Transportation Futuristics. Hover cars. Monorails. Escape pods. You know.

One more reason I won't be joining the military any time soon. US military have developed a dried food ration that troops can hydrate by adding the filthiest of muddy swamp water or even peeing on it. I can see the benefits of these rations, and the science behind the packaging is amazing but it's still disgusting. more inside

Anti-SUV Some folks have taken to the web to discourage the SUV fad. ...and express their feelings about the gas guzzlin H2. Now you can add your 2 cents.

Presbyterian Church of USA is divesting itself of investments in Israel.

MeatShake Taste the Secret!

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Curious George It seems there is a lot of material out there that ridicules W, much more so than for previous presidents. (I'm not complaining though) A lot of it doesn't appear to have a root in something he has said or done (example, the W playing cards) although much of it is quite justified. I am a young monkey so I might not have the memory needed to make a comparison. So I ask you : is W the butt of more jokes than our former chiefs, or do I just not remember the others?

The W is for Wanton Words that will never be used to describe this playing card deck of vintage George W. Bush erotica: "hauntingly beautiful."

Dance, and drink, and screw. Because there's nothing else to do. In which William Shatner covers Pulp's Common People, as previously promised. My brain has just launched legal action against my ears. (Quicktime, 2MB, large snippet of song) more inside

"She's Lost Control." Joy Division, George W. Bush, nipple wrenches and a gimp. [NSFW, .wmv, via Fleshbot.]

Talking Points: They're True Because They're Said A Lot Real media (you monkeys have been warned).

Australia. Crap, apparently. Oddly enough, this masterpiece of spittle-flecked venom wrought in HTML is not, in fact, by a New Zealander.

It was easy to overlook 97 Orchard Street. The building was but one of the thousands of tenements that sprouted up on the Lower East Side during the nineteenth century.

Let's talk body odor. Would you want to know?(via Obscure Store) more inside

Ethnologue - Want to learn where different languages are spoken and approximately how many people speak the language? This is your site. For instance: Languages of the USA

Human Timeline Do you know when humans first migrated from Africa? When did humans first plant seeds? When did the Neanderthals die out? A handy guide. more inside

This site has both Castlevania AND Streetfighter. It doesn't get more non-productive at work than that.

Seymour Hersh A.C.L.U. address video (Real Player). Also in transcript form. Introduction: ". . .it's so ironic, ... the best information we may get about this election may come from a combination of John Sayles, Fahrenheit 9-11, The Control Room and the nightly news by John Stewart."

This being my first online community experience, I found this link to be especially interesting. I had no idea trolling and the response to it was so, um, multi-layered.

The Complete Works of HP Lovecraft