March 31st, 2008

Apparently, the Gitmo defendants were to be trotted out for a prime-time kill midway in the election cycle, like victims dragged into the Roman circus maximus to be devoured by the lions. “Gitmo and the G.O.P. Election Effort” by Scott Horton (Harper’s Magazine)   

The platypus is mother nature’s way of saying, “I made this thing out of spare parts I found on the workshop floor, and it can still fucking cripple you.” The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You | Cracked.com  

Did they outsource government contracting to Billy Bob’s Procurement Services and Bait Shop? Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Amateur War Profiteering  

I thought everyone had a constitutionally-protected right to have a mullet. Blogging The Boys: A Dallas Cowboys Blog  

Zen thinkers would tell you that the itch only exists in your mind. I’m here to tell you that’s its real. Tao of Poker: Pauly’s Poker Blog  

March 30th, 2008

Prior to his sentencing, he defended his actions by stating that he was once molested by Bigfoot. Skepchick: Critical Thinking at its Finest  

Andy, you’re a soulless meat puppet with the red right hand of a sick, materialistic culture jammed forearm-deep in your pliant rectum. Open Reading Frame  

Thus, with utter certainty, we proclaim that Quarter Pounders are beef-free and flavourless. Overanalysis: Maccas - definitive proof it’s flavour-free  

March 29th, 2008

For me, though, it harked back to a simpler time, when a can-do organization like Blackwater was not harried by packs of hand-wringers with their pathetic complaints about “accountability” and “due process” and “could you remove the electrodes from my genitals, please?” Some are Boojums » Blog Archive » Plus ça change …  

So, like it or not, we’ll be subjected to another annual go-around of Club for Growth fuckers explaining how important it is that we cut aid to widows and orphans, even though there’s no need to do so (face it, guys, FDR won in 1932–get over it). Mike the Mad Biologist : Social Security Is Still DOOMED a Samuelson Unit from Now  

The Faithful Penguin: (foot) Once more into the mouth, dear friends. Once more…  

March 28th, 2008

Above you see an image of the head of a pig with a book in its mouth. That is all. Gene Expression: Why we need to respect religion  

If you think the YouTube, social networking, and web-based gaming debate is growing now, just wait until the general public realizes they can watch television online, too. The Shifted Librarian » Tune in at the Library  

In the ultimate irony, the Italian journalist Carlo Petrini has created a global movement to combat globalism. Revenge of the Slow  

March 27th, 2008

The penny is a far superior aesthetic and historical object than the nickel, which has lost even the mystique of being the only piece of American currency ever to bear a (bison’s) penis. Mend It, Don’t End It: Affirmative Action for The Penny | Economics | The American Scene