgium Brewing Co.'s Voodoo Ranger IPA. Voodoo Ranger's I(Pizza)A certainly isn't the first food-flavored beer, but it might just be the most savory. Available just in time for National Beer Day on April 7, the beer incorporates all the flavors of a freshly-baked Tombstone pizza. There's the crispy crust, tangy tomato sauce, and savory herbs and spices. And what would a...
  • Authorities take 750-pound alligator from upstate New York home

    03/18/2024 3:48:15 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | March 17, 2024 | LAUREN SFORZA
    Authorities removed a 750-pound alligator from a residence in upstate New York last week, officials announced Friday. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wrote in a Facebook post that its officers seized a 750-pound alligator from an individual’s residence in Hamburg, New York on March 13. The department noted that the individual had a license for the alligator but that it had expired in 2021. The department said the individual “built an addition to his house and installed an in-ground swimming pool for his roughly 30-year-old alligator, and allegedly allowed members of the public to get into the...
  • France's Love for Frog Legs Is Causing a Potential Environmental Disaster on the Other Side of the World

    03/18/2024 3:24:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 44 replies
    Food & WIne ^ | March 15, 2024 | Stacey Leasca
    It's time to say non merci to cuisses de grenouille.The French love their frog legs. Apparently, a little too much. Eating frog legs has been a French pastime for hundreds of years, beginning with a few ingenious monks who had the Church classify them as fish rather than meat, bypassing religious rules of only eating meat on certain days. However, now, estimates state that French diners consume some 4,000 tons of frog legs a year, putting a few species of amphibians in peril. A group of more than 500 environmentalists, including participants from the French nonprofits Robin des Bois and...
  • MOLD WILL BE THE FOOD OF OUR DYSTOPIAN FUTURE: NEW RESEARCH EXAMINES THE FUTURE OF FUNGI AS FOOD

    03/18/2024 12:04:27 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    The Debrief ^ | MARCH 16, 2024 | MJ BANIAS
    In the ongoing search for sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to meat and other animal proteins, researchers have settled on a new product that only solidifies our descent into a dystopian science fiction story. Published in Nature Communications, this could be humanity’s new favorite food; genetically engineered mold. The study, led by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, demonstrates how the edible fungus, Aspergillus oryzae, can be bioengineered to enhance its nutritional value and sensory appeal as a meat substitute. By modifying the fungus’s genome using cutting-edge synthetic biology tools, the researchers were able to elevate the production of key...
  • Woman cleaning out deceased father's home finds live grenade

    03/18/2024 11:22:01 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    UPI ^ | MARCH 18, 2024 / 1:02 PM | By Ben Hooper
    March 18 (UPI) -- Army personnel were called to a Quebec home when the deceased owner's daughter made a surprising discovery in a toolbox: a live grenade. Kedrin Simms Brachman said she and some family members were cleaning out the Knowlton home formerly occupied by her father, Frank Simms, who died in October. "We went into his tool room, which was always, like, nobody ever went into his tool room. That was a sacred place," she told CTV News. "I was looking for something, and then I opened up the toolbox, and there was a grenade." Simms Brachman said she...
  • Candace Owens Endorses Wild, Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory About Jews Being ‘Drunk on Christian Blood’

    03/18/2024 8:49:46 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 99 replies
    Mediaite ^ | March 18, 2024 | Isaac Schorr
    Daily Wire personality Candace Owens endorsed a centuries-old conspiracy theory about Jewish rabbis drinking the blood of Christians on X last week. Owens has emerged as an outspoken critic of Israel — and then later the Jewish people — in the aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attack. In November, she mistakenly claimed that Muslims in the Israeli capital of Jerusalem are confined to the Muslim Quarter and then feuded with her Jewish colleague Ben Shapiro over the war between Israel and Hamas. “You cannot serve both God and money,” declared Owens in what was widely viewed as an anti-Semitic...
  • I have the world’s largest collection of empty potato chip bags — it started as a way to cope while my wife was dying of breast cancer

    03/16/2024 11:40:51 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 8, 2024 | Social Links forDavid Landsel
    A retired man who built the world’s largest-ever collection of empty potato chip wrappers says he’s finally reached the proverbial bottom of the bag — after pulling in an astonishing 24,000. Gary Key, of East Yorkshire, England, first embarked upon the thoroughly unusual pastime back in 2012 as a diversion after his partner Joanne was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. Joanne eventually passed, but Key was determined to honor her memory by continuing to build the curious collection. Formerly employed by the University of Hull, Key, whose personal tastes run toward a nice, salty plain chip, estimated he collected nearly...
  • What Will RFK, Jr. Say About New Book "The Final Analysis" Claiming Evidence Of Multiple JFK Head Shots?

    03/16/2024 9:11:26 AM PDT · by AJFavish · 101 replies
    March 16, 2024 | Allan J. Favish
    My tweet to RFK, Jr.: https://twitter.com/allanfavish/status/1768990056117907773 "The Final Analysis" (https://tinyurl.com/3ujse3zb) claims that optical densitometry of x-ray films of JFK's head in Archives shows head shots from front (https://tinyurl.com/23zpdjtn), but Kennedy family deed of gift restricts access to films. Why not give access to resolve this?
  • Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 03/16/2024 Vol.489, Q Day 2331

    03/16/2024 10:02:38 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 494 replies
    qalerts.app ^ | 3/16/2024 | FReeQs, FReepers, LurQers and Vanity
    Q has reminded us repeatedly that together, we are strong. As the false "narrative" is destroyed and the divisive machinery put in place by the Deep State fails, the fact that patriotism has no skin color or political party is exposed for all to see. 3038 Mar 12, 2019 2:55:14 PM EDTQ !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 4fe510 No. 5643022>Decide for yourself (be free from outside opinion).>Decide for yourself (be objective in your conclusions).>Decide for yourself (be true in your own beliefs).>Decide for yourself (be open to following the facts).>Decide for yourself (be strong in defending your beliefs).>Decide for yourself (be resistant to...
  • Southern California councilman resigns over urination video

    03/15/2024 5:59:49 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 21 replies
    ktla ^ | y: Cameron Kiszla
    Crescenta Valley Town Councilmember Chris Kilpatrick has resigned his position in the wake of a video showing him urinating on the door of a downtown Los Angeles LGBTQ bar. Kilpatrick resigned Thursday, hours ahead of a special meeting planned to discuss his conduct, the city said in a post to Facebook. The bar, Precinct, shared video of the incident on social media earlier this week and alleged that Kilpatrick and another man, later identified as his boyfriend, left the bar with drinks in their hands.
  • Giant Volcano on Mars, Hiding in Plain Sight for Decades, is 'Long-Sought Smoking Gung' for Scientists

    03/15/2024 8:29:43 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 36 replies
    The Debrief ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | MICAH HANKS
    Scientists have discovered a gigantic volcano on Mars near the planet’s equator that remained unnoticed for decades, according to newly published research. The huge volcano was found in the Red Planet’s eastern Tharsis volcanic province, along with what researchers interpret to be a large sheet of buried glacial ice beneath the Martian surface. The discovery came as a surprise, partly because orbital spacecraft have photographed this region of Mars since the early 1970s. Hidden in plain sight now for decades, the giant volcano, which has undergone extensive erosion over time, somehow remained unnoticed. The feature has been given the temporary...
  • “There are a few good Swedes” (many forms of bias)

    03/15/2024 7:37:19 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 14 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | March 15, 2024 | Curtis Dahlgren
    DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT PRIVILEGE. We’ve all been dissed in one way or another. My dad and I were sitting at the counter. It’s a Norwegian town, or was. The guy sitting next to my dad was chatting with us, and after awhile he asked what our last name was. My dad said “Dahlgren.” The guy paused and then says: “Is that Swede or Norwegian?” My dad said Swede. The guy stared at his coffee, and after a longer pause, he says: “Well, there are some good Swedes.” We laughed, but he was dead serious.
  • Heroic doctor dies days after exposing deadly COVID-Vax component

    03/15/2024 5:57:11 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    www.americaoutloud.news ^ | March 15, 2024 | Peter Breggin MD & Ginger Ross Breggin
    Remember this guy? This was the doctor that was arrested mid-podcast by the German authorities, in his own home........... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Four days after German chemist Dr. Andreas Noack released his final video on graphene hydroxide, he was seized by a sudden unexplained attack that caused paralysis, weakness, profound disorientation (like he was drunk), and collapse with loss of breathing. His pregnant wife described the event in two videos. In the first video, her description led early listeners to assume that Dr. Noack was physically attacked, but that was not the case. In the second video, Dr. Noack’s partner further explained...
  • 3-month-old baby mauled to death by family pit bull in NJ: reports

    03/15/2024 4:17:53 AM PDT · by george76 · 33 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 14, 2024, | Steve Janoski
    A baby was mauled to death by a family dog in New Jersey in a vicious attack that also left the mother seriously injured, .. Cops were called to a home in the Middlesex County town of Woodbridge at about 6:15 a.m. Saturday, where they found Daymon Balbuena, a 3-month-old baby boy, unresponsive, .. The county prosecutor’s office — which took over the investigation — believes the child was attacked by the family pit bull. The mother — who was seriously wounded — and father were also brought to the hospital for treatment, the prosecutor’s office said. They were released...
  • Married man murders mistress and mother of 7, leaves remains in trash bag along river bank: Police. [ Michigan ]

    03/14/2024 8:29:15 PM PDT · by george76 · 30 replies
    Law & Crime ^ | Mar 12th, 2024, | JASON KANDEL
    A married 34-year-old Michigan man faces murder charges in the killing of his mistress and mother of seven, whose remains were found in a trash bag — with the toes sticking out — by a fisherman on the bank of the Flint River. Christopher Astin Motry faces first-degree murder and charges of tampering with evidence, concealing the death of an individual and domestic violence in the killing of Christina Elizabeth Barber, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said in a news conference. The murder was uncovered on March 3 when police were dispatched to the Flint Motel, where Barber had rented...
  • Driver Baffled After Hitting, Killing pet Kangaroo on Eastern Oklahoma Highway

    03/14/2024 5:26:13 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    KSBW ^ | Mar 14, 2024 | Jonathan Greco
    The driver thought he hit a deer.A kangaroo died after authorities say it was struck by a vehicle early Wednesday morning in eastern Oklahoma. The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office said that Deputy Jeff Neighbors was patrolling the Liberty area north of Roland when he saw a kangaroo jump out of the woods and onto the higher before being hit by a passing vehicle. Advertisement The driver thought he hit a deer, and the sheriff's office said he was "shocked" when he learned he had hit a kangaroo. Sister station 40/29 News reported that a family later claimed the kangaroo's body,...
  • Man in Thailand Goes on Rampage in Temple, Dies After Being Impaled by Buddha Statue

    03/14/2024 4:24:46 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 38 replies
    AsiaOne ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | Khoo Yi-Hang
    A man in Thailand who went on a violent rampage at a temple in the Chonburi province died after being impaled by a Buddha statue. On Feb 27, the 49-year-old man, who went by the name Ek, had taken methamphetamine in the temple with his friend - a monk at the temple who goes by the name Best, reported Thai media outlet Thaiger. Ek then attacked Best with a fluorescent tube. While the latter ran away to seek help, Ek went on to smash statues in the temple, before fleeing into the main hall. When the police arrived at the...
  • Snake Steak Could Be a Climate-Friendly Source of Protein

    03/14/2024 1:50:30 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 69 replies
    Scientific American ^ | March 14, 2024 | BY MEGHAN BARTELS
    Pythons turn their food into meat pretty efficiently, a study finds, making them an intriguing alternative to climate-unfriendly cows. Put aside your chicken cutlets and meatloaf and say hello to python curries and satay skewers. Some snake scientists think eating these reptiles—already customary or at least acceptable in parts of the world—might help lessen the damage our food choices have on the environment. With some eight billion people on the planet today, all of whom require protein to stay healthy, finding new sources of these nutrients is a crucial issue. But how do you get from the challenge of providing...
  • Nearly 30% of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds

    03/13/2024 6:45:18 AM PDT · by massmike · 78 replies
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna14301 ^ | 03/13/2024 | Brooke Sopelsa
    The percentage of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults in the U.S. continues to increase, reaching an all-time high of 7.6% in 2023, according to a new Gallup report. Broken down by gender, the survey of 12,000 people 18 and older across the country found that women were nearly twice as likely as men to identify as LGBTQ. “Almost 30% of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ+, most as bisexual,” Jeffrey Jones, a senior editor at Gallup, told NBC News. “That’s where a lot of the growth seems to be happening.”