A collection of... things

- Watch North Korea to follow 'The People's Rooney'! He's actually from Japan, and his teammates are intrigued by his iPod and Nintendo. They play Rock Paper Scissors to amuse themselves.

- If you haven't seen this story, it is absolutely amazing news. They have discovered ONE TRILLION DOLLARS worth of lithium... in Afghanistan. Yes, lithium is key in making the batteries for all our laptops and smartphones and awesome gadgets. This is a game changer. Scott Adams makes some interesting points here.

- One of the best articles I've read about the mining super tax.

When the miners say that making 6% the level when the tax should kick in is too low, they are dead right. No company that I have ever worked for, and certainly no mining company – where the risks and rewards are greater – would contemplate a project where the return on investment (ROI) was as low as 6%.
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Thus, to qualify as “super” profits, a much higher ROI would need to be specified for it not to be a disincentive. It is no accident that the petroleum resources rent tax is set at 11%.
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In summary, the tax was poorly designed from the outset, though the basic idea of miners paying a reasonable amount for the resources they dig up is sound and, indeed, should be implemented.

- How much do I hate Justin Bieber? Well I didn't care about him at all until I saw these photos. Of him. With Kim Kardashian on the beach.

Little 16-year-old bastard! Go back to singing songs about love to 13-year-old girls!

- Natalie Tran does a great video about singles ads that pop up on websites occasionally.

- And this one on how they make love scenes was good too.

- I think I'm with the Fug Girls on this - I kind of don't hate Katy Perry. I'm not a fan of her songs, but Russell Brand seems to love her and he's a pretty funny bloke. In his book he said he likes the kind of girls they put on lads mags and Page 3 in England. I think Lucy Pinder got a good mention. Anyway, I liked this dress too, because it was fun:

So Katy Perry, I think you are a bit ridiculous, but I also think you're kinda fun and I like that.