the profound disappointment that Obama is already proving to be

In the documentary Symonds knocks to the ground a young man wearing a dress

Bush negotiates world’s Xmas wish with Santa

We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted uranium, innumerable acts of random murder, misery, degradation and death to the Iraqi people and call it ‘bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East’. How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal?

Smart Stitch – The New Portable Sewing Machine That Lets Sweatshop Employees Work On The Go

Apparently the royal telephone is on the blink:
Doyle Redland reports for Onion Radio News

Newspaper writers have no special gifts or wisdom the rest of us don’t have, just because they work for murdoch or whoever runs fairfax these days. Journalists tend towards mediocrity and safety

How a Lame Turducken President Continues to Delude Himself in the End Times and NASA Simulator Prepares Astronauts For Rigors Of An Interview With Larry King

Approaching Hitchens’ prose is like walking into a closet where he has been farting for a week.

…listening to Julia Gillard evade Fran Kelly’s questions is like having your skull ground by a giant dentist’s drill…

Jon Stewart and John Oliver on the Mumbai terror attack

Fresh from London, the secret to staying young forever