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FROM OUR INEXPLICABLE BREAST TISSUE DESK... Three young boys grew breast tissue after exposure to lotions and shampoos containing lavender or tea tree oil, researchers say.
ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE AT NEW SCENTIST DOT COM, the boys affected by the plant oils were aged four, seven and 10.
The natural oils may be “gender-bending” chemicals mimicking effects of the female hormone, oestrogen. The boys lost the breast tissue within months of discontinuing use of the products.
SCHNEIER ON SECURITY CONTEMPLATES INFINITE REGRESSION AS IT PERTAINS TO WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN WATCHING THE WATCHMEN... FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a proposal in Scotland to protect automatic speed-trap cameras from vandals by monitoring them with other cameras.
Then, I suppose we need still other cameras to protect the camera-watching cameras.
TIME MAGAZINE REPORTS THAT A FOUR THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD VILLAGE HAS BEEN UNEARTHED, NEXT TO STONEHENGE. FROM THE ARTICLE: They have also unearthed a physical link between that settlement and Stonehenge: a 4,500-year-old stone avenue runs between the settlement at Durrington Walls and the nearby River Avon. Since a similar avenue was unearthed in the 1960s linking the river to Stonehenge, researchers believe ancient Brits almost certainly traveled between the two sites.
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POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE EDITOR AND VIRTUAL MAYOR OF SAN FRANSISCO MOJO MULLS THE NEWS THAT A TOWN IN QUEBEC HAS POSTED A LIST OF SOCIETAL NORMS TO BE FOLLOWED BY NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS...MOJO SAYS:
I'd love to see one of these signs posted on the way in to San Francisco. It would say things like: We have a lot of vegetarians here, and tofu jokes got old forty years ago. Yes, we are all gay. People may be speaking languageS other than English around you: Don't Panic. Forget about parking. Assless chaps are appropriate in public. No one leashes their dogs. Tattoos are mandatory, as are tight jeans. We have more cafes and bars and restaurants then anyone else, so please try them all.
And so on.
FROM THE CANADA DOT COM ARTICLE ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF SOCIETAL NORMS IN HEROUXVILLE, QueBEC: It is forbidden to stone women or burn them with acid.
Children cannot carry weapons to school. That includes ceremonial religious daggers like kirpans even though the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Sikhs can carry kirpans in schools.
However, children can swim in a pool with other children - boys and girls alike because they can't be segregated.
And for the record, female police officers in Herouxville, 165 kilometres northwest of Montreal, can arrest male suspects. Also part of the declaration is to allow women to drive, dance and make decisions on their own.
CALIFORNIA MAY BAN THE USE OF INCANDESENT LIGHT BLUBS -- YOU KNOW, THE "NORMAL", ENERGY-SUCKING ONES PERFECTED BY THOMAS EDISON WHEN YOUR GREAT-GRANDPA WAS SHITTIN' IN HIS PAMPERS. REUTERS HAS THE STORY: The "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" would ban incandescent lightbulbs by 2012 in favor of energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs. THE BAN'S SPONSOR POINTS OUT THAT INCANDESCENT BULBS, DEVELOPED MORE THAN 125 YEARS AGO, remain incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light."
A man playing at the Philadelphia Park slot casino received a message on his 50 cent slot machine, that he is the winner of a jackpot valued at $102,000. Unfortunately for him, the casino said that it was actually an error in the system, and he did not win the jackpot. THE STORY IS FROM O-G PAPER DOT COM.
THERE WAS EIGHT-BIT MADNESS IN THE STREETS OF BEANTOWN TODAY...FLASHING MAGNETIC LIGHTS IN THE SHAPE OF THE MOONINITES FROM AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE FORCED bomb units to scramble across Boston AND MAJOR HIGHWAYS SHUT DOWN UNTIL SOMEONE POINTED OUT THAT THE SUSPECT BOMBS WERE RAISING THEIR MIDDLE FINGERS UP AS HARD AS THEY COULD. CBS FOUR BOSTSON SAID MASSACHUSSETTS GOVERNOR Deval Patrick WAS PISSED OFF.
YOU GO TO WAR WITH THE THE EQUIPMENT YOU DON'T HAVE, NOT THE EQUIPMENT YOU SHOULD HAVE ORDERED AGES AGO. T-P-M MUCKRAKER SAYS WE'RE SENDING THE 21,000 ADDITIONAL TROOPS -- THE FAMOUS SURGE -- INTO IRAQ IN BERMUDA SHORTS, DRIVING 1997 GEO METROS AND WEARING CHUCK TAYLORS. FROM THE ARTICLE: Even as the president orders more troops to Iraq, the soldiers already serving there and in Afghanistan lack necessary body armor, communications equipment and other equipment, according to a report summary by the Pentagon's Inspector General made public today. THE PIECE GOES TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT THE INPECTOR GENERAL COULD FIGURE OUT GIVEN THAT SOLDIERS ARE UNDER ORDERS TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION AND LIE TO HIM.
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KOTAKU DOT COM SAYS THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD WILL BE RELASED ON THE NINTENDO DS. FROM THE ARTICLE: The game, which ships this spring, will feature more than 1,000 crossword puzzles and the ability to handwrite in answers with the stylus.
POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR LONGO WANTS YOU TO KNOW ABOUT Seeing Beyond Sight, a new book coming out in April about the experience of teaching photography to blind teenagers and includes their photos. SHE SAYS: I've been working with the author, Tony Deifell to develop a flickr pool, called the Seeing Beyond Sight Challenge. We are inviting people to blindfold themselves, go out in the world, take pictures and share their photos and experiences in the flickr pool. I know I'm biased, but I recommend everyone do it; it really does make you think in new ways about photography, what it means to see, and really examine how you interact with the world around you. Plus, it's fun!
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VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ HAS BEEN GRANTED THE POWER TO RULE BY DECREE FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS BY THE COUNTRY'S CONGRESS TO FURTHER THE GOALS OF HIS LEFTIST REVOLUTION, ACCORDING TO WIRE SERVICE REPORTS. FROM THE ARTICLE:
The vote allows anti-U.S. leader Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, to deepen state control of the economy and other sectors of public life such as defense and security.
GERMAN OFFICIALS HAVE ARRESTED 13 PEOPLE AND SEEK MORE THAN 30 CIA OPERATIVES THROUGHOUT EUROPE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE KIDNAP AND TORTURE OF A GERMAN CITZEN, ATRIBUTED BY OFFICIALS TO CENTRAL INTELLIENCE AGENCY AGENTS. THE MAN WAS ALLEGEDLY RENDERED TO AFGHANISTAN WHERE HE SAYS HE WAS DRUGGED AND TORTURED FOR FIVE MONTHS.
SOUTH DAKOTA LAWMAKERS HAVE INTRODUCED A NEW BILL WHICH WOULD CRIMINALIZE ABORTION EXCEPT UNDER EXTEREMELY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO RAPE AND INCEST, ACCORDING TO A GUARDIAN ONLINE ARTICLE. IN NOVEMBER SOUTH DAKOTA VOTERS TOLD THEIR LEGISLATORS TO GO SHIT IN THEIR HAT, SOUNDLY REJECTING A REFERENDUM WHICH WOULD HAVE BANNED ABORTION IN ANY AND ALL CASES, EVEN WHEN RAPE OR INCEST WERE INVOLVED.
PRESIDENT BUSH -- WHO YESTERDAY NEARLY KILLED THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS GAGGLE WITH A BULLDOZER AT THE CATERPILLER FACTORY IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS -- HAS BEEN LINKED TO THE ALLEGED OUTING OF CIA NON-OFFICIAL UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE VALERIE PLAME BY I. SCOOTER LIBBY AND HIS BOSS, VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY. THE PRESIDENT WAS MENTIONED IN TESTIMONY TUESDAY AT LIBBY'S PERJURY TRIAL ABOUT HANDWRITTEN NOTES CHENEY WROTE FOR THEN PRESS SECRETARY SCOTT MCCLELLAN IN SEPTEMBER, 2003. THE PRESIDENT HAS DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALLEGED OUTING OF PLAME. FROM THE TRUTHOUT DOT ORG ARTICLE: Libby's defense team first discussed the notes during opening statements last week. DEFENSE ATTORNEY THEODORE Wells said Cheney had written "not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the guy that was asked to stick his head in the meat grinder because of incompetence of others": a reference to Libby being asked to deal with the media and vociferously rebut AMBASSADOR JOE Wilson's allegations that the Bush administration knowingly "twisted" intelligence to win support for the war in Iraq.
However, when Cheney wrote the notes, he had originally written "this Pres." instead of "that was.". THIS MAKES THE SENTENCE READ: "not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the guy THIS PRESIDENT asked to stick his head in the meat grinder because of incompetence of others"
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OTHER STORIES WE COVERED TODAY AT POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE:
Bay Area republican millionaire to launch anti-Move On
The telephone tax refund
Puppy Bowl III is coming
Dead or Alive: the movie AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIERTY ON KOTAKU
Podrolling: Gamer Girl News
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Jon Stewart Explains the Scooter Libby Trial
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