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NARS, Take a Stand Against the Yulin Dog Meat Festival

The Petition Site 15 Jun 2018

Until last year, NARS — the legendary French makeup and skincare brand — had been committed to creating cruelty-free makeup. But when they decided to enter the Chinese market, their morals took a back seat to their bottom line. Chinese law requires brands to test their products on animals in order to sell them. NARS decided to do just that ... Dogs are beaten, burned alive with blowtorches, or tossed into boiling pots of water ... ....

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Jon Faine has a gutful of a silent ABC being 'done over' by Coalition

The Guardian 15 Jun 2018

Amanda Meade. Radio broadcaster takes aim at Michelle Guthrie for her ‘failed’ strategy. Plus. is a man’s take on #MeToo empathy – or sexism?. After a passionate outburst on ABC radio on Thursday, veteran broadcaster Jon Faine joked with co-host Corrie Perkin that he might need to look for another job ... Well, that’s not worked ... Twitter ... Joe Aston takes a blowtorch to Stan Grant ... But it is Grant who was given the blowtorch treatment by Aston ... ....

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Pedigree, Take A Stand Against the Yulin Dog Meat Festival.

The Petition Site 13 Jun 2018

At the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival, Fido isn’t a pet, he’s food. Since 2009, the 10-day festival has been responsible for the slaughter of thousands of dogs per year ... Dogs are beaten, burned alive with blowtorches, or tossed into boiling pots of water ... Pedigree, whose motto is “We're for dogs,” has a huge presence in China ... ....

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Of Course People Are Already Doing Stupid Things With Elon Musk's Flamethrowers

IFL Science 12 Jun 2018

Teach a person to fish and they’ll eat for a day. Teach a person to use a flamethrower and, uh, they’ll set everything on fire? Sorry, that was pretty weak ... -. The devices are essentially blowtorches that have been shaped like a gun ... They are, of course, somewhat dangerous ... And while you can purchase blowtorches elsewhere, putting them in the hands of thousands of Musk-cheering fans might not be the most amazing idea ever ... -. -. - ... -. -. -. - ... ....

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Elon Musk’s ‘Not A Flamethrower’ Devices Show Up On eBay For Thousands

CBS Sports 12 Jun 2018

(CNN Money) — A select group of people that spent $500 on one of Elon Musk’s torch guns earlier this year finally got their hands on the product for the first time Saturday. Hours later, some of the devices popped up on eBay at prices stretching into the thousands of dollars ... An instruction manual for the gun is also on sale for $250 ... Instead, they work more like large propane blowtorches....

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2018 NFL Over-Under Win Totals: Andrew Luck holds the key to Colts success or failure

CBS Sports 12 Jun 2018

Fun fact. it has been 42 years since Andrew Luck last threw a normal-sized football ... He might come back to his full form. Maybe he won't. Maybe he has a spaghetti noodle attached to his right shoulder now and will be completely fried, like a pitcher dealing with Tommy John back in the day ... 3 to No ... Subscribe ... T.Y ... I'm the guy who went blowtorch on the Colts for massacring the Luck situation, but I'm actually kind of bullish on this team ... ....

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Bipolar ‘is not a death sentence:’ Art exhibit aims to reduce stigma

TDN 12 Jun 2018

Using a heat gun, Kelly Mathews works on a piece of art with paint and beeswax in her basement studio on Monday, May 14, 2018, in Chicago, Ill ... Erin Hooley, Chicago Tribune ... She carefully uses a blowtorch, then a heat gun to dry her work before she can brush on another layer of wax that’s simmering in a nearby pan in her makeshift basement studio. The Logan Square artist said her profession doubles as a sort of therapy ... “Insights II ... .......

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'A great item to have': flamethrowers sell like hot cakes at Elon Musk sale

The Guardian 10 Jun 2018

The tech billionaire urges buyers to act responsibly as dozens queue up to get their hands on the $500 weapons. @rorycarroll72. Some may think it the worst idea in the history of capitalism, an irresponsible stunt by a pyromaniac Willy Wonka, but for Earle Tabula there was no better feeling than buying a flamethrower. “I love fire ... I’m ready.” Elon Musk ... They sold out within days despite sceptics calling them just fancy blowtorches ... ....

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Pierce Brosnan among celebrities fighting dog and cat meat trade in Indonesia

Irish Central 09 Jun 2018

Hollywood big-names such as Pierce Brosnan, Simon Cowell, and Cameron Diaz, to name a few, are actively taking a stand against the dog and cat meat trade in Indonesia ... Pierce Brosnan’s Bob Dylan painting sells for $1.4 million Stars like Ellen DeGeneres have used their platform to speak out against animal cruelty ... ... Many animals are killed by blowtorching, bludgeoning and sheer brutality, often in front of other captive animals....

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'The world of comedy has changed': how queer comics are making their mark in America

The Observer 08 Jun 2018

Twenty-five years ago, Lea DeLaria became the first openly gay comic to appear on American television when she performed on The Arsenio Hall Show. “It’s the 1990s,” she announced with characteristic gusto ... “I didn’t just open the closet door,” she recalls to the Guardian. “I fucking blew that door off with a blowtorch.” From Noël Coward to Frank Ocean. the greatest LGBT songs for Pride month. Read more ... “It was horrible,” Cohen remembers....

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Alex Ovechkin's first Stanley Cup flips the script of his legacy and should shut all ...

CBS Sports 08 Jun 2018

Alex Ovechkin delivered a middle finger to the haters on Thursday night in Las Vegas. That middle finger stood 35.25 inches tall, weighed 34.5 pounds and was held high above his head as he skated around T-Mobile. He even gave it a smooch for good measure ... Ovechkin waited 13 years. The city waited 44 ... But the Russian winger took an eraser -- nay, a blowtorch -- to those narratives with his performance this spring ... (The Caps' delivered.) ... ....

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‘I don’t look like most people’s idea of a Gypsy’

The Guardian 08 Jun 2018

Damian Le Bas takes to the road to reconnect with his Traveller roots. It is Friday night. I’m 30 years old, alone on a fake-fur blanket in the back of a cold Transit van ... This place is so lonesome that even the doggers, boy-racers and stoners have spurned it. I curse myself silently ... gas bottles, blowtorches, leaky old engines, spray paint, rolls of lead, felt, and seemingly infinite stacks of every conceivable type of roof tile ... Twitter....

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Getting beyond your first impression of dabbing

Inlander 07 Jun 2018

A few years ago, a friend and I were working on a music project at his house ... I was offered a beer from the guy to the right of me and he then quickly offered some sort of glass contraption and what appeared to be a blowtorch from the left. Immediately, it felt like the hangout became a different kind of party ... Instead of using a blowtorch, you simply plug in the heating system for the nail into an outlet and dial in the temperature ... ♦....

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