Madonna’s music may make her one of the most internationally known pop stars on the planet, but Malawi is not impressed.
The president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, slammed the pop star for reportedly expecting the Malawian government to “roll out a red carpet and blast the 21-gun salute in her honor.” H/T Next Media Animation
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TLC has announced its popular reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is going international. The show will now be available on TV screens in Australia, the Netherlands, Italy and Latin America, among others. Yet another way for America to enhance its reputation overseas!
Honey’s already a hit in Eastern Europe. And despite only recently going on air in Poland, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo has already taken the No. 3 spot in the TV ratings. H/T Next Media Animation
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Maker’s Mark, a bourbon whiskey drink distilled by Bean, Inc., will stay at the 90-proof level. The company initially revealed plans to drop down to 84-proof, due to predicted supply shortages, but later reversed course after customers cried foul. H/T Next Media Animation
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Fast-food lovers in the United Kingdom and Ireland have been put on edge by charges that horse meat reached hamburgers sold by Burger King. The chain has admitted that it was supplied contaminated meat from Poland, but says that none of it was served to customers. H/T Next Media Animation
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The United States angered Antigua and Barbuda by placing an embargo on a lucrative online gambling operation headquartered on the Caribbean islands. Now, Antigua and Barbuda are threatening to retaliate by legalizing Internet piracy. Looks like all those lawyers from Hollywood and Silicon Valley better cancel their Antigua vacation plans and go to Aruba instead.
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We hear a lot about North Korean rocket launches and nuclear threats. But what about the living conditions of the North Korean people? Now, rumors of cannibalism are emerging, tales of families so starved they’ve been forced to eat their children. The secretive country is neither confirming nor denying the reports, but some sources say a famine has claimed up to 10,000 lives. H/T Next Media Animation
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Worried about protecting native bird species, a whack-job environmentalist from New Zealand has launched a campaign to eradicate the domestic house cat. On his website, “Cats to Go,” Gareth Morgan advocates neutering and euthanasia for felines. H/T Next Media Animation
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Well kids, another year is upon us. Are you going to try to lose weight? Be nicer to your coworkers? Stop watching reality TV? What ever your resolutions are, you should still party it up on January 1, 2013. H/T Next Media Animation
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Picketers in Chino Hills, California, protested against a “maternity hotel” catering to wealthy pregnant women from China. Children born there have dual citizenship and at age 21 can use that to bring family members in the country.
Karol Arredondo, one of the protesters, said that she has noticed many pregnant Chinese women walking around an apartment complex down a hill from where the alleged maternity hotel is located. Every so often, a tour bus comes and takes them to Southern California tourist destinations, such as Disneyland and Venice Beach. H/T Next Media Animation
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David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has fast-tracked a vote in Parliament on whether to legalize same-sex marriages. It’s now predicted a vote will occur before New Year’s, and many pundits give the measure a strong chance of passing. It would allow civil same-sex marriages but not force the Church of England to conduct religious marriages for gays and lesbians. The Church has taken a stand against liberalizing the definition of marriage. H/T Next Media Animation
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