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Bolivian president Evo Morales this week solved two genetic mysteries that have until today eluded the greatest scientific and philosophical minds of our times. Morales claimed that eating chickens injected with female hormones is what causes both male pattern baldness, and homosexuality. Ah, well that clears that up then.
Bolivian President Evo Morales . . . apparently not a chicken eater. Credit: wikimedia commons
He made the claims at an alternative climate change conference that he organised and hosted, after deciding that he hadn’t much liked the real climate change conference in Copenhagen last December. Apparently not content with making questionable scientific claims, the Bolivian president went on to insult the people affected by his theory, stating, “[W]hen men eat those chickens they experience deviances in being men.” As The Guardian pointed out, he apparently Morales evidently didn’t get the memo about “chicken producers in Europe, the US and many other countries [having] abandoned the use of hormones in poultry several decades ago.”
Food fights, brawls, and smoke bombs – sounds like a fun day at high school when the teacher’s not looking, right? Wrong. For Ukrainian politicians it’s just another day at the office. “Chamber speaker Volodymyr Litvyn was forced to take shelter under his umbrella as he was hit by eggs after deputies from newly elected President Viktor Yanukovich’s coalition approved the extension to the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s base in Crimea,” reported The Telegraph.
For more details on what was getting these enthusiastic lawmakers so worked up, see our article on it from yesterday’s Page 2.
And finally, join us in welcoming a new member of Team Mad Men: Texas Governor Rick Perry. As one unfortunate coyote found out last week, the Governor carries a .380 Ruger loaded with hollow-point bullets when he goes jogging. When asked about the incident by Associated Press, the Governor replied “Don’t attack my dog, or you might get shot . . . if you’re a coyote.”
Texas Governor Rick Perry (right) when not shooting coyotes. Credit: U.S. Army Master Sgt. Ken Walker, 636th Military Intelligence
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