Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...
The Mafia. The name alone conjures shadowy images of underworld activity: debts and allegiances, honor and respect, family, power, and death. Add to that the popular cinematic exploits of Hollywood Mafioso as portrayed by Brando, De Niro, Pacino et al, and there is a romanticism associated with...
Having ordered the systematic murder of millions of people, Nazi Germany was responsible for some of the darkest days in human history. However, following the defeat of the Axis powers, justice was not instantaneous. In fact, many of those responsible for the atrocities of the Third Reich managed...
HARRISON BERGERONby Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody...
With people getting busier and busier by the day, and more things to think about and tend to than ever before, it's becoming a common problem that people are unable to remember everything they have going on in their lives. These things could be as small as the grocery list or missing one of the...
Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino had a lot of patience after getting nailed by a beer from a Chicago Cubs fan. This event was ridiculous and shows just how low some of the Cubbies Fans are. "Give Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino credit for not scaling the ivy at Wrigley Field and...
Andy Samberg’s head writer on the MTV Movie Awards, Scott Aukerman, now claims that the controversial Bruno/Eminem stunt was entirely staged and rehearsed. In Sunday’s skit, Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as gay Austrian fashion guru Bruno, flew down from the ceiling in white angel feathers and...
According to the latest reports of la Repubblica, Italian newspaper, in the recent weeks at least 18 people have been left dead by mushroom hunting as the blessed Italian mushroom season started earlier
Surrounding the vaginal canal is the vaginal wall which is made up of fibrous muscle, skin and ligaments. There are two main vaginal walls namely, the front wall and the rear wall. The front wall is about seven centimeters in length while the rear wall is about nine centimeters in length. The...
Also referred to as the death penalty, capital punishment handed to those who are convicted of a capital crime. The term capital punishment originates from the Latin word capitalis, which literally translates into “regarding the head”. As history would prove, capital punishment usually meant...
