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For all you fans of the extreme, here’s a selection of some of the most exhilarating sporting events to have taken place in 2017. Hopefully your dinner will stay down during this. Ain’t life grand? https://youtu.be/3E-bSvr3hN8 If you enjoyed this, please share

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Here is a gentle poem from the Chilean literary genius, Pablo Neruda, who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. He was murdered on the orders of the fascist, General Pinochet, who was friend to both UK and US governments at the time. Leave Me A Place Underground Leave me a…

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You know, when war and oppression breaks out as it regularly does, it is heart-breaking to see images of adult civilians being persecuted, oppressed and often killed. But when those victims are children, the most vulnerable people on our planet, the situation then becomes intolerable. Adults can fight back, even…

Originally posted on Rebel Voice:
Our resident poet, A.D., often tackles metaphysical issues. In this poem, the matter of lost children, both born and unborn, is dealt with. What is after death? Do those who have passed on now reside elsewhere? What of parallel universes? Of monkey’s with typewriters? So many questions, so little time.…

Originally posted on Rebel Voice:
If you are interested in cetaceans, then this is a great snapshot of the largest carnivore on the planet. When the ROV Nautilus was filming in the Gulf of Mexico, it encountered an unexpected visitor. A Sperm Whale drifted over to take a good look at the apparatus. The entire…

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Ireland. It’s a small island on the western fringe of Europe. It has mountains, myths and madness. It contains some of the most beautiful and gentle people you will ever meet, and (sadly) some of the worst. But regardless of the citizens, who for the most part will give you…

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Abraham ‘Bram’ Stoker, creator of Dracula, was born into an Irish Anglican family on 8th November, 1847, at the height of the Irish Famine. His father, also Abraham, was a senior civil servant in Dublin Castle and his mother an early feminist. During his childhood, Bram was stricken with a…

Originally posted on Rebel Voice:
Although both the Germans and Japanese are renowned for their efficient methods, they would be hard-pressed to match the Chinese in the following video. We can see the construction of a 30 storey hotel in just 15 days. The work is 24 hours a day but nonetheless, it is an…

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Blackbeard was an awful bollox. He made a right nuisance of himself as he roamed the high seas robbing and killing and belching and farting. His real name was allegedly Edward Thatch (or Teach), but that is not conclusive. Very little is known about his early life, or indeed his…

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You gotta love the man. He looks so normal but manages to get into so much trouble, at least his on-screen personas do. Rebel Voice wonders if Will Ferrell is really as kooky in reality. It would be nice to think that there is someone as crazy as Ferrell out…

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This lightly presented piece looks at the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism in the 8th century. The narrator doesn’t appear to be too concerned about his very casual attitude, and the article is probably the better for it. Many academics still dispute the premise given in this video, yet…