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A Dutch brewery is facing possible legal action from Fifa after 36 women in tight and bright orange dresses flooded the stadium as an advertising campaign.

If you are going to use women in tight dresses as a marketing campaign – don’t use Dutch women. We have to side with Fifa on this one.

BBC News – Fifa acts after ‘ambush marketing’ by Dutch brewery.

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North Korea must assume that white people can’t judge the ethnicity of Asians by appearance. Fools.

North Korean Fans Chinese Actors | World Cup | SportsGrid.

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A man with a handcuffs bracelet and tattoo of a topless women was not allowed into Six Flags adorned. According to the article, some parents actually supported Six Flags’ violation on this poor man’s human rights.

Six Flags Rejects Man with Topless Tattoo.

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Indians in India refuse to take part in the census because of biblical prophesy.

Fear of the Devil holding up census in Mizoram.

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We will let our bigoted readers readers and listeners come up with the jokes for this one.

Of course, the photo has nothing to do with the story.

Church: Softball team with gay coach can’t play – USATODAY.com.

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Perhaps there is no bigger business rivalry than that which exists between two mobile ice cream vendors. A pox upon any Good Humor man who violates the unwritten code of the ice cream streets.

HeraldNet: Ice cream vendor threatens rival in turf war, police say.

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Of course the rest of the world has been saying this about French for almost 500 years – maybe more. Now if the Vatican will just realize the uselessness of Latin.

Former minister Chris Bryant: French is a useless language – Telegraph.

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Podcast Episode 008 is packed with content. You can find all of the notes and links for this week’s show here on the website.

• Some of the stories we discussed this week include the hazards of renting an apartment in the same building as a pot shop.
• A UK government sponsored class to help 16-year-olds increase their sex appeal so they can break through the glass ceiling.
• The health benefits of camel milk.
• Much, much, much more.

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A British company is selling lasers manufactured using blue lasers from home theater projectors. The lasers are 1000 times more powerful than sunlight on skin.

According to the article on Engadget, there is no age limit for purchasing and buyers only need to sign a laser hazard acknowledgment form.

Powerful ‘lightsabre’ on sale for £135 | Metro.co.uk.

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That’s right. The CIA studied why people spy. Even more ironic is that the study surveyed people who had been caught spying – most of them for financial reward. Perhaps they should have studied why people want money.

SpyTalk – Wikileaks: CIA studied why people steal secrets.

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