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Why Young Pentecostals Are Worshipping Jesus with Snakes
Andrew Hamblin picks up a poisonous snake during a church service with Jamie Coots. Photo courtesy of Facebook It’s been one month since 22-year-old serpent handler Andrew Hamblin watched his mentor...
View ArticleThe Confusing Crimea Situation Is About to Get Clearer or Uglier
The Confusing Crimea Situation Is About to Get Clearer or Uglier
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Weediquette: T. Kid the Landlord
Camac Street in Philadelphia, where T. Kid was a landlord. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons My family never cared much for homeownership until my mom saw an opportunity to buy a cheap house on...
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I Had a Scammer Tortured by Police in Tanzania
Illustrations by Cei Willis It was when they manhandled him onto the table, tethered him to a water pipe coming out of the ceiling, and pulled his pants down to his ankles that I experienced a change...
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We Need to Quit Our Obsession with Meat
Shit-tons of meat. Look at that meat. Photo via Wikimedia Commons On Sunday, March 9, Pitt Cue Co—the meat mecca just off London’s Carnaby Street—hosted a special evening, a one-off “Highland Beef...
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The Satanic Temple Weighs In on the Impending Death of the Leader of the...
Fred Phelps. Photo via Getty Yesterday, Nathan Phelps, the son of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, posted a note on Facebook claiming that his father is "on the edge of death at Midland...
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All Bad News Considered: Sbarro Filed for Bankruptcy Protection, and...
Photo courtesy of Flickr user Scott Hendo Malls hold a special place in my heart. Growing up in the suburbs as a teenager without booze connections, I didn't have many other places to hang out at with...
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Scally Lads Are Gay Brits Who Like to Smell Stinky Socks and Have Sex in...
Photos from a shoot for the Trackies website, “the place for guys who love trackies, trainers and scally gear.” All images by Gaz, courtesy of Trackies.com Deep within the fist-stretched bowels of the...
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VICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Xemoland'
When I was a kid growing up in the 90s, I used to visit my grandparents in Florida for the holidays. Florida is a specific type of nothing that can make a person go mad. There’s just the beach and...
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Hanging Out at a Moscow Peace Protest
"Bring Russian Armed Forces Home" If you thought all Russians were bloodthirsty lunatics hellbent on starting World War III, you would be wrong. On Saturday, tens of thousands of liberal Muscovites...
View ArticleThe Crimean Referendum as Told Through Social Media
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Health Canada Is Forcing Medical Marijuana Patients to Destroy Their Weed
A private grow-op in its infancy. via Flickr. On Friday, the ideal time for any government to release bad news, Health Canada issued a public statement outlining their new medical marijuana (or as...
View ArticleI Discovered Mixed Martial Arts Because of Street Fighter II
I Discovered Mixed Martial Arts Because of Street Fighter II
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There Is an Official Leprechaun Colony In Portland (of Course)
A leprechaun lives here. Image via Wikicommons In 1948, Oregon Journal columnist Dick Fagan reported a leprechaun sighting in his newspaper. According to Fagan’s article, which over the years has...
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Tarafied: Hanging Out with Tara Reid at a Horror Convention
The author with Tara Reid. Photos by the author A great philosopher once asked, “How do a whale and a shark have sex?” Just kidding. Tara Donna Reid said that. Tara is known for saying a lot of...
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Italy Wants to Take the Word 'Parmesan' Away from Kraft
Creative Commons photo by Flickr user Pandemia The European Union wants American food manufacturers to rename domestically produced foods in a number of categories, including Parmesan, feta, and...
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Could Montreal Benefit from Being a Sovereign City-State?
Flag of Montreal, via Wikimedia Commons. Geographic location aside, it’s sometimes hard to believe Montreal is really part of Quebec. Diversity, bilingualism and authentic Chinese food aren’t stuff...
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Canada Has Officially Pulled Out of Afghanistan and Left a Mess
Afghan National Army soliders patrolling in 2007. All photos via the author. Panjwayi’s rocky, sandy, mountainous landscape looks a lot like Star Wars’ desert planet of Tatooine, a weird mix of modern...
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