Curious, Punk? Bring out your DEADboys: okay, define punk. jon stewart is a punk ralph nader is a punk [and was stunning on Letterman last night, scared Dave] bjork is a punk xena is a punk rocker buffy had punk thrust upon her

Jon Stewart on tonight's CNN "Crossfire" (96.5 AVI) This video seems to be in demand so I thought I'd host it here for a bit. Definately worth watching.

US Government sends mixed messages about flu vaccine. President Bush wasn't properly briefed on the flu vaccines issue before the third debate, both getting the facts wrong and trying to take credit for something the US didn't do. more inside

Mississippi Reservists in Iraq Arrested for Refusal of Suicide Mission _ All related from Google News. "When my husband refuses to follow an order, it has to be something major." <via MeFi discussion> more inside

Count the Stars (flash, sound) Make mistake by 1 star and you dont get points, but you also dont lose anything. You can count the stars completely wrong 3 times, then the game ends. - 223 for me before I needed a cigarette. I'm sure some visually acute Monkeys can beat that.

Revolution:USA. "We, The People of the Rest of the World, will not get an official say in the appointment of the next Lunatic Representative of Special Interests in the coming US presidential election. And so UK audiovisual pioneers Coldcut have imagined their own way for the multifariously disenchanted American and diasporic publics to take part. Our trusted audiovisual duo are picking up right where they left off with their heroic “Re:volution” single, this time inviting the whole dissenting planet into the mix."

Aronose Doesn't this thing remind you of that device Steve Martin's character in The Jerk invented? What would you use this for?

BBS Baby! Gather 'round kids . . . Let me tell you about a magical time . . a time before the Internet . . when g33kz gathered in each other's homes remotely via a Bulletin Board System . . . more inside

Rapper KRS-One lauds felling of WTC and declares his allegiance withAl-Qaeda. "the hip-hop anarchist has declared his solidarity with Al Qaeda by asserting that he and other African-Americans 'cheered when 9-11 happened,' " Yeah sure. Sounds like a washed up performer trying to generate some hype for his next album.

Llamas Friday Furry Foolishness. Could llamas be the next badgers? via B3ta

Software Outsourcing is much ado about nothing. "They are peddling nonsense about the future of the North American software industry these days. You have probably heard the conventional wisdom: It isn't pretty. The North American software industry is in trouble. Indian software developers making US$20,000 a year are poised to drop-kick their overpaid North American rivals out of the stadium. It's the hollowing out of the service sector. It's globalization. It's also flapdoodle."

Sabbatum bridges the gap between the metal monster and the Latin-spouting geek in you. A must-have for your next party.

L.A. Meetup. Any monkeys interested?
We talked about this once before and what with the server death, the old post is gone. Should we give it another try? more inside

Curious Regional Habits George The neighborhoods posts got me thinking about how various regions/cities/neighborhoods have changed my perceptions and behaviors. [more inside] more inside

"Welcome, Mr. Ambassador! If you would just go ahead and sign that check..." Continuing presidential tradition, Bush appoints big contributors to plum ambassadorships. more inside

Music Plasma enter your favorite band/musician - get a visual representation of influences & related musicians. Cool S^#%!

Hentai Dictionary: - Yes a post about SEX! A directory of Japanese perversions, fetishes & AV slang. "Japanese porn consumers are so utterly perverted that the industry can't invent new kinks fast enough.." claims this site, so the webmaster compiled what may be the first internet dictionary of Japanese Porn Terminology. There are no dirty pictures, but the content is probably NSFW, and the site links to some rather naughty stuff, so thusly you have been warned. more inside

How's your fantastic movie memory? Some questions are easy, some are quite specific. A good score is 7 out of 10 correct.

Photography contest. Don't quite know what's going on here (it being in Chinese and all) but there are some fine looking pictures. And some shockers. more inside

“What I’m here to do today is to recruit you to be warriors of God’s kingdom.” Pointer is to an article within the Yurica Report website; I've quoted only a brief excerpt. Seymour Hersh commented in a radio interview recently that footnotes are one of the marks of the liberal position. There are upwards of 160 footnotes for this article. You judge ... more inside