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May 6, 2017

Yikes, I'm on google and so is everybody on DU

This is not good. How does this work? Somehow, I thought it wouldn't go worldwide. Don't you have your own cloud or something? A very large backup disk? I have said things on DU that I do not want in the general public. Do I have to censor myself? Please explain. Thank you.

May 4, 2017

One good reason why the human species deserves to go extinct.

Mississippi mortuary sued for 'refusing gay man's funeral'

A mortuary in Mississippi is being sued by the husband of a gay man for allegedly refusing to cremate him because of his sexuality. John "Jack" Zawadski, 82, and his nephew filed the lawsuit after being told that the funeral parlour did not "deal with their kind".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39795569

Well...it is Mississippi. What did I expect?
May 4, 2017

and he would be king...

Prince Philip is renowned for speaking his mind - often explained as his attempt to lighten the mood - and that outspoken nature has at times led to controversy with some of those remarks teetering on the edge of being offensive.


On the edge of being offensive. Do Brits have different edges?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39806145
May 4, 2017

Warning to arachnophobes...truely awful...will never eat another banana!

yechhhh...I can't even look at the picture.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-39783948

and for the men, especially.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-37472013

I warned you! A friend once worked at Walmart (she has escaped and is still sane) and said they saw (you know what) all the time among their bananas. Luckily, I long ago resolved to never enter a Walmart the rest of my life. I will just simply 'believe' this doesn't happen in other stores.

May 4, 2017

Can a life-swap exercise stop a community tearing itself in two?

Source: BBC

When sizeable refugee populations from African and Muslim countries start resettling in communities that look, talk and pray nothing like them, friction and outright racism can follow. Can simple storytelling prevent that fate?

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39727185



One active way to save us all.
May 4, 2017

US photographer captured moment of her death in Afghanistan

Source: BBC

A photo taken by a US Army camerawoman of the moment she and four Afghans were killed in an explosion has been released by the American military.
Specialist Hilda Clayton, 22, and four Afghan National Army soldiers died when a mortar shell blew up during a training exercise on 2 July 2013.
The US Army also released a photo by an Afghan whom Spc Clayton was training in photojournalism. He was among the dead.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39798988



War is not conducted in computer filled rooms far away. War has no mercy.
May 4, 2017

There are diseases hidden in the ice, and they are waking up

Source: BBC


Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms.



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up



...and climate change is a hoax
May 3, 2017

protective services should have kept these children

and taken the others because this article describes severe emotional abuse. Almost any home would be better than this pair of child-eating carnivores provides.

DaddyOFive parents lose custody 'over YouTube pranks'


The pranks included one in which their youngest son was told he had been adopted by another family. Mike and Heather Martin, of Maryland, denied the videos were abusive and claimed they were fake. Custody of two of the children has now been returned to their biological mother.


In one controversial video, the pair poured ink onto their youngest son Cody's bedroom floor before swearing at him and blaming him for the mess. Cody was then shown crying hysterically.
The pranks also included smashing Cody's Xbox with a hammer.


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39783670
May 2, 2017

a cultural brain teaser...what would you do, who is responsible, is there blame...

German male escort's data hidden from paternity suit woman

A woman who got pregnant after having sex with a male escort in a German hotel has failed in a legal battle to find out his name.
The hotel where they spent three nights in 2010, in the city of Halle, does not have to tell her the man's name, a court in Munich ruled.
The man's right to privacy outweighed the woman's claim for child support payments from him, the ruling said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39777609

If you want to answer, consider indicating if you are male or female. Just curious.

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