I previously defined boredom as "the impatience for something - anything - to happen" which seems to be pretty accurate in the real world.
but what about "boring" what is boring? are you boring?
If not, why not?
Is boring a bad thing?
Feminists and politicians protest after anti-capitalist Olivier Besancenot fields Muslim woman who covers her hair
Olivier Besancenot, the postman-turned-revolutionary at the helm of France's anti-capitalist movement, has been fiercely criticised from all sides of the political spectrum for fielding a headscarf-wearing candidate in forthcoming elections.
Ilham Moussaid, a 21-year-old Muslim woman who describes herself as "feminist, secular and veiled", is running for the far-left New Anti-Capitalist party (NPA) in the south-eastern region of Avignon.
It's official: if you're feeling a bit down in the dumps, then filling your face with chips will cheer you up, according to boffins at Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences.
The team, led by Dr Mike Green, showed 60 adults a short film on the aftermath of the Hiroshima atom bomb, which unsurprisingly induced "mild dysphoria".
Half were then given chips, and reported "a 10 and 13 per cent increase in calmness and cheerfulness respectively" as well as an "eight per cent decrease in anxiety after eating chips".
I have heard that 12th - which seems to be the popular number currently was not the one historically favoured by the scholars and historians?
Australia race politician Pauline Hanson moving to UK
Australian former anti-immigration politician Pauline Hanson is selling up and heading to Britain, according to an interview with an Australian magazine.
She told Women's Day that Australia was no longer a land of opportunity and she had "had enough" of living there.
Ms Hanson built a career on claims that Australia was being "swamped by Asians"
She was jailed briefly for fraud before the conviction was quashed. Her efforts to stage a political comeback in recent years have failed.
"I'm going to be away indefinitely. It's pretty much goodbye forever," said Ms Hanson, 56.
"I've really had enough. I want peace in my life. I want contentment, and that's what I'm aiming for."
So now the BNP has changed its rules to allow anyone to join and is no longer a "whites only" party.
So.. the important question is... will you join?
Maybe become a part of its policy committee and undermine their racist viewpoint on stuff?
11 people were arrested for Disrupting (a former?) Israeli Ambassador's Talk:
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If there were no consequences for the students (which I hope there are not), then this warms the heart - agents of oppression should be challenged everywhere.
There once was a village in Muslimistan, where a young boy called Wali Nuteen lived. He was a kind, fun-loving adventurous boy, who was Sunni, practicing, tall, with a fair complexion, steady job and a healthy respect for Shia people, without appearing dogmatic. In fact, just the kind of description any Muslim lady scouring adverts on Muslim matrimonial sites would be happy with.
One day, Wali was walking along the main street of his village when he spied a beautiful lady. In an instant, he fell in love. The girl was called Begum; she was from a rival tribe. She was 23 years his senior, and already married. But he still, Walis love for Begum knew no bounds.
An old BBC article, but since it seems that Al Shabab will have full control over southern Somalia probably sooner than later, it is... relevant:
Since they began to capture large swathes of southern Somalia, radical Islamists have been undertaking a programme of destroying mosques and the graves of revered religious leaders from the Sufi branch of Islam.
The destruction of non-approved religious sites started last year when they began to knock down an old colonial era church in the town of Kismayo.
Most Somalis are Sufi Muslims, who do not share the strict Saudi Arabian-inspired Wahhabi interpretation of Islam with the hardline al-Shabab group.
They embrace music, dancing and meditation and are appalled at the desecration of the graves.
A primary school in Weston-super-Mare has been criticised for banning Valentine cards to save pupils the "emotional trauma" of being rejected.
Children at Ashcombe Primary School were stopped from exchanging cards because the head teacher said they were not emotionally mature enough to cope.
Peter Turner told parents of the 430 pupils that cards would be confiscated.
One pupil's mother said: "I think it's outrageous. They're just children. Why spoil their fun?"
The woman, whose son attends the school, said: "It's comical really. I couldn't believe it when I saw the newsletter.
"My son is six and he's had a little girlfriend since nursery. They say they're going to get married, but we don't read anything into it."
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