Jamie Clifton
Articles by Jamie Clifton
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British Private School Kids Are Getting High on Butane in Dubai
Yes, butane—the flammable stuff in lighters that can freeze your lungs and kill you if you use it wrong. To try to understand why people don't just wait a couple of years to buy booze, I spoke to "Steph," who lived in Dubai for three years and knew someone who died after inhaling butane gas. Full story
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Why Are So Many Gypsies Killing Themselves?
A recent report shows that travelers and gypsies are in significantly poorer health than other UK-resident, English-speaking ethnic minorities. They're also more likely to suffer from miscarriages and still births, and suicide rates among gypsies have grown to be six times higher… Full story
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I'm Sending Four People to Mars for the Rest of Their Lives
They're going to live in little capsules and start a new society. Full story
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Can Films Right the "Conspiracy Against Syria"?
Najdat Anzour is a leading Syrian director who made news in 2007, when it was announced that he was slated to direct a film based on a screenplay by Muammar Gaddafi. I dialed up Najdat to talk about the conflict in Syria. Full story
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2012 Is Bullshit; 2020 Is When We’ll Really Be in Trouble
Scientist Peter Turchin's work suggests that the next state of upheaval in the US is set to hit in 2020. It’s like that Mayan-apocalypse nonsense, except Peter’s theory is the result of the hard work of a respected scientist rather than some dead Central American dudes. Full story
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Mexico City's Miniature Michael Jacksons
I walked into the office today to find a gold envelope containing a small photo book by Will Sanders called 'Halloween,' which is full of kids in Mexico City dressed up as Michael Jackson. If anything's going to nudge a bit of the spooky joy of All Hallow's Eve back into my heart… Full story
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Firing Grenades at Somali Pirates Was the Most Fun I've Ever Had
One day we stopped to refuel and one of the guides was like, "OK, let's go shoot an underwater machine gun while we wait." So I was like, "Fuck yeah," obviously. So we did that for a bit, then I went and got my rocket launcher and shot that off the front of the boat, which was co… Full story
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Aliens Do It Better
Boning an alien in real life has always remained a fantasy, but that will soon change when brothel owner Dennis Hof opens his “Alien Cathouse,” a sci-fi themed whorehouse down the road from Area 51. Full story
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Being in Your 20s Is Great
I realize that there must be a couple of benefits that come with exiting your 20s and hurtling ever faster towards death, but I'm in my 20s and I'm in no rush to find out what they are. Full story
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Here She Is, Miss Holocaust Survivor 2012
Everyone loves Holocaust survivors and beauty pageants, so why hasn’t someone combined the two? That was the exact thought of Israeli charity Yad Ezer L’Haver (“Helping Hand”), which in late June held a competition in Haifa to crown a Miss Holocaust Survivor 2012. Full story
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis 
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator 
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit 
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan 
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies 
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People 
