AFRICAN economies are rising steadily, but in the Democratic Republic of Congo life for many is as bad as ever. Armed men rape and plunder with impunity. Rebel groups terrorise vast stretches of land rich in minerals and agricultural potential. Millions have died as a result. And for years the outside world has done little more than shrug. Its main effort—a 14-year-old UN peacekeeping mission—has failed to end “Africa’s world war”, which started as an ethnic conflict sparked by the genocide next door in Rwanda before descending into murderous anarchy farther afield.
Tag: Unbelievable
Beef Steak
Nut Wars
Roasted, shelled Israeli nuts, versus local nuts.
Leaked NSA slides claimed having hold of personal info
The Guardian and The Washington Post have both been leaked a 41-slide NSA presentation on a program called PRISM, which — according to the slides — gives the spy agency (part of the US military) “direct access” to the servers of the biggest Internet companies in America, including Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Skype.
Manhattan in a Desert
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Response to the Daily Prompt.
Fat Head
Hey, ever watched Super Size Me? You might be interested in the rebuttal of it.
What Discounts Shouldn’t Mean
While I was browsing…
– Chose the stuff one needs to buy
– Bill Total: US$55
– Page says “Hooray, you got a discount!”
– Smiles
– Presses ‘Checkout’
– Final billing page says “Hooray! You save $2.75 thanks to our 5% visitor discount!”
– Facepalmed.
Really now?
Peso 
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