Crime Scene Cleaners. Thought the Police were responsible for cleaning the brains off the wall? You thought wrong. Niel Smither talking about his first days on the job and an older but better article. [obviously if you're not a fan of words like "putrid" please don't click]

Is My Little Baby Going to Go Gay?

Star Spangled Ice Cream
"Stay tuned as we introduce more new flavors like Donald Rum Raisin, GuantanaMocha, Kerry Ketchup Dough, Tank Tracks, Dutch (Reagan) Chocolate and Orange Alert Sherbet. (And don't forget your favorite flavors from the past -- Clinton Im-Peach, White House Fundraiser Coffee and Jimmy Carter Peanut Malaise.)" One ticket to France, please.

"The fortress [of Liege] was believed to be one of the most formidable position in Europe among military analysts... This fortress was built by Henri Brialmont, fortress engineer of the days in 1884. more inside

Friend or Fraud? Think you can't get caught in the "phishing" net of online fraud? Take this phishing test. Ten e-mails. Some fraudulent, some legit. Read the e-mails, then mark your answers. According to a survey by Mailfrontier, nearly a third of folks surveyed can't tell the difference between friend and fraud.

Homage to Henri Cartier-Bresson. Influential visionary with an incredible LIFE sory beyond his art more inside

Woman Fired For Eating 'Unclean' Meat A Central Florida woman was fired from her job after eating "unclean" meat and violating a reported company policy that pork and pork products are not permissible on company premises. [found on linkfilter]

Sealand. Sealand was founded as a sovereign Principality in 1967 in international waters, six miles off the eastern shores of Britain. The island fortress is conveniently situated from 65 to 100 miles from the coasts of France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

Will your baby have Asperger's syndrome? A university study released last week reveals that tilting the body of infants at the age of six months reveals indicators for Asperger's Syndrome, a high-function form of autism. The study was printed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and builds on a 1998 study. more inside

Big SUVs have been BANNED from many public streets, but nobody seems to have noticed - or enforced it.

Anheuser Busch rewards stadium construction workers with free beer "The brewery and the team provided a thank-you meal for hundreds of construction workers, and Anheuser-Busch gave each a six-pack of Budweiser brewed on Wednesday."
As appreciated as it might be, is this really the right reward for hard working men and women who use heavy machinery? Calling it Busch Stadium doesn't mean everyone there should be plotzed does it?

One Man's God Squad: Troy Newman's plan to stop abortions in Wichita, Kansas. Newman and his staff have spent months compiling a list of more than 200 "abortion collaborators" -- companies that do business with Women's Health Care Services and its employees. They plan to approach every firm on the list -- from the guy who mows the clinic's lawn to the cafe that sells Tiller his morning latte -- and lobby them to stop doing business with the facility. more inside

Curious George: Mefi New Member Sign Up? Noticed this on the Aug 3 entry on the mefi mainpage: Still working on solidifying everything before turning new user signups back on. Are there plans to start up new memberships again? And if yes, what will happen if you get a Mefi membership? Will you keep monkeying about or start hanging with the big blue mama?

The Liberal Case Against John Kerry - "When I was done cutting, there were only two lines left."

Can you read people’s thoughts by just looking at them? - This article is 2 years old, but I missed it the first time and it is fascinating. Malcolm Gladwell interviewed people who study facial expressions for meaning (and indexed about 3,000 of them) for a living. If you're interested in anthropolgy or psychology or sociology at all, this is a great--although long--read.

Convergence Kills. An interesting (and long) take on why Apple is so angry about Real's DRM circumvention. Via Coolfer

At 300# per lift, the damage these soldiers can make will be unimaginable... but who cares about all that! THESE SUITS ARE THE SHIZNIT!

Even superheros have to go through adolescence. [short film, via ifilm]

Christian Traders, "the first Internet investment community that recognizes that Jesus is Lord, not money."

The Center For Consumer Freedom have several websites (ActivistCash.com, BMIscale.com, NeoProhibition.com etc..) and runs commercials to inform and protect us from "the growing fraternity of food cops, health care enforcers, militant activists, meddling bureaucrats, and violent radicals" but are in fact a fake front for corporate America and FOX news that want us to buy their products (oh and die from diabetes, cancer, heart disease and liver failure.) more inside