Too close for Comfort as the Boston Bombings Come Home to Russians
Region: Russian FederationInitially a distant story of bombs and American blood, the Boston Marathon bombings came home to Russians recently. The RuNet had been following the investigation into the attacks with great interest, even before t... more
Views: 657Gaza: Israeli Airstrike And Humorous Hashtag
Region: IsraelWritten by Rana Baker In the middle of the night of June 5, an Israeli airstrike hit a poultry farm [1] in the southern Gaza Strip, ending the lives of dozens of cackling chickens and destroying the farm owner's s... more
Views: 1200China: A Portrayal of Portrayals of Cultural And Ethnic Stereotypes
Region: ChinaWritten by John Kennedy Zhang Xu (”Nick in the House”), a comedic vlogger from northeast China, recently put together a video [1] to showcase different cultural and ethnic stereotypes fro... more
Views: 1782Russia: The Fake Political Twitter Account Phenomenon
Region: Russian Federation
Written by Alexey Sidorenko The Internet not only gives life to citizen activist groups, human bots or lolcat [1] lovers; online anonymity provides perfect conditions for human creativity and humor. Twitter i... more
Views: 1460Humorous Book: Bedtime Mailbox
Region: IndiaBedtime Mail Box ISBN: 9788178061269 Author: Dr. A. K. Bakthavatsalam; R. Gururaj Publisher: Unicorn Books (www.unicornbooks.in) This book is a collection of 47 short and inspiring musings, motivational stories and int... more
Views: 1613Africa's Secret Weapon In American Hands?
Region: New YorkThis memo fell into my hands. To: The Honorable Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense From: Captain Horatio Hornblower, XII, USN Ret. Re: African Weapon Utilization, Special Psychological Warfare Oper... more
Views: 1622Bankruptcy Court Dress Code
Region: New YorkMy firm received a letter concerning a debtor from the United States Bankruptcy Court in Tampa, Florida. It contained this. "Appropriate Courtroom Attire. You are reminded that Local Rule 5072-1(b)(16... more
Views: 2980The Relevance of Roseanne Today
Region: Connecticut
Over Twenty Years Ago, Yet the Parallels are Shocking! Here we are, nearly a decade into the Twenty First Century and in the middle of one of the worst economic struggles that we have faced as a nation. Yet, with ... more
Views: 2528Set Economists Free
Region: United States
We have ignored their pleas for too long. Turned our back have we, on their words of despair, worry, grave concerns; only to keep asking them again and again “What will happen?” It’s time we ... more
Views: 1298Do you remember the faces of your teachers?
Region: ChinaI see a humor about the question of the final examination. It is a college school final examination. There is only one question that is who is the teacher of this class, and the answer is four faces. This is just a humor f... more
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