Link Love: Girdles for Men, A StriVectin Investigation, Punk Perfume & Google’s Next Buy

What does heroin smell like? The remaining live members of the Sex Pistols have bottled their scent. Check out Hint‘s review. The New York Times investigates the claims behind skin cream StriVectin and its Better Than Botox slogan. They also discuss the firm’s new products: a scrub and an eye product.  The company is now [...]

Mandela Nonprofit Trustee Resigns Over Diamond Ties

A trustee of Nelson Mandela‘s nonprofit has relinquished his post amid a continued investigation surrounding model and anger management alum Naomi Campbell and some supposed blood diamonds. Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Trustee Jeremy Ractliffe has chosen to the plead the fifth in a case that involves him, Campbell, Mandela and former Liberian leader Charles G. [...]

Link Love: Tea Party tees, Preggers Diet, GE Babies, & A Facebook Scam

Genetically engineered babies. A new hormonal treatment is said to be able to treat congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a genetic disorder that can interfere with the development of genitalia. The Los Angeles Times article writes:  “in severe cases, girls are born with male-like sexual organs although they usually have ovaries and a uterus.” The treatment is [...]

Police Bust Marijuana Farm In Wisconsin

Police just busted a group of Mexicans that created a huge marijuana farm within Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press. Federal, state and local police followed the growers for much of June and July and decided to bust the operation ahead of an expected boost in traffic to the forest due [...]

Wyclef For Pres?

Sources told CNN that former Fugees member, hip hop star and Yele Haiti Founder Wyclef Jean will announce plans to run for president of Haiti. According to the unnamed source, he will make the announcement on Larry King Live this Thursday. Bill Clinton is now in charge of all funds that were donated for the [...]

Quality of Life Ranking Shines Light on Europe

The 2010 Quality of Living survey from consulting giant Mercer revealed that many European cities again topped the list of the best places to live. Taking the top slot was Vienna, Austria, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Geneva, another Swiss city, in third. After that, Vancouver, Canada, and Auckland, New Zealand, tied for fourth. The [...]

Samsung Announces Environmental Review

The world’s second largest chip maker, Samsung, (Intel is #1) has hired Washington D.C.-based Environ Holdings to conduct a 12-month review of its semiconductor factories after reports surfaced that a number of workers have contracted leukemia, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Earlier this year, a group sued a South Korean government agency seeking [...]

EPA Fines Roundup Maker $2.5M

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that agricultural giant and the maker of Roundup, Monsanto Company Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty for misbranding violations regarding its cotton seed products with genetically engineered pesticides. The settlement is the largest civil administrative penalty settlement ever under the Federal Insecticide, [...]

Latin America Beats U.S. To Gay Marriage Punch

Following in Mexico’s footsteps, female-led Argentina has passed gay marriage. According to The New York Times, the Senate voted 33 to 27 to legalize same sex marriages in the South American nation. The move is a win by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who has come head to head with the Roman Catholic Church. The [...]

Water: A Scarce Resource?

Consultancy Maplecroft has released a report evaluating the 165 nations and outlined the top 10 nations facing the most extreme water situations. The results showed the following nations face a potential crisis regarding their clean water supply, based on the Water Security Risk Index: Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan, Niger, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan and Syria. [...]

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