Because I feel like this is one of the most underreported stories of the last year, here’s a good article on how immigrant laborers in Qatar are, despite what Kanye West claims, the new slaves.
Wyoming Highway Patrol has issued a Facebook post warning people not to bring Colorado-purchased weed into their state. Insert joke of how no one wants to go to Wyoming anyway here.
Duct tape and wire nets were used to fix up leaking radioactive water tanks at Fukushima.
Apple’s Siri does not care for Spike Jonze’s upcoming film Her.
It’s raining dismembered men in Saudi Arabia, Alhamdulillah! (That last word is the Arabic equivalent of hallelujah, which makes it funny because it’s a reference to The Weather Girls’ popular hit… never mind)
Speaking of Saudi Arabia, the first female law firm has opened its doors in the sovereign state.
Plane forced to land in Kansas City because of a suspicious device found in the bathroom. It wasn’t a bomb. It was a camera.
Fidel Martinez is an editor at Fusion.net. He’s also a Texas native and a lifelong El Tri fan.
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