Ashcroft resigning according to Fox? Via The Command Post.Is Bush really gonna try to put him on the Supreme Court? more inside

Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry conceded the presidential race. more inside

Toronto Meetup? I'll be bumming around Toronto this Saturday and Sunday. Anyone for a mini-meetup or some coffee?

Yasser Arafat: "clinically dead"? Anybody know the difference between being "clinically dead" as opposed to "regular dead"?

Curious, George: Scraping websites I've got a VERY rudimentary understanding of Perl but, so far, I've been able to put together my website by using free scripts from sites like this one. Alas, my google-fu doesn't seem to be strong enough to find a script for what I want to do next. more inside

Kerry Wins by a Landslide : If you are ready to attempt a smile today, this might help.

The Goyard Entertainment Center. Block Party in a box, with built in minibike, sounds system, cooler, skateboards and god knows what else. more inside

Faith-based Zoology. A man was attacked and injured after jumping into a lion's den at the Taipei Zoo and trying to convert the lions to Christianity.

American Coastopia. From the site: "Ladies and gentlemen, you needn't fret anymore. We have decided that we can't live in the United States anymore, because so many of you in the "heartland" are so full of shit. We were all going to move to various other countries, but then we thought - why should WE move?" more inside

Decompressing George: After all the heartbreak and bile-raising of this election season, with the needle on my outrage-meter constantly buried and the level of my Faith-in-Humanity-Ometer at the lowest levels ever recorded, I need a break. more inside

Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up Parliament (pdf) 399 years ago. Once again the UK will be covered in fireworks and burning effigies tomorrow, especially places like this, where six societies compete.

Global Warming is an EU Conspiracy : (Real Player sound file). I was listening to BBC R4's Today programme and they had a piece about a conference being held on climate change. A man by the name of Myron Ebell a senior adviser to Bush on Climate Change, was propounding his thoughts that the EU was using Climate Change theory as a way to restrict more competitive US businesses. Along with this he also felt that since most non-US scientists are government funded and that their views on are influenced by their country's agendas. more inside

Buy Your Energy-Emitting Human Skull Replicas Here I ask you, did you purchase an "AUTHENTIC" Steinitz Homo superus skull from Steinitz Skulls, OR was it a cheap, fabricated imitation sold by some johnny come lately hominid skull dealer? more inside

Diebold...... featuring dynamically reconfigurable memory cards, freely published polling-station telephone numbers, short, easy-to-remember passwords and standard dialup modems sending unencrypted data over common carriers for greater transparency and efficiency.

The Urban Beast Project "The Urban Beast Project attempts to document and exhibit the almost extinct plight of wild and feral animals living in the midst of our urban areas."

Don't Be A Victim: The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation

Navel Maniac

Titor's Last Stand? As beloved (and debunked) in the internets as kitties, John Titor's linchpin claim was of an impending civil war in the United States. I, for one, felt a brush-up was in order before the festivities begin. more inside

Curious George: Recovering Democracy US Government/PoliticsFilter, but with idealism. If you've had your fill of the former topics, and understandably so, move along. If you're interested in the latter, much more inside

Something for the girlzone in these troubled times, and maybe for the guys. NSFW. Flesh is pretty basic, so here are some nice examples. I feel calmer already.