Conscientious | The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Challenged
april 2010 by funkaoshi
"The photographer persuaded the mother of a dead child to have her daughter’s body dug up so he could take pictures. He then interviewed the woman and afterwards gave her money."
photography
wtf
april 2010 by funkaoshi
Conflict of Interests.
december 2009 by funkaoshi
"The feud between renegade Sheriff Joe Arpaio and local officals is exploding. He has now indicted one judge who ruled against him (for obstruction of justice), and got a warrant to search the office and home of another."
wtf
america
police
december 2009 by funkaoshi
Everyone has opinions, but one man posted them online.
december 2009 by funkaoshi
"Joshua Peter Tubbs is a self-proclaimed "kool" kid - class (co)president, Mr. Timberlane, a national honors student - who decided that for NaNoWriMo he would write an honest review of all 349 students in his senior class."
wtf
funny
december 2009 by funkaoshi
Ask.Mefi: How do I lie about having cancer?
november 2009 by funkaoshi
Holy fucking shit.
cancer
lie
wtf
november 2009 by funkaoshi
Illegal Samoan.
november 2009 by funkaoshi
"In September 2008, while visiting relatives in Branson, Missouri Keil was arrested for being an illegal alien in what appeared to be a fairly well planned operation. He was charged with falsely representing himself to be a US citizen, and falsely using a US passport. Keil, a US Air Force veteran, has held a US Passport since 1967, which had been renewed seven time."
america
wtf
immigration
jingoism
november 2009 by funkaoshi
Ask.Mefi: Please help me keep my girlfriend safe from a stalker.
november 2009 by funkaoshi
This thread is full of WTF.
wtf
america
guns
november 2009 by funkaoshi
Ask.Mefi: How to deal with his friendship with a former lover?
october 2009 by funkaoshi
"My now boyfriend used to sleep with a good friend of his, while he was dating me. How do I deal with my feelings about him hanging out with her" WTF?
wtf
relationship
october 2009 by funkaoshi
An update on Hoder's Status
october 2009 by funkaoshi
Rumours are he has been held in solitary confinement for 10 months. WTF?
iran
wtf
october 2009 by funkaoshi
The Rape Tunnel
october 2009 by funkaoshi
"The artist plans to place himself in a room, the only entrance or exit being a 22 ft long plywood tunnel constructed by Whitehurst himself. Then he says that for the duration of the gallery’s opening (from 7:00 p.m. to midnight) he will rape anyone who travels through the tunnel into that room."
art
wtf
october 2009 by funkaoshi
Minister of State Gary Goodyear Moves From Small Time Scandals to the Big Time
july 2009 by funkaoshi
"But this scandal has the potential to really do in Gary Goodyear. Unless he can explain why a company he owns is charging his wife's employer $3,000/month for an office they don't use, it looks like he is not just associated with crooks, but a crook himself."
politics
canada
wtf
tory
scandal
july 2009 by funkaoshi
TSA security theater.
august 2008 by funkaoshi
This stuff makes my head explode. I can't believe I'm going to be flying through LAX. It hurts me so.
TSA
america
WTF
august 2008 by funkaoshi
Dear Diary: The Dalai Lama.
november 2007 by funkaoshi
WTF? This is for real? I feel embarrased for the National Post.
wtf
racism
nationalpost
lol
via:Media
Reform
november 2007 by funkaoshi
Foxy Knoxy.
november 2007 by funkaoshi
I don\'t even know where to start, so read the MetaFilter description and then start clicking the links.
Myspace
Facebook
wtf
november 2007 by funkaoshi
\" The other way to view this, is one USER has purchased the game. Not the whole family. So why should your brother play for free?\"
september 2007 by funkaoshi
I\'m sure BioShock is an awesome game and all, but the copy protection on the game is really quite ridiculous.
Bioshock
DRM
CopyProtection
WTF
september 2007 by funkaoshi
The killing of Jamie Dean.
september 2007 by funkaoshi
\"Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq.\"
Murder
America
War
Iraq
Vet
WTF
september 2007 by funkaoshi
Mom defends reaction to Iraqi passengers.
september 2007 by funkaoshi
Crazy scared racist mom delays flight because she thinks 7 Iraqi men are going to hijack it.
Racism
America
WTF
september 2007 by funkaoshi
\"A fundamentalist church pastor had sex with two of his teenage daughters to educate them on how to be good wives, a South Australian court has heard.\"
august 2007 by funkaoshi
I\'m pretty sure he had sex with them for reasons that have nothing to do with education.
Australia
Incest
WTF
august 2007 by funkaoshi
U.S. won\'t budge on Khadr.
august 2007 by funkaoshi
\"Harper now stands virtually alone among U.S. allies in not condemning or even criticizing the Guantanamo prison camp, which even the administration here concedes has become a stain on America\'s reputation worldwide.\" Go Harper Go!
Harper
Canada
WTF
august 2007 by funkaoshi
MetaFilter: Heckuva job, Chertoff?
june 2006 by funkaoshi
Further proof America\'s Homeland Security is run by idiots.
America
WTF
june 2006 by funkaoshi
Iran eyes badges for Jews.
may 2006 by funkaoshi
And Christians, and all other non-Islamic groups. They plan to force Muslims to wear Islamic colours as well. If there is one thing you can count on in Iran, it seems to be that the government will help micromanage your life. The worse part is they pla
Iran
WTF
may 2006 by funkaoshi
MetaFilter: \"The implied offense seems to be that he wants to keep the minorities as minorites, so his race doesn\'t lose power and cultural influence. Isn\'t this basically a sound strategy, both in a social and evolutionary sense?\"
may 2006 by funkaoshi
That was an actual comment from the Metafilter thread linked, which is essentially about about America\'s embarrassingly blatant march towards <a href=\"http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm\">fascism</a>.
fascism
america
wtf
racism
may 2006 by funkaoshi
Freedom to Tinker: Report Claims Very Serious Diebold Voting Machine Flaws.
may 2006 by funkaoshi
The fact Diebold still is in the business of making voting machines reeks of pure cronyism. How many times do you need to fuck up before people think, \"Maybe they aren\'t good at making voting machines.\"
Diebold
Voting
WTF
may 2006 by funkaoshi
Village Voice: CIA Secret Prisons Exposed.
may 2006 by funkaoshi
\"CIA officers soon learned one thing for sure—prisoners sent to Bright Light and [other CIA secret prisons] . . . were probably never going to be released. \'The word is that once you get sent to Bright Light, you never come back,\' said the CIA\'s Cou
CIA
FuckAmerica
WTF
Prisons
may 2006 by funkaoshi
The Superficial: Britney Spears gets birthing monument.
march 2006 by funkaoshi
This is strange, and might not be safe for work, but since I happened to see it at work, you may as well too. She is apparently an inspiration for some pro-life activists.
BritneySpears
WTF
ProLife
march 2006 by funkaoshi
NYT: Patently Ridiculous.
march 2006 by funkaoshi
On America\'s messed up patent system.
Patents
WTF
march 2006 by funkaoshi
\'Patent trolling\' firms sue their way to profits.
march 2006 by funkaoshi
To quote the CEO, \"It\'s the American way.\"
Patents
WTF
march 2006 by funkaoshi
BBC: Hospital probed over baby release.
march 2006 by funkaoshi
An Israeli hospital held one of the women\'s three triplets as a guarantee until she could pay her bills. (I love Canada.)
WTF
Israel
Healthcare
march 2006 by funkaoshi
Anil Dash: CNN, Your mother must be proud!
march 2006 by funkaoshi
All about <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/23733.exclude.html\">this very funny poll</a>.
CNN
WTF
march 2006 by funkaoshi
Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
march 2006 by funkaoshi
Man I am so glad I don\'t live in America. For example: What the fuck does this have to do with Homeland Security?
America
WTF
march 2006 by funkaoshi
A Whole Lotta Nothing: Myutterconfusionspace.
february 2006 by funkaoshi
I also can\'t figure out what the hell is up with MySpace. It has the be the ugliest collectio of web pages on the internet. I guess in some way <em>that</em> is impressive.
MySpace
WTF
february 2006 by funkaoshi
WTF 2.0.
february 2006 by funkaoshi
This is a great article on the much over-hyped Web 2.0.
Web2.0
WTF
february 2006 by funkaoshi
…Wanted to destroy something beautiful.
january 2006 by funkaoshi
What the fuck is wrong with the people behind Flock? Seriously.
Geek
Flock
WTF
january 2006 by funkaoshi
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