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Here’s another great representative of religion all around the world, knocking this one out of the ballpark.

Promiscuous women are responsible for earthquakes, a senior Iranian cleric has said.

Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi told worshippers in Tehran last Friday that they had to stick to strict codes of modesty to protect themselves.

“Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes,” he said.

Mr Sedighi was delivering a sermon on the need for a “general repentance” by Iranians. “What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble? There is no other solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam’s moral codes,” he said.

Or you could go out and live life to the fullest, meaning commit a few “sins” because apparently you’ll be dead before you get to enjoy life. Damn those promiscuous females!

Bacon roses and peep sushi! nom nom nom…

Mercury Pollution

Scientists report that our ocean’s mercury levels have risen over 30% the last 20 years, and will increase another 50% in the next few decades. Emissions from coal power plants are the primary culprit, dispensing poisonous mercury that works its way up the food chain, eventually coming to us through the fish we eat. This neurotoxin can alter brain development of fetuses and has been linked with learning problems. And in 2002, several lakes in Norway were found to have a poor state of mercury pollution, with an excess of 1 mg/g of mercury in their sediment.

WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded. This video is disturbing at times.

VENTERSDORP, South Africa — Followers of one of South Africa’s most notorious white supremacists cast his death as a rallying point for their cause Sunday, with one top member claiming his brutal death was “a declaration of war” by blacks against whites.

Eugene Terreblanche’s supporters blamed his slaying on a ruling party official’s performances of an apartheid-era song that advocates killing white farmers. Police, however, say it appeared to be a wage dispute that led two of Terreblanche’s farm workers to bludgeon him in his bed Saturday.

South African officials are trying to ward off any rise in racial tensions 10 weeks before their country of about 50 million enters the global spotlight as host of soccer’s World Cup. President Jacob Zuma appealed for calm following “this terrible deed” and asked South Africans “not to allow agent provocateurs to take advantage of this situation by inciting or fueling racial hatred.”

Overfishing

Overfishing

Many marine scientists consider overfishing to be the worst impact humans are having on the oceans. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that over 70% of the world’s fish species have been entirely exploited or depleted. By capturing fish faster than they can reproduce, we are harming entire ecosystems that interact with those species, from the food they eat to the predators that eat them. These losses make the ecosystems more vulnerable to other disturbances, such as pollution. A complete overhaul of fishing policies, requiring global cooperation, is needed to achieve a sustainable system.

According to a 2008 UN report, the world’s fishing fleets are losing $50 billion USD each year through depleted stocks and poor fisheries management. The report, produced jointly by the World Bank and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), asserts that half the world’s fishing fleet could be scrapped with no change in catch. In addition, the biomass of global fish stocks have been allowed to run down to the point where it is no longer possible to catch the amount of fish that could be caught.

Preschoolers? Honestly? These parents need serious help. It is brilliant though. Bravo director!

Acidification

The ocean absorbs as much as one third of the CO2 emitted worldwide, which keeps us cooler but makes the ocean surface much more acidic. This has the effect of limiting calcium carbonate needed by coral, plankton, and other marine life that use it to build the skeletal frames and shells that protect them. Between 1751 and 1994 surface ocean pH is estimated to have decreased from approximately 8.179 to 8.104 (a change of −0.075–roughly 25%). Ocean acidification will eventually destroy much marine life if it increases at this rate.

George W is back in the news! This one is a gem:  A video has caught Bush wiping his hand on Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a Haitian while he was there in relief efforts.  I can’t say I’m all that surprised--we’re talking about a guy whose current neighborhood only started allowing black people to move in during this millennium. See for yourself:

Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone

Dead Zones

Dead zones are areas where the sea floor has little to no dissolved oxygen. These areas are often found at the mouths of large rivers, and are caused primarily by fertilizers that are being carried in the runoff. Unfortunately, the lack of oxygen kills many creatures and destroys entire habitats. At our current rate, dead zones will increase by 50% before the end of the century.

Currently the most notorious dead zone is a 22,126 square kilometre (8,543 mi²) region in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Mississippi River dumps high-nutrient runoff from its vast drainage basin, which includes the heart of U.S. agribusiness, the Midwest. The drainage of these nutrients are affecting important shrimp fishing grounds. This is equivalent to a dead zone the size of New Jersey. A dead zone off the coast of Texas where the Brazos River empties into the Gulf was also discovered in July 2007.

Come back each day this week to read up while we countdown to the #1 issue our oceans are faced with.

Today is This Is Why We Fail‘s one year blog birthday! Hooray!

Moving on… We are now utilizing a brand new backend system, independent from Tumblr. I’d like to thank Tumblr for being such a great host for just a few days short of an entire year, and I will keep them linked at the bottom for the life of this site. The new backend is affording many new features like Facebook connectivity, social network sharing, comments, and many other neat features. Anywho, thanks for reading. I’ll keep posting now. Oh, and I almost forgot…

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Just when you thought North Korea had decided to keep its big mouth shut about numerous absurdities, this story breaks. I have no doubts that you’ll thoroughly enjoy this one. I can’t wait for the new year!

KABOOM! 2012

North Korea’s government is scrambling to prevent pirated copies of the film 2012 from getting into the country because Pyongyang fears the disaster movie could jinx its lucky year, according to a report.

The regime’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong-il, has said 2012 will be the year that North Korea will “open the grand gates to becoming a rising superpower”.

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When you take a glance at this photo, tell me you don’t see a woman attempting to be a man. maybe a young ellen degeneres. after all, spencer did date heidi montag–it sort of makes sense in some sick, logical way.

look at these delicious little beasts. definitely dont want to hit one of these with your car–you’d just be wasting a life-threatening snack.

I’d personally like to congratulate #TigerWoods on this nasty piece of ass. Well done! I also heard he paid this woman, along with another woman, $2,000 each for a one-night threesome. Hoorah!

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