Canada, the nation with the highest per capita immigration intake per year — adding 1 million immigrants every four years to her now-35 million population, is suffering because of an abnormal and unnecessary mass immigration policy, according to the immigration-focused group Immigration Watch Canada. “Since 1991, Canada has had a mass immigration policy,” Dan Murray … Read more
According to Dagoladet, Norwegian political mass killer Anders Breivik has threatened to hunger strike to death. Breivik, who killed 69 people in 2011 — mostly the children of a Norwegian political party Breivik was aggrieved of for their policy on immigration in the Scandinavian nation — has complained of the conditions of his imprisonment, according to … Read more
SEOUL — Wednesday at the Seoul Press Center, Human Rights Foundation (HRF) will launch a global effort to raise awareness about the North Korea Human Rights Act—a bill stalled in South Korea’s National Assembly since 2005. The International Coalition is led by Garry Kasparov and includes democracy activist Srdja Popovic, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Malaysian opposition leader Nurul … Read more
The design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery has been published, and although so far opinions are split widely about designers Herzog & de Meuron’s vision, the largest voting segment on CBC’s poll is, “Really can’t stand it. It must be stopped.” Of 1,533 voters 532 said they “couldn’t stand” the new design. Very few … Read more
1,000mph with 135,000hp. The Bloodhound — the world’s most powerful racing car — has never been publicly viewed before today. It will be on display at Canary Wharf in London. The current land speed record is 763mph. That record was set by the same UK nationals behind this project. Andy Green was the driver of the ThrustSSC that set … Read more
In a press conference at the Osaka Stock Exchange in Osaka, Japan, newly appointed Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima spoke to reporters regarding the state of the company and what direction it was headed in. Kimishima previously served as the president of Nintendo of America from 2002 to 2006 until he handed over the reigns to … Read more
Decides in favor of communities’ right to initiative; bars chief elections officer from keeping duly qualified initiatives off the ballot – even those involving fracking COLUMBUS, OH: Today, the people’s constitutional right to vote on local County Charter initiatives was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court. The Court ruled that Ohio Secretary of State John … Read more
[youtube id=”We2ZUj0jJOM” align=”center” maxwidth=”550″] Originally published by Tibet Post, Sept. 9 This year has seen a trend in lone peaceful protests by Tibetans. This footage is from Ngaba, Tibet. A monk, Lobsang Kalsang, marched into the streets, calling for “freedon for Tibetans.” “the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet,” and raised slogans for the … Read more
Did you guess some of the cities of the Americas from “What The World’s Capital Cities Look Like From Space, Part 1“? Here are the answers: Ottawa, Ontario; Trenton, New Jersey; Phoenix, Arizona; Havana, Cuba; Mexico City; Panama City; Lima, Peru; Brasilia, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now let’s move from the southernmost tip … Read more
How did you do on the cities in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe? Now lets move southwards down Asia, and see how many of these you can guess: The cities pictured on this page are: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Beijing, China, through pollution; Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan; New Delhi, India; Vientiane, Laos; Bangkok, Thailand; Singapore; … Read more
Nutritional experts of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommend a predominantly plant-based diet for health and environmental reasons. As was recently shared in the article, “8 Nations Going Vegetarian, Proving To The World Less Is More,” a massive shift in health mentality is inspiring people everywhere to invest in their health. In 2010, the UN released … Read more
To foster diversity and inspire acceptance of all, an incredible ‘Human Library’ in Denmark is allowing people to check out “interactive books” for half an hour. Its main difference from a ‘traditional’ library, however, is that the words are coming from humans volunteering to tell their tales. Readers who venture to ‘The Human Library’ can … Read more